Nick Lloyd
Carpal Tunnel
   
Reged: 10/24/06
Posts: 1641
Loc: cincinnati
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Don't trash the 'nati!
-------------------- "The best scope is the one you use." -rcg
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ColoHank
sage
Reged: 06/07/07
Posts: 209
Loc: western Colorado
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I thought Cincy used to be spelled "Losantiville," or perhaps "Porkopolis." All hail Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus and his progeny!
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Questar 3.5 standard - pyrex and BB coatings
Powerguide II
12mm, 16mm, 24mm and 32mm Brandons
modified Bogen 3030 w/ homebuilt wedge
other odds and ends...
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"Nothing exists but atoms and empty space. Everything else is opinion."
Titus Lucretius Carus 99-55 B.C.
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LadyAstronomer
Bookworm
   
Reged: 11/15/07
Posts: 2951
Loc: Library of Congress
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Have I recaptured the title?
I don't know ...
Matt came back with a pretty good response.
It's back in your court, Rick.
Can you beat Matt's last post?
It also appears that there may be a few other contenders waiting in the wings.
-------------------- "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -- Sir Isaac Newton
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Rodders
sage
Reged: 04/23/04
Posts: 415
Loc: Southland, New Zealand
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It's also pronounced "PUH-ho-NIX", like in the commercial, right?
Welll... I haven't seen a TV commercial since 1996, so I suspect I'm missing a good joke here.
I want to watch the TV station you're watching!
-------------------- Rodney
Celestron C8 AS-GT
Orion ED80 - EQ3
Canon 20d
"The fact that I have two ears and only one mouth tells me that I should probably use them in that ratio".
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Rick Woods
Post Laureate
   
Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 4301
Loc: Inner Solar System
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It's also pronounced "PUH-ho-NIX", like in the commercial, right?
Welll... I haven't seen a TV commercial since 1996, so I suspect I'm missing a good joke here.
I want to watch the TV station you're watching!
Yeah, well, that's the other side of the coin; I haven't seen a TV show either.
-------------------- - Rick
14" LX200GPS
8" Meade 826C
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Rick Woods
Post Laureate
   
Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 4301
Loc: Inner Solar System
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Quote:
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Have I recaptured the title?
I don't know ... 
Matt came back with a pretty good response.
It's back in your court, Rick.
Can you beat Matt's last post?
It also appears that there may be a few other contenders waiting in the wings.
It's a title I gladly abdicate.  Long live the new king!
-------------------- - Rick
14" LX200GPS
8" Meade 826C
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Rick Woods
Post Laureate
   
Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 4301
Loc: Inner Solar System
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I think its Albuquerque.
Rick, We have a correct answer! You win an all expenses paid trip to El Paso.
My dream has come true!
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14" LX200GPS
8" Meade 826C
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Greg K.
   
Reged: 12/11/03
Posts: 9971
Loc: Clifton Park, NY
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It's only a trip TO El Paso, though - you'll have to get home by yourself.
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Orion SkyView Pro 8EQ w/ Autostar
15x70 Celestron SkyMasters
Orion 90mm Mak
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Rick Woods
Post Laureate
   
Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 4301
Loc: Inner Solar System
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That might be rough if I only have one peso...
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14" LX200GPS
8" Meade 826C
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