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Thanks for the update, Stephen.? It's been a while since I've been there.? Fond memories! Jim S

I was at Bon Echo park last week so i decided to checkout the access road to Nirvana. The road in had just been graded and fresh gravel laid. The road up the hill to the airfield had?also been graded

I use those words together all the time. Combined with phrases such as “I hoped it would be” or, “it turns out not to be”. ,

The right babe will look through your telescope, get her own, and join you at sidewalk/public astronomy. <r.elleray.harding@...> wrote:

Two words you’ll never hear together in a sentence…”telescope and babe magnet!! Nothing can get someone’s eyes to glaze over faster than our hobby! I speak from experience….. Richard ?

Yes, really bad news. I too bought my C5+ Celestron from Kent and Tristan from their Rideau St. store decades ago. I really hope that somehow the store can be ressurected. Sent: September 29, 2021

Owning telescopes will do that to you. Rick

It was the harem pants….. Richard ?

That's terrible news re Focus bankruptcy. :^( I bought my first telescope when I was 13 from Kent when Focus was on Rideau street. It was many years later that I finally got to kiss a

Back to the original topic: buying a scope by someone new to astronomy. A very clever, but new to astronomy, friend of mine came up with a new covid-approprate way of getting a scope. He ordered

Ok. That’s too bad. Their website says “Moved to merivale”, but sounds like that was the early sign of impending problem. Sad - especially since, apparently, many more people have been taking

Was there on the weekend...bankruptcy notice on the door. Very unfortunate for all. ottawarichardmcdonald@...> wrote:

They actually had moved back to Merivale this past January. Merivale and Bentley. But yes. The bankruptcy etc. is new.

The moved from Merivale to Carling many years ago. But the news the Focus is closed/bankrupt/in-trusteeship is new and refers to the Carling location. attilla danko, https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk,

Formally, Focus was “closed for inventory”. Now their phone is dead. We’ll have to see what happens. Best – Michael Sent: September 29, 2021 2:41 PM To: OAFs@groups.io Subject: Re: [OAFs]

It was my understanding that Focus moved (Merivale?) not closed. May be wrong - haven’t been out recently.

Focus Scientific has closed. wrote:

I've had good results with Maison d'Astronomie in Montreal. As for buying a used telelscope, it takes a lot of knowledge to evaluate a used telescope. Unless you have an experienced friend to help

Unfortunately, Focus Scientific has gone into bankruptcy. I would recommend Astronomy Plus (https://astronomyplus.com) in Montreal, or as Graeme recommended, Ontario Telescopes is good as

In Ottawa there is focus scientific. https://focusscientific.com/ Online there are a bunch of options, but I'm currently working with Ontario telescope. Regards, Graeme -- (Astro)Photographer /