Posts Made By: Wayne Gay

Bill,

You can check out my observatory at http://www.waynesastronomy.com/observatory.asp

Roll off roof with garage door opener to open and close with..

Wayne

Intes MN-74 Great optics, almost impossible (for me) to collimate.

I want to thank everyone for their responses. I have made my decision, and for those who would like to know what that is, I have decided to stay with my original choice and wait on the TOA-130.

Bill,
Not sure what your weight requirements are, but I built a box with wheele that uses a 100 AH battery, has 4 12V connectors, and a 400 amp inverter for 120v. I found that you must keep your laptop and camera seperated on 12v. But I could run them both off of the inverter without problem. This will run my G-11 Gemini, Laptop, SBIG CCD with filterwheel, Adaptive optics, as well as a kendric dew heater controller with 2 dew straps for up to 14 hours before recharging. I also included a trickle charger for when it is not in use, to keep the battery in good shape. For quicker charges, I use a good old fashioned car battery charger on a generator during the daytime.

I just read through the comments of others while thinking what my feelings are on the subject.
Here are my initial thoughts:

On the $12 a year fee, I suspect this is a service charge for the time to verify the card, as well as a means to help offset the time taken when problems arise with these 'free email' users.

My question is, would this not discourage these individuals from supporting astromart through the current support system? As they will feel as though they have already paid for Astromart, when they signed up.

Next comment, would this also not make some of the current users feel that they are paying much more than these new users, as a yearly support is $100 for us supporters.

Now I realize this is not the case, support and this yearly fee are 2 separate things.

So, if I might suggest, I think first, it should be called an "Account setup fee" or something similar, and then every year it is an 'Account verification Fee' Just the phrase "Membership Fee" makes it sound like they are paying to be a member of Astromart, and therefore don't need to further 'Support' Astromart.

Also, If I may suggest, long term supporters could have the fee waived.

OK, there is my .02

Wayne

Better renew that trip to the therapist, the Steelers will lose this one to the Hawks!!


Wayne (a devoted Hawks fan)

But the Panthers were given a touchdown against the Hawks and still got killed!!

Wayne (a devoted Hawks fan)

Jeffrey Counsil said:

Wayne Gay said:

Better renew that trip to the therapist, the Steelers will lose this one to the Hawks!!


Wayne (a devoted Hawks fan)

Only if the Refs make it so.. After the way the Steelers trounced the Broncos, there's no way the Hawks can beat the Steelers fairly. Now don't get me wrong, I like the Hawks, but they just don't have enough "umph" to stop the Steelers defense. 8O

This I will admit to. When the Seahawks win 8) , the rest of the world will say it was because of 1) A bad call by the refs, 2) (insert Steeler players name) had a bad game/got hurt or 3) some other excuse why the Seahawks got "lucky" and won it. We'll never get respect... 8O :S
But win the Superbowl, the Seahawks will do.

Who had the #1 offense in the NFC?
Who had the best record in the NFC?
Oh yeah, thats right the NFC is just a bunch of wimpy teams.
Did we not trounce the Panthers in a game we were suppose to barely win, if at all? Oh yeah, we got lucky, they didn't have a running back.
Steve Smith, 33 yards, and one fumble. Jake Delhome(sp) 3 interceptions. The hawks defense is better than most people think. Oh yeah, the NFC is just a bunch of wimpy teams. I keep forgetting. Can any one say East Coast Bias?

(a devoted Hawks fan)

Come on now, get a clue, they are going to get beat!!

Go Seahawks!!