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Re: [APML] ***SPAM*** Up in smoke
Robert, I have no theories on why this SPAM thing happened but wanted to
respond to your original note. I feel for you. Seeing the passing of
anything you've had for a long time is something very personal.
I drove my old car to the dealership yesterday (to sell it) having put
395,000 km on it and had to take a picture of it before walking away. Some
folks came up saying they knew what I was doing and we all stood around and
chatted about giving up something that has stood by us for many years.
Maybe it's the same kind of thing. Hard to say good-bye to something that
has been a big part of ones life.
Stuart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Reeves" <reeves10@swbell.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 12:33 PM
Subject: [APML] ***SPAM*** Up in smoke
> Hi folks,
>
> I still lurk here even though I don't post much.
> Old timers may remember me from when I wrote the book
> Wide-Field Astrophotography. You also may remember
> I had an observatory west of San Antonio. Almost two
> years ago it was damaged by weather and I tore it down.
> See http://www.robertreeves.com/ruined.htm
> The pieces of it were hidden behind a lot of brush near
> what is now just my observing site. Last month I quit
> procrastinating and trucked the parts away to a neighboring
> ranch where we tossed them into the ranch's burn pit.
> Last night I got a call on from the guy on his cell phone.
> He told me the building was officially toast and the flames
> were 20 feet high. An end of an era for me.
> Like the old Viking ship that was torched and pushed out to sea.
>
> Robert Reeves +29.484 98.440
> reeves10@swbell.net San Antonio, Texas
> www.robertreeves.com
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