Re-Aluminizing the 200in Palomar Mirror

Scott, aka palomarskyguy describing re-aluminizing the 200in mirror of the Hale telescope (Thursday 23nd july latter half) The car is still squealing when I start it. Went to sears to get it sorted (the way it was going I HAD to get this done before the weekend). Noone believed the flagstaff sears diagnosis. I left the car with them and went to the mall to pick up some food. While there some guy, very excited accosted me and asked me if I was Tfoot. I was v. tired at the time well damn, I had the comfort debate, drove through LA, then spent all night getting timelapse of Jupiter, the morning touring the observatory. I was pretty much the living dead at this point. Anyways, turns out he was a creationist, but was happy and friendly. Got some Chinese, the food bought a lot of life back into me. Back at sears (after an hour) they had done nothing to the car. They started on it straight away. I waited (slept) for about half an hour. Turns out they had just tightened the belt and done it for free. Picked up a starbux in the town in the valley (Temecula). The wifi was out for tmobile seems to have problems maybe 50 % of the time sigh. Rendered up about 1/3rd of the comfort discussion. Also tried in vain to sort out the Jupiter footage. The lack of accurate tracking means getting some automation on this, or recentering about 2000 frames manually. Went over the road to borders who had wifi, but it was getting late, and fatigue overtook me. Went to the sear carlot (experience has shown this is usually a place where there are lots of cars overnight. Malls in CA tend to be patrolled. Slept happily till 3.30 when I was awakened by a police officer. He played it pretty straight. I lied (of a fashion) and told him I was waiting for sears to open to get the car maintained. He ran my license and told me someone had been killed in the car lot earlier in the year. I told him I would be on my way if it would make life easier for him. I already knew there was little he could do on private property, but that he would inform the mall security if I stayed. I roused myself for the drive to Mnt Wilson and got going. Sure enough the police officer was still patrolling but he was really waiting to see what I would do. Drive across LA (in the middle of the night) was still surprisingly busy. V. tired by the end.. counting the miles. Stopped in a siding up the mnt Wilson with dawn visible in the sky but still well before sunrise. Slept till awakened by the sun rising over the mountains.