(SNES) Catching Up

[gary_a_weston@us.ibm.com]

Hi everyone,

Well, I've finally moved way the heck up to Gardner, MA.  I'm still busy as
heck getting settled, but I am quite happy with the skies!  On Tuesday
night I went outside. It was DARK and QUIET outside.  I got so acclimated
to the light polluted skies of Norwood (not far from the Automile on RT 1
with massive lights blasting the stars to smithereens), that the darkness
was something quite alien to me.  I still haven't had a chance to set the
scope up or do any observing just yet, but I intend to as soon as possible.
There are very few street lights near my house thankfully.  I can only
really see two, and they are CUT OFFS!  I was quite impressed.  The glow
from the lights are VERY minimal and won't disturb me at all.  Once the
trees fill out, I won't be able to see them. There are only two drawbacks
that I have found so far.  There are a good number of trees around the
property, so my view along the horizon is blocked all around to varying
degrees. Still, that doesn't bother me much.  I guesstimate that I can see
everything from roughly 20 degrees up.  There are also a few lakes nearby,
so moisture/dewing might haunt me once in a while.. thanks to the Kendrick
that should be minimized.  From puttering around Gardner, it appears as if
many street lights are modern cutoffs. There are some older 'bad' lights
strewn about, but it appears they are replacing them as they fail.  The
Stop and Shop a few miles away also did a pretty good job with their
parking lot lights.  They are noticably dimmer and effectively baffled to
prevent sky-glow.  I'm not sure if the town has an ordinance, but I was
quite happy to see this.  Still.. I may not have seen the worst of it in
town.  One small car dealership did a pretty good job of keeping the lights
dim.. but I noticed this once Chinese Restaurant with some 4-5 blaring
flood lights on its parking lot.  Massive light trespass and skyglow there.
I asked myself "WHY?" Is someone going to steal general gau's chicken at
3am or something? Come on! Its not a darn bank! Next.. I have to fix my
house's lights.  The front porch light has a motion sensor.. which is fine.
But it has a NASTY light fixture.  When that sucker comes on I light up the
two houses up the street. I swear, everytime that thing comes on, I cringe
and get upset. OK, maybe this is becoming a peeve of mine.. maybe its a
good peeve?  I haven't even met my neighbors yet, but i LOVE them.  Their
properties are PITCH BLACK. No lights, nothing.  The only light I see is
maybe glow from a TV through a window or whatever. I'd better stop here
before I bore you with complaints! :)

Warmer weather is soon to be here!  I hope to be able to get back down to
FDO sometime soon. Its a much longer drive for me now though :(

Regards,
Gary Weston.
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