Comments on: … and hello, Boulder!

By: Apollo Moon (Anti-)Hoax Presentation - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum

Apollo Moon (Anti-)Hoax Presentation - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:36:24 +0000

[...] any idea. I thought he was in a different state. He recently moved to Colorado. Do you read his blog at all? __________________ Two years ago moved from my town I was looking up past the city [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:26:29 +0000

Glad the move went well and that nothing got broken. Great pictures and I’m sure that Mrs B.A (and junior) will be more than happy in the new location.

Looks like you will be too, judging by the great picture of the lightening storm by the observatory!

By: Sprinky

Sprinky — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:21:33 +0000

Welcome to Boulder! It’s a beautiful place to call home.

By: trevor

trevor — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:21:37 +0000

yeah you got a point there,,, dumb looser wastes his degree etc to sit at home. not being an astronomer not exciting enough for you phil?

By: roy

roy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:19:47 +0000

big deal if he moved , he still gave up the dream job people
would love to have to be a loser typing all day. he’s not an astronomer anymore.. just a sit there typin time waster

By: roy

roy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:19:31 +0000

big deal if he moved , he still gave up the dream job people
would love to have to be a loser typing all day. he’s not n astronomer anymore.. just a sit there typin time waster

By: icemith

icemith — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:02:16 +0000

The mention of wind turbines in Kyle_Carm’s post at 4:44pm, partly explains my confusion of the mention of “wind” in Rodney Lester’s post at 08:53am.

I was curious as to whether it meant “winds” as in windy weather – quite a problem in some areas, though usually in mountain highways – or “winds” as in windy roads – quite a problem in some areas, though usually in mountain highways.

Or both!

And this is not even a picky problem between the different spellings of common words in different countries.

Oh, I almost forgot, glad you made it safely to your new home, Phil and Family. Hope you settle in soon, well as soon as your Moving Van arrives, and that all your Goodies are unwrapped, and hopefully un-broken!

Ivan.

By: Kyle_Carm

Kyle_Carm — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:44:24 +0000

And lets not forget to tell BA about Como Bluff in Albany County (the county that holds Laramie and the mighty Rock River.) The site of the famous/infamous battles of Cope and Marsh. There is a nice little cabin made entirely of fossils and so phenomenally dark skies it is beautiful. And come on guys everyone knows the belle of southern Wyoming is Elk Mountain. All the fresh air you could ever want. (That was the VERY windy mountain you passed in-between Rawlins and Rock Springs BA, where all the wind turbines were)

We WY folks now turn the forum back to its intended use.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:44:57 +0000

Welcome to Boulder – with any luck, I’ll be seeing you at some point

I live in Superior right now (which, if you don’t know, is about 6 or 7 miles southeast on US-36 from Boulder), and I will be going to CU next fall. Congrats, and I’ll be on the lookout for any kind of a BA talk

By: Lurchgs

Lurchgs — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:00:25 +0000

welcome to Colorado – fortunately Boulder isn’t a big change from California!

I’ll keep an eye open for local BA talks – maybe even get the kids interested.

Glad to see all made the trip safely (Having engaged in more than my share of long moves, over teh years, I can appreciate the fun you had!)

By: Thomas Siefert

Thomas Siefert — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:01:47 +0000

“Conrgrats! Moving is always exciting and a challenge. Weâ€™re all rooting for you (in the fan way, not like a pig in the muck).”

And we are not rooting for you in the Australian way either

By: Marsha Allen

Marsha Allen — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:05:23 +0000

Be sure to stop by Sommers-Bausch Observatory on the CU campus. They used to have open house every Friday night.

One homeowners tip for Boulder: Learn to replace shingles!
The chinooks are fierce.

By: Hairy Doctor Professor

Hairy Doctor Professor — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:44:46 +0000

Forget Rock Springsâ€¦the thriving metropolis of Wamsutter, Wyoming is where the real action is!

Gateway to beautiful downtown Table Rock…..

(One of my favorite places in southwestern Wyoming is Fossil Butte on US30 just west of Kemmerer. Out of the way, but definitely worth a visit or six.)

By: Schiec

Schiec — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:48:42 +0000

Conrgrats! Moving is always exciting and a challenge. We’re all rooting for you (in the fan way, not like a pig in the muck).

By: SpikeNut

SpikeNut — Wed, 30 May 2007 02:52:40 +0000

Happy Anniversary from us too, Phil and Mrs. BA! I thought about that after reading your post on friday but had already turned the computer off.

Your new house looks nice. An exciting time right now.

Larissa

By: Marlayna

Marlayna — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:38:32 +0000

Kaloriziko!

(Greek wish for something new you get, usually like a new home or store; I never learnt how to say this in English )

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Wed, 30 May 2007 00:22:09 +0000

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By: Ray Gray

Ray Gray — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:11:22 +0000

Your family should really enjoy their new house. Make sure that you get your den up as soon as possible. Looks like the perfect environment to author a new book in.

Thanks for sharing your travels with us….

By: Welcome to Boulder Bad Astronomer

Welcome to Boulder Bad Astronomer — Tue, 29 May 2007 23:31:57 +0000

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By: Trent Hanson

Trent Hanson — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:13:33 +0000

csrster said:
“The Boulder Book Store is certainly a great place to pick up assorted woo to debunk on the blog… ”

Sadly true, though I don’t know that it is any more woo infested than other bookstores (I know that’s not saying much). To their credit, they do seem to do a fairly good job keeping the woo books out of the science section. But perhaps even more to their credit, I easily located a copy of “Bad Astronomy” when I was there last Sunday.

By: ColoRambler

ColoRambler — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:36:04 +0000

Welcome to this part of the world, BA and crew.

Be sure that your moving list is complete: “find little dinky road leading to dark skies in the mountains” had better be there!

By: scubaduncs

scubaduncs — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:10:52 +0000

75, eh? Nice one. That is a civilized speed limit indeed. We get the odd 110 kph up here, but mostly they’re all 100. Up here being Canada, of course. But the, “eh,” probably already clued you in.

By: ABR

ABR — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:06:35 +0000

scubaduncs…in the western USA there are a number of roads (mainly the big interstate highways, including I-80) with a 75 MPH speed limit. Rest assured, the Travelling BAs were obeying the laws.

By: scubaduncs

scubaduncs — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:36:32 +0000

I’m no American, but isn’t 75 mph speeding? Shame on you and on a family website to boot. *tsk*

By: Katsu

Katsu — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:10:15 +0000

-gah, my comment got cut off. Okay, to continue -

…love alluvial fan deposits, so I tell everyone about it.

Oh! And there are some seriously wonderful restaurants over by CU. Check out Kow Thai, since they have the best yellow curry ever. And there’s… er, can’t remember the name, except it involves something like Noodle House. Anyway, enormous bowls of pho that you could drown in. And make sure to have a Big Fish at Illegal Pete’s sometime soon!