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tinfoil hat timmy said:
I don't know what it is other than a light in the sky.

To answer your question however I do not believe it.

my fireproof suit is on. so. I guess I'm ready.

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I was expecting you to say that you did believe that it was a round planet with moons that orbit it. The reason I expected that to be your response was because it has been observed for centuries and people have a pretty good understanding of what it is. Even the church has come around and admitted that yes, they were wrong and they're sorry about all the mean things they said and did to Galileo etc.

If you would have said yes, I was going to ask you why. And you are going to say something to the effect that it is something that you can observe. And I was going to say "have you observed it?" And you were probably going to say no. And then I was going to ask "does this mean you're just taking someone's word for it?" And then I was going to point out how observing Jupiter versus observing Earth is really no different. It's just a matter of degrees. Anybody can look at Jupiter with a quality telescope and see what it is. And anyone can look at Earth from outer space and see what it is. It's just a higher cost of entry. I personally have looked at Jupiter through a powerful telescope and I have not looked at Earth from outer space. I take the word of those who have been to outer space and have looked at it. I have also never been to Australia but I believe that it's there etc.


But. You did not fall into my trap. Touche.
 
I had hoped my new thermal scope would help me find them. They sometimes can use thermal optics to help find big nests in trees because they give off heat. I never had any luck with it.

We had a few earlier this year but I have not seen one in months. I guess someone who isn't me fixed it. Nice.


Y'all can't understand how insane this hoard of giant night hornets was last year. They were attracted to the lights and our windows would be covered with dozens of them trying to get in. It was unnerving. They're freaking huge and they'd be piled up on the windows trying to get inside. We had to leave the lights off so we could open the doors so the dogs could pee. I'm glad that shit's over.
 
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I can tell you that just being terrorized nightly by one of their sentries on my late night dog walk would freak me out. (Knowing that others were waiting in the wings for the pheromone "Charge!")

One solitary SOB would come out, fly directly at my head (and headlamp) like a kamikaze after a carrier...then veer off after the warning was issued.

Fuckers Bastids are scary.

They own the night.
 
All this talk of telescopes...

Several years back, I had the pleasure of meeting Tom Bopp (may he RIP) of comet Hale-Bopp fame. There was a store here in Tucson called "Starizona" that sold all things astronomy related for serious amateurs. They had some--I guess I will call them high end, but they were really just scratching the surface--very nice telescopes in the parking lot for passers-by to take a peek through and Mr. Bopp was making the rounds talking to folks sharing his knowledge of telescopes and stars. He was standing by a telescope when I made the silly comment about how a particular scope would be awesome to view things terrestrially (here on this planet). He excused himself for a minute and returned with something in his hand.

About half a mile down the road on the other side was a gas station with a convenience store that had front windows facing my direction. Mr. Bopp fiddled with the telescope for a minute, swung it around and pointed it at the convenience store. He told me to take a look. What I saw were people moving around inside the store as clearly and as large as if I had been standing inside the store at the register. The detail was amazing and I said exactly that to Mr. Bopp. He said that was the view using the least powerful eye piece for the telescope they had in the store. He then asked me if I could see the beer bottles in the cooler behind the register. I said yes (and they were crystal clear). He told me that the next step up in power for the eye piece of that telescope would allow me to read the ingredients on the bottles in that cooler!!!! 😲😲😲 Half a freaking mile away!!!! It was amazing stuff!!!
 
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Nathan the Machinist said:
I was expecting you to say that you did believe that it was a round planet with moons that orbit it. The reason I expected that to be your response was because it has been observed for centuries and people have a pretty good understanding of what it is. Even the church has come around and admitted that yes, they were wrong and they're sorry about all the mean things they said and did to Galileo etc.

If you would have said yes, I was going to ask you why. And you are going to say something to the effect that it is something that you can observe. And I was going to say "have you observed it?" And you were probably going to say no. And then I was going to ask "does this mean you're just taking someone's word for it?" And then I was going to point out how observing Jupiter versus observing Earth is really no different. It's just a matter of degrees. Anybody can look at Jupiter with a quality telescope and see what it is. And anyone can look at Earth from outer space and see what it is. It's just a higher cost of entry. I personally have looked at Jupiter through a powerful telescope and I have not looked at Earth from outer space. I take the word of those who have been to outer space and have looked at it. I have also never been to Australia but I believe that it's there etc.


But. You did not fall into my trap. Touche.
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I've looked at the light called Jupiter. it looks like a disk with stripes on it. IDK what it is.

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This is for all the diesel guys here…😂🤣(not trying to ruffle any feathers)
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Nathan the Machinist said:
I've been waiting 2 years for them to ship some ammo
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It's not a "them", it's basically one dude. You place an order, he goes and finds it from a supplier (with margin to spare). I stopped doing business with that clown after he held my funds for a $2700 optic for 7 months. Because he couldn't fill the order profitably. Gah
 
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