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Well , no mortgage - paid it out in 2000 , and very little debt. Just wife and me now - kid is independent and living and working interstate. That makes a huge difference.
And I choose what I want carefully , never buy anything without doing a lot of homework first , never on impulse, where possible only buy quality and keep it as simple as possible.
I'd like more aperture one day , maybe a 14" fast newt or a 16" fast newt (light materials in tube and mirror cell) , the Atlux will just about handle that OK if I engineer the OTA properly, but am prepared to wait.
Beyond that on aperture , not interested in a dob so until I am in a position to purchase a suitably heavy GEM to handle a bigger fast Newt , that will have to wait.
I'd rather a have good boat to go deep sea fishing and tinny for fishing when away from home in and maybe a 4x4 campertrailor before I go to a bigger telescope . Got a taste of the outback greynomad thing in 2000 (did a 3 month tour W to E from Hedland - Kunanarra - Darwin - Mt Isa - Normanton - Cairns - and then down west side of the Divide and the New England HW to home , and we were in no rush), and want to do a lot more of that kind of thing with my wife , too expensive staying in motels and cabins, and having to pitch a tent every night is too much hassle, and maybe my sister and her hubby while we are young and healthy enough not to have any health obstacles.
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