[meteorite-list] AD: Meteoroites and Books at Ebay

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Oct 11 02:01:38 2006
Message-ID: <005301c6ecfa$b2fef3f0$6101a8c0_at_BranchFamily>

Hola Doug,

Yea, I have it bad.
I want to see structure in M51 and I want NGC 457 to really look like ET
(actually, it does in my 4.7 inch refractor). And those so-called canals on
Mars...

Spirit. Opportunity. Beagle-2. I'm with you guys!
Well, maybe not Beagle-2.

Have you ever seen the video which David Krieg has produced for his
Obsession scopes. I viewed it and it started me down that slippery slope.
Oh man...

On the other end of the spectrum, I looked through my first small refractor
APO recently. Have you ever looked through an APO refractor? Oh man...

18?" 20?" Just too big.
(for now, anyway, - he he)

Almost forgot: "meteorites"

-Walter
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From: "MexicoDoug" <MexicoDoug_at_aim.com>
To: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch_at_bellsouth.net>; "Meteorite List"
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Meteoroites and Books at Ebay


> "Please help me. I have recently been diagnosed with a disease called
> "aperture fever" in the astronomical community and I need a cure. You
> can
> help. A 16 inch truss-tube Dobsonian telescope would effect a cure but I
> need to raise 2k."
>
> Walter, I really felt a little wave of fear starting as I read your email
> halfway through the first sentence. Luckily, you're not in physical
> danger
> so far. Careful around some of us as you have a rampantly contagious
> condition. I question your "cure" to these cravings. Since when is
> giving
> a junkie a two kilos of dough to see otherwise invisible stardust which
> are
> just figments of others' imaginations? You're just gonna get in deeper.
>
> Think an 18"er, but I bet you could figure out how to pack a 20" into your
> vehicle, though you better break out more of the collection and start
> saving
> up for a trailer as this is where your disease leads once the symptoms are
> full-blown. Many people do cure aperture fever with a diameter in the
> 20's,
> though. They break their backs and then discover the wonders of being
> able
> to set up a 3.5 inchers with playful ease...good luck and clear skies! I
> know two others on this list who are controlling as best as they can the
> "fever".
> Doug
>
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