Taurus (manufacturer) Puns

Turns out he is both a Great Dane and a Bull Dog

*for the True Nodes

On January 19th, there will be a shift in our collective narrative. The North Node will move into Taurus, and the South Node will move into Scorpio. Before we get into what this means, let’s address some basics. The North Node and South Node (nodes) are not celestial bodies—they are mathematical points in the sky. In modern astrology, these points are linked to fate, karmic lessons, and ultimate fulfillment of a soul’s desire. The nodes are always exactly opposite one another. The sign of the South Node represents archetypes that have been mastered. The sign of the North Node represents archetypes that need to be embodied and that are tied in with our life’s purpose. It is an axis of growth. Our natal charts can show us our personal nodal story, the static arc of development we incarnated into. But the transiting nodes, which change signs every 1.5 years, show us the chapter of development we are in, the areas and topics of life that are due for deeper exploration. This work is done collectively, our outer reality becoming a macrocosm of what we grapple with personally. The nodes can underscore the specific themes that confront a society, weaving into our collective development the productive and unproductive potential of a sign’s energy. The signs of the nodes are the signs of the times.

Think of the transiting North Node as what gains and the transiting South Node as what drains. Generally, the sign of the North Node tells us which themes can increase or get amplified. The sign of the South Node tells us which themes can decrease or need to be detached from. The sign of the North Node can provide an antidote to the distortions of the sign of the South Node, representing what we collectively need to balance and reach for. This can show up in literal and symbolic ways. For example, when the South Node was traveling through the sign of Sagittarius over the last year or so we saw a decrease in our ability to travel and a major hit to airlines because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The symbolic drain of the South Node in Sagittarius also showed up in the global spread of COVID-19 itself, limiting our freedom and sense of expansion. We were shown the distorted and scattered manifestation of ideology, policy and conspiracy, and the politicization of a global health crisis. And it was draining. The natural counterbalance is Gemini, where the North Node was during the same period. Gemini calms Sagittarius’s leaps of faith with fact,

What’s the best gas y’all think? Reg med super?

Eu vejo muita gente na fintwet pumping a Taurus e o Barsi é famoso por ser um grande acionista.

A empresa aparentemente cresceu como nunca cresceu e agora tem uma margem que nunca teve. Mas a 4x lucro LTM, eu não consigo entender qual é a pegadinha. Parece que a empresa cresce, paga dividendo. 25% ao ano de yield parece muito bom. Tem algum one-off nesse múltiplo? Controlador bandido, mercado cíclico

Eu não entendo nada desse mercado, mas a ação tá mais barata que Banco do Brasil (que é cheio de pegadinhas).

EDIT: O u/celtiberian666 e o u/EnricoPin descreveram a pegadinha, que eu vou resumir aqui. BLM e outras coisas fizeram que a demanda por armas fosse para o espaço e que qualquer arma, independentemente da qualidade vendesse. Basicamente a Taurus foi uma beneficiada da supply chain crisis que tivemos. A pegadinha (o risco) que se está correndo é que hipoteticamente num mercado normalizado além da demanda por armas potencialmente cair, como os competidores vão ter armas, os clientes vão preferir comprar armas melhores e mais caras que as que a Taurus produz. Essa é a razão do múltiplo baixo: empresa ciclica em topo de ciclo. Eu não sei handicap esse risco, então vou ficar de fora. Certamente existem bulls e bears por aí que vão emitir opiniões.

Hello people. Like many others, I'm thinking of buying a big ass dobsonian. There are plenty of reasons that can make people shy away from industrial products from Orion, Sky-Watcher, Meade or Explore Scientific (construction, optical quality, weight, etc). In such circumstances, it would be useful to have a catalog of all manufacturer to compare them.

I'm especially thinking of my fellow europeans, since the most well-known manufacturers are on the US, and getting something europe-made could save a few bucks and complications during shipping.

So I thought of using you guys to help me build such a list. Before suggesting a manufacturer, make sure it is still active!

STRUTCURE

USA

• Obsession Telescopes
• StarStructure
• SpicaEyes by equatorialplatforms.com
• Hubble Optics (also makes mirrors)
• AstroSystems
• JP Astrocraft
• Teeter's Telescopes
• Webster Telescopes
• New Moon Telescopes
• DobSTUFF
• Waite Research (also makes mirrors)

Europe

• Dieter Martini (Germany)
• Costruzioni Ottiche ZEN (Italy. Also makes mirrors)
• Reginato Telescopes (Italy)
• Dobson Factory (France)
• Skyvision (France. Also makes mirror)
• Sud-dobson (France)
• Sumerian Optics (Netherland)
• Taurus Telescopes (Poland. Also makes mirrors)
• David Lukehurst (UK)
• AstroReflect (Bulgaria. Also makes mirrors)

Asia/Oceania

• Aperture Telescopes (India)
• Sharp Vision Telescopes (India)
• SDM Telescopes (Australia)

MIRROR

• Zambuto (USA)
• Swayze Optical (USA)
• Lightholder Optics (USA)
• Lockwood Optics (USA)
• Mirro-sphere (France)
• Nichol Optical (UK)
• Orion Optics UK (UK. Warning: some had very bad experiences with them)
• Alluna Optics (Germany)
• Optics Fullum (Canada)
• Antares Optics (USA. Secondary mirror)
• Ostahowski (USA)
• Optical Mechanichs Inc (USA)
• Galaxy Optics (USA. Coating service)
• Palmay Optics (Australia. Coating service)

Two psychopaths who lost their mind in a 1v1. Who would win?

Location: The walls of Ba Sing Se

Sozin's Comet is overhead(Or no comet if comet is a stomp for Azula)

Win con: KO/Incap

Starting Distance: 50m.