do you know you are an astronomy tragic when u...

[fringe_dweller]

... are driving along in the middle of the day you absently notice that a high altitude commercial airplane is only producing a neat tiny or virtually non existant contrail, and the clear sky has no milkyness, is nearly a deep blue all the way down to the horizon - and then instantly your heart starts to pump and you are having palpitations from the adrenalin rush?

anyone else for tennis?

[ballaratdragons]

I know the feeling Kearn LOL! I just got Cheryl to read your post and she laughed and said "that sounds like you! You people ARE tragic". :lol:

[fringe_dweller]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :nerd: Proudly Tragic :D

[ballaratdragons]

DROOOOLLLL!!!!!

[fringe_dweller]

Sorry ..i fell of my chair!! .. thanks ... mmmmmmmmmmmm :)

[fringe_dweller]

wow i was fairly right - same damn nice transparency tonight - pity about the twinkly stars! was getting fairly deep mag (for here) faint twinkling stars anyway :) -
NE the LMC had great geometric definiton, SMC surprisingly clear - luminous beacon Eta carinae neb was suspended in a web of a warmly ebbing but fainter glowing nebulosity, like a spider in its web kissed by the morning dew, floating in a gentle breeze - the running man cluster was almost blinding and threatened to run me down!

[astroron]

Ihave just looked outside , it is as you say very transparent, but the ground is so wet from all the rain we have had plus it's quite windy, here's hopeing for tomorrw night :prey: :prey: :prey: :astron:

[asimov]

Oh, my mistake...I coulda sworn U were an "astronomic tragegy" when one chucks their job in 'cos it was cuttin' into their sleeping time after a hard nights viewing/astro-pic-taking...:lol:

[ving]

i've just gotta go and change my pants... brb.

[[1ponders]]

....Keep collecting scopes and mounts just so you can complete your "quiver" :lol:

Who me?.....Nahh :D

[davidpretorius]

i am constantly thinking of the lovely star tests i have been getting and also i have been walking to the shop with the kids, seeing patterns that remind me of features on mars etc!!!

driving around tassie with work, constantly looking for land to build an observatory on!

my little nephews (2 & 4) have caught the bug much to their mothers disgust. They are pulling their socks right up whilst wearing sandals, stealing all the used toilet roll holders and using as telescopes and searching for the moon. very cute

[fringe_dweller]

LOL yep you guys all need help :P how about this one - ..once had hypnotherapy for smoking, all I could see and think of while under were floating galaxies like in the eyepiece view..
DP I too cant go for a drive in the country without scouting for sites in the back of my mind either (much to my astronmy widow partners disgust) - those kids sound very cute!
Ron, i hope you get your night mate! weekend might be ok too?

keep em coming guys ;)

[ballaratdragons]

I'm trying to work this bit out!! :confuse3:

[davidpretorius]

us nerds wear long socks and sandals don't you know!!!

pen protectors, talk about computers etc etc

[avandonk]

Listening to the gentle clicks of the relay box autoguiding the mount while my eyes again dark adapt so I can go to the next object to image it.

[ballaratdragons]

Geeez! Now I gotta go buy sandals! :nerd:

Does the Astro accessory list ever end!! :help3:

What sandals would you recommend Davo? Ultra-wide or budget? With or without sunburn filters? EQ, Wedge or Dobsonian Buckles? :lol:

[avandonk]

I wear socks (thick) with sandals to keep the mozzies off my ankles in summer.

[ballaratdragons]

Mine is: wanting to listen to the gentle clicks of the relay box autoguiding the mount while my eyes again dark adapt so I can go to the next object to image it. :rofl:

[33South]

Yes please the IIS pen protector :nerd:
Mike order 500 - 100 - 10 maybe 5.

[Glenn Dawes]

* When you drive past a mosque and wonder what size telescope they have?
* when you wear red tinted glasses during the day to prepare for your evening night vision.
* When you start giving distances to he next town in light years.
* When you shrink away from the Full Moon.
* When you wonder whether your favourite stubby holder would keep your Nagler warm (and dew free).
* When your wife keeps finding the bread without its bag and stail (little does she know if she switched to a bread that didn't come in a red bag she wouldn't have that problem!)
* You start dreaming up ways of cutting power to your neighbour's Xmas display (whether you're observing or not!)
* You feel sorry for those poor folk in biblical times who lost their night vision to that confounded Star of Bethleham!
* You start issuing death sentences for every person who has the nerve to have their headlights on as they drive past you and your scope at night (it doesn't matter they don't know your are even there!)

and last but not least (became I am very, very, very guilty of this one)
* The timing of your wedding and honeymoon are organised around a visit to the USA to see Comet Hale Bopp at its best!!!!!!!!!

Regards

Glenn

[avandonk]

Sounds perfectly logical to me Glenn.Except for the stubby holder,you must have more than one.I do.

You don't have a problem!

Bert

[Greg Bryant]

Glenn,

That still brings a smile to people who hear the tale.

Nearly as bad as bringing yearbook proofs to my wedding reception!

[33South]

I put a link to this in another thread, but it still makes me :rofl: (http://misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=4#)

"McDonald's starts putting plastic binoculars in its happy meals and you buy one so you can test its optics."

[ballaratdragons]

This one I have mentioned before but there's a lot of new members since then:

Spending about 45 minutes at Footy practice showing the teams Venus, Jupiter and pointing out constellations. Now that's Rugby League coaching with class!

[Glenn Dawes]

Greg,
What did I tell you. Get your priorities right. You can get married at any time. Yearbooks have deadlines ! :o

Glenn

[Stu]

I need a stubby holder!!!
Won't do any good for my single malt scotch collection but it'll keep my panoptic warm!

How do you kill the neighbours lights again?
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights...

[jjjnettie]

LOL
Talk about tragic...

I carry in my bag at all times, an 8x21 monocular with a removable solar film cap. I'm ready any time, any where for astronomical action.

[chunkylad]

Classic list Glenn. Lmao

Let's see some more...............

[fringe_dweller]

:lol2: there all very funny - thanks for the laughs guys and gals :)
I was going to add that old chestnut classic of ... when you permanently remove all the globes from the interior lights of your car .. but mine seems a bit tame compared to some of the beauties mentioned

Glenn - thats an impressive list!! LOL - i know what you mean about xmas lights - a local country town (Lobethal) residents light up like a football stadium every year and everybody throngs to it like moths to the proverbial flame - I feel like I'm the Grinch everytime I think about it :reindeer:

Ken at least they won't get lost when the lights go out during a night match :D

jjjnettie, I like that one, i might just have to start carrying a handbag (man bag?)

[Glenn Dawes]

Hi Fringe Dweller
At times I have trouble coping with our modern cars that have to act like refrigerators. If there was at least a beer.........

I'm not sure about the Grinch but i think there is nothing wrong with a bit of BAR HUMBUG from time to time (Scrooge was very under rated)

Glenn

[Twokids]

The thing driving me crazy at the moment is anything I see with wheels on it, I then think "can I put my dob on that".
Women must think I'm stange checking out the underside of their prams :whistle:.
I found myself in an op shop yesterday, looking at one of those walkers for the elderly with the fold down seats thinking that those tyres looked good.
Then today I was in Safeway and they were bringing out boxes on a flat trolley and I was wondering where I could get one of those.
I think I'm going mad :P

[33South]

when I look at some of the stuff I kept over years for no real reason other than I cant bear to throw it away. Every time I move house or spring clean I think shall I ? Naaaaaaah.

Examples -

From 1974 February a copy of Albireo the journal of the Kapsovar Astronomical Society, trouble its all in Hungarian no idea what its all about.

Copy of the 1978 Handbook of the BAA, great if you want to know how much Nortons would of cost to buy (4pounds 50pence) I think I bought one that year no, just checked it, it was 1970 and cost 1pound 5shillings.

And a 70's Swift 6mm .975" Tri-Plane eyepiece, one day Ill buy a 1.25" adapter just to try it out again. Or get Iceman to include it in a 6mm review.