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Old 12-11-2006, 02:10 PM
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Check this out

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Old 12-11-2006, 02:18 PM
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Old 12-11-2006, 03:46 PM
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Looks like the 60's were good for someone
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Old 12-11-2006, 04:16 PM
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I wonder if it was a prop from Sesame Street.
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Old 12-11-2006, 04:22 PM
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I love it Where can I get one? Or who does the customizing?
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Old 12-11-2006, 04:26 PM
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Where can I get one?
Mullumbimby, no doubt


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who does the customizing?
every 2nd person on the streets of Mullumbimby
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Old 12-11-2006, 04:33 PM
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I found an ad by the Artist
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Old 12-11-2006, 04:56 PM
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man thats seriously......different
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Old 12-11-2006, 05:00 PM
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certainly not your average looking scope( funky though)
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Old 12-11-2006, 05:23 PM
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thats gold!
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Old 12-11-2006, 05:40 PM
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Old 12-11-2006, 06:25 PM
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it would be hopeless..........colour fringing would kill it.

very hard to collimate after smoking that much weed as well

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The colours man.
He's been smoking that Colombian tripping weed.
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Old 12-11-2006, 07:32 PM
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They had to kill a lot of Purple,green,orange & yellow spotted Leopards to make the cover for that dob base.

It's an environmental outrage. They are rare!!!!!

Nice to see the OTA covered in someones Board-Shorts though

It's waaaayyyyy coool man!
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Old 12-11-2006, 07:38 PM
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"In space no one can hear you scream..."

and in the dark, no one can see it .....

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The views are probably fuzzy .
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Old 12-11-2006, 07:58 PM
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Actually come to think of it probably doubles up as a communual bong on those cloudy nights!
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Old 12-11-2006, 07:59 PM
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Actually come to think of it probably doubles up as a communual bong on those cloudy nights!
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Old 12-11-2006, 08:07 PM
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Now THAT"S a bong!!!...grooovy man!
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A pimp Dob,
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