Let's face it.
The sun is seven minutes away at the speed of light..
- So it might wink out
& we would be minding our own business for ~ 6 minutes until we got a clue..

Dan

In article , "CrewL"
writes:


I suppose it's like looking in the sky at night at all the stars. Some of
them you see don't exist any more, but their light energy is finally
reaching Earth. Kind of a time machine really. Used to contemplate this sort
of stuff lots when I was 15 or thereabouts. Think about it until it scares
you.

Yes, a neat idea and interesting thread.

Mark.