Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

I know this is anecdotal, but we contract with a machine shop on the east coast for some large aluminum assemblies.  There are 30 people in that shop. Covid burned through that shop a little over a month ago, and three of those people died from it. It's a relatively enclosed space with people in relatively close quarters. This virus is not something to dismiss. Enjoy that wedding!

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

I have asked maybe forty people, checkers, sales people, and acquaintances if they knew anybody that got hit with the virus. They said no. This is a rural area, but if people knew somebody that had been sick, there would be more people being more careful. The stores here do have tape on the floor to remind people and there is some spacing but only the senior citizens seem to be very concerned.

Originally Posted by Wayne Yaskew

i bought a gently used CPC925 and the dealer said he checked it all out prior to shipping some 800 miles. Packaging was excellent and the scope arrived in the original boxes.

I used it for the first time today, setting the finderscope to a terrestrial object during daylight hours.

At about 11PM I did my first nighttime viewing and used a Panoptic 41. The sky was not pitch black as I live a mile to the north of a prairie city and there was not much to look at, but any star I viewed never came completely into focus. I have terrible astigmatism and I saw tiny triangles around any star I looked at. No moon or planets to view so I packed in in for the evening after being quite disappointed with the experience.

Could my scope be having a collimation problem or is it an eyesight issue? I have not had a scope for over 20 years and my old C8's never seemed to do this. I know my vision has gotten worse but I wear glasses which I removed for some of the viewing.

Would appreciate any insight. Wish I had better eyesight as well. LOL!

W

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

An acquaintance I know is a dyed in the wool Trumptoid who wouldn't wear a mask when he did his grocery shopping because he said it was against his liberties. His wife is the exact opposite and social distances from him. His best friend that he grew up with died recently of Covid19 in another country. NOW, he wears a mask, gloves and social distances when he goes shopping. It had to strike home to him before he got it thru his head that he needed to do so and I believe the only reason he does it now is to save his own skin. What a freaking asshole coward and there's plenty more just like him...

Originally Posted by Wayne Yaskew

I’m running a brand new 2” diagonal. I need to get it under real dark skies before I can tell if it’s the scope or me. Would be pretty crappy to have invested all this money and not have the vision for it. Going to hold off on a Dioptrx till I get a better handle on it. 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

And the left here thinks that this wouldn't happen in the USA, and one other person here told me that these are ISOLATED incidents and not really a big deal.  

If if happens ONCE in the USA it is a big deal, and this gal is fighting the STATE which IF it wants to destroy her, has the power and the money to do so.  

This is plainly and simply totalitarianism.  

It is no different than what has happened throughout the centuries when gov't attains unlimited power as the left in this country WANTS IT TO HAVE!!  

How fast has this occurred now? 

A couple of months have passed and we see SOME fools (a very small minority, probably less than 1/10 of 1% of cops) in law enforcement use their power to strongarm CITIZENS of the USA ALL over the place.  In NY, we see videos of Cops threatening to TASER people if the person doesn't stop filming the violations of the Civil rights of ordinary citizens BY the state.

And WORSE! 

I never thought I'd see my nation come to this, with Governors and agencies threatening LAW ABIDING CITIZENS!  

And the leftist clowns here SUPPORT THIS GARBAGE.  Especially one idiot in particular in California who is posting on this forum night and day. 

Maybe if the thugs in gov't come to his house and let him have a taste of what other people in this country are having to deal with, he'll change his tune, however I think he's too damned stupid to get it even then.    

It has become disgusting, but it is in one sense EYE OPENING.  

This is what Democrat power results in, ultimately.  That party and their members are the most dangerous threat to Liberty and Freedom of any fascist group that I've seen in my lifetime.   

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Absolutely Darian, look at the idiots that bow down to them, the Rod Kaufmans of the world.  That clanking sound heard when Rod walks, is his brain rattling around in his empty head.  

The thought of Nancy Pelosi and her ilk in charge is the most frightening thing I can even imagine.  Joe Biden is in a world of his own and he's going to make AOC his director of something, who knows what, but it has to do with the environment or energy or who cares, she's as dumb as a box of rocks, so that's what we'll get with the left in Charge.  

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Lets consider the timeline regarding CoVid-19

1/6 CDC issues travel advisory for Wuhan.
1/11 CDC tweets about corona related “pneumonia outbreak in China”
1/14 WHO tweets that there is no evidence of human to human transmission.
1/17 CDC started doing health screenings at 3 airports of travelers from China.
1/21 first case in the US for someone who traveled directly from Wuhan.
1/23 WHO again says no human to human transmission outside of China.
1/27 WHO raises alert level but is still saying China has it contained.
1/28 CDC states “ While CDC considers COVID a serious situation and is taking preparedness measures, the immediate risk in the US is considered low.”
1/29 White House announces Corona virus Task Force created. Note - this is despite the WHO downplaying the threat!

1/31 Trump bans travel from China.
Media and multiple Democrats slam his decision calling it racist/xenophobic.

2/5 Trump acquitted (impeachment).
2/5 Chuck Schumer in a tweet continues to call Trumps’ travel ban from China “premature and racist"
2/7 White House’s Corona virus Task Force gives a press briefing.
2/9 White House Corona virus Task Force meets with all governors regarding the virus.
2/12 CDC waiting for approval from Chinese for CDC team to travel to China.
2/18 HHS announces a partnership to develop a vaccine.
2/21 Italy identifies its very first case in their country.
2/21 CDC tweets that it is working with States for preparedness.
2/24 Trump sent a letter to Congress asking for $25B for virus effort.
2/24 Nancy Pelosi made a stop in Chinatown and encouraged people to “please come and visit and enjoy Chinatown.”
2/25 there is still no reported community spread in the US!!! (Per CDC tweet.)
2/27 first community transmission in the US.
2/27 Trump appoints Pence to coordinate efforts.
2/29 FIRST reported Covid19 death in the US.


Mostly compiled via tweets from the CDC and politicians mentioned so verifiable.....

And then this.....

Based on the news regarding events and conditions around the nation

1. The virus is only active at certain times of the day on beaches
2. It can also travel up to 6 feet but it cannot travel 6 feet 1 inch except when it can travel 20 feet or greater
3. It can go thru the air and on all surfaces, except anything that comes in the mail or on groceries you take home or have delivered
4. It doesnt go places like Walmart, Target, Amazon or other large corporations and grocery stores, but it likes bars, small businesses and especially churches where it can travel up to 9 feet if you are in a parked car.
5. The virus cannot live on food taken to go because it can only survives inside the restaurants.

There has been more stupidity from the experts, the government both local and federal, the politicians AND the people than I can recall ever before in my lifetime over a virus with an infinitesimal mortality rate per capita under most conditions.

Originally Posted by James Brown

Funny!  The one way aisles are a good idea "in theory".  My grocery store has plenty of dead ends and head on collision zones though - not their fault, it's just that the aisles are not laid out for one way traffic!  Do you reckon Rich goes the wrong way on purpose, just to show the leftist bastard masterminds who cooked up this whole scheme that he is on to them?

Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

Exactly what you do.  I have been shopping on Sunday mornings since the stay at home order, and it is pretty empty.  I more or less try to follow the arrows, but cheat all the time if the aisle is open.  

As a side point, we have been grocery shopping and eating at home a lot more, for obvious reasons.  My credit card is happy about that!

Jim

p.s.  If an aisle was already busy with a few people, I would not intentionally go against the traffic arrows.  This is an easy safety precaution, and even if one did have a "Richard-like" disregard for the infectiousness of this disease, why be rude?