Ack! Fractious thread!
The Leonid Meteor Storm:
Abso-fucking-lutely brilliant. We AUssies had the best view this time around, and wow... we went out to a big park out the outskirts of the city a few years back to see it and saw fuck all, except one huge scary one that left a vapour trail which stayed visible for over ten minutes.
This time we were watching from my in-laws' new farm up in the hugh country of central Victoria, and the meteors did not disappoint. Between 3:30am and dawn, we probably saw two or three hundred meteors, most quite small, many very bright, and a few that were just amazing, including the highlight of the night - a dazzlingly bright one that splintered toward the end of its arc and glittered like a handful of diamonds. Beautiful.
Unfortunately, I have heard that Jupiter has modified the orbit of the comet whose tail we pass through, causing us to see the meteors. Apparently this year was the farewell performance. :(
Burglaries:
Yeah, Rufus was a funny bastard - truly the world's most incompetent burglar. Even so, the paranoia that moronic fuckhead has left is still felt, almost four months later. Several times I have stalked the back yard with a torch in one hand and a block of wood in the other. I actually slept with a cricket bat beside the bed for a few weeks. Whenever Pip barked in the night, I would run outside and look around, instead of telling him to shut up.
I am still angry, too. The dumb fuck still slives next door, and actually taunts me occasionally. A month or so ago he shouted abuse at some friends of mine who had been visiting and were on their way out to the car. If he shits me too much, I have a few ideas... well, to say more on a public forum would be foolish. :)
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