Damn them all to HELLL!!!!!! (Pentax)

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:49:49 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 11:23:28 AM UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 05:02:54 -0800 (PST), wsnell01 wrote:

For example, peterson will probably vote for Trump in the primary and for the demonrat in the general.

Not this year. I'm voting for Sanders, because he's a solid choice
over Clinton.

So, we're not a "registered republican" any more?

I changed to independent, because in Colorado I can now declare at the
caucus or election which ballot I want to vote. Best of all worlds. I
expect that in most cases I'll still declare Republican in primaries,
since that gives me more of a voice. But this year, there's a real
race in the Democratic side of things, which hasn't happened for a
long time.

On Saturday, 20 February 2016 11:26:59 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 06:05:01 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
wrote:

On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 6:03:02 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Somehow, I don't really envy your friend, as nice as Questars are. (I would
never buy a used Questar without original bill of sale and fully documented
provenance.)

You expect his friend to eventually be jailed for having stolen it?

Or is it just that it may turn out to have not been properly cared for?

I do remember that the old Questars used threaded eyepieces, so one could only
use the Brandons that came with them, so there is reason not to envy him _too_
much. Can a Questar really be _that_ much better than the 90mm go-to Maks that
London Drugs now sells cheaply?

Optically, a Questar is nothing special. Nor does its mount offer any
real advantages over some of the mounts found on similar sized scopes.

I saw one test out to near 1/20th wave recently. Better than Chinese stuff, or even AP/TEC.

On Saturday, 20 February 2016 11:23:28 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 05:02:54 -0800 (PST), wrote:

For example, peterson will probably vote for Trump in the primary and for the demonrat in the general.

Not this year. I'm voting for Sanders, because he's a solid choice
over Clinton.

Sanders is a throw-back socialist dope. World socialism failed, he should get used to it. Even though he honeymooned in the long-gone Soviet Union.

On Saturday, 20 February 2016 09:01:57 UTC-5, Quadibloc wrote:
On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 1:42:04 AM UTC-7, RichA wrote:

You can never tell what stupid people will do. A friend of mine just got a
FREE Questar 3.5" The company that owned it was just going to scrap it.

Wow! Lucky guy!

John Savard

I used to see this happen all the time, with FAR more expensive equipment.

On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 4:44:01 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:

Sanders is a throw-back socialist dope. World socialism failed, he should get
used to it. Even though he honeymooned in the long-gone Soviet Union.

Unfortunately, the Constitution does not speak of "native-begotten Americans", so
they can't try to disqualify any of his children from running for President.

John Savard

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:42:33 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

On Saturday, 20 February 2016 11:26:59 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 06:05:01 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
wrote:

On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 6:03:02 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Somehow, I don't really envy your friend, as nice as Questars are. (I would
never buy a used Questar without original bill of sale and fully documented
provenance.)

You expect his friend to eventually be jailed for having stolen it?

Or is it just that it may turn out to have not been properly cared for?

I do remember that the old Questars used threaded eyepieces, so one could only
use the Brandons that came with them, so there is reason not to envy him _too_
much. Can a Questar really be _that_ much better than the 90mm go-to Maks that
London Drugs now sells cheaply?

Optically, a Questar is nothing special. Nor does its mount offer any
real advantages over some of the mounts found on similar sized scopes.

I saw one test out to near 1/20th wave recently. Better than Chinese stuff, or even AP/TEC.

1/20th wave is utterly meaningless visually with a 3.5" scope.

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:43:58 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

On Saturday, 20 February 2016 11:23:28 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 05:02:54 -0800 (PST), wrote:

For example, peterson will probably vote for Trump in the primary and for the demonrat in the general.

Not this year. I'm voting for Sanders, because he's a solid choice
over Clinton.

Sanders is a throw-back socialist dope. World socialism failed, he should get used to it. Even though he honeymooned in the long-gone Soviet Union.

His views come closest to aligning with my own, and I observe that
they work very well all over the world. So I'll be voting for him.

You got yourselves a decent PM finally, too. Things are looking up a
little in North America.

On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 7:55:06 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:43:58 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Sanders is a throw-back socialist dope. World socialism failed, he should get used to it. Even though he honeymooned in the long-gone Soviet Union.

His views come closest to aligning with my own, and I observe that
they work very well all over the world. So I'll be voting for him.

You got yourselves a decent PM finally, too. Things are looking up a
little in North America.

And here I thought RichA was down under and not in my country.

So you're not a Stephen Harper fan.

If Trump gets elected, though, unfortunately I don't know _how_ I'm going to
manage to move to another planet.

John Savard

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:48:09 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
wrote:

On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 7:55:06 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:43:58 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Sanders is a throw-back socialist dope. World socialism failed, he should get used to it. Even though he honeymooned in the long-gone Soviet Union.

His views come closest to aligning with my own, and I observe that
they work very well all over the world. So I'll be voting for him.

You got yourselves a decent PM finally, too. Things are looking up a
little in North America.

And here I thought RichA was down under and not in my country.

So you're not a Stephen Harper fan.

If Trump gets elected, though, unfortunately I don't know _how_ I'm going to
manage to move to another planet.

Could be worse. I'll take Trump over Cruz or Rubio.

On Sunday, 21 February 2016 06:17:55 UTC+1, Chris L Peterson wrote:

Could be worse. I'll take Trump [over Cruz or Rubio.]

Lemmings sleepwalking to the slaughter.

The puppeteers would just strengthen their ropes.

Airforce "Chump" and The Whites Only House would need a tasteless repaint.

"America" will continue down the road of global economic colonization and slavery.

Just feed him well and keep saying "Yes, Sir" when he asks for "more of everything!"

It should be absolutely hilarious!
[If only the rest of the world understood American, slapstick comedy.] ;-)