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    What I want for Christmas

    Local store had a sale on a Meade Altazamath Retractor telescope, with computer control.

    I am still trying to visualize this instrument.

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    Re: What I want for Christmas

    Quote Originally Posted by mike alexander View Post
    Local store had a sale on a Meade Altazamath Retractor telescope, with computer control.

    I am still trying to visualize this instrument.
    Remember, you prefer aperture!
    Last edited by Maksutov; 2007-Dec-21 at 06:53 PM. Reason: delete reference

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    Hard time visualizing it? Heck, this time of year my telescope retracts every time I go out to view the night sky. I'm not fond of Midwestern winters.

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    What I want for Christmas?

    Oh, one of these would be nice...

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    Would like my sister to spend Christmas with spouse and I. But she can't {sad sigh}

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    Would like my sister to spend Christmas with spouse and I. But she can't {sad sigh}
    That is sad. I feel for you.

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    A heated observatory with hydraulic dome....

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    Whatever you get, just don't open it early!
    December 21, 2007
    A woman stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife following an argument that began when she accused him of opening a Christmas present early...
    Breitbart

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    Quote Originally Posted by torque of the town View Post
    A heated observatory with hydraulic dome....
    [Bugs Bunny voice] What a maroon! [/Bugs Bunny voice]

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    From my mother, I got exactly what I was expecting, mostly. I got T Is for Trespass--but it's a signed copy, which means Sue Grafton did a book signing in Pasadena some time in the last two weeks. I also got a toy rocket set from some friends, complete with tiny Apollo capsule, shuttle, Mars Rover, and Soyuz.
    _____________________________________________
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    "Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

    "You can't erase icing."

    "I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaptain K View Post
    [Bugs Bunny voice] What a maroon! [/Bugs Bunny voice]

    That pesky wabbit has never been froze to MAC at 3am....

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    I also got a toy rocket set from some friends, complete with tiny Apollo capsule, shuttle, Mars Rover, and Soyuz.
    Sweet! I ask my mother for stuff like that, but she says I'm too old.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KaiYeves View Post
    Sweet! I ask my mother for stuff like that, but she says I'm too old.


    You are never too old for TOYS

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    You are never too old for TOYS
    She says I am.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KaiYeves View Post
    She says I am.
    That is why you don't CALL them 'toys'...

    Educational tools...

    Historical models...

    and a Newtonian Physics Demonstration Device... (rocket).

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    That is why you don't CALL them 'toys'...
    Educational tools...
    Historical models...
    and a Newtonian Physics Demonstration Device... (rocket).
    Here's what I tried:
    "Mum, can I buy this model space shuttle?"
    "You're too old to play with toys, Kai."
    "It's not a toy, it's a model."
    "That's not a model."
    "Well, yeah, if it was a real fancy one, I couldn't separate the boosters and the external tank and stuff."
    "You can't buy it and that's final."

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    Quote Originally Posted by torque of the town View Post
    That pesky wabbit has never been froze to MAC at 3am....
    Yeah, but at least he knows you can't see anything with hot air pouring out the open slit!

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    Hmmm....Christmas is over .... and I didn't get what I wanted ....<sigh>


    Anyway ...better luck next time!

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