Re: Some amateurs just sicken me.....

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:40:25 -0500, Seymore Johnson
<sjohnson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:14:23 -0500, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
><TPG@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Read here somewhere about an amateur waiting on delivery of a 24" RC
>>Optical scope. He's going to use it in his driveway. It costs what,
>>$60,000.00 for the scope & God knows what for the mount. This just
>>isn't right, no one should be allowed to spend that kind of money for
>>a personal scope. Even though I'm a Republican, I'd be in favor of
>>legislation to watch for those kinds of expenditures and stop them
>>dead in their tracks. The money should then be confiscated and given
>>to the needy.
>>
>>I want this kind of behavior stopped & I want it stopped now.
>>
>>Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
>
>First, don't know how you found out about it but I do have a 24 RC on
>order but that's about all you got right about me. I have an
>observatory on my property in which I intend to install the scope
>which has been promised me the 3d quarter of this year. The mount
>was custom made and is already in place. Don't know what you mean by
>a RC "optical" scope as I don't believe RCs are used in any other
>capacity.
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Good Lord man, RC Optical Systems is the name of the company. Surely
you know where your money went.....if not, well, you just made my
case.

Think of the children, please, think of the children.

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
.

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