Re: [APML] The End of Tech Pan???

[Robert Reeves <reeves10@swbell.net>]

> Right now I can buy astro stuff under $50 at my discretion. Over $50 to
> about $250 is a special occasion (birthday/Christmas). In the realm of
over
> $500, it's time to have a long talk with the wife.
>
> Believe me, I would love to drop a couple of grand on a camera I could use
> at home (I know the benefits of CCD's vs. light pollution) to shoot all
the
> small stuff. Maybe when I retire .....
>
> Marty

Marty!  Welcome to my world!  I just bought a used PulsGuide and I feel
guilty about it.  Its funny how the really old timers like you and me (yeah,
how many folks on the list ever used 103a films?  I see four hands up in a
room of 200) have nickle and dimed their equipment together over decades and
still agonize over equipment "upgrades".  I keep the "when I retire" dream
also but wonder how much astronomy will done on a retirement income.  I keep
up hope with the words of a dear friend who is a NASA engineer in Houston.
He says narly all brands of cat food taste pretty good, so maybe I can
continue to squeek out a dime or two for this stuff after 2012 <G>!

Robert Reeves                      reeves10@swbell.net
520 Rittiman Rd.                   www.robertreeves.com
San Antonio, Texas 78209    210-828-9036
USA                                     29.484  98.440  200 meters


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