No more cigars for me on the observing field

[Lee]

Originally Posted by avandonk

That is why I built a stepper focuser and a real time electronic finderscope. So I could drink and smoke all night! Both drinking and smoking reduce all sorts of perfomance and eye acuity and sensitivity is the first affected.
I think we all die eventually and it is only how prematurely and why. Due to excess or boredom?
It is up to each one of us to work out what the priorities are.

It just depends how you want to spend your last years I suppose, the lucky smoker's deaths are quick heart attacks.... the unlucky suffocate over a decade or more. Most smokers bravado seems to fall away as they start towing around the oxygen bottle.....

[avandonk]

I have heard all my life what not to do by expert nuns, christian brothers and priests. Self denial is their mantra.
Sorry to even reply to this thread. Can I just do what I want without any judgment.
I feel sorry for people who are terrified of future illness.

Enjoy life without judging others.

Anyway whats the difference between a HEQ5 mount and a bottle of oxygen?
Ans. Not a lot!

Bert

[CoombellKid]

Originally Posted by Rodstar

It is easy to demonstrate that blood vessels are caused to constrict by various chemicals: If a naked person stands in a room about 75°F, his skin temperature will equilibrate at about 92°F (internal body temperature 98.6°F ± 1°F). All areas of the skin will be within 1°F as noted by infra-red photography.

After smoking ONE cigarette, the hands and feet darken on infra-red photographs, and the skin temperature over these areas is lower by 6 - 10°F compared to before smoking one cigarette. (Consider this effect on potentiating the likelihood of frost bite or simply discomfort on a cold winter night). A marked decrease in blood flow to these areas is easily demonstrable.

I guess one should not smoke naked, ya might catch a cold

I thought you would notice if you skin temperture drop so much.

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

PS: I stopped drinking while observing, got sick of getting the odd
blackeye off my old U/O HD's

[mark curtis]

I really like it better when my friends (and I) smoke, It dont make me as nervous as when we drink beer.