>>>>>>>That's a one-time, and we had that a couple of years ago. They never found it, though, even though it was heard twenty miles across. At least there was no official explanation.
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>>>>>>Enough with the black helicopter stuff. Most meteors disintegrate before they reach the ground. Even the quite big ones. Hence the bright flash in the video of Mikes that someone posted here.
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>>>>>We all heard the thud, and it was in the local news as well. Just there was no follow-up with wtf it was.
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>>>>>There was only a tepid and unconvincing denial of the theory that it may be something from the piece of Russian orbital junk that fell that day, saying that the thing actually fell a few timezones away. As if orbital junk always falls in one piece and at the same time. Beyond that, zero. Couldn't find a word. I guess people learned not to be too curious.
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>>>>To distinguish man made debris from nature made: Man made is a lot slower.
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>>>Indeed. I drove a Trabant, and I can confirm that.
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>>Why you don't drove a Zastava? [eg]
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>I did, on the job. We had four Yugos and one Yugo pickup. At some point I was passing BMWs and Mercedeseses on a highway in Austria, doing 140 kmh... because of a frizzed belt, had to step on it to have at least some electricity made :). And it's not my problem that these guys didn't want to drive any faster :).

Just for you: since you don't watch tv, this commerical is about "breaking the spell" of advertising. What is so funny (to me) about it, is that they show all these beige cars (ok one shiny red one too) and the car that comes along to break the spell: a drab black one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3zSL-OyJEw

I read online that the most popular car color in 2008 was white. Now I understand that choice in the south (a white car and a light interior is much cooler in the summer) but all over the U.S.?

BTW, I actually like the beige cars with beige interiors (it's hot here in the summers). :o) Wouldn't drive a black car here if I could help it! I actually own a white car for that reason. My 2nd one. Had lots of shiny bright colors before (blue, red, custom brown and silver, silver, one beige, etc) and so far the white car stays the coolest in the summer.

I'll never forget your rants about house and car colors though :o)

K3zSL-OyJEw