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Originally Posted by LostInSp_ce
When I saw that camper chair it brought a smile to my face. I have the exact same one and completely agree that it's very comfy. Happy hunting.  |
Thanks LostinSp_ce. It's almost dark enough now this evening, and the missus has some TV lined up so it's about time to go out and sit in that comfy chair again.
One more story first though..
In the interest of full disclosure, I should probably also admit that in the first week of owning the 150x750 Newtonian telescope I managed to drop it. Fortunately the other scope was not then mounted on the top, so only one of them took a fall.
What happened was that I was carrying it back into the shed in the dark, and put it down for a moment. One leg of the tripod lodged on the ramp into the shed and, as luck would have it, the counterweight was on the opposite side at the time… So as I bent down to pick up the lens cap I’d dropped, the whole lot toppled over with a loud and expensive sounding crash.
Fortunately, the guardian angel that protects idiots must have been doing some overtime that night and the only thing that broke was small plastic adjusting screw on the finder scope. Easily replaced with a metal version from the well stocked tin of miscellaneous old bolts in the shed.
But it did sustain a minor scratch or two and a very modest little dent. Naturally, it was out of alignment after such an indignity too. So that was the perfect excuse to dismantle it all and explore how it was put together , humbly apologising all the way. The panel beating required was nothing more than pushing a small indentation back out with my thumb and then reassembling and realigning everything, which was interesting to do and, mercifully, actually worked.
All that really happended was that it brought forward the inevitable time when I take new toys to pieces to see how they work. But I take a lot more care now. I may not be so lucky next time.
Cheers,
Chris