Aperture fever has morphed, introducing 'the Astro-gear black hole'...

[DavidU (Dave)]

A pink scope

[Jen]

Originally Posted by duncan

"" Don't You Darling Me!!!""

That pink scope rocks dam it i want a pink one now

[Baddad (Marty)]

Hi Jen and Davin,

Jen's gettin' greedy. She's already got a pink computer and pink Rolls. Now a pink scope!!!!

Originally Posted by Jen

That pink scope rocks dam it i want a pink one now

Cheers Marty

[space oddity]

You forgot about the bigger car/wagon/4WD to get out to a decent dark sky site.
Then there is the petrol and wear and tear on the car.
Couple of bucks to clean the car since more than likely there are dirt roads involved.
Then there is the time off work to head out yonder.
Then there is extra storage room to house the scope- may need a bigger house with a bigger mortgage. Wife whinges about "the coffin." Add lawyer fees for the divorce.
Any time for a third job? (hey, don't laugh - my third job's income was specifically dedicated to astro gear, but ths had to be chucked in, as the %^%#@#% kept taking my time put aside to head out stargazing at short notice to book in work - every opportunity last year wound up being torpedoed at the last second.)
Do not expect to get much time any more to head out to that favourite dark sky site.May have to wait till I retire, but oh, no, my eyesight will probably be shot by then........

[Jen]

Originally Posted by Baddad

Hi Jen and Davin,

Jen's gettin' greedy. She's already got a pink computer and pink Rolls. Now a pink scope!!!!






Cheers Marty

and you know what? The next thing i will have is a Pink astro geek friend and his name is Marty

[Jen]

Originally Posted by space oddity

You forgot about the bigger car/wagon/4WD to get out to a decent dark sky site.
Then there is the petrol and wear and tear on the car.
Couple of bucks to clean the car since more than likely there are dirt roads involved.
Then there is the time off work to head out yonder.
Then there is extra storage room to house the scope- may need a bigger house with a bigger mortgage. Wife whinges about "the coffin." Add lawyer fees for the divorce.
Any time for a third job? (hey, don't laugh - my third job's income was specifically dedicated to astro gear, but ths had to be chucked in, as the %^%#@#% kept taking my time put aside to head out stargazing at short notice to book in work - every opportunity last year wound up being torpedoed at the last second.)
Do not expect to get much time any more to head out to that favourite dark sky site.May have to wait till I retire, but oh, no, my eyesight will probably be shot by then........

sounds like you have learnt this from experience already

[spearo (Frank)]

I keep entertaining thoughts of quitting work for a while so I could have a "sabbatical" and finally have time to do some imaging!

Then the fever returns and i think of all the next bits of everything i want to get and how I'm going to have to keep working to pay the mortgage AND the toys...

They say time is money...in fact I find the two incompatible, like mutually exclusive variables, when you have time you have no money, when you have/make money, you have no time.


frank

[Baddad (Marty)]

Originally Posted by Jen

and you know what? The next thing i will have is a Pink astro geek friend and his name is Marty

Hi Jen,
Now cut that out Jen! Look what ya' done!
My dog is pink, I am pink and ooh noooo!
I'm getting an exorcist. I'll fix you.

Cheers Marty

[Baddad (Marty)]

Hi Davin, Ooh and Jen,

It appears that the exorcism is beginning to work. Slowly but surely. Don't like that yucky girly pink font.

A word of warning, Davin. A certain pink lady from Swan Hill turns astro geeks' toys pink at will. She used to turn stuff green but now has opted for pink.

Keep all your astro toys hidden or they turn pink. Unless you want pink toys.

So that part of the "Black Hole" has not been mentioned by anyone. Don't even venture near the event horizon of the "Pink Jen Lady"

Jen also had one of the astro geeks as a devoted slave last year.

Cheers Marty

[Jen]

lol Marty

[big_dav_2001 (Davin)]

A word of warning, Davin. A certain pink lady from Swan Hill turns astro geeks' toys pink at will. She used to turn stuff green but now has opted for pink.
Keep all your astro toys hidden or they turn pink. Unless you want pink toys.

hahaha...Thanks for the warning Marty, and here i was thinking that suggesting that showing Jen the pink scope was a good idea, turns out i was adding fire toan already very pink fire....hehehe

So that part of the "Black Hole" has not been mentioned by anyone. Don't even venture near the event horizon of the "Pink Jen Lady"

.... Is that the part of the galaxy inhabited by hordes of hostile and unruly emoticons????

Jen also had one of the astro geeks as a devoted slave last year.

Hmmm...sounds like theres an interesting story there somewhere... Is it safe to delve any further??? hehehe

Davin

[Baddad (Marty)]

Hi Davin,

LOL Have a read of some of the old threads. Keyword.. confession.

Cheers Marty

[big_dav_2001 (Davin)]

Originally Posted by Baddad

Hi Davin,

LOL Have a read of some of the old threads. Keyword.. confession.

Cheers Marty

LMAO!!!... "Orion Slave Girl"....

Sooo Jen, at the risk of re-visiting a thread probably best left alone... Have you redemmed yourself???

Davin

[Jen]

Originally Posted by big_dav_2001

LMAO!!!... "Orion Slave Girl"....

Sooo Jen, at the risk of re-visiting a thread probably best left alone... Have you redemmed yourself???

Davin

no i havnt yet Dave

[Baddad (Marty)]

Hi Davin, Hi Jen,

,,,, NFOCL (Nearly Fall Off Chair Laughing)

Believe it or not, I instigated ROFL back in the 90's. I asked my son "What's LOL in my email? He answered..."Laugh Out Loud"

In my email: I replied ROFL. My son asked me what's ROFL?
It caught on quickly.

The exorcism is complete and successful. I beat the pink ... er Jen

Cheers Marty