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Top 10 Reasons You know you are a Redneck Astronomer:

  1. You have a Tasco refractor up on blocks in the front yard.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    6 up, 1 down
  2. You've ever tried to use your granny's truss to build a telescope.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    6 up, 1 down
  3. You tell all the guys at the star party about that neat dang drinking fountain next to the toilet in them big fancy hotels.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    5 up, 1 down
  4. You've used lard to slick those declination bearings.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    5 up, 2 down
  5. You lie and tell your buddies the next morning that your red eyes are from drinking and partying rather than star
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    4 up, 1 down
  6. You nostalgically refer to Canis Major as Old Duke.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    5 up, 3 down
  7. The most important part of your instrumentation is the pickup truck.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    4 up, 2 down
  8. Your observing site would be perfect if it weren't for the alligators.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    5 up, 4 down
  9. You start to giggle when you tell your buddies that you have a 16-incher.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    5 up, 4 down
  10. The counterweight on your Dob doubles as a spit can.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    4 up, 3 down


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More reasons You know you are a Redneck Astronomer

  1. You carry a shotgun to deal with skunks, raccoons, and streetlights.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    4 up, 3 down
  2. The board with holes on the side of the DOB mount fit beer cans (the eyepieces already have a little box they came in -duh!).
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    5 up, 5 down
  3. You look at pictures of the Flame Nebula (or the Rosette) to get in the mood.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    5 up, 5 down
  4. Others at the star party complain about the smoke when you barbecue spam.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    4 up, 4 down
  5. A cup holder by the eyepiece has a partial beer to balance different eyepieces. (Amazing how many need replacing as they get too light.)
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    3 up, 3 down
  6. You will fight that SOB trying to find WWV when it was already on a perfectly good country station.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    3 up, 3 down
  7. You ever wonder what your granny's truss has to do with building a telescope.
    by webchilly | November 13, 2008 at 2:41am. | add comment
    2 up, 4 down

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