In April, we asked to tell us about an event that occurs usually no more than once a century; always happens in pairs, eight years apart; and last occurred in 1761 and again in 1769. Having transpired in 2004, many Legal Bytes readers were fortunate to know about and actually catch a glimpse of the transit of Venus last month – when it appeared as a small black dot taking a few hours to transit across the fiery disc of the star we call the sun. For those of you who missed it, it will happen again, but not until 2117 and then (eight years later) in 2125.
To be fair, the person who had the correct answer first was none other than long time Legal Bytes reader, fan and friend, Shari Gottesman. But when I checked, a grouping of people responded correctly within 24 hours to a tough question; so while Shari was first, let me also tip my hat (in order) to: James Griffin, Simon Persoff, Kathryn Farrara, Meredith P. Hartley, Mary Lew, William J. McDonough, Randy Henrick, Denise McCarthy, Judy Ruble, Richard Fine, Scott A. Grubb, Peter Le Guay (all the way from Australia), Marianne T. Urso, Yvonne Williams and Neira Jones. Thank you for reading; for responding; for being avid fans and eager readers.