From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017081511340811918-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Yep, loud is the thing. People want loud. Young people, who don't   
   > appreciate just yet the long term damage they are doing to their ears.   
      
   If all they like is Crap and they destroy their hearing, who cares?   
   Certainly they don't!  ;)   
      
   > This reminds me of something my dad told me years ago about going off to   
   > war.  The basic just of it was, he lived thru it, now it's the next guys   
   > turn.   
      
   But in wars, many don't get a turn to live through it...unless of course   
   they're smart enough to stay out of it in the first place...because just   
   like the computer in "War Games" said, "The only winning move is NOT TO   
   PLAY".   
      
   > My ears ring all the time.  Eventually theirs will too.   
      
   They can do any Stupid thing to themselves that they want - but when they   
   try it with me, I regard that as an ASSAULT!!!   
      
   > For some reason, that doesn't interest me.  I've seen eclipses before.   
      
   So have I, but I've never seen anything even close to a total one!   
      
   > And there's no way in the world I'll be pointing my new telescope at that.   
   > Nope.   
      
   It's no problem if you use a solar filter on the primary aperture - even   
   metalized mylar such as form Doritos corn chips for instance. I have several   
   different types and all I have to find is the one that'll give me the   
   clearest view as all of them do a great job of attenuating the Sun's   
   brightness.   
   Of course, the expensive ones have superior optics.   
      
   > Ever take a big magnifying glass and burn an ant ?  Too much chance   
   > something might go wrong. Filter slip off, something .....   
      
   I've never had anything like that ever happen.   
      
   >  Hell, even just pointing the unprotected low power finder scope at the   
   > sun would destroy it internally. I'll stick to hunting down nice dim stars   
   > :-)   
      
   You need to cover the aperture of the finder with either a solar filter, or,   
   since you don't really need it for bringing the Sun into the eyepiece, you   
   could always just block it off completely.   
      
   > Gotta have one, as long as I'm still gigging.  Which happens to be today.   
   > About time to start packing it all up and heading out.  Have a fun day on   
   > your end :-)   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   You too. We've got gigs lined up but we're still developing our sound and   
   setlist, to which we're planning on adding our Originals.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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