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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
 On wednesday night I noticed one of my alloy case's was missing out of the cupboard where all my astro gear live's ?? WHAT ?
It must have been taken on sunday 7th april as I shot out to the shops for 1/2 an hour to get some bread , without locking the door  Idiot I am .
Anyway in this stolen Alliminium case was my full set of circle T orthorscopic's 1 1/4 inch .
4mm -25mm ( years of collecting  ) .
3 Zeiss .965 orthorscopics 6mm - 9mm and 14mm , a Celestron Ultima 2x Barlow , a GSO ED 3x barlow , 2 torches ( one Mini Mag Light and one LED with 2 settings , both use AAA batteries , the Mag light has a red filter made by me )
a 2 inch LP filter, a 1 1/4 inch MV and some generic coloured filters , about 10 off .
The case has my name on it written in 'texter' in black .
I dont expect any of this stolen gear to end up down south , but please keep your eyes and ears peeled as we never know . And 1.1/4 inch Orthos by CircleT are no more .
What gets me is that the idiots took this ? it aint worth nothing to a non-astronomer and I know most up here . ( shiney stuff they took ? )
I am doing the rounds of all the pawn shops up here tomorrow and how knows ? I might get lucky  , and if I do I would not want to be the A-Hole that snuck in here and took this case  .
PS. the cops were really not interested in this ???? Useless they were , fill out this form , and we will get back to you  .
Thanks for listening , it's not so much the lost eyepieces and stuff ,,,, It's that someone was in my house rifleing thru my life .
Again , please keep an ear to the ground as some of this stolen gear might filter south  ..
Thanks all
Brian.. |
Sorry to hear this Brian, I sympathise as it is a sickening feeling. The house I rent was broken into twice within a two week period. I ended up paying for window locks and an alarm to be installed..bonus to the house owners. Lucky I only lost a camera and laptop...they took nothing the second time except the made a big hole in the wall in the hallway from the garage. All my Takahashi gear was left behind...thankfully.
The bit highlighted in red: Yep, this attitude is pretty much national with all Police in every state. I have no respect for Victoria Police because of this similar attitude.