What Did You Get Today? (Not Model Related)

[crazyjim]

I had a Shadow years and years ago.  I forget if it was 500cc or 700cc.  Nice little scooter.  Loved it.

[dieseldawg142]

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Edited May 10, 2018 by dieseldawg142

[Roadrunner]

I had a similar situation not all that long ago. After loyal service to the same, uh,... person for 14 years, I was given a severance package and my walking papers. No fanfare, no celebration, just the end of the line. I haven't worked a day since then.

[Olskoolrodder]

  On 5/31/2016 at 12:27 PM, crazyjim said:

I had a Shadow years and years ago.  I forget if it was 500cc or 700cc.  Nice little scooter.  Loved it.

Cool! Loving this one so far as well

[花火]

  On 4/29/2016 at 10:40 PM, Vince Nemanic said:

I just got back with a new toy: a 2016 Martin D28 John Lennon guitar.  This is not the 75th anniversary edition but the follow up series.  It has the Vintage Tone System which makes a new guitar sounds like a vintage one.  This one is aged to sound like one from 1965, the year that Martin gave guitars to Lennon, McCartney and Harrison.  It just booms right out of the box (it just arrived this morning and I watched the guy take the guitar and case out of the shipping carton).  I was the first person not at the factory who touched it. What a thrill!

nice score!

[cobraman]

My sister bought me a Bottle Breacher as seen on the TV show Shark Tank. Had my name engraved on it as well. I don't drink anything that comes in bottles but it's cool anyway.

[Roadrunner]

In my ongoing effort to gather all of the components for a new PC that I'm building, my Enermax Coenus showed up yesterday. For a case within its price range, the reviews I've read, are almost entirely favorable.

 

[Roadrunner]

I received my star gazing (12 x 50) binoculars yesterday, and that pleases me very much. (A tripod mount for them was also delivered today, the tripod itself having been purchased a few months ago.) These will certainly tide me over until later this year, when I buy my telescope. (As luck would have it, last night was the first time in the last two weeks that the sky was completely overcast, and it looks like more of the same tonight.)

[cobraman]

Star gazing ??  Looks more like it's aimed at your neighbors house. What's going on over there ? Just kidding. Nice set up.

[unclescott58]

  On 6/21/2016 at 5:29 PM, cobraman said:

Star gazing ??  Looks more like it's aimed at your neighbors house. What's going on over there ? Just kidding. Nice set up.

Maybe his neighbor is a "star" of some sort? If that's the case, just be careful and don't get caught.

[Roadrunner]

  On 6/21/2016 at 5:29 PM, cobraman said:

Star gazing ??  Looks more like it's aimed at your neighbors house. What's going on over there ? Just kidding. Nice set up.

Ha! Yep, keeping them horizontal like that just aids with the overall balance when moving the tripod around. Clarity and definition with these seems good, I checked out some birds and stuff, and they seem to focus really well, whereas my older binoculars (which I can't find at the moment), were very fiddly, and never seemed to focus really well. The older pair may need collimating, I'm not real sure.

[Roadrunner]

  On 6/21/2016 at 5:50 PM, unclescott58 said:

Maybe his neighbor is a "star" of some sort? If that's the case, just be careful and don't get caught.

Most of my neighbors aren't too appealing from a distance, I shudder to think of what they'd look like up close.

[bismarck]

  On 6/21/2016 at 5:55 PM, Roadrunner said:

Most of my neighbors aren't too appealing from a distance, I shudder to think of what they'd look like up close.

Leave the lenses caps on, less eye strain.  TALL privacy fences make good neighbors.

[Crazy Ed]

  On 6/21/2016 at 5:21 PM, Roadrunner said:

I received my star gazing (12 x 50) binoculars yesterday, and that pleases me very much. (A tripod mount for them was also delivered today, the tripod itself having been purchased a few months ago.) These will certainly tide me over until later this year, when I buy my telescope. (As luck would have it, last night was the first time in the last two weeks that the sky was completely overcast, and it looks like more of the same tonight.)

     Nice setup. When you choose to get serious here's the set I use  They're Miyauchi Bj100iBF's

Edited June 21, 2016 by Crazy Ed

[Foxer]

  On 6/21/2016 at 9:47 PM, Crazy Ed said:

     Nice setup. When you choose to get serious here's the set I use  They're Miyauchi Bj100iBF's

I DO have a neighbor I could use those for! 

[花火]

something like this..

[peteski]

  On 6/22/2016 at 9:04 AM, 花火 said:

something like this..

That is a classic Zeppelin!

It is good to know that I'm not the only person in the world who still buys and prefers CDs to MP3 downloads.

[花火]

  On 6/22/2016 at 9:09 AM, peteski said:

That is a classic Zeppelin!

It is good to know that I'm not the only person in the world who still buys and prefers CDs to MP3 downloads.

me2! Btw what do you use to play cds? I kind of born the wrong times--- nowadays portable cd players just out of production, and i really hate to buy second hand....

[Crazy Ed]

  On 6/22/2016 at 1:31 PM, 花火 said:

me2! Btw what do you use to play cds? I kind of born the wrong times--- nowadays portable cd players just out of production, and i really hate to buy second hand....

       Any DVD / Blu-Ray Player should be able to also play CD's  But I prefer my old Record Player and Vinyl 12" Albums!

[花火]

  On 6/22/2016 at 1:38 PM, Crazy Ed said:

       Any DVD / Blu-Ray Player should be able to also play CD's  But I prefer my old Record Player and Vinyl 12" Albums!

Exactly! I play CDs with my computer but it just shouldn't be that way, I mean, use computer to play CDs, no!

[Roadrunner]

  On 6/21/2016 at 9:47 PM, Crazy Ed said:

Nice setup. When you choose to get serious here's the set I use  They're Miyauchi Bj100iBF's

Actually, my next step will probably be directly to a refractor telescope. Unfortunately, there's still a lot of brightness on the horizon and very tall trees that restrict my view here, so how far I'll pursue this is questionable.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Found a '41 Chevy 2-dr sedan, literally in a shed. Has a layer of dust on it an inch thick, but looks like it's a creampuff under the filth. Factory stock, light gray, good to excellent original interior, would look like this cleaned up. Hmmmm....last registered about 20 years ago. Unbelievably low mileage showing on the clock, but the condition bears it out. Guy's asking a little too much, but still, if I could get her running cheap (only supposed to need a starter and fuel pump). I've kinda wanted a "grandpa" car for a long time, and this would fill the bill nicely.

 

[Crazy Ed]

  On 6/22/2016 at 4:33 PM, Roadrunner said:

Actually, my next step will probably be directly to a refractor telescope. Unfortunately, there's still a lot of brightness on the horizon and very tall trees that restrict my view here, so how far I'll pursue this is questionable.

    Oh, I got them also . along with a Celestron First Scope 80 and a TeleVue Pronto I've got this:

   Now if you want t talk 'bout reflectors thee's several of those here also.............

[Roadrunner]

  On 6/22/2016 at 8:17 PM, Crazy Ed said:

Oh, I got them also . along with a Celestron First Scope 80 and a TeleVue Pronto I've got this:

Now if you want t talk 'bout reflectors thee's several of those here also.............

I wish I lived out in the middle of nowhere like you do, Ed, but I live in the suburbs, and it may just not be as practical for me. Still and all, a reasonable sized (I'm looking at a Meade 102mm), isn't too horribly expensive (always a concern with me), so I might still just go for it.

[Crazy Ed]

  On 6/22/2016 at 9:16 PM, Roadrunner said:

I wish I lived out in the middle of nowhere like you do, Ed, but I live in the suburbs, and it may just not be as practical for me. Still and all, a reasonable sized (I'm looking at a Meade 102mm), isn't too horribly expensive (always a concern with me), so I might still just go for it.

      I started gathering my equipment when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hardly a "Dark Sky" location, although within a hour there were locations that allowed for reasonable viewing. Might I suggest (if you haven't already) look for local Astronomy Clubs and go to Star Parties if they have them. If you get lucky they'll have a Telescope Loaner program that'd allow you to try out different types and sizes of scopes prior to layin' out your hard earned cash. Were I to be limited to 1 Scope I'd have to go for a 10" F-6 Dob mounted Reflector. really good all around size and f-ratio.