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ClownFish
Post Laureate
Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 5456
Loc: Washington, DC
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Tomorrow (Wednesday) will be my last day with all my stuff here. The packers will arrive to crate up my house-hold effects and my computer. Some stuff will be shipped as unaccompanied airline baggage and will arrive in DC in about a week. The rest will be be crated up and shipped off to Belgium for storage until I get my new assignment.
I got the cats all ready to go, and they will fly as cargo on my flight to the USA. The flights are long, going from South Africa to Amsterdam and then on to Washington. The shorter direct flight was all booked up.  It will cost $1200 to ship the two cats. Then after a few months I'll be off again on a new assignment overseas. Not sure where - that's the fun part! Once I get my list to choose from I'll post it here.
So, I will be away (on and off) until I get settled in Washington. They are putting me up in a nice corporate apartment so I'll be quite comfortable and will have internet access. Woo-Hoo - high speed internet again! While there I'll be shopping a bit and then I will have a larger shipment from Washington to my next post. I have to this chance to pick up a new stereo and finally get a flat-screen TV. I may wait until I see where I'm going first - and check what is available there before I buy in the USA. I'll need a dual voltage stereo/TV system either way - and a new Apple Macbook Pro! And my #1 priority is to get a new scope!
 New toys!
Pete
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Keep it simple, keep it cheap! Meade LXD75 SN8, Orion Guidescope, Olympus OM-1 and STI Stiletto. Celestron 15x70 Binos and SkyWindow. Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!!
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ZachK
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/21/05
Posts: 647
Loc: Israel
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If they offer you Israel I would love to observe together!
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Zach Kessin
Yesha Israel
Meade ETX 127 Mak-Cass
15x70 Celestron Skymaster Binoculars
Sinar F 4x5 view camera
Rolliflex Camera 80mm F2.8
Pentax K-1000 Camera 35,50 and 60--300mm zoom
3 kids, Large cat, small dog
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Nightfly
super member
Reged: 06/20/07
Posts: 148
Loc: Sullivan, Maine
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Good luck with your new assignment. Buy a really cool scope and use it allot! Until later.....
Jim
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http://www.nightfly.zoomshare.com
Sullivan, Maine, USA
Meade 2080 Schmidt Cassegrain
5" f/3.64 Celestron Comet Catcher
Pentax 67 with 105mm f/2.4, 165mm f/2.8, 300mm f/4
Pentax Spotmatic II and K1000
Super Multi Coated Takumar's 35 f3.5, 50 f1.4 300 f4
Unihedron Sky Quality Meter
http://www.islandastro.org/darkskies.html
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ClownFish
Post Laureate
Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 5456
Loc: Washington, DC
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I've had a nasty time getting back to the USA. First the air conditioning died so my flight was delayed 24 hours, and now I am in Amsterdam and bad weather delayed me another 4! ARGHGH.
CF
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Keep it simple, keep it cheap! Meade LXD75 SN8, Orion Guidescope, Olympus OM-1 and STI Stiletto. Celestron 15x70 Binos and SkyWindow. Learn all about POLAR ALIGNMENT with my Drift Method Tutorial and simulator!!
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redragon745
super member
Reged: 01/07/08
Posts: 163
Loc: Long Island, NY
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Hope you aren't delayed further due to storms in the Washington DC region. Good luck with a new scope indeed!!
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Meade ETX80-AT refractor w/ a Telrad stubby
Galileo f/9 reflector
Tasco 7 X 35 binos
NexImage SSI
4.3mm - 26mm (Antares's, Meade's, Celestron's)
Baader Solar filter
2X Meade Telenegative
Don
Waning Crescent Observatory
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