Post a pic of yourself!

[Shawn]

Its me.

Lookin Stoopid ,

sigh nothing changes...

[stephenmcnelley]

Nice scope...... lol

[Sonia]

Here's a pic of me and my boyfriend Tony took today! ::d

[ispom]

I like observing the sky and frying sausage:)

[ispom]

nice family, Alexander.
but I can't find Tabulam :mad2:

[Ric]

Nice photos Ispom, It's good to see that some things are the same all over the world. A BBQ, a beer and a night at the telescope :lol:


cheers

[Rob_K]

Just another day at the office. Me and my trusty assistant at work in the Australian Alps - I'm the pretty one on the left.

Also, my brute of a scope (114x900 reflector, motorised Alt-Az mount, adapted 2-speed electric focuser, NexImage, GSO 2x Barlow + lots of other plastic junk). Aperture what??!!

Cheers -

Rob

[jjjnettie]

That's a lovely picture of you two Sonia.

Ispom, you'd be right at home here in Australia.

[xelasnave]

Er about the family shot I left out two wives and another daughter (8years)..but its the little one in the centre I would like you all to notice...my first grand child.. I know I look far too young to even be a father but there you go:lol: :lol: :lol:
Byron Bay is the most Easterly point in Australia..Tabulam is West of that..inland between Casino(East) and Tenterfield (West)... 29 degrees South by 152 east approx... if you look at a map you will see a bend like a horse shoe in the Rocky river..I am on the North Bank..
MMMM frying sausages is there no better sport... I like to boil them a bit first before they go on the bar be que..
All these photos tell me we have a very nice bunch here...all movie stars in their own right no doubt of that..
alex

[ispom]

if I emigrate sometime, then to Australia.
Particularly in the winter I wish myself that.
I hate the winter.

[WadeH]

Well it must be my turn to show myself.This is me in my other persona with the local fire brigade, and my thoughts are fully with all those being affected over in Victoria, especially the fireries battling the fires. The next is my wife Margaret and our clan of clowns. The Bernese (the black one) is now 53kg. He was just 12 weeks old for this pic. They love getting around our feet when observing. The final pic is my old and new gear. The white 2 1/2" tasco was a christmas present from my parents when I was about 13.

:xmas:

[ispom]

Tenterfield and Casino I’ve found in my “Cosmopolitan Worldatlas”,
Ah, that is the region who live the Coala bears, sitting in eucalyptus (http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?o=3021;service=deen;iserv ice=en-de;query=eucalyptus) trees ?

[ispom]

If just now the Australian fire brigades must called out day and night I think about,
every year the same thing.
Will be soon the wooded Eastern Continent like the outback?

[ispom]

That I mean also, Ric.
not to forget the www, so that we know from each other :lol:

cheers

[GTB_an_Owl]

Ispom

Tabulam is a rogue state in Northern N.S.W.

my brother is the 'KING' of Tabulam

here are a few photo's of the Kingdom

Tabulam (the town) is a ways down the hill off into the distance a bit

and by the way - this is what WE call a barbecue (area)

some of you may recognise the King's nephew

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=20555&stc=1&d=1165663325
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=20556&stc=1&d=1165663400
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=20557&stc=1&d=1165663495

[ispom]

Geoff,
thx for the pics from kingdom Tabulam,
no eucalyptus trees as I expected :(

but a very big barbecue place for many people with a wide outlook,
my BBQ is only for me and my wife and my cats….

[xelasnave]

Yes Geof indeed "Jimmy the Bee Man" is "King". I knew Jimmy from my days in Paramatta (we drank at "The General Bourke Hotel" the only pub I have been barred from for decking someone" so it was a surprise when in "Tabby Pub" the first time I hear a voice from the other end of the bar "Alex what are you doing here" ..mmmm small world eh Jimmy. You drive near 1000 klms and can still find a friendly face.)
I recognise "Arty" and "Terry" in the photo but Micheal needs a close up... is that where Bintel test their products?;)
However folks as good as the photos are of the lay of the land one has to see Jimmy's spot to comprehend the view..It is really something he must be able to see almost to the coast.. I think you can see Mt Warning from there ..that would be something to see the first sunlight hitting Australia on that mount whilst you are still semi dark... I have asked him if I can do some lightening shots there which he has agreed to...but I would love to get Mt Warning at dawn.
AND Ipson I have never seen a Koala around there (within 200klms).. does not mean they are not present, but we see more kangaroos ( I have about 12 come round home at dawn and dusk) ....mmm you can bar be que kangaroo and I think there is a butcher in Casino who makes sausages with Kangaroo ..I know he sells Emu meat and pretty sure he does a bit of kangaroo...its tuff however but very good meat health wise.
alex

[Dujon]

[WadeH] I absolutely love the Bernese Mountain Dog. I don't think you will ever regret having taken him under your care (unless you are averse to deep, long tunnels being dug in your yard). A good friend used to have a female of the breed; I mentioned on a couple of occasions that if she had to go for some reason I'd take her off his hands in a flash. The only negative side was that, while she had a reasonable area in which to exercise, if she 'got away' she'd disappear for hours - though she always came home (usually with some other dog's feeding dish in her mouth).

[GTB_an_Owl]

just another two shots of the Kingdom

another sample of the view and a better shot of the King and nephew

[GTB_an_Owl]

Mmmmmm!

a little disapointed i haven't had a comment on the 'Kingdom' flags and the sign on the barbecue

i hope you can see Ispom, that we have a great sense of humour in Australia and we are always trying to make with the jokes

not hard to see where my sense of humour and beer drinking skills come from in these pics

[WadeH]

Yes John the Bernese are a wonderful breed and Dylan likes nothing more than lots of hugs and attention. Our property is 5 acres with this winter creek running through the middle. Sophie and Dylan (now 1 3/4 years old) love to run amok in it!! Sophie thinks she is a Bernese Mountain Terrier :lol: :lol: and is from the dog refuge, she was abandoned as a 10 week old pup and is now 4 yrs.

[xelasnave]

Geoff the top flag may need explaining it may not have international recognition yet... the bottom one is surely the politicians flag.
alex

[GTB_an_Owl]

yeh, the nephew is out of the will, cause he didn't know what it was

no chance of succession to the throne till he brushes up on his Australian history

lets see if any one else here knows

Oh - and i agree the bottom one can be associated with that lot

[ispom]

Hi Geoff and Alex,
now I’ve seen: the Kingdom Tabulam is a product of your
sense of humour and beer drinking skills

eating kangaroo sausage is presumably similar as sausage made of beef?
but I prefer pork ….and czech beer

[ballaratdragons]

I won't answer as I have an unfair advantage by living in Ballarat, the home of the 'Eureka Rebellion'. :lol:

[stephenmcnelley]

C'mon guys, this is a 'show us your gear' thread !!
Show; as in images not personal reverie..lol a little bit.

The party pooper......

[asimov]

Your nearly right Steve...its actually a 'show us ya mug' thread:whistle:

[ispom]

ok boys :)

[stephenmcnelley]

#$@&^%(*&$###&*()^%$$#

Thanks bugger bugger, Asimov i stand corrected and a .... .... once more:rofl: :rolleyes: :doh: :whistle:

[stephenmcnelley]

Ispom i apologise and your images are very nice...... going away to die now....
steve

[GTB_an_Owl]

yeh i guess it is a bit off topic

but i have been showing pics taken by a mug, with 'mugs' in em.

just not all IIS mugs :lol:

[iceman]

Steve is right, less chatter more pics of yourself! :)

[stephenmcnelley]

Fantasea Reefworld, December 25th 1998
:)

[Kal]

A tourist type pic of me

[ispom]

Hi Kal,
your face is not so queery like your shirt :)

[erick]

This is me with my Christmas project - a DIY dodgy big binocular mount - see the DIY thread for pics and explanation. Eric :)

[Omaroo]

LOL! Sea Santa.

Terribly dignified too...... :thumbsup:

[stephenmcnelley]

True:doh: ...but i made quite a bit of money out of the three hours santa work and really did nothing but float about:whistle: lol

[sejanus]

In case you have trouble telling, I'm on the left :hi::lol:

[venus]

bout time I posted my pic

[ispom]

oh what a nice woman,
a Venus in every way !

erfreute

[ballaratdragons]

Venus exposed!!!! :lol:

[venus]

Don't make me blush guys

[xelasnave]

Show us your arms:D
alex

[venus]

Why is this a 'hold up'?:lol:

[Orion]

About time Venus....the photo doesn't do you justice ;)

[Harb]

Well Sorry to burst all your illusions of me hahaha

here it is, my only picture........coming of my boat after a week at sea lazing around a couple of months ago, I have the stunned mullet look and I can remember thinking ......why do I do this to myself......bad weather, money consuming boat.......
I need a nice hobby, maybe astronomy.........

[Harb]

Hang on.........bad weather, money consuming...................

[ballaratdragons]

nah! Astronomy? Expensive? Nah! :lol:

[stephenmcnelley]

Boating/astronomy/skydiving/diving... take your money pit of choice the bank manager might take a dim view of them all.

Still, not speaking for others, but astronomy has been the most rewarding for me in terms of return and personal growth, i cant put a price on it.:thumbsup: mostly 'cause we can share it with almost anybody and they are usually captivated by the deep night sky, what a great reward.


keep on spending...LOL

[stephenmcnelley]

That is a fantastic shot sejanus, the Port Jackson Shark?/ wobbegong is facing you in the image and of a nice size, what was the camera? (sorry I used to be an U/W photographer). Diving since i could hold my breath- closest thing to being weightless and in space.:)

[Shawn]

That looks comfortable, Good work,,,:)

[astronut]

This is me after dealing with some of the local yahoos.........:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[stephenmcnelley]

LOL. you are a nutter astronut:rofl:

[astronut]

You can tell that we're twins can't you.:P :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[stephenmcnelley]

LOL... yes absolutely, bugger the old Bond. lol.

[jjjnettie]

Hi Venus!

[ballaratdragons]

WOW!

I am amazed at the incredible similarity and likeness!!!! :eyepop:



Both of you have Black clothes on, and both holding a gun. Simply amazing :lol:

[Diamond Rose]

:hi:

Built for reliability, comfort, and longevity; contoured with traditional lines to help with aerodynamics, with a manoeuvrability second-to-none; stylishly sophisticated, yet combined with attractive pricing and packaging... and the car's pretty good too!

[ispom]

oh, what a wonderful car!

[Diamond Rose]

It is a nice car, isn't it :)

Danke!

~ Bruce

[Sonia]

Here is another of me and my boyfriend Tony

[Diamond Rose]

Cute pic, Sonia :)

~ Bruce

[ispom]

change positions, sonia
in order to see your face in the foreground ;)

[Omaroo]

John - nice to see you in a suit.


:D

[Bobj]

Me at Peter Faust dam, Proserpine.

[nightsky]

G'Day
Can you move out of the way! "I cant see all of the car" :)

[ving]

thats one nice barra bobj!!! :D

[xelasnave]

Nice fish what is your secret.. gear? bait? explosives?
And what breed is it?
alex

[Bobj]

60 lb, 1.19 metre barramundi caught on 20 lb braid and a 6" barrabait lure.

[mickoking]

Here is a pic of me that had a date with Photoshop; it is for a TAFE assignment. The big fella on the left is me, I don't have the manual dexterity to sharpen knives :P

[xelasnave]

Photo update from November been meanig to fix it for a while so killed two birds as this went in the portrait thing in the camera section.
alex

[matt]

Impressive beard, Alex!

And that's one piercing gaze you have there.

[xelasnave]

trying to see the camera Matt:lol: :lol: :lol:
alex

[DobDobDob]

Nice shirt Alex :P

[xelasnave]

all dressed up and going nowhere Ron...
And the beard Matt has to do with my ploy to land the Santa Clause gig at Tabulam again this year.. thanks for saying something nice about it.
alex

[bloodhound31]

Ron looks very different without a microphone surgically implanted on his chin!:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Baz:P

[DobDobDob]

I'm thinking of a suitable response, stay tuned :whistle:

[GrahamL]

Your looking prime middle management material there micko :P

[saberscorpx]

My favorite constellation ;

http://www.geocities.com/saberscorpx/sabertat2.jpg


Stephen

Saber Does The Stars at
http://www.astronomyblogs.com/member/saberscorpx/

[Ingo]

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/803/me7rh3.jpg

Taken like 7 months ago :P

[Omaroo]

Albany? I used to live in Patterson, just south of Poughkeepsie off the I84

Great place. I miss it.

[Ingo]

My cousins live in Poughkeepsie and my friend is going to college there. :)

[fringe_dweller]

guess i had better do this eventually - recent pic my missus took, while near Barmera while i was inspecting 'ol man murray and scouting for yet more dark sites lol - and yes, I did just uproot that tree specially for the shot

[ispom]

oh fringe, I thought:
every tree is valuable in Australia against expanding of the deserts :(

[fringe_dweller]

hehe nope - we have saying here - if it moves shoot it, if it doesnt chop it down :P

[iceman]

About time you showed yourself, kearn! :)

[RB]

That's one of my mottos too. :thumbsup: :lol:

Now I can put a face to you Kearn. :)

[fringe_dweller]

Its nice to be seen in the right places, i'm in good company ;) - thanks Mike and Andrew :thumbsup: :)

[PeteMo]

Me and my better half Jo with the woofers.

[Dennis]

Finally I found a photo that wasn’t too dull and boring, as I might appear in just a simple portrait, although I had to go back to the early 1990’s when I was an active hill walker and occasional mountaineer.

Here I am on a training climb in the French Alps – the big mountain in the background is Mont Blanc (4,808m / 15,774ft). The training peak was the Tour Ronde (3730m) which we climbed to acclimatise ourselves before ascending Mont Blanc via the Aiguilles de Gouter route, (the easy way up), being more of a high altitude walk rather than a technical climb.

Although physically it is not who I am now, (age and all of that), my spirit hasn’t changed and it brings back fond memories of some wonderful times I had amidst those beautiful mountains, in the company of great friends. Not unlike dwelling here, in the Ice In Space community.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

no wonder you get confused with tripods and scope coats:thumbsup: ;)

[beren]

:) great pic Dennis, what a top experience

[GrahamL]

"all of that " .. is the real problem not age :lol:
what a great pic :thumbsup: ..Lots of fun I guess ?

[Ric]

Very impressive pic Dennis. It must be an awesome feeling to reach the top of a mountain like that.

Cheers

[iceman]

Wow, that's awesome Dennis!

[Dennis]

Thanks guys. The scenery in the Western Alps (Europe) is stunning and most of the climbs I managed to complete were the classical routes, requiring mainly fitness as I wasn’t into the scary, hard climbing stuff.

Cheers

Dennis

[Grinz]

OK here I am too.

[asterisk]

Ok, I'm only new but now that I've retired I have more time on my hands to try this. Attached is a photo from my retirement dinner - the main reason I'm smiling so much, I guess (or maybe something to do with alcohol consumption)

[ispom]

Hi Grinz,
along with you I should like star gazing !

(and with that nice scope :) )

[Grinz]

Thanks, Ispom!:thanks: *blush* I see you like cats too: I am owned by two of them who follow me everywhere so when I do some stargazing from home (not all that much, very light polluted, so mainly binocular stuff), they join me in the garden.


And Asterisk, welcome:welcome:

[ispom]

Grinz I assume, we will have a lots of telling about the stars and the cats :) ,
I’ll attract your attention on myself at thenewRadiant :hi:

[imin]

http://mj9383.web162.yone.cn/lg/me.jpg

[ballaratdragons]

Welcome Imin :hi:

Is that the Great Wall of China??? Great looking terrain!!!

[Grinz]

Yes Imin - welcome. :welcome: Would love to know more about that area where it was taken.

[Ric]

Hi Imin and welcome to the forum :welcome:

[lowercase]

I'm a newbie :) Hello. My pic should be on my profile, as I'm not sure how to work much else!
Name is Holly. Nice to meet you all.
:thumbsup:

[leon]

Hi Holly nice to meet you as well, yep nice pic.

Cheers Leon

[astroron]

:hi:Holly and :welcome: you seem to have lots of interests.
I hope you enjoy your stay on iceinspace, and you find a good job that your interested in soon:thumbsup:

[ispom]

Hi Holly and welcome -
but : it is only so a little picture ... :(

[lowercase]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=461365&id=570515503

that may or may not work... I'm new to my appl macbook, so please, bear with me! :P


Or alternatively, just go to my myspace page

www.myspace.com/geerated

[[1ponders]]

:lol: Welcome aboard Holly. I just checked your Myspace and laughed at your "To those reading this" :lol: You'll fit in just fine! :thumbsup:

[Dietmar]

hi folks,

...cool idea this thread. lots of nice images. some quite scary...
so I guess mine wo`'t hort too much...
http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/equipment/observatory-8-07_03.jpg

here is another shot - I am the "artefact" :lol: in the image beside the beauty who happens to be my wife...I dare to post this one, cos most of you guys are so faaar away...:rofl:

http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/astropics/test/christl+diets.JPG


well, and here - I'm busy with my apochromatic bino...unfortunately only usable in the op...:rolleyes:

http://stargazer.christelhager.info/astropics/various/stargazer_occ.JPG

I guess that does it.

BTW - FYI.
my family ...
http://stargazer.christelhager.info/family.htm
:)

[iceman]

Excelletn photos Dietz, lovely family.

[saberscorpx]

2007 promo


SJS

[ispom]

Hi Dietmar, my neighbor on the globe :)

only now I see your nice pictures, thanks for sharing,
and it will be time to show for my friends here my face

[maksutover]

Hey guys

(Drum roll......) and this is me ! As you can see from my facial expression, i wasn't happy with the score. In case you don't remember, we lost 3-1! :mad2::mad2:

Mike i gatta admit i pictured you to be this old "gandov the gray" looking fellow :P im profoundly shocked (which is good mind you!!!)

Cheers.

[iceman]

lol thanks, I think :P

[cohen avshalom]

http://icarus5.com/images/Sept%202007%20002.jpg
hi this is my cohen avshalom charly-or known by the name icarus5-i usually speak less and read more.

cohen avshalom charly
israel/haifa

[RB]

Shalom cohen.....:hi:

How's the weather in beautiful Haifa...... does it get cold around about now?

[h0ughy]

Welcome Cohen

[acropolite]

Gday Cohen, tell us a bit about your surroundings, feel free to post some pics, HRH Liz (SWMBO) spent quite a bit of time in Israel and would most interested.

[GeoffW1]

Hi,

A set of Bunnings primary mirror collimation springs to the first person who knows where this place is.

Cheers

[spearo]

a beach
I'll email you my details for you to mail me my prize
thanks
frank;)

[goober]

I was going to say Marseilles or Nice, but it looks more like an English fishing village (but too much sun and sand...!)

[Dennis]

Ilfracombe, N Devon?

Cheers

Dennis

[GeoffW1]

:rofl::doh:I'll email you with the address of your nearest Bunnings then ;)

Cheers

[GeoffW1]

It is!! It was a lovely day, very warm in the UK just then. Which one do you think?:hi:

Cheers

[GeoffW1]

Hi,

Very close, go 145Km South-West. It was on a Trafalgar bus tour.

Cheers

[goober]

I'm trying to think of villages with that much sand, and boats on the beach. Looe or St Ives?

[Dujon]

Got to be Torquay then?

[Dennis]

Newquay, Cornwall?

Cheers

Dennis

[GeoffW1]

Hi,

Sorry, have not been at the PC today until now.

The winner is..............St. Ives!!

Yes, we walked down to this lovely spot as the tourist buses are not allowed in (a good thing too) and enjoyed ourselves with Devonshire tea and a bit of shopping. We were amused because no shopkeeper would accept the Scottish notes we had (muttering things about "furriners") and we had to call in the local bank and exchange it for real money. The teller said it was customary there, and ran back generations. It has only been 260 yrs since Culloden after all.

Doug, pm me and I'll post you a set of Bunnings main mirror springs if you like, they go well as a replacement in GSO and Bintel dobs, especially the big ones (I see you have a refractor though).

Cheers

[spearo]

congrats Doug!
frank

[higginsdj]

For those who haven't visited my web site. (I've lost a bit of weight since then......)

[Bunker9603]

My youngest and me at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. We are sitting in a mock up of a Gemini capsule:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/bunker9603/Sam%20and%20kids/cocobeach2006094-1.jpg

[RB]

:welcome: to IIS.
Nice photo btw.

:thumbsup:

[ajlane]

Hi All,

I thought I would post a photo of the telescope I built and myself.

I would be interested to find some local Astronomers in the south eastern suburbs in Melbourne.

Tks.
Alan

[Dujon]

Wow!

I can't help you with the Melbourne question. You have skills, aj, which quite obviously exceed my own. I rather like the little arrow - I'm assuming it points to where you light the wick and then retire?

Welcome aboard. There is a number of like minded and skilled artisans who frequent this forum so I doubt you will lack for kindred spirits.

Jealous? Moi?

[IanL]

Hi Alan that looks a fine telescope you made. I am sure you will find someone around Melbourne area on here.

Cheers
Ian

Brisbane

[GrahamL]

looks great alan ..did you build all of it yourself ?..I'm curious as to how the
mount works ?:)

[fraunhofer]

This refractor was desdigned and built in 1990. The telescope houses a vintage Carl Zeiss Jena objective lens. The telescope mount and drive system were built by the Edward R. Byers company. The pier was also custom designed. The telescope is located in Los Angeles, California. (J.Pons)

[drmorbius]

:eyepop: G'day fraunhofer... how cool is that scope? Must be a royal pain to take out to observing nights :D. Tell us a bit more about it...

[Ric]

Wow, what a lovely piece of engineering.

Cheers

[TrevorW]

Me

Relaxed boozing

:P

[Inmykombi]

At a mates place with some lovely home made Pizza and coffee.

Chasing Doubles stars and brighter objects in a moonlit sky.

cheers.

[DistroMan]

First Scope, First Light, First Messier. Trifecta :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Hi Trevor, :welcome: to IIS! Nice spot for observing!

[matt]

Nice to 'see' you fellas:thumbsup:

[reddiablo]

Hi Everyone

Here is a picture of me and my son Euan

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/R107roadster/P8151104.jpg
[the telescope is only for his early interest in astronomy;)]

[Screwdriverone]

Oooh DistroMan, now THAT is the scope I want!
Envy x 10n here! :eyepop:

Cheers

Chris

[DistroMan]

Only being a newbie to astronomy, I can't say how it compares, but at the same time I do know it's easy for me to use. Very sharp, very smooth and just ever so cute. :whistle:

Looking forward to dragging it out again this weekend.

[mabsj2]

Yeah that's me.... Love Astronomy and Science alot....

[Ric]

You look very serious in that picture, it's like your trying to decide which telescope to buy or your reading the latest weather report for more cloud.:lol:

Cheers :D

[mabsj2]

yeah your right... was deciding on which Telescope to buy :)....
its was hard but i managed to get a good one...

[Big Dave]

Here is a pic of me, just after my new baby arrived! ;)

[Ric]

With a little baby like that Dave I'd have a big smile as well.

Cheers

[Ian Robinson]

Too scared it'll be such a shock to the camera it'll break the lens !!!

I'm positively hideous looking .... not a pretty sight so I'll spare you that terrible experience , and if I did I'd simply have to send the boys out to eliminate you all. :sadeyes: then who would I chat here with ?

[Omaroo]

LOL! Here's me through the ages.

Eek! What happened? :rofl:

1972, 1983 and 2008

[jjjnettie]

It's the accumulative affects of gravity.:P

[Omaroo]

Damn gravity!!!!! :lol:

[jjjnettie]

Yeah, it follows the law of exponential growth,
"The rate of sagging is directly proportional to your present age and the depth of the gravity well you live in."

[astronut]

OK, I suppose I should finally reveal myself;)

[jjjnettie]

Whoo Hooo John!

[Ric]

Good one John:rofl::rofl::rofl::thumbsup:

[astronut]

Now that you know who I am, I'm going to have to kill you!!:lol::lol::lol:

[xelasnave]

Ok here is the mild man behind the beard.... just outta bed well rested washed and polished
alex

[Ric]

Hey Alex, you look about 20 years younger now.

Beards can be deceptive can't they.

Cheers

[Omaroo]

That and the craaazy hair! :whistle:

[xelasnave]

I cut my hair short as well
alex

[xelasnave]

How do you get your avatar to flash I am sick of looking at it I want some planet flashing or some gravity rain...mmm
That image will kid me into thinking I am rational....
Maybe it remind me on bad days..cause that was taken when I was real happy but everything went belly up within hours...
alex

[jjjnettie]

:scared:
You're not going mainstream/conservative on us?
If you're not careful you'll be back to wearing a suit, and there'll be no hope left for you then.;)

[xelasnave]

Someone will need to re open the banks and if they are looking for an honest man who can they choose???
I may go back to a mohawk to slame some doors that may open.

alex

[mabsj2]

http://profile.ak.facebook.com/v230/164/57/n594034739_7844.jpg

My Latest Pic

[Satchmo]

This is my favorite place,the back seat of a two seat glider at Mangrove Mountain , taking friends flying.

[garyp]

Looks like you are having fun up there Satchmo:thumbsup:. I've had a bit of a go at gliding in the past and loved it. Your photo got me thinking of heading out to the club again.

Cheers

Gary :)

[peterodactyl]

Do it. Nothing beats a good mohawk.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/brownbomber/hawk.jpg

[TJD]

getting my first flying lessons soon in a diamond da20 just wondering what type of glidder is that

[Dingo]

a picture. Nah, I can go one better. Want to see me carrying on like a pork chop. Try youtube.com/AustDingo. and yes I am the bloke who got sacked for being on you-tube late last year

[lacad01]

Thought it's about time I share my mug :)
Pretending to sail somewhere near Yepoon ;).

[spikeface]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3458044773_27050739b1.jpg
please ignore wife's comment on the bottom.

[Bishop2K]

http://www.isspcs.org/about/academic_board/scott_sinclair.html

A few years old now, I've lost some weight!

[chrisp9au]

My lovely Denise & I, just recently, celebrating 25 of the happiest years, re-affirming our vows and signing up for another 25! You can tell she's a good cook!

Cheers :thumbsup:
Chris

[astroron]

Congratulations Chris and Denise on your twenty fifth anniversary:):):)
I hope you have another great twenty five years:thumbsup:

[chrisp9au]

Thanks Ron, if we just keep doing what we've been doing, happiness is assured!
Look after your partners needs, and wants, and yours will come.

Cheers :thumbsup:
Chris

[dpastern]

Here's one of me.

Dave

[Omaroo]

Okayyyy...........

[Ric]

Interesting Dave, that's for sure.

Cheers

[dpastern]

hahaha yeah, it's from my favourite anime, which is Hellsing. The character is Alucard - an ultra powerful vampire who is basically invincible. He works for the Hellsing family, a British group charged by the Royal family and British government to take out vampires and zombies. I won't say too much as it'd spoil the storyline, but it's an awesome anime well worth buying ($60 from JB hi fi).

Alucard is such an awesomely cool, but erratic and powerful character. Plus he packs some wicked weaponry and his magical powers are well...immense.

The piccie wasn't meant as a serious image of myself, was tongue in cheek, I guess others couldn't see that. Here's me with my halo:

http://www.macro-images.com/web/dave.jpg

The halo was added to prove to the girls @ work that I was an angel before I started working where I do now, and that they corrupted me.

Dave

[Ric]

No worries Dave, dont mind the Anime stuff either.

It's fascinating stuff.

Cheers

[bloodhound31]

Out and about in the fresh air at Gibraltar falls today trying to shake this flu.

[dpastern]

I'm new to it, came blame the girl @ work who got me into it. Favourites are (of course) Hellsing, Tenjho Tenge (warning: gratiutous panty shots) and Bleach. Bunch more I wanna get, but they're hard to get in R4...

Barry, I hope it isn't swine flu. I'm feeling very flu'ish myself the past 24 hours, trying to fight it off.

Dave

[Omaroo]

...or were being somewhat facetious. You're selling us a little short there Dave. LOL! I suppose that point of this thread is to give people an idea of what you look like (on this world) so that when we bump into each other at star parties we have a chance in hell of being able to recognise each other.

I'll try to keep an eye out for a stick figure with two guns and a weird expression.... :whistle:

[dpastern]

No, wasn't trying to be facetious, although I guess it could have been interpreted in that way. That said, I'm hoping to attend Supanova 2010 and cosplay as Alucard ;-) That's my Saturday costume plan, sunday is Lorne from Angel (TV Series). Gotta start researching makeup and researching costumes I guess. Again, Meg @ work can be blamed for this new hobby lol.

Dave

[MLyons]

Here I am with my new mistress.:thumbsup::D

[toryglen-boy]

ok, here is me, 2 from this year/last year, and one from 1996 in Glasgow, when i was a guitarist in a famous band

;)

hopefully i look not bad for being 40 !!

[h0ughy]

hey the rocker is getting his car booked by the copper LOL. so what was the band......

[DavidU]

HA ! excellent. I was a pro player for years too, I have been in the industry for 30+ years.
Get rid of that Marshall Tshirt! nasty amplifiers LOL

[Matt Wastell]

Hi all

I have had fun looking through all the pics. Cos' I did I feel obligated to throw myself up there. Funny thing though, I have 1000's of images/photos of my life/family and not too many of me.
This one is of my son and I from about a year ago on the back deck.

Well I guess I am out!!!!

See ya

[astroron]

Hi Matt, A proud Dad to be sure:thumbsup:

[erick]

Yep, the mirror is still there - and clean enough!

[AstralTraveller]

Well, you asked for it. The first picture is me enjoying the summer weather in Victoria. It was taken near Falls Creek about 8am. The previous night the sky was beautiful but by 3am it was like this. The second was taken near Tianjarra (near Nowra) on a day out recently (sorry about the shadows on my face).

[stephenb]

Okay it was time to finally post an image of myself on my avitar. Me, the most un-photogenic person on the planet. I had to crop it from a group photo, but It'll do.

Hey Duncan, whenever I seen you avi, it looks like it could be a frame from A-Ha video clip of Take on Me.

[MrB]

Come on Duncan... spill the beans... which band? ;)

In your last pic(Marshall shirt) you look just like a guy I knew years ago, tho he's now famous for non-music reasons.
He started FireWire surfboards and shapes boards(Sunova Surfboards) for Taj Burrow.

[Benno85]

Righto, in the interest of a good laugh I offer up this one of me from 3 years ago.....


:screwy:

[bmitchell82]

nice work benno :D MUSTA BEEN A GRAAAATE PARTY :d

[Benno85]

Sure was.....we all had to dress as brides for a 1st wedding anniversary....

Unfortunately this sort of larking around is common with the blokes in my family :D

[jjjnettie]

Looking good Duncan. Not too shabby for 40.;)
But now you have to say how youthful I look for an old bag.:lol:

[dpastern]

hahaha, that's awesomely funny!

Dave

[FredSnerd]

Hey Duncan, whose that copper booken behind you

[Octane]

Off topic:

Dave, I'm not a huge anime fan, but, if you are, you seriously have to check out Samurai Champloo. It was created by the same mob that did Cowboy Bebop. It is absolutely superb! Had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Check it out on IMDb.

Also, the most random anime I have ever seen is FLCL. In fact, it was so random, they only managed six episodes! See if you can get that, too, for some incredible artwork.

Regards,
Humayun

[FredSnerd]

Hey Martin I hope you dont mind me saying, you look good but I'm having X rated thoughts about that Meade 14" LX200R

[AstralTraveller]

If he won't I will.

You look youthful - for and old bag.

:scared3::scared3:

:help2::help: :help2::help: :help2::help:

[dpastern]

Off topic - sounds good, although I've never seen Cowboy Bebop either. I'm still very much a newbie when it comes to anime.

Dave

[jjjnettie]

:lol: It's sad when you have to fish for the compliments.:P

[dpastern]

At least you can still get them Jeanette ;)

Dave

[GeoffW1]

Hi,

I wouldn't have said that about your new avatar Jeanette ;)

There you go :thumbsup:

Cheers

[jjjnettie]

You can't see the wrinkles on a tiny little picture like that.;)

[GeoffW1]

:whistle: You are allowed a few, it is all the squinting through eyepieces :astron:

[FredSnerd]

When I was a kid I think I adjusted very well to the idea of old age. It wasnt until I got older that I realised, hey, I think they mean its going to happen to me too. That was a blow.

[Dujon]

Like others on this forum I am camera shy and have very few images of myself other than our wedding photograph album. Given that the latter were taken almost 39 years ago any one of them would be somewhat irrelevant.

So I'm attaching one taken about a year ago. It is of me leaning against our 'new' second-hand car. You will note that it's a station wagon ('Estate' to those of you in the U.K.). The reason for that was twofold; firstly because I often carry cartons to the post office and secondly, of course, because it would be easier to load the dob mounted Newtonian. Needless to say the Newt. has yet to leave home. *sighs*

My apologies for the dreadful image, but it's the best that I can find.

[Kindred Spirit]

Here I am, mother of the bride, 7th Feb 2009, Black Saturday! It rained in Tassie, but the sun came out , just in time! :hi:

[Starkler]

My turn

[jjjnettie]

Beautiful pic Luise!

[toryglen-boy]

i would JJJ, but that wouldnt do you justice!

Lets just say you look everybit as vibrant, colourfull, and fresh as your astro images you share with us


;)

[jjjnettie]

Oh you do go on.:lol:

[bloodhound31]

I couldn't take a pic of my DSLR and CCD Rigs together, so I got a mate to come over with his and shoot us all together...I tell you what, my lens is 18-55. His is 17. That one millimetre makes the world of difference when it comes to getting more of the dome in from that limited distance!

Baz.

[Laura]

Hi everyone. I have not been on the site often. I just came back from a first ever trip overseas...to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida!! I did the ATX astronaut training Xperience and got to fly the sim etc. Other than that I toured the whole Kennedy Space Centre. If you ever can go there you must!!!!!! I missed the launch of Discovery by 4 days!! Even after staying one extra day till the 25th, and it never took off then either. Thanks for reading!

[Jen]

:hi::hi::hi:
Even though there is me on my Avi but JJJ requested i post a pic in here :P so here i am again :D

63747

;)

[dpastern]

It's missing Pink Jen! More Pink needed!

Dave

[Gallifreyboy]

After Duncan (Toryglen-boy) updated his avatar I realised I had an old photo heading to the local telescope shop for the stocktake sale;)

[stephenb]

Great setup Baz:thumbsup:

Jen: the lady in black :cool:

:lol:

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol:

[dpastern]

oops pink!!!!

Dave

[mithrandir]

Since my DSLR is on the T-mount, this one is from my HD video cam in still mode.

Edit: Adjusted the black and white points.

[bloodhound31]

I might have to do a curves adjust to see you in the dark there mate:lol:

Nice setup BTW.:thumbsup:

Baz.

[bloodhound31]

JJJ, he's right....but what a POET!

DUNCAN!!! You are the MASTER!!

Teach me!:rofl:

Baz.;)

[goober]

New one of me bathing the current centre of my orbit.

[GeoffW1]

Duncan, you SMOOTHIE !! :cool2:;);););)

[jjjnettie]

I'm still blushing.:thanx:

[jjjnettie]

awww, how cute.:)

[Blackant]

Hi all,

I'm only pretty new on this forum but I'm learning heaps from everyone :)

The only recent photo's I seem to have are one's connected to my other obsession, powerkiting.

I'll have to take some of my Astronomy gear ;)

Kind regards

Ant

[Matt Wastell]

Cute!
I like them when they are tiny - they fit in to anything!

[slippo74]

New and totally happy to have joined this great forum...

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2894/img0439e.jpg

Cristiano

[Esseth]

The other half came out while i was messing around with my scope the night after we bought it.

[Spiritinthesky]

I'll have to find a good pic first.

[[1ponders]]

'bout time I updated.

Qld Astrofest, Duckadang 2009

[jjjnettie]

You don't scrub up too bad for an old bloke either Paul.;)

[[1ponders]]

It took some scrubbin' too let me tell you. :lol:

[Spiritinthesky]

I'll have to find a good one first!