Have you ever bought a telescope?

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I always wanted a telescope since my childhood. Now ,telescopes are very expensive and the cheap ones are not worth buying as they can spoil ones eyesight. It was only in my 39th year that i finally managed to get my hands on one. I went to work in one of the Gulf countries in 1983 and after working for a year i managed to save quite a bit of money. One day when i was passing through the market i saw a telescope displayed in one of the shop windows. I immediately went inside with my friends and enquired about it, the price and specifications etc. It was reasonably priced and of Japanese make. It was a 60mm diameter refractor and for a novice like me, perfect. I also bought a pair of binoculors of Pentax make which were pretty good quality and again reasonably priced. Now i was the proud possessor of 2 astronomical devices and i spent6 years in happy night sky observations.When i finally returned to my country and city i found that the sky was no longer conducive to observation because of heavy pollution of light and other things. so sadly i sold the telescope to a friend but have still retained my binocs.What about you my friends, do you have a telescope? Let me know and if so how you are using it?