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Re: [APML] I'm leaving AMPL soon....
Tom
Good Luck to you and your wife, stay safe and look forward to you rejoining
APML when you return !
If you get the chance, keep us posted once in awhile as to your whereabouts
and well being.
Good Luck !
Mike Leitch
galaxy@ncweb.com
Asrophotography website
www.ncweb.com/~galaxy/home/astropho.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom & Lou Krajci <krajcit@3lefties.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:00 PM
Subject: [APML] I'm leaving AMPL soon....
> I've been told (and told others!)...never, *ever* volunteer for anything
> while you're in the military.
>
> So what did I do? I volunteered for a job that will put me in Tashkent,
> Uzbekistan for the next two years. I'm brushing up furiously on my
Russian,
> which I've neglected for 15 years. (Ask me about the Russian past passive
> participial construction...just ask me! ;-)
>
> Uzbekistan is not a wealthy country. Internet connections, high-end
> astrophotography, and similar things are about as rare as a clear winter
> night in Seattle. So I'll have to set this hobby aside for awhile while I
> serve my country overseas. (My last overseas station was in Germany. I
had
> to forego astronomy while I skied the Alps. Sacrifices must be made!)
>
> Don't worry. I'm sure there will be plenty to keep my wife and I occupied
> and fascinated in Tashkent. ;-)
>
> ...and anyway I've been drifting away from pretty pictures and more toward
> amateur science. I hope to make some acquaintences over there in terms of
> astronomy, and who knows what else.
>
> Do svidaniya,
> Tom Krajci
>
> PS. If amateur science, especially on a budget, interests you, then check
> out: http://members.3lefties.com/krajcit/ (The absurdly deep field is an
> interesting by-product of my photometry data collection efforts.)
>
> PPS. Whereinthehellis Uzbekistan anyway?
> http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/uzbekistan/index.shtml
>
>
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