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~ The wheels came that way. Getting off-topic but... We started skateboarding mid-60s when the best available wheels were clay. By the late 60s I was riding dirt bikes and forgot about skating till I was in the Army stationed in Germany. Picked up a magazine at the PX I'd never seen before: "Skateboarder". Next thing you know I'd mail-ordered a skateboard. Two fellow Californians had skateboards, so when mine arrived we started terrorizing Bad Kreuznach. First photo is me at our Kaserne some weekend, spring 1978. I discharged that summer. Someone shot this photo of me at a skatepark just about two years later. That is my first Kryptonics board, no wood-all synthetic, indestructable. I stopped skating at age 24. I was married by then, and the falls were beginning to hurt more than I was willing to endure any longer. Falling off two wheels onto dirt is much "better". 😄 Great news on your skatepark. .

~ Your post prompted me to dig around in the attic.... Kryptonics also made boards, and this was my second by them. A "carving" board, which worked better at skate parks for me, rather than a "kick-flip" type, which were better for street skating. Kryptonics wheels, I think the green CX-66 were the hardest compound they offered at the time. Tracker trucks: This was my last board before I stopped skating, probably around 1981. I dare not set foot on it today! .

~ From my experience, it seems there's none left now. I've never had much luck with the Perseids, even from a dark desert site. One year out there, no Moon, I stayed up the entire night, counting only 26, total. My suburban backyard Saturday night was a total humbug, I gave up quite early. Think I'll skip them from now on. .

~ Fits nicely into the space provided. Do you think it's big enough? .

~ I had oculars on a used pair which looked like the OP's, and it turned out to be internal grease had somehow migrated there. After cleaning they were perfect. .

~ Parallax makes 10.3" rings, very close to your size. A bit of felt should make them perfect. Good luck. http://www.parallaxinstruments.com/ringprice.html#ringprice .

~ Clever boy! .

~ I'm not a Steiner historian, but they appear to be a predecessor to the Military/Marine line which I first handled in the mid-90s. Value? Unknown. .

~ When I owned my FS-128 I found a Losmandy GM-8 would support it for visual, however, any breeze was detrimental to stability. I don't see how a Vixen GP (which I also own, though sadly, not a 128 any longer) would prove adequate. Good luck. .

~ Quite a package. Looks like somebody giving up. .

~ Here are a couple of items I recommend for Bonestell fans: Published 2001 DVD more recent .

~ Was it his "Views" book? I bought this mid-70s, had it for many years and not sure how it came to be missing from my collection (can't blame my wife!). https://www.google.com/search?q=roger+dean+views&oq=roger+dean+views&aqs=chrome.0.0i67i355i650j46i67i650j0i22i30l3j0i390i650j69i61l2.5974j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 .

~ Assuming you love observing, don't give up and quit, just find another hobby to enjoy when conditions are not favorable. I also ride motorcycles (hobby #1 since age 12), shoot guns, shoot photos with SLR cameras, read books. Any number of things in life to be passionate about. Good luck! .

How many have you got? ~ I refuse to participate in this thread 😝 .

~ There was a time when I wanted one of these, particularly after Uncle Al invited me to have a look through one at a star party where he was debuting his then-new 100° eyepieces. Wow! I never got one and the desire for it has waned since then. Never say never, but my thinking is that it won't happen. Good luck! .

~ Well, they're not new anymore 😥. My 16x70s are used only on a parallelogram mount, so I have never attached the provided neckstrap, either, and they are the only pair I worry about while handling. Other binos, cameras, etc. do not get far outside the case before the neckstrap goes over my head. Yours appear to be of an earlier generation from mine, as I have no yellow accents. Good luck! .

~ He may run the company, but, dad is still around. .

~ Our community have much to thank Al Nagler for with all the great products his company brought to market over the years. However, I curse him every time an eyepiece snags during extraction. .

~ Mark, The brightness throughput can be changed by rotating the bottom portion of the eyepiece holder. Of the filters tried, results were not impressive. I found the greatest detail visible when no filter was employed. Seeing can make a big difference, as you would expect. .

~ I like mine! .

~ Didn't see this posted elsewhere: https://eyes.nasa.gov/ Each section can be user-manipulated after launching. Fun stuff.

~ My wife's brother lives in Dallas, so we're flying from the west coast. Alas, better than 50% chance of clouds on that date, historically. .

~ Is it a healthy thing to be so dependent on social media sites that life becomes disrupted without them, I wonder? .

~ Agreed! .

~ Nice scopes. Availability in the U.S. seems more problematic than other brands, currently. .