Entries from March 2010 ↓

I used to have a few firearms.  But, I haven’t hunted in decades.  Western Europe isn’t known for it’s wild game.  So, they were of little use to me here.

This, on the other hand, is loads of fun, and I can shoot it in my garden.

Feinwerkbau FWB 603

I have one of these:

Meade 7" Maksutov-Cassegrain LX-200

But, the goto mount lost it’s fucking mind and Meade no longer supports it.  They actually told me casually how I could buy another LX-200.  As if the optics were consumable or something.  Wankers.  So, I mounted it on one of these:

Losmandy GM-8

In 2000, I was able to take these shots of Luna from my backyard in Texas:

Partial Eclipse

Full half

Full other half

Taken with one of these:

Pentax K1000

As I found, after quite a bit of reading, is that a modern digital camera on the back of my scope is WAY more sensitive than a film camera.  And there’s nothing lost in the scanning translation.

Over the years, these are the bikes I’ve owned.  I started driving in 1979.  The only time I was without one was from 91 to 93.

1964 Honda S90

1971 Suzuki TS185

1972 Bridgestone 200 SS

1978 Honda CB750F2

1982 Honda CBX

1986 Honda VF-1100C (V65 Magna)

2001 BMW R1200C Phoenix (Independent)