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vindictive666
22-07-2005, 08:55 AM
hello all


i came across this today on CN

it was a vinyl shed and high winds apparently the scope survived


:eyepop:
Brendan
22-07-2005, 09:28 AM
bugger, i reckon the corrector plate would have at least broken.:(
Ganymede
22-07-2005, 11:36 AM
Is there a doctor in the house...?
toetoe
22-07-2005, 01:40 PM
Still enough to make you cry.
ballaratdragons
22-07-2005, 02:48 PM
Oopsh! I only had a few '*hic' drinks and I saw the Shed and '*hic' well, I fort it wozza dunny an I tripped on summpen an crash '*hic' I crashed'ed indo it. Didden know it hadda teleshope, er tellazope, er . . . opitical fingy in it '*hic'.

Ah, wozza matter, juz brush the dird off!! '*hic'
toetoe
22-07-2005, 02:58 PM
No drinking for you at the star camp Ken :poke: :D
ballaratdragons
22-07-2005, 03:09 PM
I don't drink Peter! I just laugh at those that do.
dhumpie
22-07-2005, 04:22 PM
My goodness. I hope the scope survived intact. This is no laughing matter as thousands of dollars worth of equipment could have been damaged. I certainly would not want that to happen to me (or to anyone I know).

Darren
jjjnettie
22-07-2005, 10:15 PM
Why did he set up his scope in a kiddies fun house anyway?
davidpretorius
22-07-2005, 10:19 PM
he was hiding it from his wife. her xray vision saw it and she blasted the shed to pieces with high energy ultra violet. meanwhile the eyes in the back of her head gave him that glare that made him shrink into the couch and wish he had been part of the telescope that died.....
asimov
22-07-2005, 10:34 PM
That happened to me once..
seeker372011
22-07-2005, 10:41 PM
Lol :)
asimov
22-07-2005, 10:46 PM
The OTA fell outa it's cradle & hit the deck..(8" newt) Broke the finder & focuser clean off..
jjjnettie
24-07-2005, 10:18 AM
Dave,
You definately read and watch too much Sci-Fi. By the way, I think you will find that it was Ultra-Violent light she used to destroy the shed, not ultra-violet. LOL
Jeanette
Crash Nebula
24-07-2005, 11:43 AM
gah!
slice of heaven
25-07-2005, 08:29 AM
Just read the article on CN.

What a TURKEY.
A plastic shed held together with plastic bolts, not tied to the ground in any way and sitting in the middle of a windy plain.

:rolleyes:
ving
25-07-2005, 09:16 AM
lol, what a crazy guy... feel sorry for the scope tho :(