Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
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Loc: Hurricane Alley
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If you are having a hard time with your spouse over gear purchases and finances, then I have the answer!
In exchange for your new giant binoculars ...
She gets a new coat of paint on the house in the color of her choice.
It's a small house, so I got off light. Don't tell her I said that. 
Now, what do I have to do for those 25x150 Fujinons?
MikeG
BTW, I call this photo "Paintthrower"
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & 35 different falls and types!
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Rich N
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Posts: 5312
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area, Calif...
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I was going to suggest cubic zirconia. 
Rich
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camvan
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 05/02/05
Posts: 2086
Loc: British Columbia
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yeh, that wouldn't work on my mom. she's frustrated enough as it is with all the 'tubes' in the house! 
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Cameron
"Aperture can only be replaced by even more aperture. Dark transparent skies cannot be replaced by anything else." - Stathis Kafalis
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edwincjones
Post Laureate
Reged: 04/10/04
Posts: 4419
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25x150s-new house?
What works for me is to give her the same amount of money for her spending-costs twice as much, but works.
edj
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n w arkansas
Binocular, Solar, General Amateur Astronomy
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 14682
Loc: Hurricane Alley
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The eye doctor's office just called the house...
My new glasses are IN....!!!!
And clear skies are forecasted again for tonight! (*knock on wood*)
I sense an epic binocular observing session coming tonight!
Clear dark skies...
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & 35 different falls and types!
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ChrisR
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/11/05
Posts: 518
Loc: Washington
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Have fun Mike with the new big eyes.
I have found letting my wife buy a few expensive items, then when she tries to say no to my item which is less expensive than all hers, I subtely remind her of her stuff. She knows i'm doing this so she tries not to buy to many expensive items, so we save money.
It all works out in the end and hopefully soon we will have enough money to put a good down payment on a house that I will end up having to paint, and then I can use you technique Mike.
Peace,
Chris
P.S. I will have a shed with a retractable roof, shhhh my wife doesn't know this yet.
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Journeyman Optical Technician
Amateur Astronomer.
All around good guy
Orion, StarMax 127
Canon, 12x36 IS
Minolta, 8x25 WR
Halco, 7x50
Nippon Kogaku, Micron 7x35
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JHollJr
sage
Reged: 06/10/06
Posts: 204
Loc: Quantico, Virginia
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Don't ask, don't tell.
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Justin
Northern Virginia
Celestron Nexstar 8i SE
Questar 3.5 purchased 1980
Leica Ultravid 10x50's
Oberwerk 20x80 Ultra Lights
UA UniMount Light Deluxe
Horrible Eyes
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HfxObserver
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/12/04
Posts: 624
Loc: Waterloo ON, Canada
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Is that a dog's dish next to your feet?
There's a joke here somewhere
-Chris
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Chris
7X50 Vixen,22X100 Antares
80mm William Optics Megrez II ED
Santel MK6
Borg 125SD f6 (Pentax/Oasis version)
Tak-Lapides
Pentax XW's 40,20,14,10,3.5 3.8XP, Speers 5-8, 30mm Widescan III
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Jim7728
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Reged: 04/10/05
Posts: 4009
Loc: Stoop Landing Observatory, NYC
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Quote:
Now, what do I have to do for those 25x150 Fujinons?
Start building that extension. 
I've been painting my mother's bedroom for almost a month now. It only took 4 different paints to get the color right.
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Jim
TV-76 -40mmHa/5mm BF
Vixen NA-140
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wky46
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/12/05
Posts: 1401
Loc: State of Euphoria
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Use an oil primer on the bare wood and then a good acrylic top coat, if not, it will soon peel and you'll have to return your binoculars. Oh yeah, and don't caulk underneath the clapboard. Phil
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10" Meade SCT @ f/10
20x80 Garrett Gemini LW Binoculars
Class 4 Bortle / 6+ ZLM Skies (and getting brighter FAST)
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Mike Moffatt
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/13/05
Posts: 856
Loc: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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Assuming this is a recent picture, I'm jealous. Still working outside in shorts and barefoot. Siiigggghhhhh.....
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Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
- Ptolemy,c.150 AD
Mike Moffatt
6" f8 Coopered Newt/Dob
15x70 Celstron Skymasters
www.tulsawalk.com/telescope
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 14682
Loc: Hurricane Alley
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Yes, this picture was last week. I have since finished scraping all of the paint from the house. The house is sided in 60+ year old cypress wood, which after all of these decades has held up well. It is true what is said about cypress - it is mostly impervious to rot and elements.
In all likelihood, I won't use a primer. Budget simply won't allow it. Plus, down here in perpetual high humidity and scorching sun, no paint lasts for more than a few years. Repainting is a once-every-three-years ritual down here for many people. My father-in-law, who owns the house, used to paint it every three years like clockwork, for almost 50 years. He is now 85 and the house has not seen fresh paint in about 15 years. It was looking pretty rough. It was the last thing on the checklist of improvements the wife and I undertook when we moved in to caretake. First the inside of the house was completely renovated, then the landscaping, and now two years later - the house is finally being painted. I'll post some before and afters when I finish.
FWIW, I'm always barefoot. The only time I wear shoes is when I drive, or I go out into public. It's one of the things that drives my father-in-law nuts. It kills him that I have a pony-tail and refuse to wear shoes 80% of the time. When the weather gets cold (what passes for cold around here, which is upper 30's/low 40's), I still walk around the yard barefoot. 
(This is something I would NOT do in my native Southern Illinois where "cold" is sub-zero in the winter.)
BTW, Phil, why no caulk under the clapboards? I hadn't planned on it, but I noticed my father-in-law used quite a bit of it here and there to close up gaps. I plan on bringing my Dewalt cordless and some deck screws to pinch these gaps closed. Is there a better way?
Regards and clear skies...
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & 35 different falls and types!
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Mike Moffatt
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/13/05
Posts: 856
Loc: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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I love summer observing here in Oklahoma. I seem to not be tasty to mosquitos and really enjoy warm nights, barefoot and in shorts and tank top chasing celestial targets.
I have been known to make my co-workers laugh. I too hate shoes but a 45 year old Master Sergeant in the Air Force, driving in to work in shorts, tank top, barefoot and walking across the parking lot to get dressed in his office raises eyebrows. Keep 'em guessing I always say.
My wife and I are planning one more move just prior to my retirement. My requirements:
1. Acreage
2. Shop
3. Dark skies
4. Remote enough to mow the lawn wearing what I feel like
We were discussing that very thing today while working getting our rent house ready after the renter moved out. We were wondering if there was such a place where the climate was 80 -90 degrees in the summer and 50 - 60 degrees in the winter. That and dark skies would be perfect.
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Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
- Ptolemy,c.150 AD
Mike Moffatt
6" f8 Coopered Newt/Dob
15x70 Celstron Skymasters
www.tulsawalk.com/telescope
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Joad
Wordsmith
Reged: 03/22/05
Posts: 11919
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The Bay Area in Northern California would fit your bill, especially Marin County. Unfortunately I do not believe that there is any house in Marin that costs less than a million dollars. Maybe a condo. I'm not kidding.
Here in my Southern California home, it was 95° today, and clear. I went mountain biking. I never wear shoes either except to go to work. My Mt. Pinos place would have been warm today too, but the winters up there are nice and cold (I like cold). I do wear shoes up there in the winter. And the skies are very dark.
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Mike Moffatt
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/13/05
Posts: 856
Loc: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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I'm too redneck for that area I'm sure. 
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Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
- Ptolemy,c.150 AD
Mike Moffatt
6" f8 Coopered Newt/Dob
15x70 Celstron Skymasters
www.tulsawalk.com/telescope
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reflector74
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 10/09/05
Posts: 1249
Loc: Milky Way Galaxy, Orion Arm
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yeh, that wouldn't work on my mom. she's frustrated enough as it is with all the 'tubes' in the house!
I think the key here is 'wives'.
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Two eyes and a preference to use both
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wky46
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/12/05
Posts: 1401
Loc: State of Euphoria
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The wood has to breath. Moisture and heat will build up behind the boards if caulked, and the result will be your paint will peel too early. Cosmetically if you feel you need to caulk, be sure and space openings several feet apart. Apply the oil primer (thinned with mineral spirits) and then the acrylic top coat with 4" johnny rollers (a small roller with a handle), coming back with a brush to hit the spots you missed with the roller, and you'll find it really speeds the painting up. Have fun! Phil
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10" Meade SCT @ f/10
20x80 Garrett Gemini LW Binoculars
Class 4 Bortle / 6+ ZLM Skies (and getting brighter FAST)
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btschumy
Think Astronomy
Reged: 04/13/04
Posts: 1110
Loc: Austin, TX, USA
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Quote:
The eye doctor's office just called the house...
My new glasses are IN....!!!!
And clear skies are forecasted again for tonight! (*knock on wood*)
I sense an epic binocular observing session coming tonight!
Remember that it can take a couple of days to get used to new glasses. If you rush out to an observing session you might find yourself frustrated by a headache.
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Bill Tschumy
Where is M13? Freeware -- Add a new dimension to your observing.
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Alan French
Night Owl
Reged: 01/28/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Upstate NY
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"Hey honey, someone has a pair of the right angle Fujinon 25x150s for sale." That would do it.
Clear skies, Alan
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ngc6475
Fearless Spectator
Reged: 03/02/02
Posts: 4790
Loc: Northern Sierra Foothills
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"Hey honey, someone has a pair of the right angle Fujinon 25x150s for sale." That would do it.
Clear skies, Alan
No fair, Alan! Your lovely wife has been bitten by the astronomy bug; many of us have not been so lucky but depend instead upon the graces and good will of our indulgent and long suffering spouses...or not, as the case may be!
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Walter
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
-Mark Twain
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