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| ********************************************************************************************************* MOST RECENT ENTRIES -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Tuesday, August 09, 2005 Discovery's down, and all are safe.  It was wonderful to have the opportunity, thanks to the BBC News website, to see the Space Shuttle Discovery return to earth this lunchtime. At about 9am I went to their website and started the live video feed to view the landing. The decided to abandon the first two windows, due to bad weather. I kept the feed running all day so I didn't miss seeing Discovery come in, and at 12:07pm (BST) she started making her first moves back home. A further 60 mins or so later, and she was safely down. The Beeb have still got a feed running at the moment, so you might be able to re-watch it.Today's the first time since the very first flight - Columbia back in 1981 - that I've watched one of those beasts come back to earth. It's also the first time I've seen a night landing - which was quite odd as they used a lot of IR cameras so we could see anything. The IR photo I've used is from the BBC news site - I'm sure there'll be lots more over there, and on the NASA website. I'm really glad that everything went fine with this landing. Seems that the space walk to repair the shuttle was well worth it, and I'm looking forwards to seeing the footage on my telly when I get home. I felt like an excited little kid when I was watching it! It's nice to have something positive to write about. My hols were a bit of a disaster. I was too busy to work on either my wiki info, or my fanfic. The weather was pretty awful, and then my Car was stolen on Sunday. That turned into a farce! It was stolen and found burnt out about 1/2 mile from my home. By the time the Police finally gave me details on what had happened to it, and where it was, it had been stolen again! Yes... stolen, burnt out, and the burnt out wreck stolen! We finally found where it had been dumped yesterday at about 5:30pm. So now I've finally been able to let my insurer's know where it is so that they can send out their assessors. It's not as bad as I'd thought, but there's no doubt it's going to be a write-off. The entire interior has been burnt out, the rear end appears to be the worst, with the paint burnt and blistered on the rear doors. The bonnet is open and forced right up over the windscreen and burnt to buggery. And the bastard who stole it the second time nicked the bloody wheels off it! I have a funny feeling they've also taken something from the engine bay as that doesn't quite look right. Turns out that my Cavalier wasn't the only one stolen and burnt out that morning either... a friend at work's sister's boyfriend had the same thing happen to his Cav that morning! I don't know if they're related incidents or not, but it seems a bit suspicious to me. What's really annoyed me is that most of the detective work seems to have been done by ourselves! Now that the car has been located everyone seems willing to do their work - but it took 4 phonecalls to the police before they could tell me anything about what had happened! It's been a nightmare. I'm seriously considering not bothering with having a car in the future. It's not worth the hassle. Hits on my Wallpapers have really gone up in the last week or so... 460 this month now! :) posted by Unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // *END OF NEW ENTRIES* \\ |
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