Hi Bill,

"But if more than one time span is given in the line, the other spans will
still be operational; the # will just clobber the first one."

The first time span is the only one I change. I've had that
particular page (redefining Delta-T) bookmarked ever since you first
opened Guide to Delta-T changes. That one page opened a whole new
world for me, I had reached the point where I couldn't proceed.
The work is very important to me. I've spent over thirty years
researching only two narrow subjects: the origin and histories of
both Delta-T and the corrections to the Moon's mean longitude.
There's a lot I don't know about astronomy, but on those two
subjects, I _am_ the authority (nobody but me knows it G), I know
stuff everybody's forgotten, some of it very interesting. But I am
_very_ careful about my sources. I'm a fanatic nit-picker, or a
nit-picking fanatic, take your choice. You wouldn't believe some of
the sloppy work I've run across, not "in my opinion" but actually
documented stuff I would have been ashamed to publish. Oh, sorry for the rant.

The reason for the paper I mentioned re the 3340 BCE eclipse was due
to a paper I found about "a discovery dating a paleolithic
site." Oh, well. I cleaned the guy's clock (aka Mac SW). I just
finished and uploaded the short paper I referred to the users
group. The story is at http://ldart.got.net/cairn.html Take a
look, I'm proud of the job I did. (I'm going to post it to the users
group tomorrow). I hate sloppy work!! Ever hear of Digital
Universe? Real piece of crap, but a Mac user wouldn't know the
difference. (Meow, meow, G)

My wife was very supportive. I don't drive and she would take me from
San Jose to UCSC in Santa Cruz, so I could access Lick Observatory's
librtary. Thelma died in 1980, and for six years I took four buses
each way in order to get to UCCS. Finally, in 1986 I sold the house
and moved to Santa Cruz to have better transportation. I moved right
across the street from the local bus terminal, and could get to
Lick's library in 15 minutes! Wonderful. I had a six inch Meade
Newtonian (loaded with goodies) on my patio in San Jose, but had to
let it go when I sold the house. I live on the second floor of an
apartment complex now, have a balcony, and occasionally think about
getting a small scope just for the fun of it. I haven't even looked
through a scope since 1986. Sometimes I miss it, but I'm 80, and
just can't get sidetracked from writing some stuff up.

Boy, you write a guy a simple email and get GWTW back. Sorry 'bout
that. But I need to respond to some of the points you've brought up
about some things, just never got around to it. (I"ve kept most of
our emails.) May I send you a 3-4 page .rtf?

Larry


Laren Dart
http://ldart.got.net