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COVID discussion removed.

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by Gordon » Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:17 pm

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As you may have noticed, TSS no longer has a COVID sub forum. After discussion with the TSS TEAM and putting it out to the members, we decided, it...

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I think it best that it be gone. It was a good idea at the time and I supported it. I could not imagine then the degree to which disinformation on...

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POPULAR AND FUN OFF TOPIC THREADS

Last post by Bigzmey « Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:58 pm

by Bigzmey » Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:58 pm

Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

What have you been up to lately?

Quote of the day,...

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Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:58 pm
Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
Barbara Sher

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If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation of the same...
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Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:19 pm
Happy Birthday avid.astronomer (Tom)

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by Butterfly Maiden » Tue May 02, 2023 5:37 am

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:occasion-birthday: avid.astronomer :occasion-birthday: Tom.

Have a lovely day.

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I'm mainly doing astronomy outreach and sidewalk astronomy right now. Last year, I had 2,400 people look through my telescope, and so far this year,...

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Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:57 am
Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. — Hunter S. Thompson

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Fri Jun 09, 2023 2:20 am
FINALLY, a View!

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by Frazman » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:19 pm

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A few years ago (when I first discovered the old site) I was constantly cutting down trees in the back yard to get a decent view. Unfortunately, the...

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Looking good.
I took a few big ones out that were in danger of hitting the house, and it really opened up the southern sky :Astronomer1:

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Fri Jun 09, 2023 1:55 am
Happy Birthday sdbodin (Steve)

Last post by JayTee « Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:29 am
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by Butterfly Maiden » Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:43 am

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:occasion-birthday: sdbodin :occasion-birthday: Steve.

Have a lovely day.

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:occasion-birthday: STEVE! :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:

Hope your day is a great one,

Many...

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Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:29 am
I have a photo in S & T

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by KathyNS » Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:11 pm
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A photo of mine made it into the latest (June 2023) issue of Sky & Telescope. My image of globular cluster NGC 5634 appears on page 21....

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Congrats Kathy on both the S&T submission and the APOD. Well done.
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Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:32 am
A music thread

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Another blast from my past. This time it is The La De Das.

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RIP Tony McPhee

I saw the Groundhogs in 1975.
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Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:17 pm
What have you been up to lately?

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Went to work Wednesday afternoon (I work a 3pm-midnight shift normally.) and felt fine when I got there. By the end of my shift I was feeling a...

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We have a fire! :)

About 100ha and across the valley 4ish km away. There are crews, tankers and some heavy equipment on it. Pretty steep and rocky...
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Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:59 am
Happy Birthday jazzin (Scott)

Last post by Bigzmey « Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:49 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Wed May 31, 2023 5:36 am

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:occasion-birthday: jazzin :occasion-birthday: Scott.

Have a lovely day.

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Happy Birthday Scott and many more! :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons:

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Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:49 pm
You Know You're Getting Old When...

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by JayTee » Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:16 pm
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You know you're getting old when -- you have to take Tylenol BEFORE you go out to observe. This helps in achieving those contorted positions that...

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You know you're really old when you want to get back into AP, but realized you sold your darkroom equipment many moons ago.
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Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:35 pm
Health update

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by KathyNS » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:21 pm
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Some of you may remember that I had a really bad case of pneumonia last year. I recovered, but not to 100%, so today, I had an appointment with a...

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Sorry to hear you had such a close call Kathy. Good advice on staying fit and I really hope it helps.
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Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:15 am
Multi million dollar telescope auction

Last post by Nakedgun « Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:38 am
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by Ylem » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:49 pm

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Is it possible Oceanside Photo and Telescope is closing, even warehouse equipment;

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From what I've read elsewhere, the two owners are gone, living in different states, re-inventing themselves as other people. It seems they had...

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Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:38 am
Paid off mortgage. Finally!

Last post by Chich « Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:38 pm
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by Razz » Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:23 pm

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Today I made the LAST payment on my house. 30 year mortgage. Where did the time go? :o Maybe now I'll put some money aside and build myself a little...

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That is great news :) congrats.

We managed to get ours paid off a year or two before I retired. I was in to do a final renewal and asked how much to...

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Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:38 pm
Pet names (fun quiz)

Last post by Ylem « Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:25 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Sat May 27, 2023 6:10 am

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We don't have children, but we did name our horses.

My horse is called “ Atalanta ” (I love butterflies, so the name was chosen...

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Sagan is on the left. Hopefully, I don't need to tell anyone in this group who he's named after.
I can't leave Titan out on the right, named after...

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Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:25 pm
Happy Birthday Shelby (Shelby)

Last post by smp « Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:52 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:37 am

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:occasion-birthday: Shelby :occasion-birthday: Shelby.

Have a lovely day.

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Happy Birthday, Shelby!

Here's hoping for many more to come!
:occasion-birthday: :happy-wavemulticolor: :occasion-birthday:

smp

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Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:52 pm
The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

Last post by SparWeb « Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:35 am
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I wanted to try to start this old thread here.
This thread was a cool place to see photos (other than AP) by the forum members.

Iphone pano from a...

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Then they're a fine looking pair of fledgelings.
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Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:35 am
Happy Birthday GriffinBF (Martin)

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by Butterfly Maiden » Wed May 31, 2023 5:34 am

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:occasion-birthday: GriffinBF :occasion-birthday: Martin.

Have a lovely day.

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Happy birthday!

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Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:41 am
Happy Birthday MistrBadgr (Bill)

Last post by Juno16 « Tue May 30, 2023 8:15 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Mon May 29, 2023 5:44 am

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:occasion-birthday: MistrBadgr :occasion-birthday: Bill.

Have a lovely day.

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Hi Bill,

Sorry for the late birthday wishes. I hope it was a great day!

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Tue May 30, 2023 8:15 pm
Happy Birthday Lady Fraktor (Gabrielle)

Last post by Bigzmey « Mon May 29, 2023 5:50 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Sun May 28, 2023 7:16 am

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:occasion-birthday: Lady Fraktor :occasion-birthday: Gabrielle.

Have a lovely day.

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Thank you for all of the kind messages, I was going to sign in yesterday but when you have skies like this on your birthday... priorities ;)

moja...

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Mon May 29, 2023 5:50 pm
Vanessa & Sophia wedding (take 2)

Last post by Butterfly Maiden « Mon May 29, 2023 5:03 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Tue May 23, 2023 2:46 pm
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Some of you may recall that way back in June 2020 I made an announcement on the Forum that Sophia had just proposed to me (27 June). I had accepted...

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Thank you Alan.

Those are beautiful words :D

No one knows what the future will bring, but based on the time that Sophia and I have spent together...
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Mon May 29, 2023 5:03 pm
What a fight!

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by Makuser » Wed May 24, 2023 4:27 pm

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After spending an entire week of converting from my old video/graphics crippled Win 7 laptop to a new Win 11 laptop I think that I have all of the...

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Computers and such can be a real hassle
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And if one is honest about it, they are not the solution to all problems. I have CAD software but...

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Sun May 28, 2023 2:03 am
Dr. H on avian bird flu

Last post by Nakedgun « Sat May 27, 2023 7:20 pm
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by Gmetric » Sat May 27, 2023 12:53 pm

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Sit tight folks...

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Here we go again...

Some want to panic the general public into accepting whatever pronouncements, guidelines, restrictions, requirements, etc....

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Sat May 27, 2023 7:20 pm
Weather

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Today it looks like this. (Actually looked like this even yesterday.)
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Juha,

Nice!
Don't you park your...

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Mid-70s, dropping to mid-60s, then back up to the mid-70s for our daytime highs over the next ten days, partly cloudy skies. 50s overnight...
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Sat May 27, 2023 7:04 pm
Have we finally reached the Earth's Mantle?

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by GCoyote » Fri May 26, 2023 10:05 pm

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