The post whore thread.

[GilpinGuy]

Ho'in on a Saturday night can be lonely. [Shake]

[BuffCyclist]

Awww, GG I'm here for you to ho with!

[GilpinGuy]

Watching the 1998 Godzilla movie. I think I like the original ones from back in the day better.

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af308/juanez3248/imagesqtbnANd9GcQgCTiXNvpePU4_OmV2J_zps4f2fc755.jp g

[GilpinGuy]

Awww, GG I'm here for you to ho with!

I am not alooooone!

[GilpinGuy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln8-Y-fIbqM

[GilpinGuy]

So Buff, what exactly do you do there? Look for ET's and stuff?

[GilpinGuy]

Just stepped outside to take a whizz Damn near a full moon. Beautiful night up here.

[GilpinGuy]

Funny. I walk past the bathroom so I can whiz off the deck. [LOL]

[GilpinGuy]

Oooooooooo, maybe I can make it to 2000 tonight.

[BuffCyclist]

So Buff, what exactly do you do there? Look for ET's and stuff?

Tonight and last night i've been watching movies and waiting for the thunderstorm to move on so the humidity drops and the dewpoint differential rises above 3degC.

But normally, I'm a telescope operator (astronomer) and observe a set of pre-determined coordinates until we get the quality of data required for each target. Our telescope is a survey driven telescope, so we're basically observing the entire observable night sky. We have several instruments that are on our telescope and soon we'll be starting the fourth survey (next summer that is). Then we'll pick up two more instruments.

[GilpinGuy]

Having this floppy toe is annoying as hell.

[GilpinGuy]

So are you on the lookout for new stuff to show up? Quasars and novae and stuff?

[GilpinGuy]

I miss being in the science field. I was geologist in my former life. Love them rocks.

[BuffCyclist]

So are you on the lookout for new stuff to show up? Quasars and novae and stuff?

Well, one of our instruments is looking at baryon oscillations (which are kind of ripples from the big bang). Another is looking at the center of the milky way and is getting a never before seen look at it because it looks in infrared and is able to see through the dust lane.

[BuffCyclist]

We've already observed pretty much the entire observable sky here twice now, on the third survey. The first survey was an imaging and most of those images are used in googlesky or wikisky. After we give our collaborators proprietary access to our data for a year, we release the data to the general public so universities and scientists world wide can use the data to do research and publish papers. As such, the data collected from our telescope is some of the most used for papers making our data much more published than data from the Hubble (if you can believe that).

[GilpinGuy]

Pretty cool stuff. I used to subscribe to Astronomy magazine just because I thought all that shit was mind blowing. The scale of time, etc. Geology relates in a way - the crazy time scales that is. 10 million years? Baaaah! Just a blip of time.

[GilpinGuy]

We've already observed pretty much the entire observable sky here twice now, on the third survey. The first survey was an imaging and most of those images are used in googlesky or wikisky. After we give our collaborators proprietary access to our data for a year, we release the data to the general public so universities and scientists world wide can use the data to do research and publish papers. As such, the data collected from our telescope is some of the most used for papers making our data much more published than data from the Hubble (if you can believe that).

Googlesky? WTF do they NOT have their hands on? Jeeeez.

[BuffCyclist]

Googlesky? WTF do they NOT have their hands on? Jeeeez.

http://www.google.com/sky/

Its really quite cool you can look around, zoom in on objects, view things in infrared, microwave or look at historical overlays.

[GilpinGuy]

That is pretty damn cool! The historical overlays are neat. Ho's back in the day were doing some serious psychedelics to come up with some of that shit.

[GilpinGuy]

So, in your humble opinion, is Pluto a planet or not? [Coffee]

[BuffCyclist]

That is pretty damn cool! The historical overlays are neat. Ho's back in the day were doing some serious psychedelics to come up with some of that shit.

Yea, those hostronomers were a CRAZY bunch! [LOL]

With any luck, I'll be moving back to the hardware side of things within the next couple of months. The observing side is nice, where else can you get a full salary and only work 8 days per month? But other than that, the schedule really sucks! We observe 365 days per year, including all holidays. Since there are only 9 observers on my telescope and we need 2 observers per night, you end up working Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Years every single year. I have worked every single Thanksgiving the past 3 years, 2 New Years' and 2 Christmas'. That really sucks to be away from family on those holidays, especially since the weather usually prevents us from opening and we're blizzarded out. Those holidays REALLY suck because you KNOW there is no chance of opening/observing, yet we still have to stay and monitor the instruments and other systems.

[BuffCyclist]

So, in your humble opinion, is Pluto a planet or not? [Coffee]

Haha, YES, it is a planet damnit!!!

For starters, it orbits like our other planets (albeit on a tilted plane, so technically it could be a captured asteroid/whatever). It is smaller than some of Jupiters' moons, but Mercury is also smaller than a few other moons (Ganymede - Jupiter and Titan - Saturn), so if you want to downgrade Pluto's status as a planet, you might as well downgrade Mercury too!

[GilpinGuy]

8 days a month. Damn, hard to beat that but yeah, I hear ya about working holidays. In the casino biz you just have to assume that you're working holidays and weekends. Sucks on the holidays, but I don't miss the weekends much. Having off during the week has it's advantages.

Of course, now I'm off every single day. But I have a few things working. Be back to work soon.

[GilpinGuy]

And Pluto - hell yeah! PLANET

[BuffCyclist]

Yea, that definitely sucks that you're off permanently now! On the plus side, we get 2 months off per year too... So technically I only work 80 nights per year LOL!

We have 1 month off for "Professional Development" where we get a monetary stipend to spend on developing ourselves, be it classes, training, time off for writing papers, etc. We also get 1 month off in July/August (rotates yearly) for summer shutdown where they take the telescope apart to clean it and do preventative maintenance. We do it in July because of the monsoon season. We haven't opened the telescope in the past 5 days because of the rain and high humidity. Tomorrow is the last night before shutdown starts, then it ends on August 23rd, but my next shift doesn't start until 8/30.

I REALLY can't argue with those! Then again, I have already hit the glass ceiling. I will not be able to move up in my position unless I get a Masters or Phd. And doing those part time at 1-2 classes per semester, it would take at least 5-10 years.

[GilpinGuy]

I have a telescope that I haven't busted out in years. I need to get the 8 year old looking at the moon through that. He'll get a kick out of it.

[BuffCyclist]

Back in 10min, time to go get dinner ready.

[GilpinGuy]

I REALLY can't argue with those! Then again, I have already hit the glass ceiling. I will not be able to move up in my position unless I get a Masters or Phd. And doing those part time at 1-2 classes per semester, it would take at least 5-10 years.

<sarcasm> I worked more than 8 days a month in college and had a full 15-17 credit hour schedule! </sarcasm> I get it though. Life gets super complicated. Even with NO job, I can't imagine going through school again. 3 kids, wife, cutting firewood, maintaining a house and the vehicles, fishing, hunting, etc. [panic]

[BuffCyclist]

Incredibly frustrating! The sky is mostly clear, the radar returns have moved far away from us, but the humidity is pegged at 97% and the dewpoint differential is at 0.2degC, so as you can imagine, everything outside is wet. So we can't open.

[BuffCyclist]

Haha, I did too in college. I'm currently taking 2 classes a semester, getting another degree (Mech Engr) just for fun and for better job security. I think my heart lies with working with the hardware and instruments than using them to observe lol. And still, it will take me about another 3.5 years to finish only the core classes for the degree.

[GilpinGuy]

Back in 10min, time to go get dinner ready.

Dinner at 1:00AM. I know that schedule. When the doc asked me when/how I cut my damn foot he looked at me funny and said "Why were you cutting chicken at midnight?" [LOL]

[BuffCyclist]

Dinner at 1:00AM. I know that schedule. When the doc asked me when/how I cut my damn foot he looked at me funny and said "Why were you cutting chicken at midnight?" [LOL]

Haha, did you tell him you sleep cook?

[GilpinGuy]

If I though quick enough, I should have told him that I was on a meth bender for 4 days and hadn't eaten a thing. Sick sense of humor....

I tell you what, his assistants are freaking hot as hell. I was having impure thoughts when the chick cleaning up the wound was working on me. Could have been a great porn "plot". LOL

[GilpinGuy]

Oh shit. Mamma Godzilla just saw all of the baby Godzillas dead. She's pissed now.

[GilpinGuy]

Manhattan is getting FUCKED up.

[BuffCyclist]

If I though quick enough, I should have told him that I was on a meth bender for 4 days and hadn't eaten a thing. Sick sense of humor....

I tell you what, his assistants are freaking hot as hell. I was having impure thoughts when the chick cleaning up the wound was working on me. Could have been a great porn "plot". LOL

Hahaha! That would have been great. When I hurt my knee, I was at work and was simply "reaching for a broom" lol. When the doc asked how I did it, I told her and then said, ask my fiancee, I really am not allergic to cleaning [ROFL1]. Workers comp didn't find that as funny, then had me explain why I was reaching for a broom and whether that falls under my job description. I said, sure, I was cleaning up a pile of metal shavings that the day crew left behind that would have been blown towards the telescope and could have gotten on the mirror scratching it to hell.

And I know what you mean about doctors' assistants. I should have just been injuring myself all along to get in to meet some of those chicks! Then again, I'm sure if I went to the hospital it would have been an entirely different story... go private practices! lol

[GilpinGuy]

Ya know, a doc would do really well if his assistants, nurses, whatever, wore thongs and pasties.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Ya know, a doc would do really well if his assistants, nurses, whatever, wore thongs and pasties.

You have issues, bro...

[GilpinGuy]

You have issues, bro...

Nah, just a penis.

[BuffCyclist]

Ya know, a doc would do really well if his assistants, nurses, whatever, wore thongs and pasties.


You have issues, bro...


Nah, just a penis.


[ROFL3]

[GilpinGuy]

LOL....I'm watching the Piers Morgan interview with Jeantel (Zimmerman trial fame) and the closed captioning is having a hard time figuring out what she's saying. [ROFL1]

[GilpinGuy]

JM...you escape the asylum again?

[GilpinGuy]

What the hell is with "Fire Crotch" anyway? [Dunno]

[BuffCyclist]

What the hell is with "Fire Crotch" anyway? [Dunno]

Haha, I don't remember. Someone was talking about asking to have a nickname instead of just taking the one they were given. I mentioned how I tried for YEARS to get away from the nickname I had from boy scouts, fire crotch. Suddenly, I had a special title.

[BuffCyclist]

2.75 hours until we call it a night due to no chance of observing all night.

Woot woot!

[OtterbatHellcat]

Nah, just a penis.

LMFAO

[OtterbatHellcat]

What up.....biaaaaatches?

[GilpinGuy]

"Buff Cannibalist" would have been better.

[BuffCyclist]

Haha, I don't remember. Someone was talking about asking to have a nickname instead of just taking the one they were given. I mentioned how I tried for YEARS to get away from the nickname I had from boy scouts, fire crotch. Suddenly, I had a special title.

Oh yea, I think it was OBC griping about Squishy Pants McGee! He wanted something else, right OBC?

[GilpinGuy]

What up.....biaaaaatches?

WAAAAZZZZZUUUUUP!

[BuffCyclist]

"Buff Cannibalist" would have been better.

File a petition. Though I doubt the mods would be willing to change a special title within a month of dishing the first one out lol

[OtterbatHellcat]

Bowled two games, my first one kinda sucked, but I racked up 197 in the second one.

We went to Perkins and grubbed and I made fun of most of the customers, quietly of course. My wife wouldn't agree with that, but you know you can trust my version of stuff.

;)

[OtterbatHellcat]

Oh yea, I think it was OBC griping about Squishy Pants McGee! He wanted something else, right OBC?

Yeah, I was wondering if Crap Master Flash was available.....didn't work out though... lol

[GilpinGuy]

Yeah, I was wondering if Crap Master Flash was available.....didn't work out though... lol

[ROFL1]

[BuffCyclist]

Bowled two games, my first one kinda sucked, but I racked up 197 in the second one.

We went to Perkins and grubbed and I made fun of most of the customers, quietly of course. My wife wouldn't agree with that, but you know you can trust my version of stuff.

;)

That's sometimes the best, cheap, free fun there is!

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Nope... Still locked in jail with the new guy.... He's doing most of the work tonight....

[GilpinGuy]

Gotta give the MODs props for creativity.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

OBC, Where do you bowl?


F YOU, FORUM!!!! Keepin a brotha down!

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[OtterbatHellcat]

*shoots a spitwad at JM*

[OtterbatHellcat]

AMF 104 and I-25

[OtterbatHellcat]

I'm about to have my LAST smoke.

It's gonna be a bitter sweet episode, but I know it's for the better.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Holy shit....I'm going to celebrate my 2K post here shortly.. :)

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I'm about to have my LAST smoke.

It's gonna be a bitter sweet episode, but I know it's for the better.


Place your bets!!!!!! Place your bets!!!!!

[GilpinGuy]

I'm about to have my LAST smoke.

It's gonna be a bitter sweet episode, but I know it's for the better.

Been there. Good luck bro. Don't be afraid to do the gum thing. Helped me a ton, with chew though, but basically the same.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I'm solid on this JM...it'll be okay.

[GilpinGuy]

Holy shit....I'm going to celebrate my 2K post here shortly.. :)

Me too! But you got me beat.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Thanks GG... I really need to quit this shit.

[GilpinGuy]

I'm solid on this JM...it'll be okay.

Fuck yeah. IF you're really ready, you can do it. The birth of my daughter was my inspiration.

[OtterbatHellcat]

*steps out to light the last fucker.......*

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I'm solid on this JM...it'll be okay.
Hey. I'm hoping you can do it. I wish I could quit drinking Go Fast...

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Actually... I wish I could quit gambling more.... :(

[GilpinGuy]

I need 19, you need 5. Damn.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Actually... You both need about 1,000 to catch me....... :D

[GilpinGuy]

Actually... I wish I could quit gambling more.... :(

If you don't, start going to Lady Luck. I may get in there.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

If you don't, start going to Lady Luck. I may get in there.
But you deal that evil poker game....

[OtterbatHellcat]

Goodbye...*sniff*

[GilpinGuy]

*steps out to light the last fucker.......*

Take that butt, glue it to a piece of paper and write in big bold letters "NEVER AGAIN" under it. Post it on your fridge.

[BuffCyclist]

Humidity has officially hit 100%. If I walk outside, I'll be swimming.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I've not been up to the hill for some time now.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Goodbye...*sniff*
Don't be a bitch about it....

[GilpinGuy]

But you deal that evil poker game....

Ahh, but I would be in slots at Lady Luck....you're demon.

[BuffCyclist]

Hey JM, you've been around for a while now, when are ya gonna screw it up again?! [Poke]

[GilpinGuy]

I've not been up to the hill for some time now.

You're better off. [Flower]

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Ahh, but I would be in slots at Lady Luck....you're demon.
So you would be able to tell me which one is about to pay the big bucks?

Hey JM, you've been around for a while now, when are ya gonna screw it up again?! [Poke]
Ouch..... :(

[OtterbatHellcat]

Relative humidity seems to be a retarded figure..... it's the dew point that actually matters, right?

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I wonder if I can bang out the 60 posts I need for 3,000 tonight...... Probably not, since it's almost lunch time....

[OtterbatHellcat]

BC...that's cold, man.

Funny, but cold.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I drank my N.O. explode.... Now my fave tingles..... [panic]

[GilpinGuy]

Humidity has officially hit 100%. If I walk outside, I'll be swimming.

WTF...isn't NM a giant desert?

[OtterbatHellcat]

Curious, but what does one have to do, to get a ban from here?

[GilpinGuy]

Curious, but what does one have to do, to get a ban from here?

Our resident expert can answer that.

[BuffCyclist]

So you would be able to tell me which one is about to pay the big bucks?

Ouch..... :(

Hehe, I keeed, I keeeed. It's been nice havin' another ho to mess with!


Relative humidity seems to be a retarded figure..... it's the dew point that actually matters, right?

Pretty much. If the dew point differential is less than 3degC, we can start getting condensation forming on the mirror and thats not good at all. It's currently at 0.0degC. Dew has been forming for hours, but now that its at 0degC, it'll be forming much faster and we're probably sitting in a fog bank too. Happens often, but when it happens the entire work shift, it really sucks.

Funny thing is, its crystal clear skies right now (well it was). No radar returns, almost no cloud coverage (there are clouds but we could see through them with this instrument as its in the IR). Two more hours though!


BC...that's cold, man.

Funny, but cold.

Hehe, gotta stir the pot every once in a while.

[GilpinGuy]

OBC: 2001 Nice!

[OtterbatHellcat]

It would be cool to get the 23456th post.

[BuffCyclist]

WTF...isn't NM a giant desert?

Pretty much. But, I'm sitting at 9,500 feet and its also the start of the monsoon season, so we've been getting thunderstorms daily now for the past week or two. They'll continue for another few weeks before winter hits.


Curious, but what does one have to do, to get a ban from here?

Agreed. Probably too much of this: [sheepshagger]

[BuffCyclist]

It would be cool to get the 23456th post.

We can arrange that for you tonight if you'd like? It's only another 111 posts away...

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Curious, but what does one have to do, to get a ban from here?

Go off on a moderator.

Tell someone that their trading post ad is sketchy... Well, exact terms were, "sounds shady as fuck."

[OtterbatHellcat]

Hey!! I made the 2K and blew it posting something stupid.

lol

[BuffCyclist]

Go off on a moderator.

Tell someone that their trading post ad is sketchy... Well, exact terms were, "sounds shady as fuck."

Well, shady as fuck is a legitimate term, so I don't see what the fuss is. Guess they prefer PM's instead. Could always just tag the tread with a "shadyasfuck" tag [LOL]

[OtterbatHellcat]

Go off on a moderator.

Tell someone that their trading post ad is sketchy... Well, exact terms were, "sounds shady as fuck."

Gotcha.

[GilpinGuy]

Pretty much. If the dew point differential is less than 3degC, we can start getting condensation forming on the mirror and thats not good at all. It's currently at 0.0degC. Dew has been forming for hours, but now that its at 0degC, it'll be forming much faster and we're probably sitting in a fog bank too. Happens often, but when it happens the entire work shift, it really sucks.

Funny thing is, its crystal clear skies right now (well it was). No radar returns, almost no cloud coverage (there are clouds but we could see through them with this instrument as its in the IR). Two more hours though!

Can't go to Walmart and get a $10 box fan to ventilate that shit? [LOL]

[OtterbatHellcat]

I think this ought to be the "Post Whore Thread....shady as fuck"

:)

[BuffCyclist]

Can't go to Walmart and get a $10 box fan to ventilate that shit? [LOL]

Oh, our telescope sits out on a pier. We pull the building off of it. Heck, let me get a pic...

31759

eta: Thats a really old pic, as it doesn't have the flat field petals, but you get the idea. In short, if we plunge a cold telescope into the warm damp air, we'll get instant condensation no mater how much ventilation we have.

[GilpinGuy]

I think this ought to be the "Post Whore Thread....shady as fuck"

:)

Just added a new tag...check it below.

[BuffCyclist]

We have HUGE ventilation that sucks air down from the top, through the blue A-frame supports that you see there, and away from the telescope about 50-75ft.

That lower enclosure (box below the observing deck) holds all of the computer racks and generate a lot of heat, so that heat is pulled out as well.

[BuffCyclist]

Just added a new tag...check it below.

There we go! Now, we just have to start using that on various trading post ads [LOL]

[GilpinGuy]

OK, two box fans then.... :)


Oh, our telescope sits out on a pier. We pull the building off of it. Heck, let me get a pic...

http://www.sdss3.org/images/gallery/telescope.jpg

eta: Thats a really old pic, as it doesn't have the flat field petals, but you get the idea. In short, if we plunge a cold telescope into the warm damp air, we'll get instant condensation no mater how much ventilation we have.

[BuffCyclist]

OK, two box fans then.... :)

Yea, that might do it.

You should try that. Go get a glass of ice cold water when the humidity is high. Point a box fan at it and see if it still forms condensation on the outside... methinks it will.

[OtterbatHellcat]

LOL...I added a tag as well.

[GilpinGuy]

Looks like you'll need a few extension cords too.

[BuffCyclist]

OBC, you're happywithyourweenie?! Thanks for sharing!

My Fiancee is happywithmyweenie too! [LOL]

[BuffCyclist]

Looks like you'll need a few extension cords too.

Nah, we got power outlets all over the place you just can't see 'em! I've always had a strange desire to pee off the end of the pier [LOL]

What's worse is that several other observers have said the same thing. It's about a 75ft drop down and come on, that'd just be fun!

[OtterbatHellcat]

Alright, gentlemenses.....

I bid you farewell, have a wonderful evening...and I think I'll be plowing the canal for a little bit.

See ya tomorrow.

[BuffCyclist]

Have fun OBC!

[GilpinGuy]

Nah, we got power outlets all over the place you just can't see 'em! I've always had a strange desire to pee off the end of the pier [LOL]

What's worse is that several other observers have said the same thing. It's about a 75ft drop down and come on, that'd just be fun!

Holy shit. The first time I had the opportunity to piss off of that I'd have done it. Then I would have looked over to see if actually hit the ground of just evaporated on the way down.

[USAFGopherMike]

and I think I'll be plowing the canal for a little bit.

If you're woman finds out you talk about her like that she's gonna be pissed.

[GilpinGuy]

"Plowing the canal"....[ROFL3]

[BuffCyclist]

"Plowing the canal"....[ROFL3]

At least he didn't use this emoticon, right? [sheepshagger]


Most underused emoticon on this forum!

[OtterbatHellcat]

Had to come back to answer that Mike.....

I just asked her about it.... she said she thought I was sharing too much information with strangers, and she said it was cheesy.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Night all.

[USAFGopherMike]

Had to come back to answer that Mike.....

I just asked her about it.... she said she thought I was sharing too much information with strangers, and she said it was cheesy.

Well at least she has a sense of humor.

Tell her you could have said you were "going to throw a hotdog down the hallway."

[GilpinGuy]

Meh, men are cheesy. She knows that.

[GilpinGuy]

And yeah, I love the [sheepshagger]emoticon. I wish I found more uses for it.

[USAFGopherMike]

[sheepshagger]

I swear officer, the sheep was stuck in the fence and I was just trying to give it a push.

[BuffCyclist]

[sheepshagger]



Honey, it wasn't cheating! I was giving it the heimlich maneuver!

[USAFGopherMike]

Do you guys ever look at the moon with that thing or is it too close?

[GilpinGuy]

Do you guys ever look at the moon with that thing or is it too close?

Not my thing, so I divert my eyes.

[GilpinGuy]

Not my thing, so I divert my eyes.

Oh, you mean the actual moon..LOL

[GilpinGuy]

"hairymanass"? Who put that tag in there?

[BuffCyclist]

Do you guys ever look at the moon with that thing or is it too close?

Our telescope is a survey telescope, so it has a VERY wide field of view to allow us to be able to observe the entire night sky in the least amount of passes possible. As such, we could observe the moon very easily, though we don't have an imager. All we have are spectrographs.

Our telescope's field of view area is about 3 degrees, so you could fit roughly 30 full moons in it.

eta: Think of it like this. Would you rather look at a naked woman who is 20ft away from you with a 25x scope, or a 2x scope? Our telescope is the 2x scope...

[GilpinGuy]

Yay! 2001. Well, 2002 now.

[USAFGopherMike]

Yes, the "full moon". I'd like to see the left over NASA stuff and other crap on the moon.

[USAFGopherMike]

Yay! 2001. Well, 2002 now.

Grats

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[BuffCyclist]

Yay! 2001. Well, 2002 now.

Congrats!

[GilpinGuy]

Yeah, checking out the flag, tracks from the vehicle, trash, etc. would be interesting.

[GilpinGuy]

NASA has to have those pics. If I was motivated and not focused on The Post Whore Thread I'd search for them.

[BuffCyclist]

Yes, the "full moon". I'd like to see the left over NASA stuff and other crap on the moon.

Very rarely, we'll throw the eyepiece onto the 3.5m telescope and look through it. Thats super fun! I've seen Saturn and you can count the rings. Looking at Jupiter, you can see the striations and count them too! We've targeted various Apollo landing sights, but you can't see any flags or anything.

We do have a giant ass laser that we shine through the back end of the 3.5m telescope and hit some reflectors they left on the moon to determine the exact distance to the moon. If I recall, we can calculate it within a few millimeters. A few years back, MythBusters did an episode here and they all came to the site. That happened shortly before I arrived sadly!

[BuffCyclist]

Here ya go, this is our 3.5m telescope shooting the moon:

[GilpinGuy]

Cool! Looks like the Death Star blasting Alderaan.

[USAFGopherMike]

Holy crap.. green lasers shot at the moon. Is that bright flash something on the moon getting torched or just the reflection?

[BuffCyclist]

Nope, that is us shining a laser through the back end of the telescope towards the moon. I haven't had the pleasure of being a spotter for them yet, but basically, they shine the big ass laser at the moon, and then sit back and wait for the light to bounce off the reflector and hit the telescope again. They can then time it and determine the distance to the moon.

eta: That green line is the actual laser beam itself. Its such a high powered laser, everyone is required to wear special safety glasses. We also have to have "spotters" who look out from the front platform of the telescope looking for planes. If we spot a plane, they shut down the laser until it passes.

[GilpinGuy]

eta: That green line is the actual laser beam itself. Its such a high powered laser, everyone is required to wear special safety glasses. We also have to have "spotters" who look out from the front platform of the telescope looking for planes. If we spot a plane, they shut down the laser until it passes.

Hopefully, none of the spotters are pissing off the roof when a plane goes by.

[BuffCyclist]

How else do you know that your on the ledge and aren't peeing on anyone?! [LOL]

And no, this is a different telescope than the picture I showed you on the other page (which was MY telescope). The 3.5m is controlled by different observers and doesn't have such a huge drop off, its only about 30ft and onto the ground level of the control building.

[GilpinGuy]

[sheepshagger]

Just for fun.

[BuffCyclist]

Archer - OMG! You killed a hooker!

Cyril - Call girl! She was a...

Archer - No Cyril! When they're dead, they're just hookers! God, I said the cap slips off the poison pen for no reason, didn't I!?

Cyril - I...I...I know but I just thought that if anything bad happened it'd just...

Archer - No! Do NOT say the Checkoff gun. That, sir, is a facile argument!

Woodhouse (butler) - And also woefully esoteric.

Archer - Woodhouse.

Woodhouse - Fetching a rug sir.

Archer - Now he's fetching a rug. Happy Cyril?!

Cyril - NO! No I'm NOT HAPPY!

Archer - WELL GUESS WHAT?! ME NEITHER! I mean, big picture, I wouldn't say I'm a happy person.

Woodhouse - Sir, I have fetched the rug.

Archer - Plus, now I'm out of a rug.


...


Cyril - OH GOD! I should never have agreed to this! You and your stupid mother and her stupid frothing loins!

Archer - (slaps Cyril) Hey, I know you're upset, but if you EVER mention my mother's loins or their frothiness again, I .. don't know what I'll do. But it will be BAD!



Archer - Now lets go bury this hooker!

[GilpinGuy]

Hahaha! Good stuff!

Time to crash I guess. Maybe I'll get to "plow the cave" or "toss the hotdog down the canal" or whatever you guys say.

Oh yeah. [sheepshagger]

[BuffCyclist]

One hour to go!!

[BuffCyclist]

Hahaha! Good stuff!

Time to crash I guess. Maybe I'll get to "plow the cave" or "toss the hotdog down the canal" or whatever you guys say.

Oh yeah. [sheepshagger]

Haha, thanks for changing things up! Let us know how "plowing the cave" goes!

And wouldn't a hot dog just float down the canal? [LOL]

[BuffCyclist]

Alright, goodnight GG! Catch ya later!

Am I the only ho left? Time for a run?...

[BuffCyclist]

4

Okay, an hour left if I focus, I can get 120.

[BuffCyclist]

5

That is, assuming no one else logs in...

[BuffCyclist]

6

Bored already. Might have to go find something to do other than a run...

[BuffCyclist]

7

_[sheepshagger]_

[USAFGopherMike]

One hour to go!!

Til you turn into a pumpkin? 7.5 hours to go here.

[BuffCyclist]

8

Well that was a fun 30 seconds...

[BuffCyclist]

Til you turn into a pumpkin? 7.5 hours to go here.

Nope, til I decide to call it a night because we won't be able to observe. In 1 hour (53min) it'll be only about an hour left until twilight when we lose guide stars. It takes 30min to open the telescope, 10min to acquire guide stars and setup on the field, then about 17min to take one exposure.

eta: Also forgot, we have a 30min delay from when the weather clears up to when we decide to open. So if it clears up RIGHT NOW, we'll have about 22min to decide whether the trend of clearing will continue and want to open.

[BuffCyclist]

It won't clear up right now. The humidity and dewpoint differential have been pegged for the past 6 days I think.

[USAFGopherMike]

Well that was a fun 30 seconds...

That's what she said.

[BuffCyclist]

That's what she said.

Haha...Ha...HAHA... awww....

[JM Ver. 2.0]

That's what she said.
[LOL]

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I'm ready for bed..... [beatdeadhorse]

[TheBelly]

G'mornin hoze!!

[Great-Kazoo]

Drizzle, Drazzle, Drizzle, drone,
Time for this one to come home.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Fricken, frackin, fuckin' Piss....

Quitting smoking, I hate this.


fucker.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Man up, and shut up.

[OtterbatHellcat]

We got fucked on rain yesterday.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Yeah, the wif has a decent sense of humor....no way she could put up with my stupid ass if she didn't.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Don't remember what it was, but I said something to her last night and had her laughing pretty good.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Gonna take a meal over to my Step Mom today sometime. Get my butt back over here and make food for a short work week. Heading to Glenwood Springs for the first time ever....driven past it several times though.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Taking the bicycles with us...check out hanging lake and all that stuff.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I know you guys have lost a pair of sunglasses that you REALLY liked..... God Dammit, I don't know where the fuck they are.

[OtterbatHellcat]

That's it...I'm on a god damn mission to field strip the house and garage for my damn glasses.

[OtterbatHellcat]

btw...I feel like a crack addict....jonesing.

[Great-Kazoo]

Don't remember what it was, but I said something to her last night and had her laughing pretty good.

Perhaps a quick look in the mirror might jar your memory.

[OtterbatHellcat]

zing.


Hey, I found my damn glasses.

[OtterbatHellcat]

If anyone is looking for something to make your blood pressure go off the chart.... put MTP on right now.

[OtterbatHellcat]

The tags for this thread are fairly damn funny. Never really paid attention to them before last night.

[roberth]

The tags for this thread are fairly damn funny. Never really paid attention to them before last night.

right you are :)

[zteknik]

The tags for this thread are fairly damn funny. Never really paid attention to them before last night.

Wow quite a few new ones too!![LOL]

[OtterbatHellcat]

Howdy Roberth and Z

[zteknik]

Sup Bros ![Beer]

[OtterbatHellcat]

Step mom wants some KFC....waiting for them to open, and heading over there to do that.

Whatcha got going on today Z? anything cool....like shooting or fishing? or something that doesn't suck? Like not smoking?.... is my stress showing?...

[OtterbatHellcat]

Shooting fish maybe?

[OtterbatHellcat]

Naked hopscotch?

[OtterbatHellcat]

Bowling in a crotchless bunny suit?

[OtterbatHellcat]

Streaking through a super market?

[OtterbatHellcat]

I actually saw some live streaking when I was a kid.... Englewood Speedway....a couple of hippies and a chick, hopped the back stretch fence and ran down the track. Funnier than hell.

[roberth]

i just got back from the range - i had fun - windy as all get out though

[roberth]

heading to 'yak and yeti' for indian lunch buffet and getting absolutely wired on iced chai.

[roberth]

then i'm going to ride a bicycle somewhere - just not on the streets

[roberth]

looks like it is windy in the mountains too

[OtterbatHellcat]

I don't like riding the bikes on the streets either Roberth....don't want to get killed by some dumbass texting.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I would love to get a motorcycle, but I just don't trust the general driving public enough.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I think I saw a weather balloon this morning...not really sure what the hell it was, but it was hauling ass westward at maybe 2000 ft.

[roberth]

I don't like riding the bikes on the streets either Roberth....don't want to get killed by some dumbass texting.

exactly

additionally - i do not like being associated with so many festering assholes that at least 90% of roadies are

[roberth]

I think I saw a weather balloon this morning...not really sure what the hell it was, but it was hauling ass westward at maybe 2000 ft.

drone - shoot it down :)

[roberth]

I would love to get a motorcycle, but I just don't trust the general driving public enough.

I rode motorcycles from '84 til '01, they are fun but the cars will kill you

[TheBelly]

I rode motorcycles from '84 til '01, they are fun but the cars will kill you

I've gone through 4 different, and progressively advanced, riding courses. I can pilot my bike pretty darn well.

the yay-hoo in the age took one written test and one driving test several years ago, and that's it. The danger is (almost) everyone else.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Drone...LOL

I'll do the bicycles on the trails, but that's it. Too bad on the motorcycle program though, I think that would be a damn blast. I've got a KX 250 that I've not been on in some time now.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Howdy Belly.

Blue hairs and teens, and just plain shitty drivers............too bad, I'd really like to ride a motor bike during the summer.

[hatidua]

exactly

additionally - i do not like being associated with so many festering assholes that at least 90% of roadies are

Westminster's percentages are relatively low (only 90%?!).

[TheBelly]

'sup OBC!

here it's soccer moms in their minivans and thugs in their big-rimmed Chevys.

[TheBelly]

Getting to work on a motorcycle reminds me of a mash-up of Death Race and Thunderdome.

[roberth]

Westminster's percentages are relatively low (only 90%?!).

LOL - i'm being conservative.......get it!! conservative....because i am one


hahahaahahaha

i kill me!!![ROFL1]

[roberth]

keys to riding a street motorcycle:

sell it and get a dirt bike

[OtterbatHellcat]

lol Rob

here it's soccer moms in their minivans and thugs in their big-rimmed Chevys.

Mmmm Hmmm

[roberth]

ok gentlemen - time for me to bid you adieu and get me somz lunchz

[OtterbatHellcat]

Enjoy

[OtterbatHellcat]

Alright, heading over to do that visit........ new info on dad, they might take the breathing tube out today, and they've stopped giving him sedation.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

[TheBelly]

Prayers sent, buddy.

[roberth]

Prayers sent, buddy.

done

[Mazin]

OBC if you need anything just hit me up! I will keep you and your family in my prayers as well.

[spittoon]

OBC if you need anything just hit me up! I will keep you and your family in my prayers as well.??????? hope every thing is ok

[spittoon]

Riding is crazy up in the hill every jack wagon from the city is trying to get home

[spittoon]

we saw a lone cow elk cross 285 that poor cow talk about threading the needle

[spittoon]

it is a nice day sunny and cool and a shit load of bugs flying

[spittoon]

might have to take a nap the kill the hill side with the new kimber

[spittoon]

where has dps outdoors been

[spittoon]

well great it is a nice day and i am talking to my self

[spittoon]

[fail] nap time

[wax_job]

[fail] nap time

Yep

[wax_job]

As soon as I can get this little one to settle down a bit...

[OtterbatHellcat]

Thanks guys...I took care of step mom and handled all she needed for today I think....still have not heard from the docs whether they pulled the airway out yet or not.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Look at this bullshit......

75gr AMAX bullets. Fucking huge.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/22/esydajev.jpg

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Jim....

I've thought about what you said a few times now.

I can stand in front of the mirror and be proud of what and who I am. I've fucked some stuff up, but all in all...I'm doing right in life. Sure I post some stupid shit, usually in fun, and because I'm drinkin'....but I'm a hard worker....28 years same job, treat my wife decent, pay my bills, have a decent place, I'm not a fat ass....shit like that.

I'm sure of it....looking in the mirror isn't a joke.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Why is that bullshit, JM?

[wax_job]

I'm up!

[spittoon]

Look at this bullshit......

75gr AMAX bullets. Fucking huge.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/22/esydajev.jpg

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.
what twist is you barrel what is the fps that is a nail grate for the dogs in the wind

[spittoon]

I'm up!

good job

[wax_job]

good job

Thanks, I feel accomplished.

Now I think it's time to look for a red dot on my web surfing tablet doohickey

[OtterbatHellcat]

good job

lol

[spittoon]

now it is time to get ready for BEER 30[Ban3]

[spittoon]

got to go to the VFW with the wife they have cold cheep beer

[OtterbatHellcat]

The dancing banana ......there are several variations of that.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Have fun with your Lady, Spittoon.

:)

[spittoon]

Besides the house is to QUIET both of the kid's got jobs

[OtterbatHellcat]

They probably have some decent food there as well. I know the Eagles club over on N. Federal Bvld. does...and a few other of those kinds of places do.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Besides the house is to QUIET both of the kid's got jobs

Well, congrats to them for sure. That's cool.

[spittoon]

VFW is out the wife called me out to a game of battle ship with 22lr fun stuff

[spittoon]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbOE6_JWxMrrk3Ify3-0BW_e0irRVVkBeVQg9KLhWkZgVs80zFfun to play as long as i let her win

[Mazin]

Someone wrote me a PM about the LaRue I have on order. Who was it? (It got deleted by accident)

Love me some of that dillo dust. My wife jacked the armadillo before I could even see the damn thing in the box. What are you getting? I just got the 13.2" rail, just waiting on my covers now.


Sent from my Otterbox Defended Tactical iPhone using High Capacity "Clips".

[spittoon]

They probably have some decent food there as well. I know the Eagles club over on N. Federal Bvld. does...and a few other of those kinds of places do. as long as some thing is going on other than that bar food

[TheBelly]

The media room in my house is functional. Watching 'Tears of the Sun' loudly.

[TheBelly]

Love me some of that dillo dust. My wife jacked the armadillo before I could even see the damn thing in the box. What are you getting? I just got the 13.2" rail, just waiting on my covers now.


Sent from my Otterbox Defended Tactical iPhone using High Capacity "Clips".

I've got a PredatAR 7.62 on order. Just waiting now.

[BuffCyclist]

I actually saw some live streaking when I was a kid.... Englewood Speedway....a couple of hippies and a chick, hopped the back stretch fence and ran down the track. Funnier than hell.

Head to Pearl St in Boulder for the Naked Pumpkin Run around Halloween, the Naked Undie Run around Valentines, and Kittridge Commons on campus about a week into class. I saw more than my fair share of naked streakers during those times [LOL]


I don't like riding the bikes on the streets either Roberth....don't want to get killed by some dumbass texting.

Never been killed by them, but have come very close. Run off the road where I grew up by 6 different farmers. T-boned in Boulder by a stoned hippy once. Then hit by another car in 2006 that threw me over my handle bars, and thats how I tore my meniscus. I feel like a freaking cat now with 8 lives down.


Alright, heading over to do that visit........ new info on dad, they might take the breathing tube out today, and they've stopped giving him sedation.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

Hey, thats good news. Hope he does start doing much better!


https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbOE6_JWxMrrk3Ify3-0BW_e0irRVVkBeVQg9KLhWkZgVs80zFfun to play as long as i let her win

A friend showed me those, still need to buy some! They look like super fun!

[fly boy]

Head to Pearl St in Boulder for the Naked Pumpkin Run around Halloween, the Naked Undie Run around Valentines, and Kittridge Commons on campus about a week into class. I saw more than my fair share of naked streakers during those times [LOL]



Never been killed by them, but have come very close. Run off the road where I grew up by 6 different farmers. T-boned in Boulder by a stoned hippy once. Then hit by another car in 2006 that threw me over my handle bars, and thats how I tore my meniscus. I feel like a freaking cat now with 8 lives down.



Hey, thats good news. Hope he does start doing much better!



A friend showed me those, still need to buy some! They look like super fun!

Totally different when there aren't the other posts!

[fly boy]

I haven't been to work since the 3rd of July.... Tomorrow is going to SUCK!

[OtterbatHellcat]

That's going to suck re-acclimating.

[fly boy]

That's going to suck re-acclimating.

yeah, I have a feeling I am going to throat punch someone before noon.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I'd caution against that, but wtf....if it happens it happens.

It's been observed casually, on my part....that there are many people that deserve your intended infliction for various reasons.