tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post7609587850708726322..comments2023-09-01T04:29:54.172-06:00Comments on Maximum Verbosity: Just DishyBettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-59511153857915469352008-09-28T11:46:00.000-06:002008-09-28T11:46:00.000-06:00You need to take up skateboardingYou need to take up skateboardingMagnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741378159534413277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-29630712949627920072008-09-26T13:20:00.001-06:002008-09-26T13:20:00.001-06:00Alas, there is no transmitter. So I also couldn't ...Alas, there is no transmitter. So I also couldn't use it to threaten to destroy the universe unless it surrendered to me, either. (Sorry. Classic Who reference there. ;))Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-40729310177995276102008-09-26T05:38:00.000-06:002008-09-26T05:38:00.000-06:00You didn't, perchance, take the opportunity to bea...You didn't, perchance, take the opportunity to beam out a message to the TARDIS while you were there, saying, "Doctor, I'm here. Come get me. Forget about London and Cardiff, and come to New Mexico"?Captain Chlorophyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160624482609256786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-46557286725444351232008-09-25T20:55:00.000-06:002008-09-25T20:55:00.000-06:00Thanks for the Pics. AwesomeThanks for the Pics. AwesomeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-49770702865088866932008-09-25T14:32:00.000-06:002008-09-25T14:32:00.000-06:00Peter: That was the VLA. The VLA is the array of ...Peter: That was the VLA. The VLA is the array of antennas about 50 miles west of here. The VLBA is a network of ten antennas scattered all across the US.<BR/><BR/>And I should still have that picture. I was even keeping an organized photo album back then and everything. Do you want me to look for it for you?<BR/><BR/>Captain C: Actually, that hard hat sits snug enough that it might well just stay on all the way down, but that's not exactly what it's for. And, believe me, it <I>does</I> make sense! If nothing else, I hit the back of my head three times on the way up, climbing around among metal struts in cramped spaces.<BR/><BR/>There is, indeed, a way through the middle. Two of them, actually: one is a door out of a small room that sits in the middle of the dish and contains some important equipment, and one is a hatch that's accessible by ladder from underneath.<BR/><BR/>Geo: My job <I>usually</I> just consists of sitting in front of a computer, and if I ever get to see these dishes, it's by webcam. :) Actually getting to make the trip out to one is a rare treat.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-87531058089131387242008-09-25T09:00:00.000-06:002008-09-25T09:00:00.000-06:00It's official.Your job is way cooler than mine...It's official.<BR/>Your job is way cooler than mine...Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-10410728657277640572008-09-25T05:38:00.000-06:002008-09-25T05:38:00.000-06:00It gets me that you have to wear a hard hat when y...It gets me that you have to wear a hard hat when you're on top of something like that. If you were to fall off (not like I'm wishing that on you, of course), so would the hat. Sometimes, safety rules don't make sense.<BR/><BR/>By the way, kudos on climbing up and on that thing. I don't think I could do it. Did you have a ladder or bucket truck to get you up the side, or is there a way in through the middle?Captain Chlorophyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160624482609256786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-23628341659493655372008-09-25T02:13:00.000-06:002008-09-25T02:13:00.000-06:00That is so awesome.Man, I hope I still have that p...That is so awesome.<BR/><BR/>Man, I hope I still have that photo you took of me at the VLBA (or was it the VLA?) in 2000.Peter T Chattawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395937367596387523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-46611805182512520902008-09-24T22:32:00.000-06:002008-09-24T22:32:00.000-06:00Cool!Cool!Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00277636954260900156noreply@blogger.com