Re: Harmonica in space

[Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 17 Jan 1995, Mike Curtis wrote:

> > 
> > Thanks George for the Dave Barry article. 
> > 
> 
> > What I want to know is where do I look in the sky to see this [67 light
> > year long] harmonica in space?  What night is it easiest to find?  Also
> > how did it get converted to football fields and how many people does it
> > take to play it?  
> 
> and I'd like to know who has a mouth big enough to play it, other than
> Newt Gingrich? 
> 
> You just have to feel for someone named after a lizard :-)
> 
>  -- mike curtis
> wd6ehr@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
As much as I like to see Mr. Gingrich rightfully taken to task I'm sorry 
to have to say that newts aren't lizards.  they're salamanders but more 
broadly they're amphibians of the order Caudata.  FJM