Welcome icemanswife - Page 4

RB (Andrew) · #61 07-12-2005, 04:50 PM

You bunch of clowns.

We leave the door slighty open and you guys come out of the closet.

ving (David) · #62 07-12-2005, 04:55 PM

lol@davo

[1ponders] (Paul) · #63 07-12-2005, 04:56 PM

@RB "come out of the closet"

Just to remain politically correct I'll leave that there.

I think once word of this gets out we will see more wives signing up to check on their "hubbies"

Thanks for joining Kate. And Anna. With this new softer more genderly inclusive toch to the site some of the lads now feel more free to be open and not locked away. You ladies are inspirational. thank you! thank you!

davidpretorius · #64 07-12-2005, 07:46 PM

hmmmmm, i haven't heard too much from ice!

maybe someone else is hogging the computer!!!!

any suggestions for kate on how to image mars.

The item called a powermate 5x is for sticking in the ground so you can stand on it to reach the eyepiece. A 31mm nagler also is very good for this.
remove one wheel of the focusser and then place the toucam fits onto the exposed bit of metal. push it on real tight!!
don't worry about the tube, remove it and then line up mars with the mirror, place a piece of paper over the mirror and get the kids to trace the image of mars!!

avandonk · #65 07-12-2005, 08:06 PM

As an ex from a very independant woman, I find the preceeding to be unacceptable.You all sound like people who sham fear of your spouse.I think you should meet the terror head on! Just talk to her.She will not bite. She will just say how inadequate you are.Me I'm perfect!
Sorry to all if I am wrong.

I am not!

Bert

iceman (Mike) · #66 08-12-2005, 08:14 AM

Funny thread guys

I don't know if Kate is going to turn into a full-blown SWSMM (she who supports my madness) but she's trying.. i've got a leave pass to go to Kulnura on Saturday night so that's a good start!

She did say yesterday though, that she'd better be getting a good xmas present!

I was going to be her a panoptic.. maybe i'll have to get her the nagler instead!

h0ughy (David) · #67 08-12-2005, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by iceman

Funny thread guys

I don't know if Kate is going to turn into a full-blown SWSMM (she who supports my madness) but she's trying.. i've got a leave pass to go to Kulnura on Saturday night so that's a good start!

She did say yesterday though, that she'd better be getting a good xmas present!

I was going to be her a panoptic.. maybe i'll have to get her the nagler instead!

get her a little portable WO or Orion Express widefield

you just know she needs one

davidpretorius · #68 08-12-2005, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by iceman

I was going to be her a panoptic.. maybe i'll have to get her the nagler instead!

funny thing is that they will take ownership over it whether they are into astronomy or not.

my wife will say, "can i look thru my eyepiece" ie the ultrawide. she likes it, she owns it!

if you ever take a mixed crowd out after a dinner party and have a look thru, i am sure kate will proudly show off her eyepiece which just so happens to the most expensive one in the case!!!!

all jokes aside, (full blown bachelors stop reading now!!) it is great that kate has taken an interest. My wife and I have played golf together before the kids and would love to again, but I am confident that she will get more involved. We have a dinner party with her friends coming over, so no doubt she will be all keen for the group to look thru "her" scope!

RB (Andrew) · #69 08-12-2005, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by davidpretorius

all jokes aside, (full blown bachelors stop reading now!!) it is great that kate has taken an interest.

I agree 100% with David, I think it's great that Kate has an interest in astro and our forum.

Well done Kate.

Mike your a lucky man.

anna · #70 08-12-2005, 09:31 AM

Hello Kate,
Sorry it has taken so long to respond. I can only catch up with what's
happening in the wonderful world of astronomy at work.
At home "HE WHO MUST BE OBEYED" has control of the computer.

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Originally Posted by icemanswife

Hi Anna,

Mike reckons the novelty will wear off soon. However secretly he thinks he has it made now, that I can't complain and I might become a forum addict. We'll see.

ving (David) · #71 08-12-2005, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by davidpretorius

that or the lack of ozone, or me and ving holding our breaths too long and killing our brain cells

can i breathe now?

I was telling cheryl about various peoples better halves joining up and how its been funny and asked her if she would ever do that. she said "why would i want to do something like that? hang out with a bunch of geeks!" of course this is not an insult, as she lives with one and she has rather geekish tendancies herself

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #72 08-12-2005, 11:23 PM

lol @ Ving
My husband thinks I'm a geek, but the forum he hangs out in is called CoffeeGeeks.com

venus (Lydia) · #73 09-12-2005, 12:02 PM

lol iceman you'd better watch out you may have a 'nemesis' in the making, welcome to the forum icewoman.

Argonavis (William) · #74 09-12-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

lol @ Ving
My husband thinks I'm a geek, but the forum he hangs out in is called CoffeeGeeks.com

I think I know what geeks do.

But what do CoffeeGeeks do????

ving (David) · #75 09-12-2005, 02:53 PM

drink coffee?

I think coffee geeks and astro geeks are the same... isnt coffee our friend who keeps us up at night?

silvinator · #76 09-12-2005, 04:58 PM

Hi icemanswife! Welcome to the forum

It's great to see you showing an interest in your man's hobby. Hopefully one day we will be able to turn you to the dark side

We definitely need more women around here. You see, astronomy is not just about equipment...ok well, it mostly is

but reallly, it is a thing of beauty. The truth about these fellas is that they may seem tough on the exterior, they may jest in their posts, but on the inside, they're all a bunch of softies. It is this love of nature that really draws them into this hobby in the first place

By the way, my soon to be hubby thinks I'm a geek too, but he's a computer geek himself at heart.

davidpretorius · #77 09-12-2005, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by silvinator

they're all a bunch of softies.

yes we express more of our thoughts and girlie emotions here on the forum than we ever will admit to anyone face to face.

i wonder where the male species will end up!!!

i think i know, we may get softer, but we will get sillier and more childish!!!

ladies, go on...shake you heads and roll your eyes!!!!

asimov (John) · #78 09-12-2005, 05:20 PM

Don't listen to Davo! Wer'e all a bunch of macho & muscular astronomers here!

Welcome aboard Mrs. Ice!!

venus (Lydia) · #79 09-12-2005, 05:45 PM

Alpha-males I presume asi;-)