tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501648945216335819.post5104439661596066668..comments2024-01-27T07:32:46.851-08:00Comments on Palomar Skies: TowermanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501648945216335819.post-37318078697032691922009-10-26T08:48:36.793-07:002009-10-26T08:48:36.793-07:00Scott,
Thanks for your thoughtful and cromulent r...Scott,<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughtful and cromulent response.<br /><br />Gender neutral: I recommend Lookout; it's simple and non-sexist. But not all tower operators agree. And some yearn for the days where gender language was the norm. Go figure.<br /><br />On another subject, one of the highlights of every summer in a lookout is August's Perseids Meteor Shower. I can't imagine a better place to watch. Wow!Eliot Kalmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501648945216335819.post-44053704580979983812009-10-24T06:22:36.149-07:002009-10-24T06:22:36.149-07:00Eliot,
I used the term "towerman" becau...Eliot,<br /><br />I used the term "towerman" because when I asked Brad Eels the name of the person in the photo he said: "The last name of the “Towerman” is Saenz."<br /><br />That wasn't a word I had heard before and thought it would be an interesting title for the blog post. <br /><br />In hindsight, perhaps I didn't make the best choice for the title "Lookout!" would have been a good one too. So what is the correct, gender-neutral term for someone who works a lookout tower?Palomar Observatoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06392532066672188366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501648945216335819.post-37189260632145192042009-10-23T14:20:24.498-07:002009-10-23T14:20:24.498-07:00Surprised? But the word used for the title of this...Surprised? But the word used for the title of this Palomar Skies article, "Towerman," has become the subject of a hot conversation on the Yoohoo firelookout blog.<br /><br />So the queston for Public Affairs Coordinator Scott Kardel is, Why, in 2009, did you choose such an archaic, misleadingly gender-specifie term, for the title of your article? Consider, in your article you quote Brad Eels, from the Forest Fire LOOKOUT Association. I'd have gone with the accurate and gender neutral title "Lookout!"<br /><br />On the other hand, Mr. Kardel's use, in that same article, of the Simpsonism, "embiggen," is to be commended.<br /><br />Eliot Kalman, Athens, Ohio, member, Forest Fire Lookout Association and a The Simpsons fan.Eliot Kalmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501648945216335819.post-47378660727139203162009-06-23T14:06:57.371-07:002009-06-23T14:06:57.371-07:00Nice! I was there ~10 years ago. And thanks!Nice! I was there ~10 years ago. And thanks!MrsLittleJeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261467265044347736noreply@blogger.com