date	days since purchase	event
		1993
22-Sep	0	purchase mirror from Intermountain Optics
30-Sep	8	mirror arrives
3-Oct	11	tool poured [oops - directly on glass]
9-Oct	17	edges wrecked while chipping off tool #1; tool #2 poured
		1994
17-Jan	117	grinding begins! [LA quakes]
28-Feb	159	grinding ends! use Steve's machine #1 to polish before he sells it
10-Mar	169	inverted polishing imparts BIG scratches
14-May	234	new 16" sub-D tool poured
21-May	241	broke new tool removing it from cast
22-Jul	303	on critical path for OSP; Chuck's getting parts
28-Jul	309	sellout: Steve will finish mirror
2-Aug	314	Chuck's out of time; Burke tube purchased
9-Aug	321	mirror finished! original scratches still visible..
9-Aug	321	hastily-made tube and mirror support shows asymmetric images [time's up for OSP]
11-Aug	323	OSP - arrive with no 22", damaged van [& garage]
26-Aug	338	fine-tune Burke tube; astigmatism in one quadrant?
		need to make a decent scope for testing..
		1995
20-Feb	516	telescope-building at Chuck's [first of several]
20-Jul	666	call from Chuck: it's now or never for OSP '95!
22-Jul	668	upper cage and mirror supports
10-Aug	687	telescope finished! - but mirror still looks astigmatic..
16-Aug	693	cheap local coating for OSP
24-Aug	701	OSP again: great views at low power... ParaCorr doesn't help
		1996
14-Jan	844	mirror exam w/Steve and Howard: is it the scratches?
19-Feb	880	e-mails w/Mel: it's in the glass
14-Apr	935	clean tool for 22"; contemplate options
28-Apr	949	e-mail: 22" for sale
14-Jun	996	turn down only offer - $1500
15-Aug	1,057	OSP yet again, with badly figured [and tarnished] mirror
mid-Dec	1,057	Steve finishes the new grind/polish machine
		1997
4-Jan	1,200	grinding resumes; MMarathon begins 4/7! [oops]
6-Jan	1,202	grinding ends; all scratches removed!!
13-Jan	1,209	polishing begins
19-Jan	1,215	focal length dropping
6-Feb	1,233	still polishing, now >16 hours..
13-Feb	1,240	new pitch
16-Feb	1,243	1/2 hour with tool on top finishes polishing [w/o scratches..]!
20-Feb	1,247	figuring begins
27-Feb	1,254	mirror finished! Cut truss-tubes shorter and check results
6-Mar	1,261	take mirror home for star-testing
11-Apr	1,297	Canby tests; mirror fails Ronchi test.
4-May	1,320	rework mirror; Steve and Allan really like it!
15-May	1,331	star-test fails.. at 1063x; Ronchi good, but not great.
18-May	1,334	mirror finished! Steve to Riverside. Rebuilt upper cage [bad idea..]
19, 21	1,335	now a touch overcorrected, astigmatic? [error in mirror or cage?]
18-Jun	1,365	mirror passes all interior tests [just like a month ago]; ship it!
22-Jun	1,369	build a shipping box: too small? [oops]
24-Jun	1,371	ship mirror in custom box via UPS ground svc [will UPS strike?]
		wife's purse stolen; close all accounts!
8-Jul	1,385	packing store: check bounced [VISA]
21-Jul	1,398	QSP mirror coating company: check bounced [send another]
30-Jul	1,407	mirror leaves QSP!
1-Aug	1,409	UPS strike begins; service is 10% of normal..
7-Aug	1,409	the Prodigal Pyrex arrives..