Baddad
14-11-2011, 09:17 AM
Re: the title. How true it is.;)
About 18 or more months ago we had my lady's son and his family over for dinner.
I had the scope pointed at Saturn. The kids all made the usual positive comments. Brad said, "Later!" But clouds were moving in. I thought the one person to be interested would be Brad. Well "later" did not come.:question::shrug::sadeyes:
Moving on to last Saturday night. Same family members. Plus 9 Yr O. David. David can name all the Solar system Planets and describe each one.;)
Jupiter was the telescope subject. The kids were doing the "Wow" thing. It took a little prodding to get Brad to have a look.
That was all it took. It was near impossible to separate him from the scope.:eyepop:
His attitude had changed from uninspiring to excited.
"The white dots, are they the moons?"
Shortly the near full moon appeared. "Wow! I can see the craters.":eyepop:
From an uninterested bystander to a total convert in just seconds behind the eyepiece.
The coversation became centered around astronomy for most of the remainder of the night.
I assume some of the IIS members have had similar or totally opposite experiences. I'd like to hear about them.:)
Cheers:)
About 18 or more months ago we had my lady's son and his family over for dinner.
I had the scope pointed at Saturn. The kids all made the usual positive comments. Brad said, "Later!" But clouds were moving in. I thought the one person to be interested would be Brad. Well "later" did not come.:question::shrug::sadeyes:
Moving on to last Saturday night. Same family members. Plus 9 Yr O. David. David can name all the Solar system Planets and describe each one.;)
Jupiter was the telescope subject. The kids were doing the "Wow" thing. It took a little prodding to get Brad to have a look.
That was all it took. It was near impossible to separate him from the scope.:eyepop:
His attitude had changed from uninspiring to excited.
"The white dots, are they the moons?"
Shortly the near full moon appeared. "Wow! I can see the craters.":eyepop:
From an uninterested bystander to a total convert in just seconds behind the eyepiece.
The coversation became centered around astronomy for most of the remainder of the night.
I assume some of the IIS members have had similar or totally opposite experiences. I'd like to hear about them.:)
Cheers:)