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November 4, 2017 11:48 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

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Posted By Pete Brayton

Jon Martin said:

I have Centurylink as my e-mail provider and I am not able to verify my e-mail with astromart because I never get the verification e-mail from them after renewing my subscription. Is there some problem with astromart sending e-mail through centurylink?

Jon

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November 22, 2017 02:01 PM Forum: Politics

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Posted By Pete Brayton

Greg Shaffer said:

Breaking bread with friends smile

Happy Thanksgiving to you too. Love the "holiday" gathering photo, just stay away from anyone who starts burping/hiccuping!👾

March 26, 2018 03:00 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NASA APOD Image today!

Posted By Pete Brayton

Russ Carroll said:

First time I've had an image selected Astronomy Picture of the day. Very happy! It's an image of the Coma Cluster:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180326.html

Congratulations Russ, very cool picture!

April 20, 2018 06:02 AM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

Questar Part

Posted By Pete Brayton

It looks like it could be an image-erecting prism. They are used for daytime observations.

April 25, 2018 08:45 PM Forum: How to make AstroMart BETTER!! My idea is.....

A couple questions regarding the future with this upgrade

Posted By Pete Brayton

There used to be a function that allowed you to hide/unhide some of the forums. I don't see this as an option...is it still available? Thanks.

June 19, 2018 10:16 PM Forum: Refractors

I can't remember the name...

Posted By Pete Brayton

D & G Optical perhaps?

http://www.dgoptical.com/refractor.htm

D'oh, I need to read the whole post!blush

May 7, 2019 09:17 PM Forum: Politics

Biding Time With Biden?

Posted By Pete Brayton

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

LOL  smile
That is actually kind of funny I would agree. On a side note, how many lies has President Trump spoken so far?

May 7, 2019 10:21 PM Forum: Politics

Biding Time With Biden?

Posted By Pete Brayton

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Oh I don't know Pete, why don't you refresh our memory. The ones that the petty liberals out there keep pointing out are irrelevant won't affect my life one iota, nor I dare say will it affect your life one iota.

On a side note, do you know what Big Huge Lie DID affect both our lives massively and still is?? 

This one:  If you like your Doctor, you can Keep your Doctor.  

That was given the LIE of the Year award by Politifact, the favorite website of leftist Democrats.

Here's another:  Health care premiums WILL go down by $2500 PER family on average under my plan of Obamacare.  

Hmm... refresh all of our memories again Pete, will you?  WHO said that big lie?

I think the WaPo gave him 4 Pinocchios on that one.

How are your Premiums these days Pete??

Oh, wait you're a retired teacher so the taxpayer always paid Your healthcare premiums didn't we??  Probably why you don't care much about those 2 lies Right?  wink
Oh I don't know Richard, you do realize that Trump is the President now and not Obama right? So you can finally stop your whining about him and bringing up "the big lie", President Trump has exceeded that count by a very large percentage.  That is a fact you can discover yourself with a little bit of research on your own.  Maybe President Trump's lies haven't affected your life one iota but, the fact remains they have affected millions of peoples' daily lives.  As to taxpayers paying for my healthcare, that's true. I worked in public schools for 31 years under a contract with my school districts that included salary and benefits that included healthcare. That's how it was done in the two states that I taught in.  I'm sorry if this bothers you so much... like I said before, with your background I'm surprised you never went into teaching.😉

May 7, 2019 11:01 PM Forum: Politics

Interesting....

Posted By Pete Brayton

Originally Posted by David Cotterell
So the second place finisher ends up winning!

Who knew that the Kentucky Derby used the Electoral College?
I think this is called sarcasm...a concept that some old fart on this forum once lectured me about. Apparently, that old fart has forgotten as he was getting up on his stilts!

May 8, 2019 12:08 AM Forum: Politics

Biding Time With Biden?

Posted By Pete Brayton

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I'm not whining about him Pete, I'm simply pointing out the facts and your hypocrisy, which is pretty much typical for the left.  

And you say this above:    Maybe President Trump's lies haven't affected your life one iota but, the fact remains they have affected millions of peoples' daily lives

Ok, tell us all how his statements about how many people attended his inaugural affected people's pocketbooks the way the BIG lie by Obama affected 100s of Millions of people in the US.  

Furthermore, I'll bring up Obama's big lie on a continual basis as long as you leftists want to whine about irrelevant things that Trump has said.

Now one other thing, I'll bring up the fact that I and tens of millions of other taxpayers in this nation paid for your healthcare via my pocketbook, anytime I feel like it.  I'm sorry if that bothers you so much.  Deal with it bud.  

All I've heard my entire existence is the pathetic teachers union and many of their teacher members around the nation, bitch and Moan about how little they were making. 

Well here's the fact, if they continuously act like self-centered dickheads all the time, on my dime.  Here's the simple solution that I'd tell you and every other teacher who bitched and moaned throughout their career as far as their pay goes.  Go get another job if you're so dissatisfied.  

And another thing about YOUR pay, that one I subsidized.  Every time some NEA Union hack gets up and bitches about the pay, they never seem to add in all those EXTRA goodies like your FREE healthcare, and your paid vacations, as well as you 8-9 month working career where you got summers off while every other private sector worker works summers.  

Those little tidbits of information always seems to evade the speeches by the Union hacks that represent the teachers out there when they are bitching and moaning and going on strike. 

Why is it that the teacher's union spokespeople never like to mention those facts?  They always seem to fail to extrapolate those numbers for teachers who work 8 months out of the year, while everyone else works 10-12 months out of that same year.  I don't recall ever working for an employer who gave me a 2 week paid vacation at Christmas.  I don't recall getting a SPRING BREAK paid vacation either.  I don't recall getting summers off 3 months Paid vacation.     

Perhaps you should tell your teacher pals who are still working that I can guarantee you there are 100s of people standing in line, ready to take their place anytime they DON'T like their jobs.  

And since I and others like me, the private sector worker, paid part of your wages for your entire 31 year career, I'll bring up the subject anytime I like. 

Deal with that Pete.    
Only a "maroon" would use his lie about the size of his inauguration crowd as an example of a lie that affects peoples' everyday lives. And yet, you just did! That just goes to show the lack of critical thinking on your part but, that is nothing new. 

You are obviously not very up to date with the notion of a contract. I had a 185 day contract for which I was given salary and benefits that included healthcare. Are you so stupid to think that if I didn't get the healthcare I wouldn't have received the money that paid for it and that the state/district was just giving healthcare away for free? I did not have 3 months Paid Vacation in the summer since I did not have a contract to work in the summer. In fact, the school district benefited by paying me over 12 months instead of the 9 that I worked. 

You are also not very up to date with the numbers of people lining up to become teachers. Maybe you should do a little research there too and try to reduce your ignorance.

Feel free to bring up the subject of teaching anytime, just make sure you know what you're talking about.

Also, for what it's worth I have always been very appreciative of the taxpayers who have paid my wages and I have thanked them whenever possible. For me, teaching has been a great career and I am proud to have influenced all of the students that I have had the pleasure to work with. I know of at least 4 or 5 former students who have gone into teaching and said that I was part of the reason they did. As a matter of fact, one of my former students is teaching in my position at my last school.