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Old 17-03-2008, 07:44 AM
Kokatha man
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Originally Posted by Merlin66 View Post
They don't come much better than Horace! Unfortunately in todays era of "30 second" sound bites, new amateurs don't seem to have the same need/ wish/ desire to grind and build instruments. It seemed to have died out in the 70's.

How many of us, I wonder, started out with a basic 6" f8 and a couple of Ramsden ( what's that?... like an Ethos??) eyepieces............... Ah those were the days.
I did brudda - but them days is long, long gone; drifted back into the days of yore with all those other memories; like how much it used to cost to buy.....and, when I was a boy we used to.....

As for yer ramsdens, I had t' dreams about thems whilst I saved me pennies; makin' do with those huygens things!
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