Posts by Astrolite

  • Conservative Politics & Daily Events Discussion

    I would like to vote according to my principles and vote for neither of the presumed nominees. However, given the possibility that Hillary will stack the Supreme Court with progressive liberals and its effect on our country for the rest of my life and perhaps the lives of my children, I have no other choice than to compromise my principles and vote for Trump.


    For those conservatives who say "never Trump" think long and hard. We are not just talking about one or two terms of Hillary to live through, with executive actions now being acceptable and the Supreme Court backing her up, you will not even know your country in a few years.


    Remember a protest vote for a third party candidate is a vote for Hillary.

  • MAGGIE VALLEY WEATHER WATCH...

    I was going to say, why was such a rainy part of the year chosen for the gathering, but then I saw this....



    Looks like one of the best months of the year. Would have loved to come down and met my new SS family, but I had already planned to come down the following week with a group of my Legion Rider friends. Maybe in 2017.


    Have fun and be safe!

  • UHHHHH NASTY!

    Quote from rabtech

    I don't mind snakes. When I was in high school I had a python. It's the dang spiders I hate. I absolutely hate hate hate spiders.

    Got to agree with you @rabtech, spiders creep me out too. We have the Carolina Wolf Spider, mostly see them in the early fall. They get into my pool skimmer and I'm always hesitant to reach in there to pull it out for cleaning, and they don't drown very easily. They are big and creepy. Even their description is creepy.


    "They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly solitary and hunt alone. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances."


  • UHHHHH NASTY!

    Quote from MACAWS

    I have a 6' Black Snake live under my shop - Haji is his name. it has been there since it was a youngin. Have a collection of his skins he has shed over the years. haven't seen him much this year but it is still a little cold. He never bothers me and his favorite meal is copperheads. Have another one under the house call "Cat" - haven't had a mouse in 7 years.
    They are actually beautiful creatures to watch - have any of you ever seen one climb a tree? It is mind boggling how they move.

    I've had quite a few black snakes around the yard, in the garage and even one in my attic. They do keep the mice and copperheads away. I call this guy Pete, seen him every year for quite a few years now. Their size is nothing compared to ones you guys have posted, thank god!


  • FDA Deeming Regulations on E-cigarettes released today

    If you think that our federal government always acts in the peoples best interest read about what they did during prohibition. The following is a paragraph from a book written by Deborah Blum, "Deborah Blum is a professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin and author of The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York.


    "Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the United States, products regularly stolen by bootleggers and resold as drinkable spirits. The idea was to scare people into giving up illicit drinking. Instead, by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the federal poisoning program, by some estimates, had killed at least 10,000 people."

  • Other Money Pits / Hobbies

    Quote from Texas T

    @Astrolite That is an awesome looking light bucket! I had a real good friend that took me down to the Texas Star Party a couple of times, it was a really cool experience.

    The Texas Star Party is one that I would love to attend someday. I was more heavily into astronomy about 15 years ago and traveled the NE with a friend attending many star parties. Even made it up to Stellafane in Vermont in 2000. The Obsession 15" is a wonderful scope, it's just big enough to give you some great deep sky views and yet small enough to be easily transportable.


    A tow behind camper for the SS, with enough storage for the telescope, would be a great star party adventure!

  • Other Money Pits / Hobbies

    Amateur astronomy.....

    Obsession 15"



    Tele Vue TV-85



    Home Made 4 1/4" Reflector


    Wheel Horse Tractors...

    1962 Model 702



    1965 Model 1055




    1973 8hp 4sp




    1975 C-100
    There are also three other Wheel Horse parts tractors, plows, mower decks, etc, etc. and one John Deere.


    OK so that's just two of my hobbies/money pits, there are more!

  • First Donuts

    Well I've had my SS since last fall and just turned 1800 miles. Today I found a big empty parking lot and performed my first donuts. I'm sure they weren't the most graceful donuts, being my first, but boy was that easy and fun. Really doesn't take much to keep that Kendra spinning!


    I was also a little more aggressive on a curve that I normally take in third gear, dropped it down into second and nailed it through the curve. When I looked down at the tachometer I noticed I was over red line at about 7000. If this thing has a rev limiter, when does that kick in?

  • Lets put faces to screen names

    Quote from Nemesis1701

    Don't want to hijack this post but to clarify it is..
    James Tiberius Kirk.
    The ship's "NCC-1701" registry number stemmed from "NC" being one of the international aircraft registration codes assigned to the United States; the second "C" was added for differentiation.According to The Making of Star Trek, "NCC" is the Starfleet abbreviation for "Naval Construction Contract", comparable to what the U.S. Navy would call a hull number.The "1701" was chosen to avoid any possible ambiguity

    Gotta love a Trekkie. Some of my fondest memories are of me and my dad watching Star Trek together. Got to laugh, he loved the original episodes, but when the movies came out and they started using curse words he was really disappointed.


    Sorry about the detour in this thread.

  • FDA Deeming Regulations on E-cigarettes released today

    Quote from AllIn5450

    And if they don't change their line of thinking, we the people that care about our country and our rights will go to washington and fire them.


    I might get myself into real trouble here, but most of those politicians need to be lined up against a wall and fired real good. Then confiscate all of there belongings and pay off the national debt! Between the politicians that think they own us and the progressive lunatics who can't think at all this country is going down the rat hole at blinding speed.

  • FDA Deeming Regulations on E-cigarettes released today

    Quote from ethermion

    The Angel in a tiny part of my brain hopes for a future where nobody smokes, nobody vapes. The world would be a better place.

    Not that much better I would hazard to guess. There is way too much other suffering in this world for the end of smoking and vaping to make much of a dent. If by government legislation, definitely not! Freedom of choice, now that's something that undoubtedly makes the world a better place.


    Personally I enjoy vaping and am not using it to ween myself off of nicotine. I feel that I have found a safer, at least in my mind, and cleaner way to partake in my habit. I may be wrong, wouldn't be the first time, but at least I was free to choose.