Jack 13088 Loc: Central NY

Quiet, don't tell my CFO! We have that "want isn't need" discussion too often! I used the don't ask don't tell technique to buy a new Benro carbon fiber tripod. She thinks such a thing couldn't cost more than $50 so she didn't ask. And I didn't tell...

It does, however, come with a leg wrap on one leg. So it is essentially complete.

Our trip to Barrow actually started at Ketchikan with a small boat cruse to Juneau. We overnighted on land and the boat had stainless steel chines and armored thrusters so it could move through float ice as close to glaciers as safety permits. No need for long lens here. Then Glacier Bay and on to Anchorage area. Then train to Fairbanks stopping overnight at Denali. Then we fly to Barrow. Sometime I realized that my daughter and I had swum in all the oceans except tha Arctic so we decided to wade in. The wisdom of wading was confirmed by the profanity from a group that just dove right in.

The radars were designed here in Syracuse but I never worked on one of those except a few design reviews. However, while we were GE the field service folks worked out of Syracuse while stationed at places like Shemya where it was claimed their was a maiden behind every tree. We operated the radars there back in the 60s and 70s. Some of them were neighbors of mine when they were in town.

grillmaster5062

I use foam pipe insulation and cover it up with camouflage tape.

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Pipe insulation that comes with the adhesive already attached. Real simple and inexpensive and works great.