Re: ATM - RTMC Fraud is Ended

["Frank Ward" <thewards@mindspring.com>]

>  It
>doesn't sound like the Camp Oaks I've been at, unless you have been
>mistaking something else for a toilet.

Come on guys, take the location of toilets to a private chat room, O.K.?
Lets get back to improvements in testing and figuring.
 
Frank Ward
Atlanta, GA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Stanley A. Gorodenski <stanlep@extremezone.com>
Cc: <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: ATM - RTMC Fraud is Ended


> 
> I can see you're making a plug for the Optics workshop, but the RTMC you
> have been attending does not sound like the one I've been attending for
> many years.  "... toilets in full view of all..."?  Where is this?  It
> doesn't sound like the Camp Oaks I've been at, unless you have been
> mistaking something else for a toilet.
> 
> Stan
> 
> > Richard Schwartz wrote:
> > 
> > My mailing from RTMC indicates that there will be a "broader" coverage
> > in the future.  I guess this means that the commercial interests who
> > want to suppress our art are having their way.   At least the meeting
> > will no longer be called RTMC.  For years it has had little, if
> > anything, to do with telescope making.  The conference organizers are
> > to be commended for ending the pretense that the conference is about
> > telescope making.
> > 
> > If you want to be put to sleep by some plutocrat's slide show of his
> > trip to bongo-bongo land in 1964, I highly recommend the former
> > RTMC.   Also, if you enjoy using toilets in full view of all, if you
> > enjoy wretched meals, cold showers, etc etc...
> > 
> > On the other hand, the upcoming Optics Workshop in Bellingham will
> > empower you with new knowledge on how to make your own telescope.  It
> > is a non-commercial event, and although it is a drive of 1500 miles
> > instead of 50 miles for me, Bellingham is a much better deal.
> > 
> > . . . Richard
>