Recent content by harro
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Cordless power tools
They certainly vibrate a bit, but gee they're so handy. No faffin around getting the chainsaw out.- harro
- Post #344
- Forum: Adventuring, Hiking, Backpacking, Camping, Gear
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Cordless power tools
Just picked up one of these compact reciprocating saws, very handy around the home, pruning, roughing out lumber and small metal tube, pvc pipe and so on. https://www.dewalt.com.au/products/dcs367n-xj--18v-xr-brushless-reciprocating-saw-bare-unit and a set of Diablo blades to go with it...- harro
- Post #336
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Have we witnessed the death of the audiophile? ...
" DIGITAL " Hmmm, yeah, a word that can mean so many things, good and bad, to such a large cross section of our wonderful world. Look where we are with it, and where would we be without it. -
Have we witnessed the death of the audiophile? ...
Wow, that was commitment. Yeah, things change, we change, etc etc. I tend to like the way in which the audio is produced, from a hark back to earlier times. Others, from a single chip.......all good. Its funny to go onto an audiophile forum, and watch all the butthurt from some audiophiles ( not... -
Have we witnessed the death of the audiophile? ...
EXACTLY. Many don't understand compression ( maybe they think its something to do with a car engine, or something else as equally obscure..... ), they also seem happy with 64 - 128kbps. Quality from most streamers standard services and FM radio etc. They dont understand the renewed interest in... -
anything optics>>>
Re: Anything Optics Hahaha, ohh well, restarting an old interest isn’t always a bad thing. It’s a new interest for me, and mainly birding and general viewing is my interest. Handy to throw the case in the car for a day out, and if we end up somewhere scenic, or wetlands, then so be it. As you...- harro
- Post #55
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anything optics>>>
Re: Anything Optics Finally, my Phoneskope stuff showed up, i think Covid might have affected delivery, ohh well. This is the phone holder and scope eyepiece adapter and the Bluetooth shutter remote, and an 18650 for scale. The holder/adapter together and ready to mount on the eyepiece...- harro
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In hosoital
Best wishes from Aus, raggie. Get well soon. Hope those bruises fade away quick for you. Yeah, anesthesia is no fun, like swimming upstream in a river of molasses trying to come out of it. As someone else mentioned, sleep helps that. -
How's The Weather There ?
How are all you Northern US, Canadian, Alaskan, Euro members going? Has this Winter just finished not been one of the coldest on record? I know our Summer was pretty much MIA this year, a couple of high 30's ( Celsius ) and i think we may have had one 40+C day. Now in March where we... -
anything optics>>>
Re: Anything Optics Thanks, yep, its not an ideal time for digiscoping here atm. Springtime with clean air and new birdlife etc. Will post some pics when the adapter and holder show up.- harro
- Post #52
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anything optics>>>
Re: Anything Optics Here are some pics with the Vanguard HD82A. Still hand held, not with a proper adapter, which i'm waiting on from PhoneSkope. The subject light tower is on a football oval and is 510M from the scope. Its still fairly hot here, so heat haze and dirty air dont help much...- harro
- Post #50
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anything optics>>>
Re: Anything Optics No worries. I have tried the handheld method, but i'm just not steady enough to get anything other than blurred images. I am looking at Phoneskope's eyepiece adapter which fits the 52mm eyepiece of the Vanguard, and their universal phone holder for my old Samsung A21S and...- harro
- Post #46
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anything optics>>>
Spotting Scopes, anyone into them?? Hi everyone, does anyone else enjoy spotting scopes/digiscoping? I carry this econokit when the wife and i travel. It is used for general spotting and birding, points of interest etc. Its a Vanguard Endeavor HD82A. The tripod is a Vanguard Veo2 235APB ball...- harro
- Post #44
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Pandemic Mental Health - How YOU doin'?
A truly and mind numbingly sobering set of figures. I read your infection figures over the last couple of days to be in the order of some 140,000 people. Tough times coming, if not already. I guess we are probably a bit lucky here also, approaching the Southern Hemisphere Summer. With those... -
Pandemic Mental Health - How YOU doin'?
Yeah, it’s pretty much a case of damned if we do, and damned if we don’t. I know for a fact that whatever path countries take, it will result in deaths, due all the reasons we have discussed. Very sad for those people , and their families and friends, inevitably the ones left to pick up the...
