Posts Made By: Doug Culbertson

A true hero in every sense of the word. Thanks for sharing the story!

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Doug
Midway, FL

Last I heard, Terry Ostahowski makes the mirrors for Discovery. I have looked through a few of his mirrors and found them all to be outstanding.

http://www.ostahowskioptics.com/

Doug
Midway, FL

Susan, welcome to Astromart! You have found a great group of enthusiasts here.

1. Ads stay up for around ten days, if I am not mistaken. The TOS states that you may place one ad for an item per day, so I tend to relist an item after about four or five days if I don't get any responses to my ad. That's also a good indication that it may be time to lower the price a bit.

2. Yes, you will get hits on your ad even if you don't pay the extra for a highlighted ad. The main advantage to paying for a highlighted ad is that it stays on the front page, while other ads are bumped down as other ads are placed.

3. The stars are ratings. Once you have made contact with someone regarding an item you wish to buy or sell, you have the ability to rate that person. The usual protocol is that you only rate those with whom you have completed a transaction. Five stars are as high as you can go, and zero is the fewest number of stars that you can give. The number in () that you see next to a person's name indicates the total number of ratings that they have, with the number of stars being the average rating. Use the rating system carefully. Retaliatory ratings are not the norm here, but some people do tend to rate others even if no transaction took place, but the seller took too long to respond to an inquiry. This is discouraged. Besides, it's rude.

Hope this helps!

Doug
Midway, FL

I think that a lot of people ran away from here back during the Denk/HS flame wars a few years ago.

Then again, some of us that used to post here just gave up on binoviewing for one reason or another.

Doug
Midway, FL

Almost 24 hours and no answer from any of the experts complaining about this being a dead forum. I'm beginning to understand why it went dormant...

Doug
Midway, FL

I've been wearing bifocals for about five years, and I hate them regardless of whether I have lines or not. Having said that, I prefer the progressives over the ones with the line, but I know people that feel the exact opposite.

As for me, I am farsighted, and can't read anything up close without my glasses on. I also have astigmatism, though it isn't really severe, but I typically observe without my glasses and just deal with the spikey stars when observing at low powers.

Doug
Midway, FL

Yeah, I plan to see it, but I will probably wait for it to come out on DVD. I love movies, but hate the audiences these days.

This one does look like it's going to be interesting, if not just a little bit bloody. Some are already calling it an apartheid movie due to the bit about the aliens being kept in isolation in Johannesburg, SA. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but it looks good either way.

Doug
Midway, FL

That's kind of funny, but only because I am kind of on the same track. I just bought a 16mm Brandon, followed by a 24mm Brandon. Soon, I hope to have the rest of them.

So, have you had a chance to try out the CZJs yet?

I will eventually have an Ethos or two, but for lunar/planetary, I'm loving the Brandons!

Doug
Midway, FL

That looks great! Much nicer than the one I made out of a Pringle's can. Of course, I got to eat the Pringles in order to use the can. 8)

Doug
Midway, FL

Hey, look, one just hit Astromart! No lines, no waiting... 8)


http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=650320

Doug
Midway, FL