Ellen's been dying to try out her new telescope, so I came down after exercising to find her staring through it at the fireplace (unlit). So I suggested we put it at the window, so she could look out. Ok, so now it's about 3 feet off the ground at the window, pointing up, and she's on her knees looking through the eyepiece. So, I suggest raising the tripod so that she doesn't have to kneel and so that it will point out the top of the window where it's not all painted with kids drawings. We raise it, but now she needs a step stool to look into the eyepiece. So, I show her how to twist the eyepiece sideways so that she can just stand upright and look through it. Her response:
"Oooh...what genius invented this!"
My response:
"Galileo, I think."
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