Carol L
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Just got my January issue of 'Astronomy' magazine in the mail, and would you believe they slipped a jewelry catalog inside the plastic covering? I've never seen this before.. is it a new marketing thing?
The catalog's 56 pages and has regular jewelry, but there's some (pretty pricey) celestial stuff on the back six pages. For only $12,500 you can have an Orion-shaped diamond pin.
Diamonds may be 'other' girls' best friends, but I gotta tell ya, this girl would much rather have an observatory with a warming room attached.  
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edwincjones
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The catalog has come in previous years, this time with both Astronomy and S&T.
I tossed the first one, my wife found the second, but agreed too expensive.
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Carol L
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Really? I never got one before.. thanks for the info! 
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csa/montana
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This is the first one I got also, I would have much preferred a catalog with Astronomy goodies (and not diamonds!).  It now rests in peace in File #13.
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bicparker
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Carol,
From a slightly different perspective, it was one of the few times that my wife showed a genuine interest in what came in or with my astronomy magazines. Hmph... go figure. What a mixed set of blessings there!
David M.
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Carol L
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cildarith
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I think I've gotten one of those every year for the past 3 or 4 years - straight to the recycling bin (before my wife sees it, of course!) 
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desertstars
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I've gotten it a couple of times.
My wife looked through the first and said, "People wear that stuff?" And into the bin it went...
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dgs©
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I got one last year and this year with S&T.
Kind of neat, those constellation pins, but far beyond anything we'd buy.
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Tom Trusock
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Quote:
Carol,
From a slightly different perspective, it was one of the few times that my wife showed a genuine interest in what came in or with my astronomy magazines. Hmph... go figure. What a mixed set of blessings there!
David M.
Especially since the Orion figure cost around 12k....
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Carol L
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My subscriptions are on-again off-again which is probably why I'd never received the catalog before. Btw, just for grins and giggles, I totalled up the entire celestial collection... a mere $103,235.
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cildarith
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My subscriptions are on-again off-again which is probably why I'd never received the catalog before. Btw, just for grins and giggles, I totalled up the entire celestial collection... a mere $103,235.
I'm pretty sure we can all think of better things to spend that on...
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Tom Trusock
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One of these days my wife is going to figure out just how much I've sunk into this hobby. I'm not trying to hide it from her, but I don't exactly go out of my way to point it out either.
Thank god it's mostly "my" (as opposed to family) money. (And for three good friends who I can point to and say - "But look dear, I could be worse."...)
T
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desertstars
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Quote:
One of these days my wife is going to figure out just how much I've sunk into this hobby. I'm not trying to hide it from her, but I don't exactly go out of my way to point it out either.
Thank god it's mostly "my" (as opposed to family) money. (And for three good friends who I can point to and say - "But look dear, I could be worse."...)
T
I tried that line on my wife. Her response was, "Not without a change of address..."
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Carol L
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"But look dear, I could be worse."...)
"Not without a change of address..."
 
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Dave M
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Just got my January issue of 'Astronomy' magazine in the mail, and would you believe they slipped a jewelry catalog inside the plastic covering? I've never seen this before.. is it a new marketing thing?
The catalog's 56 pages and has regular jewelry, but there's some (pretty pricey) celestial stuff on the back six pages. For only $12,500 you can have an Orion-shaped diamond pin.
Diamonds may be 'other' girls' best friends, but I gotta tell ya, this girl would much rather have an observatory with a warming room attached.
I got one too!, i can remember getting one once before.
Yea! with $12,500 i`m sure you could build a nice observatory with a warming room, then you can look at
all the diamonds you want.
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Carol L
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...then you can look at all the diamonds you want.
Now that's smart thinking! 
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kestrel0222
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Yup, I got one with my S&T this month too. I sure wont be purchasing any of those pieces, way too expensive for me!
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LivingNDixie
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My wife glanced through it, she didn't care for any of the pieces either. However I can't say much when it comes to buying astronomy stuff since my wife likes going to art shows. However her stuff does make the house look better (or so she claims )
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