Mike I. Jones
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Reged: 07/02/06
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Loc: Fort Worth TX
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An old rancher decided he'd had enough after 50 years of cattle ranching and decided to turn the ranch over to his grown sons.
They thanked their Dad, but they had never cared for the old ranch name. They talked and decided to changed the name of the ranch to the Focus Ranch, where the sons raise meat.
OK....deep breaths now...
Mike
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scopemankit
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Reged: 01/27/09
Posts: 142
Loc: south africa
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On reflection. I think I'll pass!
-------------------- Chris
Cape Town
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refractory
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Posted long ago, so don't get your knickers in a bunch- how about the Herschel Wedgie- intended to bring a little illumination to where the sun don't shine?
Jess Tauber
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Glig
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Reged: 10/02/05
Posts: 370
Loc: Baltimore, MD
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Focus Ranch? Raise meat?
-------------------- Richard Caldwell
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kfrederick
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/01/08
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I did not GRIT IT . Mike your optics puns need more polish . Maybe you are loosing contact . HA HA .
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dave brock
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Posts: 165
Loc: Hamilton, New Zealand
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Quote:
Focus Ranch? Raise meat?
Sun's rays meet (if you need illuminating)
Dave
-------------------- 20" homebuilt truss dob
6" watson refractor
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dave brock
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Posts: 165
Loc: Hamilton, New Zealand
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So Mike, what's your primary objective for starting this thread anyway?
Dave
-------------------- 20" homebuilt truss dob
6" watson refractor
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Mark Harry
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Reged: 09/05/05
Posts: 3128
Loc: Northeast
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Focus ranch where the sun's rays meet..............
Took me about 5 minutes to see the pun- call me thick as a glass blank! Good one, Mikey!
-------------------- So many projects, so little time!
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johnnyha
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Very nice! Now what is the BEST optics pun?
-------------------- Johnny
Spicewood, TX
Sherman Oaks, CA
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Ed Jones
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Sounds like one of those tall Texas tales, usually a bit of ex-aberration.
-------------------- Ed Jones
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tim53
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Loc: Highland Park, CA
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In his book, "Unusual Telescopes", the late Peter Manly describes how he would give presentations while wearing a baseball cap with the word "Lens" printed on the front.
-Tim.
-------------------- "We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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Glig
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Reged: 10/02/05
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Loc: Baltimore, MD
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Quote:
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Focus Ranch? Raise meat?
Sun's rays meet (if you need illuminating)
Dave
I STILL don't get it. Either that, or it ain't funny. Besides, it's parallel light so it don't focus.
-------------------- Richard Caldwell
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refractory
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Parallel light will focus if you live in a universe of the right curvature- though it may take awhile longer than you've got..!
Jess Tauber
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bbbriggs
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Reged: 04/10/09
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Loc: Graham WA
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How about writing a letter to Dear Abbe?
-------------------- 18" reflector
14.5" reflector
televue ranger
denk II power x 14's and 21's
20x110 binoculars
16x70 binoculars
31,17,9 nagles
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mark cowan
Vendor (Obsidian Optics)
Reged: 06/03/05
Posts: 2159
Loc: salem, OR
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I heard this one some while back:
Did'ja hear about the optician who fell into his lens grinding machine?
He made a spectacle of himself.
Mark
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Preston Smith
Military Observer
   
Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3449
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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So is this thread supposed to be the collimation of the entire scope or spectrum of optic humor?
There, that's a triplet!
-------------------- Preston
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26
SV115T,NHII,SV70,SV50 and Tele Vue Ranger
Vintage Refractors: Asahi-Pentax, Edmund Scientific, Tasco, Unitron
60mm Telescope Club
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refractory
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When the moment is right, how will you deal with your ED? Is focus soft? What if the mounting isn't stable, or there is backlash on the Slo-Mo? Won't even go into dewing....
Jess Tauber
Edited by refractory (10/25/09 05:09 PM)
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Mike I. Jones
Carpal Tunnel
   
Reged: 07/02/06
Posts: 1572
Loc: Fort Worth TX
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"Dear Abbe"...
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johnnyha
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Reged: 11/12/06
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This thing has been up almost 24 hours and no jokes about the seventh planet? I'm VERY disappointed.
-------------------- Johnny
Spicewood, TX
Sherman Oaks, CA
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mark cowan
Vendor (Obsidian Optics)
Reged: 06/03/05
Posts: 2159
Loc: salem, OR
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"Best pun" is an oxymoron. The worst pun is by definition the best... And a lot of these jokes aren't puns. 
Here's one:
Seems these two opticians were troubleshooting a new research telescope. One says to the other, "The astronomers had no luck at prime." The other one replies, "Well, beats me. Coudé focus?"
Best, Mark
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