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Shawn Grant

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Dec 21, 2009, 9:45:58 PM12/21/09
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Hi coke bottle thick glasses wearing geeks. How is everyone? After
years of not trolling anymore I am back. Well not really. I am too
busy to troll. I did see the 10 year anniversary post of my famous and
highly insightful post on say no to refractors. I am so proud that you
all remember me as it brings back such warm feelings.
I think that the 10 of you that are still following this user group
would be interested in how I have been the past several years. I have
a new job. I work at adult super store now. I really enjoy my job. It
brings such pleasure helping people with their love life. As you all
know I am very knowledgeable and experienced in that area.
I know how to party which most of you don’t. Check this out of me at
a party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y9c-H3H6RI

Sam Wormley

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Dec 21, 2009, 9:54:03 PM12/21/09
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On 12/21/09 8:45 PM, Shawn Grant wrote:
> Hi coke bottle thick glasses wearing geeks. How is everyone? After
> years of not trolling anymore I am back. Well not really. I am too
> busy to troll. I did see the 10 year anniversary post of my famous and
> highly insightful post on say no to refractors. I am so proud that you
> all remember me as it brings back such warm feelings.
> I think that the 10 of you that are still following this user group
> would be interested in how I have been the past several years. I have
> a new job. I work at adult super store now. I really enjoy my job. It
> brings such pleasure helping people with their love life. As you all
> know I am very knowledgeable and experienced in that area.
> I know how to party which most of you don�t. Check this out of me at
> a party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y9c-H3H6RI

I'm trying to remember you as a good photographer, Shawn.
-Sam

Shawn Grant

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Dec 21, 2009, 10:47:48 PM12/21/09
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On Dec 21, 9:54 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/21/09 8:45 PM, Shawn Grant wrote:
>
> > Hi coke bottle thick glasses wearing geeks. How is everyone? After
> > years of not trolling anymore I am back. Well not really. I am too
> > busy to troll. I did see the 10 year anniversary post of my famous and
> > highly insightful post on say no to refractors. I am so proud that you
> > all remember me as it brings back such warm feelings.
> > I think that the 10 of you that are still following this user group
> > would be interested in how I have been the past several years. I have
> > a new job. I work at adult super store now. I really enjoy my job. It
> > brings such pleasure helping people with their love life. As you all
> > know I am very knowledgeable and experienced in that area.
> > I know how to party which most of you don t.  Check this out of me at
> > a partyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y9c-H3H6RI

>
>    I'm trying to remember you as a good photographer, Shawn.
>   -Sam

Still am. Past few years I went to Alaska, Colorado and California. I
just got back from Cali this summer. Went to lick observatory. Got a
picture of me licking lick.

Davoud

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Dec 21, 2009, 11:14:11 PM12/21/09
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Sam Wormley:
> I'm trying to remember you as a good photographer, Shawn.

Wow! After all these years, he's still in my kill-file! That is
wonderful!

Davoud

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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Quadibloc

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Dec 22, 2009, 1:57:37 AM12/22/09
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On Dec 21, 7:45 pm, Shawn Grant <shawngran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I did see the 10 year anniversary post of my famous and
> highly insightful post on say no to refractors.

I just recently took notice of the fact that the typical refractor in
the old days was f/15, and came across a web site noting that an
achromatic refractor at f/15, if its aperture was no more than 3",
provides color correction as good as an apochromat - and even at 6",
is quite satisfactory.

It is still true that a reflecting telescope - or even a catadioptric,
if you want to pay more for compact convenience, and are uncomfortable
with an open tube - costs less per inch than a refractor.

But can we reject refractors at all sizes? If so, why do Newtonians
and Schmidt-Cassegrains and just about every other kind of telescope
have refractors as their finderscopes? And the only kind of telescope,
other than a refractor, without central obstruction is an off-axis
telescope.

So, if you want the highest possible contrast, and do not trust the
optical performance of a strange, unusual off-axis design... that is
the reason for using a refractor. And if you have a use for an
aperture 2" or less, refractors are also appropriate.

John Savard

Chris.B

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Dec 22, 2009, 8:45:11 AM12/22/09
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In Shawn's case it was never aperture envy...

It was the length. ;-)

Now he's selling leather (lens) hoods.

Merry Christmas, Shawn. :-)

SGDMF

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Dec 22, 2009, 5:50:14 PM12/22/09
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Shawn Grant <shawng...@gmail.com> wrote in news:01d0eb40-4601-4e19-8426-
f0e28e...@p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com:


> Still am. Past few years I went to Alaska, Colorado and California. I
> just got back from Cali this summer. Went to lick observatory. Got a
> picture of me licking lick.
>

You are a QUEER!

Shawn Grant

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Dec 22, 2009, 6:59:29 PM12/22/09
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On Dec 22, 1:57 am, Quadibloc <jsav...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> On Dec 21, 7:45 pm, Shawn Grant <shawngran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

>
> I just recently took notice of the fact that the typical refractor in
> the old days was f/15, and came across a web site noting that an
> achromatic refractor at f/15, if its aperture was no more than 3",
> provides color correction as good as an apochromat - and even at 6",
> is quite satisfactory.

> John Savard

Did you not notice that this is a troll? Why all the banter about
refractor, off-axis, f/15 and crap like that? I take it you are
typical of this user group and a geek thus easily trolled. Let’s break
down this post for clues that will help you understand that this is a
troll.
#1 did you notice the first line coke bottle thick glasses wearing
geeks? That is one of my trade mark greetings when I am about to
troll.
#2 did you not notice the words troll in the post? See I am such a
good troller I can announce I am trolling and still get people to
bite.
#3 someone who works at an adult sex store cannot be taken seriously
and obviously a troll.
#4 did you not notice that great video? Check this out of me at a
party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y9c-H3H6RI See that is me
having fun. That is something geeks do not know how to do. Have you
seen a geek in a borat mankini dancing with hot chicks? Only the
greatest troll in the history of sci.astro.amateur does that.
See you have just been introduced to the most successful troll in all
of saa. Me! You have just fallen for a 10 year old troll of mine. Yep
I am that good. You should feel honored to have fallen for one of my
glorious trolls.


Cassini

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Dec 22, 2009, 7:56:22 PM12/22/09
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"Shawn Grant" <shawng...@gmail.com> wrote:

Welcome back! Now that's what I call a happening par-tay!

So how do you like Windows 7? I owned an iMac for a while last
year just to see how crap it was. Yup, it was crap alright - the Finder
was a dog compared to Windows Explorer and Safari was a bag of
shite (in fact, there are no decent web browsers on the Mac). Seems
to me the Mac is just eye candy for right-brainer suckers. Windows
is freedom.

Shawn Grant

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Dec 22, 2009, 9:06:44 PM12/22/09
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>
> Welcome back!  Now that's what I call a happening par-tay!
>
> So how do you like Windows 7?  I owned an iMac for a while last
> year just to see how crap it was.  Yup, it was crap alright - the Finder
> was a dog compared to Windows Explorer and Safari was a bag of
> shite (in fact, there are no decent web browsers on the Mac).  Seems
> to me the Mac is just eye candy for right-brainer suckers.  Windows
> is freedom.

I am not back just here for a visit. How long has it been since I have
trolled here? 6 or 7 years. I am just here to say hi to everyone.

I was just telling my wife to be yes I am getting married about my
trolling. So I did a search on past trolls and saw a re-post
celebrating the 10 year anniversary of say no to refractors. Needless
to say she has something called a sense of humor and likes the trolls.

Yes have Windows 7 and love it. I had Vista to and loved it as well.
Glory be to Windows. Windows is freedom.

Martin R. Howell

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Dec 22, 2009, 9:19:51 PM12/22/09
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:06:44 -0800 (PST), Shawn Grant wrote:

>I had Vista to and loved it as well.

I am using Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 and after a tweak or two here
and there, find it just superb. I see no reason to throw away money on an
upgrade to Windows 7 - which as I understand it is not much more than a
fully-tweaked version of Vista.

Stand up satisfied Vista users and salute the Windows!!!!

--
Martin R. Howell

Davoud

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Dec 22, 2009, 9:28:11 PM12/22/09
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Martin R. Howell wrote:
> Stand up satisfied Vista users and salute the Windows!!!!

You're a bit late. They already held the election. Vista lost.

Llanzlan Klazmon

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Dec 22, 2009, 9:29:28 PM12/22/09
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Ha ha. The guys on the AP waiting list back then are still on it. Next
production run.

Quadibloc

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Dec 23, 2009, 8:41:27 AM12/23/09
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On Dec 22, 4:59 pm, Shawn Grant <shawngran...@gmail.com> wrote:

> #1 did you notice the first line coke bottle thick glasses wearing
> geeks? That is one of my trade mark greetings when I am about to
> troll.

Well, it is true that geeks with poor eyesight are likely to choose
another hobby instead of amateur astronomy.

> #3 someone who works at an adult sex store cannot be taken seriously
> and obviously a troll.

It did seem that in that line of employment, you would be dealing
mostly with people who didn't have a love life, rather than helping
people with their love lives.

John Savard

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