For those who might find it interesting, this is the correct definiton of "Blue Moon," something that occurs about once every 2.8 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon
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quote:A blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month.
quote:your barking up the wrong tree mrs. carl. Bluemoon is not TNT, not even close. TNT doesn't have to hide behind a different name, so get your facts straight. Roll Eyes
quote:Originally posted by littlemeanmama:quote:A blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month.
This is still an accurate description of a blue moon. An extra full moon per year, 13 instead of 12. Two full moons in one calendar month.
quote:Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
I'm not suggesting that anyone change their signature, but a blue moon occurs when there are 13 full moons in a year. That does not happen every year. Every year does have a month with two full moons in it, so that's confusing to some people. The Wiki definition is correct.
quote:Originally posted by llll:quote:Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
I'm not suggesting that anyone change their signature, but a blue moon occurs when there are 13 full moons in a year. That does not happen every year. Every year does have a month with two full moons in it, so that's confusing to some people. The Wiki definition is correct.
..."It doesn't happen every year, but every year does have..." Huhhh???
Psssst, Firenza....the above statment severely subtracts from the "I am an authority on everything" image you spend so much time trying to project.
quote:Originally posted by TheFox:
Its a year that has 13 full moons. When that happens the second full moon in that month is called a full moon. Get it?
quote:Originally posted by littlemeanmama:
'''Yes, there's at least two full moons in one month every year. These years still have just 12 full moons.
Its a year that has 13 full moons. When that happens the second full moon in that month is called a full moon. Get it?'''
So in a calendar year that has two full moons in one month and still only twelve for the year, then one month would not have a full moon. In a calendar year that has one full moon for 11 months and two full moons in one month, 13 total, that is a blue moon? I guess I must be as dense as IIII, and others who find this still ends up being two full moons in one month (just depends on whether you know its the 12th or the thirteenth since the last one).........
quote:Originally posted by hoss gal:
just moon 'em, moonie! UU
quote:Originally posted by TamaraKnight:
Bluemoon, I see you're really Jet boy!
quote:Originally posted by TamaraKnight:
Bluemoon, I see you're really Jet boy!
quote:Originally posted by TamaraKnight:
Well, Bluemoon needs to change his/her signature.
quote:Originally posted by hoss gal:
just moon 'em, moonie! UU
quote:Originally posted by TamaraKnight:
Bluemoon, I see you're really Jet boy!
quote:Originally posted by Mrs. Carl Brutananadilewski:
I think your new name is nice. TNT was good, too, but bluemoon, along with your new avatar, looks very peaceful. You're spunky, though, TNT may have been more appropriate!
quote:Originally posted by llll:
Bluemoon, you seem to be an okay person.
And if TK's comment was just a joke, then why did the others find it necessary to jump in with their definitions?
One that did it likes to show her "intelligence" by correcting others and posting facts she's dug up online then being very condescending about it. Since she's that way with everyone i guess she wasn't picking on you, she was just being herself...lol.
Your name is cool. I hear Sha-na-na singing everytime I see it And your sig line is just the condensed version of what the others found necessary to drag out
quote:quote:
Originally posted by Mrs. Carl Brutananadilewski:
I think your new name is nice. TNT was good, too, but bluemoon, along with your new avatar, looks very peaceful. You're spunky, though, TNT may have been more appropriate!
And I could say your Kindred ??? lol
quote:Originally posted by Mrs. Carl Brutananadilewski:quote:quote:
Originally posted by Mrs. Carl Brutananadilewski:
I think your new name is nice. TNT was good, too, but bluemoon, along with your new avatar, looks very peaceful. You're spunky, though, TNT may have been more appropriate!
And I could say your Kindred ??? lol
Of course I meant no harm to you, but there you go being a smarty britches! Yes, you can say I am Kindred all you want. ESPECIALLY if Kindred and I share the same attitude & opinions, type EXACTLY the same, use the EXACT unusual punctuation, etc. If that were the case, I probably would be Kindred!
quote:Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:quote:Originally posted by llll:
Bluemoon, you seem to be an okay person.
And if TK's comment was just a joke, then why did the others find it necessary to jump in with their definitions?
One that did it likes to show her "intelligence" by correcting others and posting facts she's dug up online then being very condescending about it. Since she's that way with everyone i guess she wasn't picking on you, she was just being herself...lol.
Your name is cool. I hear Sha-na-na singing everytime I see it And your sig line is just the condensed version of what the others found necessary to drag out
If that was directed at me, no, I certainly couldn't remember all the names of the moons off the top of my head--I did remember four counting Blue Moon. I listed them since I thought others might be interested in knowing what the Native Americans called them.
I have known what a Blue Moon was since taking Dr. Harvey's astronomy class many moons ago (sorry--couldn't resist). I remember that it was one of his pet peeves that so few knew what a Blue Moon really was.