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Old 12-11-2005, 07:21 PM
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Hey RocketAndrew after your birthday yours is more than before - better increase your insurance.
Belated Happy Birthday, I got confused (easily done) with the two threads.
Cheers Chris,

Can you tell we live out in the sticks.
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Old 12-11-2005, 07:38 PM
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Can you tell we live out in the sticks.
Yep cant see the wood for the trees, oops wrong thread.
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Old 12-11-2005, 07:45 PM
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I have about 25k worth of gear (scopes, mounts, cases, eypieces, cameras etc...) in my observatory and its covered by contents insurance according to my insurer. To be sure I also take photos of all my equipment in the observatory and have these burned to a CD in my safe as proof of ownership. Problem with buying a lot of gear 2nd hand or via astromart is you dont get reciepts for proof of purchase but they will accept photos....
Reminds me of the recurrent Goon line.When money is mentioned Moriarty has a photograph of some face value pound note!

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Old 14-01-2006, 11:13 AM
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now over $2000
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Old 13-02-2006, 08:26 AM
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With over 30 years of doing this I worked out that I have been squeezed out of around $15-$20K. All my books, the makings for 29 scopes, the 4" Fluorite, the 8" SCT, the 2 Vixen mounts, the Losmandy mount, the electronics, the HX516, the Panoptics, the Naglers, the Wide Fields, the various finderscopes, the aluminsing costs, the lathe, the mill, building the mirror grinding machine, the observatory, etc. etc.
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Old 13-02-2006, 09:50 PM
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Just did a quick add up and shocked myself !!!
well Including my planisphere comes to about 6 to 7K!!!!
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Old 13-02-2006, 10:00 PM
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I have not even bought my 12"er yet and already have over $2000 worth of gear.

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Old 14-02-2006, 06:43 AM
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Somewhere around the 8k mark and I've only just started to overhaul my eyepiece line-up
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Less than a month into this hobby and already at $1300.
Will go up by about $300 in a week or so.
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my little collection, with all cameras, software, len's etc... is insured for $17,000 !!!! but my biggest fear is when I die, my wife will sell it all for the $$$ I told her I paid for them...

It's funny how it all add's up, it's like drug addiction, just one more, then another, then a better fix, then some fool lends you a better toy, then you find it on e-bay and bid twice as high as you wanted....lol..
you get the drift


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Old 15-02-2006, 12:05 AM
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Using my nifty little calculator...I tried to do the adding up but found an easier way.
Meade etx 90 GOTO £700
Celestron 675 powerseeker £199
10" Skywatcher Dobsonian £350

And probably more things i want..

But dont know what these are in $, would you mind translating yours in $, dont mean to be a pain peeps. Im not very good at this.
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Old 15-02-2006, 12:06 AM
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but my biggest fear is when I die, my wife will sell it all for the $$$ I told her I paid for them...

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That's the funniest thing I've read so far.
Maybe leave a price list in your will, Tony.
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but my biggest fear is when I die, my wife will sell it all for the $$$ I told her I paid for them...

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That's the funniest thing I've read so far.
Maybe leave a price list in your will, Tony.
Ummmmmmmmmmm Andrew its not that funny, I have exactly the same problem

I told her my Pentax XW's were $125 each. 2.5X TV Powermate $80. Set of Tectron Collimation Tools $50. Argo Navis $500, of course I forgot to tell her about the encoders etc etc. The list goes on.

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Old 15-02-2006, 09:03 PM
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Thats it for me....I'm finding another hobby!
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Maybe we should have a poll,

"Do you tell your significant other the real prices of your purchased astro goodies "

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I have stop count after passing the $16000 mark.
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my little collection, with all cameras, software, len's etc... is insured for $17,000 !!!! but my biggest fear is when I die, my wife will sell it all for the $$$ I told her I paid for them...

It's funny how it all add's up, it's like drug addiction, just one more, then another, then a better fix, then some fool lends you a better toy, then you find it on e-bay and bid twice as high as you wanted....lol..
you get the drift


Tony
I have no idea what you mean at all. If I go I will have to let the NAS guys sell off the stuff I have, my wife would just chuck it in the bin for the dump Now the wife dollars would have to be converted in the will , maybe a link to this post . I would be glad to be dead then, she would kill me anyway
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Old 18-02-2006, 04:46 AM
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Maybe we should have a poll,

"Do you tell your significant other the real prices of your purchased astro goodies "

and where do you hide the new toy till she is ready to be told and how long have you hidden it for...lol

Tony
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Old 20-02-2006, 11:42 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ziggy Stardust
my little collection, with all cameras, software, len's etc... is insured for $17,000 !!!! but my biggest fear is when I die, my wife will sell it all for the $$$ I told her I paid for them...

It's funny how it all add's up, it's like drug addiction, just one more, then another, then a better fix, then some fool lends you a better toy, then you find it on e-bay and bid twice as high as you wanted....lol..
you get the drift
I dont know how you you guys live with yourelf....where's the honesty gone amongst long life partners.....lol
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