on 6/24/02 3:02 PM, dreammoose at dreammoose@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Doesn't anybody else sense a story here? Hobbyist spends $100,000 on
> telescope, dome and related equipment, becomes involved in hobby until
> it occupies virtually all non-work hours and esp. huge parts of nights
> and creates troublesome debts. Hobbyist doesn't notice he hasn't seen
> wife for a couple of days (only a couple??) until process server tracks
> him down in dome and spoils the seeing by turning on a light. Community
> property state means half of everything, including astronomy gear, is
> hers - and she wants cash. Hobbyist ends up with clothes on his back,
> well used Subaru Outback and 8" Celestron; heads for the Southwest where
> the seeing is better.
>
> Moose
Screenplay, Moose... Who plays the astro-nut? Tom Cruise? Tom Hanks? Wife is
Julia Roberts... this guy's really dedicated to his hobby... Then after he
moves to the mountains of Arizona (after the smoke clears...) he discovers a
comet that he names "Comet Screw-You Honey".
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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