We had the same issue with our micrometers. They were getting their faces dinged up in a tool chest. Our machinist cut a block of closed-cell foam with slots for each one. Calibration passes went way up because the anvils and spindles weren't getting knocked out of whack anymore. It's a cheap fix that definitely works.

Yeah, even my cat started demanding treats before she'll sit on my lap. It's getting bad lol.

That bit about the loose pin on the VHF feed line really hits home. It's never just a loose connector, it's the start of a chain that can take a whole system down. I've found corrosion starting in those gaps when the backshell isn't tight, and then you're looking at a full cable replacement instead of a simple torque check. It makes you wonder how many intermittent faults in the logbook trace right back to a skipped final step like that.

Look at the last ten fonts you actually used. How many came from studying old handwriting? Most are digital systems built on grids and screen legibility. Sketching letters by hand gives you one kind of feel, but it can lock you into organic shapes that fail on a pixel grid. Modern UI design needs fonts made for specific technical problems, not just nice curves.

Wait, a thousand photographers? That sounds like a concert crowd, not a stargazing trip. I can't even picture setting up a tripod with that many people around. Your poor buddy must have spent more time dodging elbows than looking at the sky. It's sad when the thing you go out there to escape ends up following you.