~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 26279
Loc: North Texas
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Steph
Taking it one day at a time...
I'm in the fight! - Support Liver Disease Awareness
10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
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snorkler
Aperture Aficionado
Reged: 10/11/04
Posts: 10041
Loc: Bay Area, California
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Let's look at this logically.
- The joke'll be on you guys when I don't even bring it next year... Indicates she'll be there, but not bringing the RCX400
- Who said anything about a replacement? No affirmation, but no denial, either. She could be replacing it. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, that she's not misleading us, she's not replacing the RCX. Maybe a new supplemental scope, hmmmm.
- Who said anything about mooching or getting another telescope?
Oh wait, that was you that said that...
No affirmation, but no denial. She could be mooching or getting another telescope. Again, if she's being honest, indicates she'll bring a scope, and it's not a new one. Narrows it down to an old one.
So Steph may just bring her TV102 and 80 WO Zenithstar. My final guess, Regis.
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~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 26279
Loc: North Texas
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Or I could just be yanking y'all's chain for the fun of it...  Guess we'll know in about 261 days, eh? 
Headed to Michigan for a few days, see y'all next week! 
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Steph
Taking it one day at a time...
I'm in the fight! - Support Liver Disease Awareness
10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
Serenity Observatory
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
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Loc: NorCal
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Have fun in MI...
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: NorCal
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Have fun in MI...
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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LivingNDixie
TSP Chowhound
Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 17757
Loc: Trussville, AL
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Why would you go to the TSP and only bring a finder scope.
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: NorCal
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Maybe she is getting a 20" StarStructure.
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
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LivingNDixie
TSP Chowhound
Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 17757
Loc: Trussville, AL
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Very nice, but she strikes me more of a Obsession kind of person.
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: NorCal
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Nah...more StarMaster than Obsession.
Actually it doesn't matter...as long it is a larger scope. 
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
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snorkler
Aperture Aficionado
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Loc: Bay Area, California
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Very nice, but she strikes me more of a Obsession kind of person.
She strikes me as awfully tight-lipped (surprising for someone with 6300 posts on CN in just 14 months) when it comes to what she's bringing to TSP 2007. 
I don't think Steph is going to get a larger scope. She doesn't like the weight of her lightweight RCX, so she's definitely not going to like the weight of a 20" Starstructures scope.
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I'm not the lowest of the low, but I am the slowest of the slow. '06 Scion xB. 49.6 mpg avg over 38,000 miles. 177% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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LivingNDixie
TSP Chowhound
Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 17757
Loc: Trussville, AL
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Nah...more StarMaster than Obsession.
Actually it doesn't matter...as long it is a larger scope.
Good point.
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 2655
Loc: NorCal
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What do you think helpers are for? Didn't ya help her last time?
At home...thre is something called "wheels". 
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.0 reflector and other assorted smaller and larger telescopes, but listing the one I use the most.
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
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LivingNDixie
TSP Chowhound
Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 17757
Loc: Trussville, AL
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She could probably roll a scope out of her garage, at least in the limited pictures I have seen of her proprty.
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Scott Beith
SRF
Reged: 11/26/03
Posts: 42898
Loc: Frederick, MD
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Why would you go to the TSP and only bring a finder scope.
(Not defending Steph - just my little scopes...  )
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snorkler
Aperture Aficionado
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Loc: Bay Area, California
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Maybe with $3/gallon gasoline, she doesn't want to drive a rental van that distance. Her refractors would probably fit in a family sedan wth no problem. Not so the RCX.
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I'm not the lowest of the low, but I am the slowest of the slow. '06 Scion xB. 49.6 mpg avg over 38,000 miles. 177% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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LivingNDixie
TSP Chowhound
Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 17757
Loc: Trussville, AL
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Maybe with $3/gallon gasoline, she doesn't want to drive a rental van that distance. Her refractors would probably fit in a family sedan wth no problem. Not so the RCX.
She has a Mustang...
Edited by LivingNDixie (08/26/06 12:39 PM)
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LivingNDixie
TSP Chowhound
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Posts: 17757
Loc: Trussville, AL
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260 days
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stevecoe
"Astronomical Tourist"
Reged: 04/24/04
Posts: 3766
Loc: Arizona, USA
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As a previous winner of the "Lone Star Gazer" award, I would love to go for 2007, but first I need to find a job so I can pay for all that gasoline at all those high prices.
Clear Skies;
Steve Coe
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Author "Touching the Universe" iUniverse
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer
Author "Nebulae and How to Observe Them" Springer
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LivingNDixie
TSP Chowhound
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Posts: 17757
Loc: Trussville, AL
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As a previous winner of the "Lone Star Gazer" award, I would love to go for 2007, but first I need to find a job so I can pay for all that gasoline at all those high prices.
Clear Skies;
Steve Coe
I highly suggest banks
259 days.
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John Fitzgerald
In Focus
Reged: 01/04/04
Posts: 2709
Loc: AR
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Now that I have my own Bortle class 2 site (class 1 in the east and SE)up here in the Ozarks developed and ready for use, I will likely be foregoing any star parties that involve a long drive or expense. Friday night August 18 was wonderful out there, good views were had of the Helix Nebula and M33, among other things. It rained the next night, but all was safe and dry in the little cabin at the roof of the Ozarks. Maybe I'll make a couple days at TSP sometime to keep in touch.
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