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From: kallis@pen.DEC
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Subject: Small point --
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Date: Wed, 22-May-85 10:21:11 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 22 10:21:11 1985
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I don't want this to sound like a complaint, so let me say this as in-
formationally/constructively as possible:

There is a network delay in some messages: the "Moon and Mercury" note
apparently transmitted 16 May arrived at the node on the 21st.  No
big deal *except* that thre was timely information on How To Spot
Mercury using the Almost-New Moon.  NBy the time it arrived, the Moon
was beginnng to wax rather than being in the last stages of waning.
Worse the luck, I'm *up* at that hour.

Point is that [if this can be kwpt as a gentle suggestion >>NOT A
COMPLAINT<<] for timely stuff of an astronomical nature, sending warn-
ings out a few days in advance probably would work.

However, to make everyone feel better, it was cloudy on the 16th here,
so barring an airplane flight, I wouldn't have seen it anyway.

Regards,
Steve Kallis, Jr.