Well, I seem to have a strange, particular type of dyslexia. When I was a kid I had trouble telling lower-case d's from b's, and left from right. Somehow I overcame almost all of it. The big exception is direction. Trying to find my way home from a new restaurant at night (or all too often, even one we've visited before), I'll invariably turn the wrong direction. I've been known to set up my scope pointing south instead of north. Walking home from work one night I got hopelessly lost and had to call Cory on the cell, to get straightened out. This sort of thing happens a lot. Just some tangled wiring coming from my internal compass. -- Joe --- On Mon, 7/26/10, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote: From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Next time someone complains about collimating . . . To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 7:10 AM Funny you say that Joe. I'm not dyslexic, but my grandfather (now I wonder if he was dyslexic) taught me to tie my shoes on a trip to Disneyland a year or two before he died. I was 5 years old, and he didn't teach me the 'standard' way--he taught me the way you describe. A few years later, I learned the 'standard' way, but I still tie them the way he taught me...it's only one of 3 or 4 memories I have of him, so it's kinda my way of keeping him in my mind. Back to collimating though--do the Bob's Knobs help out when collimating an SCT? I'm looking for ways to make collimating Dad's scope a bit easier. The first time we tried (at Bryce) it was a disaster. Second time worked perfectly though. Dan On Jul 25, 2010, at 10:26 PM, Joe Bauman wrote:
As a dyslexic, tying shoelaces the standard way is a trick I never mastered. Ever since I was a kid my solution was to make two loops (per shoe, one per lace) and tie them together with one or two granny knots. And collimating is a nightmare for me. -- Best wishes, Joe
--- On Sun, 7/25/10, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Next time someone complains about collimating . . . To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 10:18 PM
Who complains about collimating? It's like tying shoe-laces. ;o)
On 7/25/10, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Imagine collimating this . . .
http://www.hermanusastronomy.co.za/newsflash-articles/late-light-reveals-wha...
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