Happy birthday Iceman

[mch62]

Have a good one.:cheers:
So your 30 years young:P
It's all down hill from there :D
What did ya get ?

Mark

[Dave47tuc]

:birthday: Mike.
Big 30 cool:cool:

I remember mine:whistle: It was a great day and i hope yours is to:D

Cheers:cheers:

All the very best.

[gbeal]

Well done ICE, have a good day.
Dave, I wish I could remember mine!!
Gary

[silvinator]

Happy Birthday Mike!!! Congratulations mate, hope you have a good one. :rockband: Enjoy your day :D

[Starkler]

:cheers: :birthday: :cheers:

Happy Birthday Mike. Yep the big three-oh and officially not young anymore :P

Hope you have a great day and your party goes well.

[Robby]

Happy Birthday Mike,
Your a twin with my younger brother. He also turns 30 today!!!!
I'm sure you won't be getting as drunk :drink: as he though. The fire brigade he volunteers for is throwing him a massive party :party:. I reckon it could get pretty messy...
Did you get any cools toys? A couple of the cheap Naglers that have bee discussed recently perhaps ;)...
Enjoy the day, and hopfully you'll get the best present of all... Clear skies tonight :abduct: Take it easy.
Cheers

[vindictive666]

yes happy birthday mike

have an goodone :)

[ving]

HAHA!!

sooo... now the birthday giver has become the birthday reciever!! :D

...or sumpin

have a good one ice ice baby! ;)

[Mick]

:birthday: Ice, party on :D

[Striker]

Happy Birthday you old fart.....30....thats over the hill.

[Exfso]

Go for it "Ice", wish I was there again and know what I know now.

Have a great day and all that goes with it..

:cheers: :birthday:

[[1ponders]]

:birthday: to you. :birthday: to you. :birthday: dear Iceman. :birthday: to you.

Hip Hip :party2: Hip Hip :party2: Hip Hip :party2:

Chin up ol' son. Remember "Life begins at 40" So you've got a bit more practicing to do yet. :)

Aquarians Rule:cool2:

[ballaratdragons]

Good on ya Mike :cool:

Getting old now.

How are you going to get your walking frame close enough to the scope without scratching it?

Hey, you can make a EP rack to hang on your walking frame!

Have a good one. :drink:

[gaa_ian]

Happy birthday Mike
Hope you get a nice new 12" GSO dob.
:birthday:

[De-Gen]

Happy Birthday Iceman :birthday: :party2: hope you got a great present

[Orion]

:birthday: Happy Birthday Mike, wish you all the best.

[wavelandscott]

Happy Birthday!

[Comet Hunter]

Happy Birthday Ice!!

:cheers:

[seeker372011]

have a good one Ice

[iceman]

Thanks heaps guys!

Had a great night, a great party. We got some spitroast people to come in and do the food thing (had about 32 people) - although it was obviously more expensive than doing it yourself, it was much more relaxing. We didn't have to worry about anything, stress about the food, serving it, cooking it, cleaning up etc. They did it all.

For my pressies, astro related, I got a green laser pointer :clap: :D yay!
I also got "Exploring the Moon" book by Steve Massey, a couple of other books about the universe, Einstein etc.

When it got dark, I dragged the telescope out and made good use of the green laser.. I'm telling ya, the GLP was a hit! Everyone loved it! Including me :D

Of course I showed everyone Saturn first.. awesome responses from everyone..
"omg that's awesome"
"that's not a picture is it"
"is that real?"
etc :D

The hardcore interested people stuck around for more, so showed M42 and some open clusters. When it got later, a few hardcore drunkards left and carina rose over the trees, showed Eta Carinae neb and some open clusters in Carina.. absolutely awesome.
And so many satellites.. the GLP was great for pointing out satellites :)

I may have even got another 8" dob sold.. one couple was very interested in getting one for their sons (and themselves), and I told that the 8"dob is THE budget telescope right now, great for newbies and beginners and kids.

Oh and lots of people interested in getting a GLP now too :)

Had a great night! Thanks for the well wishes guys.

[iceman]

Here's a pic or 2 from my party..

[iceman]

last one..

[mch62]

Hay Ice , which one are you --the one with the pink ribbons in your hair or the one with the dumby in your mouth.:D :P :D

Nice to put a face to the handle , something I think we should all do in a thread.
Any takers to start it off.
Mark

P.S. my ugly face is in my avatar :ashamed:

[iceman]

Good idea Mark, i've started a new thread!