On Aug 31, 12:59 am, Ringmaster wrote:
I thought I'd drop by and see if the resident bullcrapper is still
around and I see he is. I thought the Boob was going to start racing
this summer. I guess like every other part of his life that was a
joke too. Now he's blaming his lack of sailing time on that retard of
a kid he has. How's life in the Bronx with that skank wife these days
Boobie? Have you found a job yet or are you still making big bucks
dumpster diving at that poluted marina?



Wow....well I'm sailing in two hours, Loco. And my sweet boy will be
joining me. I just added a light weight Genoa (a cruise-radial) to my
boat and today will be good to experiment with it. I've sailed a lot
this summer, but a 3rd of it has been on other boats. We hooked up
with some local sailors with kids, so there's been a lot of boat time
not always aboard Heart of Gold.
In addition I'm sure you'd like to see my mostly completed theater
with HD sources and 120 inch screen. It's utterly film quality and
looks better than most small to mid size theaters. Sound is perfect!

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p3696847-5.jpg

As I'm sure you're wondering, the cost of the whole theater was under
20K. Last night we watched The Mist and tomorrow it will be Nightmare
Before Christmas for Thomas on Blu-Ray. I'm running two projectors at
1080 and 720. Sound is via Magnepan and SVS speakers with Hybrid tubes
and so on...all high end, better for music than HT though.

Ah, I'm sure you want to know how I'm doing with fast cars. Well, I
got stung after driving a Nissan GT-R. What a car! But it's close to
100K for one and they are all gone for the year. So I'm on the list
with our dealer in New Rochelle for the following shipment at 10%
invoice. Still, to do that I'll wait at least a year. Meanwhile, to
keep my skills up I've ordered a sweet Exo X GSR in Graphite Gray
Pearl. Car looks like this....

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p881008607.jpg

I'm sure you've never driven a car with AYC, but you should. It
handles better than any other sedan and bests a Cayman S or M3 in
cornering. At just under 300 HP it's slow. 0-60 in 4.9 seconds. But my
car will go to Ivey tuning for a small tune to 390. That will bring
her into 4.3 range and better 1/4 miles. But with low end grunt at
that point the car is just wonderful. I drove one with 440 HP, but it
was a bit too much and I'd like to clutch to last me until I get the
GT-R. Two other cars I considered were the Lotus Exige, which I had to
drop due to leg room and no back seats. The 911 AWD turbo was in the
mix (a 2005 model) but amazingly it's legroom for tall drivers is
poor. The Evo is a great fit for now.

Thomas is growing up fast and having a great time aboard and at our
home in the woods.

Other than that things are great. I hope they are well with you as
well.


Cheers,


The Good Captain, AKA RB
Heart of Gold
City Island, NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...
On Aug 31, 12:59 am, Ringmaster wrote:
I thought I'd drop by and see if the resident bullcrapper is still
around and I see he is. I thought the Boob was going to start racing
this summer. I guess like every other part of his life that was a
joke too. Now he's blaming his lack of sailing time on that retard of
a kid he has. How's life in the Bronx with that skank wife these days
Boobie? Have you found a job yet or are you still making big bucks
dumpster diving at that poluted marina?



Wow....well I'm sailing in two hours, Loco. And my sweet boy will be
joining me. I just added a light weight Genoa (a cruise-radial) to my
boat and today will be good to experiment with it. I've sailed a lot
this summer, but a 3rd of it has been on other boats. We hooked up
with some local sailors with kids, so there's been a lot of boat time
not always aboard Heart of Gold.
In addition I'm sure you'd like to see my mostly completed theater
with HD sources and 120 inch screen. It's utterly film quality and
looks better than most small to mid size theaters. Sound is perfect!

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p3696847-5.jpg

As I'm sure you're wondering, the cost of the whole theater was under
20K. Last night we watched The Mist and tomorrow it will be Nightmare
Before Christmas for Thomas on Blu-Ray. I'm running two projectors at
1080 and 720. Sound is via Magnepan and SVS speakers with Hybrid tubes
and so on...all high end, better for music than HT though.

Ah, I'm sure you want to know how I'm doing with fast cars. Well, I
got stung after driving a Nissan GT-R. What a car! But it's close to
100K for one and they are all gone for the year. So I'm on the list
with our dealer in New Rochelle for the following shipment at 10%
invoice. Still, to do that I'll wait at least a year. Meanwhile, to
keep my skills up I've ordered a sweet Exo X GSR in Graphite Gray
Pearl. Car looks like this....

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p881008607.jpg

I'm sure you've never driven a car with AYC, but you should. It
handles better than any other sedan and bests a Cayman S or M3 in
cornering. At just under 300 HP it's slow. 0-60 in 4.9 seconds. But my
car will go to Ivey tuning for a small tune to 390. That will bring
her into 4.3 range and better 1/4 miles. But with low end grunt at
that point the car is just wonderful. I drove one with 440 HP, but it
was a bit too much and I'd like to clutch to last me until I get the
GT-R. Two other cars I considered were the Lotus Exige, which I had to
drop due to leg room and no back seats. The 911 AWD turbo was in the
mix (a 2005 model) but amazingly it's legroom for tall drivers is
poor. The Evo is a great fit for now.

Thomas is growing up fast and having a great time aboard and at our
home in the woods.

Other than that things are great. I hope they are well with you as
well.


Cheers,


The Good Captain, AKA RB
Heart of Gold
City Island, NY


I've love to see a picture of a big, expensive car parked in front of your
house. Make sure the house is in the photo.

I've love to see a picture of a big, expensive car parked in front of your
house. Make sure the house is in the photo.



Why? The most expensive car I currently own a lightly modded Subaru
Turbo LGT sedan.....only around 30K, so hardly expensive....

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p525689812-5.jpg

The new Evo coming soon is just 41K, again not all that expensive. I
suppose when the GT-R comes that's pretty pricey, but still not what
I'd call crazy.

I've posted pics of my house in NY before. I also own nearby lakefront
property with partners. Sure, I've done better than Sloco on every
front, but why is that important to you. Someone always has better
fortune. My camera gear bought in the last 24 months cost more than
Sloco's poor dated tub of a boat.

Going sailing....see ya!


The Good Captain
35s5 NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...

I've love to see a picture of a big, expensive car parked in front of
your
house. Make sure the house is in the photo.



Why? The most expensive car I currently own a lightly modded Subaru
Turbo LGT sedan.....only around 30K, so hardly expensive....

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p525689812-5.jpg

The new Evo coming soon is just 41K, again not all that expensive. I
suppose when the GT-R comes that's pretty pricey, but still not what
I'd call crazy.

Parked in front of your house it is.


I've posted pics of my house in NY before. I also own nearby lakefront
property with partners. Sure, I've done better than Sloco on every
front, but why is that important to you.


It's not important at all.


Someone always has better
fortune. My camera gear bought in the last 24 months cost more than
Sloco's poor dated tub of a boat.

But you can't sail a camera!


Going sailing....see ya!


See ya in 3 hours!

hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Capt. Rob wrote:

My camera gear bought in the last 24 months cost more than
Sloco's poor dated tub of a boat.

Have you managed to do any astrophotography
yet? ...... or have you given up?

Regards

Donal
--
www.astroimaging.org.uk

On Sep 2, 1:03 pm, Donal wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:
My camera gear bought in the last 24 months cost more than
Sloco's poor dated tub of a boat.

Have you managed to do any astrophotography
yet? ...... or have you given up?

Regards

Donal
-- www.astroimaging.org.uk



Donal, I now own a Celestron CPC-800 GPS. It's quite a machine and
I've messed around with some wide field stuff using my Nikon gear.

This is M31 over my house...single short exposure using a Nikon D300.

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p677285558-5.jpg

Now that I own a D700 I plan to really have some fun in the fall.
Other than that I've doing mostly visual work with the scope. The GPS
is amazing, allowing me to see many more objects in a session than
ever before. This is my scope...

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p883681020-5.jpg

I'm still planning to build an observatory for a 14 inch system soon,
but I have to do some landscaping for it 1st.

Cheers,


The Good Captain
35s5
NY

Capt. Rob wrote:

On Sep 2, 1:03 pm, Donal wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:
My camera gear bought in the last 24 months cost more than
Sloco's poor dated tub of a boat.

Have you managed to do any astrophotography
yet? ...... or have you given up?

Regards

Donal
-- www.astroimaging.org.uk



Donal, I now own a Celestron CPC-800 GPS. It's quite a machine and
I've messed around with some wide field stuff using my Nikon gear.

This is M31 over my house...single short exposure using a Nikon D300.

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p677285558-5.jpg


Very nice. I'm astonished at how little light pollution
you have. I thought that you lived near NY????

Here is a photo of the same object that I took recently.
http://www.astroimaging.org.uk/tener.../donal/M31.htm

It isn't great, but it is only 36m exposure. I'll try to get
more on it if the sky ever clears.


Now that I own a D700 I plan to really have some fun in the fall.
Other than that I've doing mostly visual work with the scope. The GPS
is amazing, allowing me to see many more objects in a session than
ever before. This is my scope...

http://ghostlight.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p883681020-5.jpg

I'm still planning to build an observatory for a 14 inch system soon,
but I have to do some landscaping for it 1st.

If you are planning to do astrophotography, then you should
not buy an expensive scope until you *really* know what you
want. Most people give up because they started with
the wrong scope(Long focal length and high F ratio).
I'm on my third scope, second mount, and third camera -
and all in only three years.


Regards

Donal
--

Donal wrote:



I'm astonished at how little light pollution
you have. I thought that you lived near NY????

Here is a photo of the same object that I took recently.
http://www.astroimaging.org.uk/tener.../donal/M31.htm

It isn't great, but it is only 36m exposure. I'll try to get
more on it if the sky ever clears.


Very impressive. I never get a sky like that near Boston. However,
here's a picture of the same object I took from a higher perspective.

http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/MEDIUM/8000105.jpg

OK, I was not the lead scientist, but almost all of the data processing
software, from decoding the telemetry to putting the picture on the
display was written by me, and I was at the keyboard when the NASA
photographer took this picture of the screen. In '78 color displays
were so uncommon that we didn't pass around picture files, we
photographed the screen, usually with Polaroids, but 35mm for
publication. Each little red dot is actually one x-ray photon, focused
by a "grazing incidence mirror system." Magic! This picture was one of
the first we got of a nearby galaxy showing individual x-ray sources,
so it caused quite a stir.

More on the pic:
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1560

and instrument:
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ei...ao2_about.html

If you are planning to do astrophotography, then you should
not buy an expensive scope until you *really* know what you
want. Most people give up because they started with
the wrong scope(Long focal length and high F ratio).
I'm on my third scope, second mount, and third camera -
and all in only three years.


Donal, long before you probably entered this hobby I already owned
vintage scopes, such as the RV-6 and Dynamax. Living in NYC as a kid
and astrophotography wasn't in the cards. In the late 60's I used the
RV-6 visually. I buy for visual work mainly and always have. A million
people do those shots and they generally look the same, unless they
are from huge mirror systems. But I love to look and it's already a
ton of fun for Thomas. I needed a scope that set-up in 5 minutes and
could show objects easily without frustrating an impatient group of
kids. So far the GPS motor driven scopes are amazing.
I never bought the wrong scope because I started very young and knew
the systems early on. There is no better scope for my current
application for example; not at any price. For shooting I'd be using a
proper refractor of course and I've been toying with the idea of
adding such a scope soon.



R.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:20:48 -0600, "Redbeard"
wrote:




I've love to see a picture of a big, expensive car parked in front of your
house. Make sure the house is in the photo.


Oh he will......He likes to rub it in to the doubters.
BTW there are pics somewhere of he and the family on the verandah
(porch to you).




OzOne of the three twins

I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.
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