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don't piss off Mama Bear
Was chatting with Grace about the CAO, stickers, and strategic planning. It's good to have her in my corner!
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redid crosshairs
Decided to redo the cross hairs on the finder scope, for the barn door tracker. This time with human hair. Phase 1 curing... Rhonda donated to the ca…
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members observing (Toronto)
Woo hoo. Some RASC Toronto Centre members are observing! After Phil sent his note, "Hey, it’s clear for observing tonight!", I told people …
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took Green Line
After searching for a Dairy Queen in Orangeville in vain, with Lora's assistance, I showed Risa the Green Line route. She liked it.
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Baden again
Manuel emailed me. Said he had not wanted to phone me after getting home so late. Asked, again, if I wanted to go to Baden.
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identified the field
Helped Risa recognise the field of view in the Andromeda galaxy she had imaged. She wanted to know if she was seeing the galactic arm. Short answer: …
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corrected typos
Grace pointed out some typographical errors on the Telescope Repair Man web site. Thank you!
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what goes 'round
Don't mess with karma. Humans pay attention to this. The Universe carries on. Still, I would so love to relay the consequences of previous action…
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not to worry
I chimed in with Dietmar, Tony, Katrina, Lora, Phil, Donna, and Marie. "I'm alive and well and at the CAO." Dietmar said he saw my trac…
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helped at CAO work party
We helped at the fall work party at the Carr Astronomical Observatory. I worked on the small motors with Ed. We winterised the Stargrazer and Green F…
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pitched in
Phoned Adrian to help with his inspection of his CGEM mount. He was already on the line with Jeff. He patched us together. We gave various suggestion…
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backwards fun (Blue Mountains)
I invited Trevor to try some light-writing. He headed over to his dad's observatory. On the way back, he tried writing his initials. Forgot to mi…
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got a kick out of the news piece
The 9 News NBC crew video article was posted. They focused on Greg's lifelong goal to see a total solar eclipse. It was a lot of fun to see som…
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helped members (Blue Mountains)
4:02 PM, Thu 2 Jun 2016. Sent directions to Super Genius. After dinner, Ian and I chatted with Wayne about imaging. We tried to give him some simple …
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they will cancel
Manuel sent me a note upon reviewing the weekend weather at the CAO. They are gonna cancel.
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