Welcome icemanswife

[[1ponders]]

:hi: and :welcome: icemanswife.

Don't tell me he's got you hooked :rolleyes: What sort of scope is he buying you for xmas and how many Naglers? :D Make sure you get your fair share of time on that 350D

If you haven't decided what sort of scope you want I'd suggest a 14" celestron on a Losmandy Atlas mount with gemini, a 100mm apo Tak for a guidescope and the Canon 20Da camera for imaging. I'm sure if you talk to bird he will be able to suggest a good planetary imaging camera

:lol:

[iceman]

Great advice there Paul :P

I only wish she was as interested in astronomy as that :)

My wife Kate signed up today.. i didn't know what she was doing but she even had to ring me to ask what her email address was.. then I get the notification of a new member signed up :)

She was obviously bored at home today, with 2 out of 3 kids at school/preschool.. she also said that now she's signed up, I have to learn how to cross-stitch or do something crafty! :scared: :lol:

I guess maybe now that she's a member she can PM me and save on the phone bill :computer:

hmm, I wonder if she's allowed to enter the xmas quiz.. :confuse3: :wink2:

[h0ughy]

I would panic if my wife ever signed up. I would have no secrets, she would know exactly how much I have spent, and she would know what I was up to.......... but on the other hand at least there might be more to talk over at the dinner table. Astronomy is taboo in our house in discussions with my wife.


Welcome Icemanswife!!

[RB]

Welcome icemanswife,

We have a really nice community here on IceInSpace and everyone is willing to help with any querries you may have.

How did you hear about IIS?
Are you attending Lostock?

Your husband actually would enjoy cross-stiching while he waits for the avi's to process. :lol:

:clap:

[h0ughy]

Oh yes, I can see it now I have a cross stitch program that can convert jpegs to cross stich patterns and thread colour numbers Mike. I can see a lovely raised tapestry of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn on a silky black backdrop, mounted in a 3d frame :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :P

[[1ponders]]

I was wondering about the competition :confuse3: :confuse3: :confuse3: :evil: ;)

Definately go in the competition Kate. And then when you win the Nagler hold out for as long as you can to get as much as you can for it. I should be worth at least a weekend away for two on Hayman Island :poke: :lol:

[ving]

just waiting for cheryl to pop in... it'll happen one day! :P
:lol:

[togo54]

I didn't know there was a Wyoming in OZ. Learn something new every day...:)

[icemanswife]

I signed up to shock my husband, I guess it worked.
He is obssessed with astronomy related anything so I am trying to show interest and support and score brownie points.

[[1ponders]]

You're definately on the right track Kate. :lol: Really shock him and put the latest Australian Sky and Telescope and Sky and Space in the "small room" for light reading :D

[togo54]

Mike
Your wife's profile says she's in Wyoming....and you're in the land of OZ. Isn't this taking web marriage/dating to an extreme? Please explain how the children were conceived...:)

[janoskiss]

Onya Kate! Come to keep an eye on things, huh? :)
:welcome:

[iceman]

I've got one of those cross-stitch programs already, h0ughy.. though i'm worried to learn that you have one too :P

Tom, i'm sorry I can't go into that.. the forum guidelines forbid it :)

I guess the good thing about Kate signing up, is that noone else can take the "icemanswife" member name ;)

[togo54]

Fair enuff...:)

[janoskiss]

icemanswife, are you the same person as katietheboss who also just signed up? :confuse3:

[togo54]

Oh. Welcome Kate...:)

[togo54]

With a little prodding...this thread could get interesting...:)

[RB]

Kate, you and my wife would get on like a house on fire.
She's into all things craft too and as for this astronomy stuff well ....

Actually she doesn't mind a look at the stars, except she gets dizzy looking up for to long.

It's great having you part of the forum.
Enter the competition, you deserve to win.

:clap:

[RB]

Hey Mike,

Ever thought of signing up the kids.
More chances to win.....

:lol:

[h0ughy]

Yes Mike I have the program, but it is unopened. My wife is technophobic!!! LOL

[Striker]

Welcome Kate.....ok it's time to confess Mike....

Kate you know that Dob your husband has been using...it actualy cost him around $10,000 to set up..... plus extra's as below.

The Canon DSLR was $4000
The laptop $2500
The Dob Patform $2000

And there's more....but I dont want to get Mike in to trouble.

[iceman]

rofl thanks Tony..

I owe you one when you come down to Lostock :bashcomp: :P

[ving]

how much is this going to cost him? ;)


houghy, i have Micro Soft Cross-stitch vers 2.45.1 if you are interested? :P

[h0ughy]

Oh and tony you forgot to mention the $1200 each Naglers. he only has 5 :lol: :lol: he just puts a few up for prizes on competitions when he is bored with them :wink2:


edit: and the $400 lowenpro bag for the DSLR

[Striker]

Sorry Mike.....I just like to be honest with my wife....NOT...lol

BTW Huffy...it's a Non LowePro bag that cost $400.....a real Lowepro cost $1000

Kate...I dont like your chance ever having lunch with your husband at work...he's too busy taking photo's of Mangroves and Birds.....yes birds.

[h0ughy]

Oh I would just love that, thanks Ving :P

[iceman]

ROFL you crack me up Tony :rofl:

I just finished posting some more photos from a lunchtime walk :P

[h0ughy]

What more "Bird" photo's Mike? :lol: :P

[RB]

No Dave of his feet walking....... :P

[iceman]

from a lunchtime walk, not of a lunchtime walk, RB :)

[RB]

:doh: :stupid:


:lol:

[xstream]

Hi Kate!
You might get that computerised Janome afterall now.

Hey Mike! You can run, but you can't hide. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[iceman]

sshh John, she's online now! :P

and anyway, you can't talk.. your wife stalks you on the forums too :lol:

[RB]

Here's a few useful links Mike:

http://www.janome.com.au/

http://www.husqvarnaviking.com/

http://www.bernina.com.au/



:help:

[Striker]

hahah nice Andrew.....but that to me sounds like work for poor Kate.

How about here Kate.....Mike has left the credit card in the second draw..his shout.

http://www.rydges.com/packagesandspecials/viewpackage.asp?ref=530&pro=RNPMAC&rat=RELAX

[h0ughy]

don't forget all those scrapbooking sites, and the open order to Spotlight

[icemanswife]

Christmas is coming up afterall!!!!;)

[h0ughy]

You're Quite right, and Since Mike is probably on his way home now and can't read this yet, get out his scope and have it setup as if you are playing with it, get a few screws from the garage and say when he walks in, "Honey where do these go back in" while holding a hammer and a screwdriver :lol:

[ballaratdragons]

Hi Kate!

My Cheryl keeps threatening to sign up. She says that then she will be able to get in here and tell you all that I have to get off the pooter so she can do her ebay! :lol:

[davidpretorius]

brilliant houghy!!!!

this is a great moment in IIS!

this is a great chance for us to catch mikes post count. all that "work" he was doing at home on the computer and was unable to help with the dishes is now been exposed.

i would have given a kings ransom to see mikes face when the new member list was updated.

if we can get kate spamming then we are laughing as you can't cop off the bosses wife!!!

[h0ughy]

Actually, Icemanswife, all you need are a few more posts, and to wait a month, then you can sell all of Mikes stuff while he is at work :scared: :scared: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[acropolite]

Welcome Kate, Keeping an eye on Mikee might not be a bad thing. The first thing you should do is contact Striker's (Tony) imaginary wife and sign her up....:evil:

[gaa_ian]

Welcome Kate :2thumbs:
This is a good way to get to spend more quality time with your husband :love2:
You now have a very extended family ;)

[RapidEye]

I'm hacked - who left the door open and let the wife in???:mad2:
Or did Mike teach her the secret door knock???:wink2:

In either case, we're screwed now :help3:
We're gonna have to start wearing pants when we post, stop picking our noses, and cut down on the bodily noises :sad:
The end is near... better start to find another place to hang out at...:sad: :scared: :mad2:

[anna]

Hello Kate,
Don't you just love this forum?
It keeps the boys off the street, and we know exactly where they are
at all times.

[ving]

oi! thats what cheryl says!!! :eek:

[icemanswife]

Hi Anna,

[icemanswife]

Hi Anna,

Mike reckons the novelty will wear off soon. However secretly he thinks he has it made now, that I can't complain and I might become a forum addict. We'll see.

[h0ughy]

Kate

We never become addicts around here, it is just the fact we cant survive without it for too long, astronomy that is!

[Striker]

Mike congrats on the new guide scope you just purchased for $1100...nice price for such a quality ED scope.

Dont worry I wont tell Kate...Your secret is safe with me Mike.

[davidpretorius]

does the custom made pier he has on order count as "a purchase" yet or when the bank account money is transferred to the credit card?

you are right, lets not worry kate yet.

like they say with sporting trips

"What happens on forum, stays on forum!!!!"

[[1ponders]]

Don't listen to these other mugs, their just jealous their wives don't take an interest in their toys. Well I think it's a great idea you signing up Kate. You'll find a great link on supportive partners here http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=3818&highlight=SWSMM

Besides it'll be great to have more of the fairer sex at astronomy night. I mean h0ughy and Striker don't look too bad under a dark star filled sky, but they just don't cut it for me. Gazing up into the star studded heavens with the wind a soft zepher, a curlew crying in the distance isn't quite the same with those two. It's probably the same with DP and ving, but I haven't met those two. :lol:

[davidpretorius]

i can wear a dress again if you prefer!

[[1ponders]]

:scared: :help3:





:lol:

[h0ughy]

Ahh Paul your just full of the complements aren't you??? :lol: Having met you on a dark night I can safely say your harmless, unless anyone touched the scope :lol: NOo noo not the argo narvis ;) . Look out mate, the Lostock zombies might get you :wink2:

[ving]

I'm damn sexy! :D

aaand, i look great in a mini-skirt and crop-top ;)

[h0ughy]

And your real name is Klinger :lol: :lol: :lol: with legs to match :P

[davidpretorius]

i love the way my neck looks when i wear that little off the shoulder number!!!

and houghy, doesn't ving look an absolute pearl with his new hair colour.


"Queer naglers for the straight guys"

[h0ughy]

Geez mate, that rarified air in tassie is affecting you a little bit:lol: :wink2:

[davidpretorius]

that or the lack of ozone, or me and ving holding our breaths too long and killing our brain cells

[RB]

You bunch of clowns.

We leave the door slighty open and you guys come out of the closet.

:scared:

[ving]

lol@davo
:)

[[1ponders]]

:lol:@RB "come out of the closet" :lol: Just to remain politically correct I'll leave that there. :lol:


I think once word of this gets out we will see more wives signing up to check on their "hubbies" :rofl:

Thanks for joining Kate. And Anna. With this new softer more genderly inclusive toch to the site some of the lads now feel more free to be open and not locked away. You ladies are inspirational. thank you! thank you!








:rofl:

[davidpretorius]

:nerd:

hmmmmm, i haven't heard too much from ice!


maybe someone else is hogging the computer!!!!

any suggestions for kate on how to image mars.


The item called a powermate 5x is for sticking in the ground so you can stand on it to reach the eyepiece. A 31mm nagler also is very good for this.
remove one wheel of the focusser and then place the toucam fits onto the exposed bit of metal. push it on real tight!!
don't worry about the tube, remove it and then line up mars with the mirror, place a piece of paper over the mirror and get the kids to trace the image of mars!!

[avandonk]

As an ex from a very independant woman, I find the preceeding to be unacceptable.You all sound like people who sham fear of your spouse.I think you should meet the terror head on! Just talk to her.She will not bite. She will just say how inadequate you are.Me I'm perfect!
Sorry to all if I am wrong.

I am not!

Bert

[iceman]

Funny thread guys :)

I don't know if Kate is going to turn into a full-blown SWSMM (she who supports my madness) but she's trying.. i've got a leave pass to go to Kulnura on Saturday night so that's a good start! :)

She did say yesterday though, that she'd better be getting a good xmas present! :scared: I was going to be her a panoptic.. maybe i'll have to get her the nagler instead! ;)

[h0ughy]

get her a little portable WO or Orion Express widefield :wink2: you just know she needs one :lol:

[davidpretorius]

funny thing is that they will take ownership over it whether they are into astronomy or not.

my wife will say, "can i look thru my eyepiece" ie the ultrawide. she likes it, she owns it!

if you ever take a mixed crowd out after a dinner party and have a look thru, i am sure kate will proudly show off her eyepiece which just so happens to the most expensive one in the case!!!!

all jokes aside, (full blown bachelors stop reading now!!) it is great that kate has taken an interest. My wife and I have played golf together before the kids and would love to again, but I am confident that she will get more involved. We have a dinner party with her friends coming over, so no doubt she will be all keen for the group to look thru "her" scope!

[RB]

I agree 100% with David, I think it's great that Kate has an interest in astro and our forum.

Well done Kate.
:cool:

Mike your a lucky man.
:clap:

[anna]

Hello Kate,
Sorry it has taken so long to respond. I can only catch up with what's
happening in the wonderful world of astronomy at work.
At home "HE WHO MUST BE OBEYED" has control of the computer.

[ving]

can i breathe now? ;)

I was telling cheryl about various peoples better halves joining up and how its been funny and asked her if she would ever do that. she said "why would i want to do something like that? hang out with a bunch of geeks!" of course this is not an insult, as she lives with one and she has rather geekish tendancies herself :P

[jjjnettie]

lol @ Ving
My husband thinks I'm a geek, but the forum he hangs out in is called CoffeeGeeks.com

[venus]

lol iceman you'd better watch out you may have a 'nemesis' in the making, welcome to the forum icewoman.

[Argonavis]

I think I know what geeks do.

But what do CoffeeGeeks do????

[ving]

drink coffee? :confused:

I think coffee geeks and astro geeks are the same... isnt coffee our friend who keeps us up at night?

[silvinator]

Hi icemanswife! Welcome to the forum :) It's great to see you showing an interest in your man's hobby. Hopefully one day we will be able to turn you to the dark side :D We definitely need more women around here. You see, astronomy is not just about equipment...ok well, it mostly is :P but reallly, it is a thing of beauty. The truth about these fellas is that they may seem tough on the exterior, they may jest in their posts, but on the inside, they're all a bunch of softies. It is this love of nature that really draws them into this hobby in the first place :)
By the way, my soon to be hubby thinks I'm a geek too, but he's a computer geek himself at heart.

[davidpretorius]

yes we express more of our thoughts and girlie emotions here on the forum than we ever will admit to anyone face to face.

i wonder where the male species will end up!!!

i think i know, we may get softer, but we will get sillier and more childish!!!

ladies, go on...shake you heads and roll your eyes!!!!

[asimov]

Don't listen to Davo! Wer'e all a bunch of macho & muscular astronomers here!



Welcome aboard Mrs. Ice!!

[venus]

Alpha-males I presume asi;-)