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Old 07/04/09, 08:39 AM
 
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Do You Know What A Blue Moon Is?
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Old 07/04/09, 08:43 AM
 
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The second full moon in a month? I didn't google so hope I am right..... he he
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Old 07/04/09, 09:02 AM
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The second full moon in a month? I didn't google so hope I am right..... he he
you're right

It's also a really good beer
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Old 07/04/09, 09:07 AM
 
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you're right

It's also a really good beer
Bleh. It's a crummy beer! Beer isn't supposed to taste like Kool-Aid! LOL!

Seriously, I don't care for the stuff. I like my beer to taste like beer, which is why I prefer micro- or home brew.

Blue Moon... <shudder>
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It's also an alcoholic drink that tastes like blue Kool-aid!
And will knock you off a bar stool! lol
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Old 07/04/09, 09:41 AM
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I always thought that Blue Moon beer was appropriately named, because you wouldnt want to drink one except for, "once in a..." (aka "not very often".) LOL.
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Sunflower-N-Kansas has it right and responded before I could.

Next question is Dog Days
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Again, without looking it up, is it the hot days in late summer after a cool spell?

Here, we usually get a cool rainy week the first week of Sept and then it gets real hot again.

Off to look that one up......
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Aw, shucks, Missed that one. Someone else can try.......
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Old 07/04/09, 02:38 PM
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"blue moon" has several definitions:

1. The second full moon in a given calendar month.

2. A really crummy tasting beer.

3. University of Alaska college students backside hanging out a car window. Also occasionally seen in other states such as Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.
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Dog days:

A very hot period of August usually around the third week, so named because of dogs having high rates of coming in contact with rabies during that month.

Indian Summer:

A warm period after the first cooling spells of September.
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Dog Days has to do with the position of the Dog Star during that time. I don't remember the particulars exactly.
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I thought it was a song about a sad moon who saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart without a love of my own.
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My favorite flavor of ice cream! Has been since I was a lil kid ...

It's getting really hard to find, though.
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There will be a blue moon on december 31 of this year.

I think it happens every 4 yrs or so


I've never had the beer
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The dog days are the time during the summer when Sirius, the dog star, is visible. Since it was so bright it was thought to be like a second sun and add to the heat of summer.

(I didn't Google, honest)
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The dog days are the time during the summer when Sirius, the dog star, is visible. Since it was so bright it was thought to be like a second sun and add to the heat of summer.

(I didn't Google, honest)
OK, now you get to ask a question.
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OK.

What is Indian Summer?
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The Blue Moon is a tavern near the U district in Seattle that shut down severla years a go.
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The second full moon in a month? I didn't google so hope I am right..... he he
This is the modern meaning for a "BLUE MOON"

Historically, seasons were timed by full moons - twelve each year. The moons were named, these names varied with different peoples, names such as harvest moon (in Cincinnati there was a Harvest Moon Festival", growing moon, snow moon, egg moon, Lent moon etc.

Most years have 12 moons with each moon having a name, but some years have thirteen full moons so the early moon was named a "blue moon", which then re-aligned the rest of the year's moons to their proper 'seasons'.

OK I did Google this:
* January - Wolf moon[1], Hunger moon, Old moon
* February - Snow moon[1], Ice moon
* March - Worm moon[1], Sap moon, Sugaring moon, Crow moon, Storm moon
* April - Pink moon[1], Egg moon, Grass moon, Rain moon, Growing moon
* May - Flower moon[1], Planting moon, Milk moon, Hare moon
* June - Strawberry moon[1], Rose moon, Honey moon, Mead moon
* July - Buck moon[1], Thunder moon, Deer moon, Hay moon
* August - Sturgeon moon[1], Corn moon, Fruit moon, Barley moon
* September - Harvest moon (moon nearest autumn equinox)[1]
* October - Hunter's moon[1] (moon after harvest moon), Bunky moon
* November - Beaver moon[1], Frosty moon, Snow moon
* December - Cold moon, Long Night moon[1], Winter moon

The Main Farmer's Almanac started the belief that the third full moon in a season with four full moons is called a blue moon.
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