do you know you are an astronomy tragic when u...

[avandonk]

Sounds perfectly logical to me Glenn.Except for the stubby holder,you must have more than one.I do.

You don't have a problem!

Bert

[Greg Bryant]

Originally Posted by Glenn Dawes

and last but not least (became I am very, very, very guilty of this one)
* The timing of your wedding and honeymoon are organised around a visit to the USA to see Comet Hale Bopp at its best!!!!!!!!!

Glenn,

That still brings a smile to people who hear the tale.

Nearly as bad as bringing yearbook proofs to my wedding reception!

[33South (Chris)]

I put a link to this in another thread, but it still makes me

"McDonald's starts putting plastic binoculars in its happy meals and you buy one so you can test its optics."

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

This one I have mentioned before but there's a lot of new members since then:

Spending about 45 minutes at Footy practice showing the teams Venus, Jupiter and pointing out constellations. Now that's Rugby League coaching with class!

[Glenn Dawes]

Originally Posted by Greg Bryant

Glenn,

That still brings a smile to people who hear the tale.

Nearly as bad as bringing yearbook proofs to my wedding reception!

Greg,
What did I tell you. Get your priorities right. You can get married at any time. Yearbooks have deadlines !

Glenn

[Stu]

I need a stubby holder!!!
Won't do any good for my single malt scotch collection but it'll keep my panoptic warm!

How do you kill the neighbours lights again?
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights!
Kill Lights...

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

LOL
Talk about tragic...

I carry in my bag at all times, an 8x21 monocular with a removable solar film cap. I'm ready any time, any where for astronomical action.

[chunkylad (David)]

Classic list Glenn. Lmao

Let's see some more...............

[fringe_dweller]

there all very funny - thanks for the laughs guys and gals
I was going to add that old chestnut classic of ... when you permanently remove all the globes from the interior lights of your car .. but mine seems a bit tame compared to some of the beauties mentioned

Glenn - thats an impressive list!! LOL - i know what you mean about xmas lights - a local country town (Lobethal) residents light up like a football stadium every year and everybody throngs to it like moths to the proverbial flame - I feel like I'm the Grinch everytime I think about it

Ken at least they won't get lost when the lights go out during a night match

jjjnettie, I like that one, i might just have to start carrying a handbag (man bag?)

[Glenn Dawes]

Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

there all very funny - thanks for the laughs guys and gals
I was going to add that old chestnut classic of ... when you permanently remove all the globes from the interior lights of your car .. but mine seems a bit tame compared to some of the beauties mentioned

Glenn - thats an impressive list!! LOL - i know what you mean about xmas lights - a local country town (Lobethal) residents light up like a football stadium every year and everybody throngs to it like moths to the proverbial flame - I feel like I'm the Grinch everytime I think about it

Hi Fringe Dweller
At times I have trouble coping with our modern cars that have to act like refrigerators. If there was at least a beer.........

I'm not sure about the Grinch but i think there is nothing wrong with a bit of BAR HUMBUG from time to time (Scrooge was very under rated)

Glenn

[Twokids]

The thing driving me crazy at the moment is anything I see with wheels on it, I then think "can I put my dob on that".
Women must think I'm stange checking out the underside of their prams .
I found myself in an op shop yesterday, looking at one of those walkers for the elderly with the fold down seats thinking that those tyres looked good.
Then today I was in Safeway and they were bringing out boxes on a flat trolley and I was wondering where I could get one of those.
I think I'm going mad

[33South (Chris)]

when I look at some of the stuff I kept over years for no real reason other than I cant bear to throw it away. Every time I move house or spring clean I think shall I ? Naaaaaaah.

Examples -

From 1974 February a copy of Albireo the journal of the Kapsovar Astronomical Society, trouble its all in Hungarian no idea what its all about.

Copy of the 1978 Handbook of the BAA, great if you want to know how much Nortons would of cost to buy (4pounds 50pence) I think I bought one that year no, just checked it, it was 1970 and cost 1pound 5shillings.

And a 70's Swift 6mm .975" Tri-Plane eyepiece, one day Ill buy a 1.25" adapter just to try it out again. Or get Iceman to include it in a 6mm review.