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Old 30-03-2008, 11:10 PM
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I was making the most of Earth Hour last night, trying to catch a few stars when all of a sudden a freakin jet plane flew right through my line of sight. Scared the bejeezus out of me, and I thought to myself, If I'd had one of those green lasers on my scope, would they have thought I was shining it at them.

There were a couple of numpties on the news tonight obviously aiming them at planes, but do the authorities take into account the fact that the rest of us are looking at the stars (i.e. up) and that sometimes planes do fly through our line of sight.
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