Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill This Thread XVIII - Road to 30

There was a lot of interesting politics concerning the discovery of new planets and the classification of such. The category of "asteroid" was actually invented as a way of demoting Ceres (and its companions) from planetary status, primarily because the British wanted to maintain the honor of having had the only astronomer to have discovered a new planet. Of course, about the time they finally got everyone else to go along with this, Neptune was discovered by German astronomers, spoiling the whole thing.

Go Germany! Go Neptune!

When I was young, I went to a lecture by Clyde Thompson, the discoverer of Pluto. It seemed so cool at the time, because he was the only person alive who had discovered a planet, and it seemed unlikely that anyone else would discover a planet anytime soon.

Of course, since then Pluto has been demoted from being a planet, and astronomers are discovering exo-planets all the time now.

On the other hand, that sense of wonder when Pluto was discovered will remain forever!

Only 4 of the 12 people who have walked on the moon are still alive.

Sobering statistics.

As an Internet commenter, I hereby conclude that the moon is bad for your health!

What's really depressing is that, in all likelihood, none of them will live to see humans walk on the moon again.

Well, now that is sad...

We should take their minds off it with some music. Here's a good song by The Police... oh... never mind....

"Rawking run rah roon."

If I ever got a chance to go to the moon... I don't think I would take it. so many things to see here on Earth. and going to the moon would take... well, the trip itself would take about three days I think, but the preparation to go there... hmmm... actually... come to think of it.... that wouldn't be so bad...

In one of the early episodes of Futurama they were going to the moon. Frye wanted to do the countdown. The trip took place while he counted down from 10 to 0.

The Futurama episode with Nibbler's birthday included a birthday song with a tune similar to, but slightly different from, "Happy Birthday to You." It went:
What day is today?
It's Nibbler's birthday!
What a day for a birthday!
Let's all have some cake.

Since that episode was made, it has been determined the "Happy Birthday to You" is actually in public domain and no royalties need be paid. This explains why movies and TV shows once commonly showed characters singing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," or a made-up song (such as Nibbler's), or only the closing bars of "Happy Birthday to You."

I remember reading about that, and thinking, if someone DID have the royalties and DID want to enforce it... how? Everyone just sings Happy Birthday in the privacy of their own birthday gatherings.

They'd be able to get their pennies from broadcasting organisations. Every time it was in a jingle or film or TV etc. Every time Monroe sings Happy Birthday Mr President, they make some money.

Imagine the profits they would make from children's parties...

Of course Marilyn does not sing much these days

Unless she's joined the heavenly choir...

Funny. I've got this Elvis & Marilyn: Best of the '80s CD around here somewhere...

I'm horrible with trying new music. I have a few favorites that I stick to, over and over and over. Used to drive my ex nuts.

I'm no better, and there's a cut off point where I've not listened to much new music at all.

I'm fairly clueless with popular music. I don't know anything after about 1990.

I tried listening to some new (2018 onwards) playlists recently, but didn't find anything that I liked.

I strayed from my usual station today (it has now reduced it's schedule so that it repeats 3 times a day (thanks a bunch Beeb)) As the others are 24 hour news misery, I found eclectic mix programmes with a variety of funk, electronic, folk and all sorts) I enjoy these snippets rather than listening to dedicated stations.

I don't even listen to the radio anymore, nor do I watch TV.