Re: the impoverished amateur

From: Phil Wheeler (w6tuh-ng4_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:36:53 GMT

waitodie wrote:
> I am retired and am not up to paying 10 to 50,000 for a scope or equipment.

$10 to $50,000? Or do you mean $10,000?

The former is clearly too low, the latter unnecessarily high. So the
meaning is a puzzle.

Phil

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