1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
earth station n. ground equipment that is necessary to communicate through a satellite, which can be ‘receive only’ or ‘transmit and receive’ and which varies in size and cost, depending on application.
1980 We are confident that the technology involved in delivering these satellite services via small, individual house or homestead earth stations is dependable. - Sydney Morning Herald 19 Sep 3
1988 The first live TV programs into and out of Australia were made in November 1966 through Itelsat II from OTC’s satellite communications earth station at Carnarvon, Western Australia, and a British station in Cornwall. - Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 17 Jan 21
From the Macquarie Dictionary of New Words 1990 edition.
“Bottom-of-the-harbour-scheme and Clayton’s (the x you have when you haven’t got an x) are among our best linguistic products of the 80s”.
Now if you want to do something like this too, go nuts. And tell me all about it.
