[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Firstly thank you Jimbo and you are a great Dad, three cheers for you mate, also welcome to the forum and yes, I read every word you said and your story is reminiscent of so many I have heard, it is just the sort of activity that stuns you or leaves you cold. I doubt that you could half like it

I am already scheming and thinking up ideas to get bigger gear, I know that I will continue to outgrow my budget at every level, perhaps that's just nature, but the pursuit of better gear will be ongoing. Perhaps as Alex has alluded to, smarter gear, is the way to go at least whilst i/we server our apprenticeship.

Now to Alex, my old mate, are you still coming to Sydney next week, if so, we should try to hook up, we could look like a right couple of odd-balls sitting out in the middle of the night looking at tiny pinpoints of light in the sky

As far as your Barlow suggestion is concerned, I will buy one from Andrews, whom I live about 3 k's from, but can't get there till Tuesday, this will be the first thing I buy, I am also pretty certain I will get a 9mm EP also, so that I have at least one high and one low powered EP.

Then of course, after I buy these, that should be the catalyst for another week of rain, sorry to everyone in NSW, blame me