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Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

November 3, 2021 05:07 AM Forum: Politics

What Lindsey Graham Said When His Hide Was On The Line

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Lol! The bashed their way into the building using the weapons previously cited in my post. Do you think they were going to line up to go thru metal detectors, too! 140 capitol officers were injured on that day. That's not a "peaceful" rally or protest. Neither were the gallows for Pence and chants to hang him for treason for failing to overturn the vote. Oh, and the capitol hill officer accused helping an insurrectionist has been indicted for obstruction of justice and has resigned from the force:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/29/capitol-police-officer-resigns-insurrection-517585

No one said they didnt break a few windows.....but I guess those videos showing the capitol police waving them on in the doors were fake huh Rod? As I said, there was no one running around inside with guns, there were no shots fired beyond the one policeman who shot an unarmed woman.....we obviously have very different thoughts on what an "insurrection" involves.....no buildings were set on fire either. Did you also define the burning of city blocks/looting/violence in Portland as "mostly peaceful" as the liberal media did? In comparison what went on at the capital was indeed mostly peaceful LOL

November 4, 2021 03:44 AM Forum: Politics

Uhh Ohh for those who like charts and graphs and controlled studies. IVERMECTIN and Covid.....

Posted By Greg Shaffer

https://ivmmeta.com/?fbclid=IwAR2DVCagvH6MStEcur8P7gDJElIE2qgHWcZIFxQiKPDGzIIuslUtYi2OdFQ

Looks like someone has been busy.....

November 4, 2021 06:36 AM Forum: Politics

Biden Gov't is planning on Paying Illegal Alien Families up to $1,000,000 Per Family for Breaking the Law

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
"President Biden on Wednesday denied his administration is considering paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to each migrant separated from their family under the Trump administration's zero tolerance border policy."
"That’s not gonna happen," Biden told reporters when asked about the reported plan.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/579938-biden-denies-plan-to-pay-separated-migrant-families-up-to-450k

They floated the figure.....felt the backlash and backpeddled sounds like lol

November 4, 2021 08:12 PM Forum: Mounts

Celestron CGE Tripod

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by IAN SLEPIAN
Hi,

I am new to this forum so do not know if you have already covered this question.

I acquired a Celestron CGE tripod and find that  the legs very easily slip and  splay out causing the tripod to collapse. There does not seem to be anything stopping them from slipping outward. As this occurs, the lower metal spreader just slides up the legs of the tripod. I realize that the tripod being on concrete is not ideal. Should there be some sort of hard stop so the legs do not splay?

It seems like I am missing something. Appreciate any help.

Please see attached photo.
 Thanks,


Ian


Hi Ian.....that definitely indicates a problem with the mount.....I cannot think of a scenario where that should be possible with a complete tripod setup. Your picture wasnt attached so I cant offer any further input.

November 4, 2021 08:19 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Responses being delivered or not?

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Hi Greg....I responded to your ad as a test.....lets see how that goes.

November 4, 2021 08:48 PM Forum: Mounts

Celestron CGE Tripod

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Hi Ian

It appears you do not have your spreader setup correct......Every CGE I have seen uses the following setup in the pic. 

Note where the leg bracing is and where the spreader is......

The allen screws at the top of the legs have no bearing on this.....they should be snug but not overly tight so that the legs can fold for transport.

If the lower bracing is sliding up, it shouldnt, it should be tight enough on the legs that the 3 collars around the legs do not slide (EVER).....and the upper plastic spreader should be pulled up tight with the legs in the notches on the ends on it.....

November 4, 2021 09:32 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Responses being delivered or not?

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Received your email Greg and have responded......as I stated there you should be responding directly to the email you get when someone responds to your ad. Per what you stated you were attempting to use the online PM system here instead. You should reply directly to the email you get when someone responds to your ad. THat is how people expect it to go and many do not notice the little red flag that indicates they have a PM..... 

November 4, 2021 09:56 PM Forum: Mounts

Celestron CGE Tripod

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Hard to tell due to the close up pic but if that is the collars around the legs for the lower braces they should definitely be tight enough to NEVER slide....ie permanently in place at or very near the lowest point they can be slid down to......If you ensure that is the case then it should never matter what surface you are putting it on.....even oiled glass smile

November 4, 2021 11:38 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Responses being delivered or not?

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Happy to assist.....

BTW I took a look at your observatory built page, very nice!  I bought a piece of property in NM myself about 20 years ago with intentions of retiring there for the dark skies myself.....That time is coming fast.

November 5, 2021 01:51 AM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Responses being delivered or not?

Posted By Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by Greg Mueller
Where in NM ?

I have a little Facebook group called Observatories of New Mexico.
I think there's about 120 of us if you do FB look us up.
I know the owner and I'm sure he will let you in. grin

Its between Silver City and Deming......Looks to be a little over 3 hours from you.