I just started collecting outhouses about six months ago, and my collection is pretty slim. It all started with two sets of pictures I thought were cute at Wal-Mart. Then I received for Christmas 6 small ceramic figures. I also have a calendar, "Ma and Pa" outhouse salt and pepper shakers, two small pictures, a ceramic man in a night dress and cap with a lantern running to a outhouse. One unique thing I have received is an outhouse on top of a set of coasters.

It was back in the late '40's and the place was a Boy Scout camp, Camp Ingawanis in northern Iowa. For some reason the outhouses at the camp were called kaibos (kai as in "sky" and bo as in "beaux"). There was a young man that we all picked on, as young kids do. Thinking about what we did to this poor kid makes me feel very ashamed and wondering if we damaged him forever, poor soul. We called him Chief Kaibo. One evening, Chief Kaibo had to go to the kaibo and we followed.

sharable link ] Unless something has changed that I am unaware of (Peers over at the lore guys) Telon has one moon in the sky. When we had internal discussions about this ages ago - having more than a single moon "felt" to sci-fi in general and having two or three moons sounded too much like two fairly popular fantasy settings.

Now I have seen it all. We have gone from the sublime (the pix I sent you this am) to the ridiculous. There are some interesting FAQ's there though. In rural Tennessee, the outhouse was called the "la-la". Don't ask me why. mason for the wire donkey bike zine As President of the local Sandbaggers club in Longview, WA....we are toying with the idea of establishing an annual Outhouse Race in our City Center.

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Shepherd moons are small moons that appear to be responsible for defining the boundaries of some -- and maybe most -- of Saturn's rings. Their gravitational fields keep the ring particles from straying, much like a shepherd keeps sheep from wandering away from the flock. One startling example is the F-ring, which is tended by two tiny moons, Prometheus and Pandora. They seem to be responsible not only for maintaining the slender ring, but for its apparent braids and kinks.

Shepherding moons are satellites that orbit along side a ring. Due to gravitational effects from the shepherding moon, the edges of the rings are kept sharp and distinct. If the shepherding moon was not present, then the ring material would have a tendency to spread out. If two satellites are orbiting on both sides of the ring, then ring will be constrained on both sides into a narrow band.

Yes, the Moon. Apart from that, there are now a few natural objects known to be in close dynamical relationships with the Earth. Asteroid 2002 AA29 is one of them. We are also currently (23 Jan 2004) working on publishing results on 3 more asteroids. Look for more info here soon.

The technical term for this is the "lunula." The light color of the lunula, also known as the "half moon," is caused by the reflection of light where the matrix (also known as the mother of the nail, where nail growth begins) and the connective tissue of the nail bed join.

Compare positions with those in a planetarium program or published in an astronomical magazine or observing handbook. The Jovian moons fall into a nearly straight line that is parallel to the bands on the planet's surface The Jovian Moons move relative to each other and to background stars. Background stars do not move relative to each other.

Regular moons tend to move on near circular orbits,are usually big (e.g.,Jupiter's Galilean moons) and were thought to have been formed alongside the planet in the proto-planetary nebula. Irregular moons tend to be very distant from the planet, on highly tilted orbits; the orbits are often eccentric (cigar shaped) and many irregulars are retrograde (they move in the opposite sense to the way the planet spins). They are thought to have been captured. No the moons don't form a ring.

Yes, maybe. The Viking space mission placed a seismometer on Mars in 1976, but it never measured any quakes, probably because it was a very low-sensitivity instrument. Some of the surface features observed on Venus, Io (a moon of Jupiter), and the icy satellites of the outer planets suggest that seismic activity might occur there. But for now we don't have seismographs in place to be sure. Institute for Geophysics; J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg.

Mars actually has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, although neither is nearly the size of Earth's moon. Both are irregularly shaped, somewhat like potatoes. Phobos is 27 km (17 miles) long, while Deimos is 15 km (9 miles) long; both moons keep their long axes pointed toward Mars. Phobos is about 5984 km (3717 miles) from Mars and orbits the planet once every 7 hours and 39 minutes; Deimos is about 20,070 km (12,471 miles) from Mars and orbits Mars once every 1 day, 6 hours, and 18 minutes.

Nobody really knows how Phobos and Deimos ended up orbiting Mars; it is most often suggested that they used to be asteroids which were captured in Mars's gravity.

Mars's moons were discovered by Asaph Hall (1829-1907), an astronomer with the US Naval Observatory. On August 10, 1877, after a long search for Martian moons, Hall found Deimos. Two days later, while tracking Deimos's motion, Hall noticed another object orbiting closer to Mars, which has now been named Phobos.

We have just visited your homepage and we thought that you may be the expert that we have been looking for. My sister and I are doing a social studies project on outhouses. We live in West Virginia and hear our parents talking about building an outhouse at our camp. We became interested when we lost our battle for a bathroom at the camp. We need more information on the history of the outhouse and when they were replaced with indoor plumbing. Thanks in advance for your help.

I can remember my Grandma saying she was going to visit Aunt Susan (the outhouse) and my Grandpa would say he was going to visit the White House (the outhouse). My grandmother called the outhouse the "Garden House." It was screened from view by a canebreak through which ran a narrow path. I was listening on the radio yesterday and the hosts of the show were talking about visiting in Maine.. When the plumbing got stopped up they had an out house to use.

No, instead of consulting almanacs, we've designated a monthly time that everyone can plan on, even if they have never attended before, or have not attended for awhile. Thealogically, Goddess is accessible to us at any time of the month. Meeting in the middle of the month avoids conflicts with Sabbat rituals. The Order does not sponsor these, as open public are already available to the community through other groups.

Hello, Recently my husband built an old fashioned outhouse (tool storage) in our wildflower garden in the back yard. We've been having a discussion regarding the crescent moon on the door versus a starburst. The moon means ladies only, the starburst for men only. Right? But is the crescent moon typically waxing or waning? We would like to keep it looking as authentic as possible.

you know, the IMP is a panoramic camera. It takes data one small image at a time, and these small frames are pasted together to make larger images and panoramas. When the frames are retreived from the lander, they are stitched together initially by a computer program. Often, the seams of individual frames are visible because of a phenomenon known as parallax.

The answer lies in the lighting inside because outhouses were around before electricity. The best way to let light in was to put in a window. For privacy reasons, most outhouses were designed with the window above the line of sight. Many early outhouses contained a decorative "moon cutout" covered by glass. This allowed just enough light in to take care of business! It also allowed the real moon to shine through during the night.

Life as we know it can only exist with the presence of liquid water, organic compounds and a source of energy (such as sunlight). So far, scientists have found those elements in the right combinations only on Earth. But certain locations in our solar system hold at least pieces of the puzzle of life - Mars, comets and, possibly, Jupiter's moon Europa. Mars is the most likely location for life. Learn more >>

Some moons are actually as big as, or larger than, some planets. For example, Ganymede, one of the moons that orbits the giant planet Jupiter is larger than Mercury (one of the smallest planets).

There are at least 34 moons orbiting Saturn and we always seem to be discovering more. Titan is the biggest moon and the only one with an atmosphere--which is thick with nitrogen. It's 5,150 kilometers in diameter and bigger than the planet Mercury, which is 4,878 km in diameter. Saturn's moons are usually named after characters in Greek and Roman mythology.

The White moon is a cavity in the Arctic where Adam was found (by the Katsuragi expedition). In the redone episode 21 we see a subterranean scan of the Arctic which shows the White Moon. The Black Moon is the Geofront (where the Pyramid and NERV reside). The white moon is where Adam was found, and the Black Moon is where Lilith was found (though never stated, it is a logical assumption), the Black Moon has also been called "Lilith's Egg" in the EoE movie.

I have a picture of an outhouse with one door open on the right. There is a dog house in between the two doors with a dog on top of the outhouse. Do you have a picture like that in your collection? My ancestors are from Pa mostly. I will be moving to West Virginia soon and will be putting to use an out house. What kind of maintenance do out houses require? What should I know about an out house. My aunts and uncles had them when I was growing up but I never had to maintain one. Thanks.

Hi. I happened to know the late Victor Hayes. I have some of his artwork. He was a best friend of my friends in Michigan. I was just surfing and found your site. My son has one of the Outhouses t-shirts. I don't think it is easy to find any of his artwork now though. wish I had a picture to send when I was in Korea in 1957 we had an outhouse that had three doors marked : MEN, WOMEN, and OFFICERS I am looking for shower curtians with outhouses on them.

Two weeks ago, we lost a 37-year-old outhouse built of historic railroad ties, in a fire that took several outbuildings. The outhouse itself was sturdy enough, but aside from the sentimental and historical issues it had long out-lived it's pleasantness. Aside from the loss of a necessary 'convenience', I just remembered that also consumed by the flames was a 1976 Sears catalog. (Pages of red, white, and blue items from clothing to housewares, celebrating the nation's Bicentennial..