how to go berserk - a cautionary tale

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Originally Posted by keni

I'll definately buy a shirt after having a look at Adam's setup the other night.
I knew it was a mistake but now I'm standing at the top of that steep, slippery, expensive slope.

Ken

Aint it a fun slide though

[keni (Ken)]

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

Aint it a fun slide though

Oh yeah............it sure is Paul.
Must have more gadgets....

Ken.

[DavidTrap (David)]

My out-laws bought me a sign to hang on the wall in my "shed":

"He who dies with the most toys is none-the-less dead".

Most inappropriate I think...

DT

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

don't tell h0ughy

[DavidU (Dave)]

Adam, what you do with these cardboard boxes is to use the words "power tool's" !
From a multi decade marriage I have found that the war department (wife) will steer well clear of any sort of power tool.
"Hey darl,come and look at the 9 1/4" carbide rip blade on this 1500 watt saw".
Works like a charm.

[adman (Adam)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

Adam, what you do with these cardboard boxes is to use the words "power tool's" !
From a multi decade marriage I have found that the war department (wife) will steer well clear of any sort of power tool.
"Hey darl,come and look at the 9 1/4" carbide rip blade on this 1500 watt saw".
Works like a charm.

David it's always good to learn from a master! I was just going to go with "box? What box?"

[toc (Tim)]

Yeah, kind of going through that myself.

In the last month I have got:

- Williams optics Megrez 90 ($700)
- Vixen porta mount (free with above mount)
- Televue 6mm Radian ($70)
- Binoviewer ($220)
- 2 inch WO diagonal ($149)
- two pairs of TMB planetary EP's (6mm and 9mm) ($230)
- Orion Flip mirror. ($75)

[Octane (Humayun)]

Welcome to the club of big spending.

I bought my FSQ-106N, FS-60CB and STL-11000M all at the same time. lol.

Also, you guys thought Yasi was bad, wait until you see what's coming next -- nice one, Adam. lol.

H

[TrevorW]

Well we could spend it on the wife or buy boats, holiday homes, caravans, expensive cars, wine, women and song but we choose to spend our money on more practical things such as a new mount or scope

[Hagar (Doug)]

The big buy. It's fun and always a challenge to work out how to break the news to SWMBO.

My latest feast:
Observatory $4000
Deck etc to mount dome on $1000
Dome Rotation Kit $3400
Lathe, Mill and tooling $4200
and a few other bits too cheap to mention but in total about $700

She Loves Me. Or at least wants me outside at night.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

don't tell h0ughy

Don't tell Marcus

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Well we could spend it on the wife or buy boats, holiday homes, caravans, expensive cars, wine, women and song but we choose to spend our money on more practical things such as a new mount or scope

I want astro toys, and a dark location to play with them. She wants overseas holidays.

How to you sneak a C11 into the garage without anyone noticing, even if you have it delivered to the office? An ED120 I could probably hide.

Andrew

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

How to you sneak a C11 into the garage without anyone noticing

My wife can actually tell that a C11 is not the same as a FSQ-106

[Barrykgerdes]

I don't have any bother. All it cost me is. She loves tennis
1. Trip to the Australian open every year ($4000)
2. Ocasional trip to Wimbledon ($11000)

I can then stay home and do what I like! Luckily I am an OAP so I can afford these extravagances. (Thanks for all the lurks Mr Politician)

Barry