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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2421
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Ahh, Great stories!!
Takes me back to my first purchase about 1959. Quote:
ahh, i was but a rugrat about then.
  
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RV-6
Meade 826
Meade 880 Deluxe
Unitron's 114,128,140,142,150,152,155,160
4" Jaegertron
4.5" A.E f/14 Refractor
4" f/15 Edmund's Refractor
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Jae
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/13/06
Posts: 559
Loc: near Boston
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Hi folks - it is a great thread. I got my first 9TE-5 Tasco probably Chrismas 1966 from Macy's in NY as I recall bringing it in the summer of '67 to visit family in Iowa. That scope went around the block a few times and I was going to toss it when my sister insisted I keep it for my son. He didn't show much interest and somewhere I saw a mint 9TE-5 for sale. On impulse I bought it thinking I would refurbish my boyhood scope. That was the start of getting hooked. I didn't have the heart to cannibalize parts from the new scope so I sold it to Andy (droid) and bought hardware and clean up the old scope. That old lens was even better than Andy's scope which was great.
From there on it was a trip down memory lane. Remembering the 7TE-5 and 10TE-5 that were around $199 and $299 vs the $39.95 9TE-5 I could have. To my surprise you could pick those up for similar prices today.....that was it ! There's no turning back.
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Jae
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droid
rocketman
Reged: 08/29/04
Posts: 4037
Loc: ohio
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Hi Jae glad to see you again, note I blamed you for getting me started...lol.
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12 inch Truss Reflector "John"
102mm Celestron C102HD
Tasco 7TE5 60mm Classic
Tasco 9TE5 60mm Classic
Celestron Ultima 2000 SCT
Remains of an 8 inch dob
Celestron Comet catcher(orange tube)
1960 Edscorp Space Conquerer 6inch f/8
10x50 Bushnell Binoculars.
11T 4.5 inch Tasco reflector Lunograsso?
60mm Telescope Club
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Jae
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/13/06
Posts: 559
Loc: near Boston
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Likewise - good to see you. That's a blame I don't mind. I like to share in the pain.... 
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Jae
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Littlegreenman
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/09/05
Posts: 1364
Loc: Southern California
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Steve aka littlegreenman,
I have one of those Vixen Custom 90 Alti-az mounter refractors, I believe Celestron advertised and imported them around the time of the Gulf War 1991, I got mine from Orion I believe at the time Orion was selling them for about $500.00....SNIP!
Gary
There is a thread on this forum going right now, the strangest scope catalog ever, which is about a Vixen catalogue from 1991's. It shows a Custom 90 on Custom Alt/ Az mount and a Super Polaris 90 on, guess (a Super Polaris mount).
Going by my bad memory, I think I had one on an early GEM. Great scope I would have kept but shortly after I acquired a black Celestron branded Fluorite 90mm...
SL
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gnowellsct
professor emeritus
Reged: 06/24/09
Posts: 730
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I know this little story may seem confusing but i don't want to offend anyone or break any TOS,
I am totally confused. Stepping Stones in Katonah isn't on an island? And what's the secret of your youthful looks????
But Bill W. was one of the great leaders of the 20th century. I grow more and more skeptical about "classic" scopes (having had a recent bad experience) but that one with this story deserves quite a bit of TLC.
thanks for sharing a totally engrossing story,
Greg N
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"Aperture will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no aperture."
featuring selected astrojunk:
bunch o' widefield eyepieces
bunch o' narrowfield eyepieces
couple o' Barlows
couple o' scopes
couple o' mounts
couple o' tripods
and a pier 'n' stuff
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astrodon
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 1804
Loc: Hillsboro, OR, USA
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Props to Brian for my 10 TE, now I just got to leverage some of those Unitrons!
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Putting Tasco Refractors back on their mounts one scope at a time!
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