Subject: The Worst Vernal Equinox article -ever!
The Worst Vernal Equinox article -ever!
March 21st, 2014 at 12:09 pm ESTHello Friend, You simply can't believe everything you read in the newspaper, and certainly not the Toronto Star. Where's Conrad Black when you really need him? (Just kiddin'.) I'll preface this Toronto star article written back in 2009, with the ...
Ripped off in Peru
March 20th, 2014 at 12:30 pm ESTHello Friend, "|Ripped off in Peru". Yesterday I got an email from a customer who had been in the store, well over a month ago, and afterdiscussing what his budget was with Alex, in the store, chose to buy a portable ...
Is Neil Degrasse Tyson, the new Carl Sagan?.
March 19th, 2014 at 10:58 am ESTHello Friend, If you haven't had the opportunity to watch the new COSMOS series, Sunday nights on Fox Television and other channels, then you've been missing out big time, and more than likely, you are living under a rockif you have not heard about i ...
Your computerized equatorial mount won't work properly, if you don't do this
March 18th, 2014 at 12:07 pm ESTHello Friend, Stop cursing your computerized equatorial mount. What I'm about to share with you is something you really want to pay attention too. Remember the days of the flashing VCR? You know the one that would constantly flash 12:00 because i ...
The biggest mistake you can make in astroimaging
March 16th, 2014 at 11:21 am ESTHello Friend, It's a problem I see, over and over. People trying to take decent astroimages and getting frustrated. Why? They tend to overload their telescope's mount, with all sorts of gear, such as guidescopes, CCD cameras,digital camera's, whatev ...
Keep your pants up, this is not for the faint hearted
March 15th, 2014 at 12:20 pm ESTHello Friend, As a rule of thumb, you won't find trouble unless you go looking for it. So I asked Lloyd at the local coffee shop, why he would be expecting anyone to be coming with him with a knife? Especially in such a quiet, friendly town on Mani ...
How a Jesus belt buckle can save your life!
March 14th, 2014 at 11:38 am ESTHello Friend, When you're on the road, the sign of a Tim Horton's is like a pilgramage to Mecca might be for some folks. Ok, not exactly, but you get the idea.... For the March break, I am at my house on Manitoulin Island. It's in the central part ...
How to avoid changing eyepieces when it's colder than a woman from Siberia!
March 13th, 2014 at 12:08 pm ESTHello Friend, Colder than a girl from Siberia? Well, I better 'fess up here and admit I actually haven't met any women from Siberia as of late,so I might be a tad wrong on that one. However, there was this one lady I knew from Newmark ...
Why we don't sell toys, sea monkeys, or baubles..
March 12th, 2014 at 11:58 am ESTHello Friend, Sea Monkeys? Test tubes? Baubles? Over the years, some folks have tried to tempt me into adding things to our product line of primarily Telescopes,Binoculars, Microscopes, & Related accessories. And I have always resisted this effort: ...
They won't flush the flipping toilet!
March 11th, 2014 at 10:47 am ESTHello Friend Warning: This is going to be a rant, right off the bat. Monday I was travelling on the road for several hours , and had to stop a couple of times to use public bathrooms. Nothing unusual about th ...