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02-01-2007, 09:17 AM
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bewise betold neverbecold
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Terrigal NSW
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is someone hinting that i should start to take orders for the freezer suits ?
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02-01-2007, 09:26 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Looks that way, Geoff.. start a new thread for it 
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02-01-2007, 08:16 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Orion
I'm thinking on going also this year. Is it true it gets that cold, I mean freezer suits really?  |
Ed, last year I used two sleeping bags, one on top of the other - inside my 4WD, and i was still freezing !
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02-01-2007, 08:17 PM
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bewise betold neverbecold
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Terrigal NSW
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unless you have a spare pair of fur lined undies to put over your ears - YES - a freezer suit is a big help
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02-01-2007, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
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how large are they, will they fit my fat guts??? I am not exactly small. LOL
I suppose I really need to go and try them on? Can you do that?
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02-01-2007, 11:50 PM
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bewise betold neverbecold
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Terrigal NSW
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i overheard someone at Ilford say that the viewing is best when the temperature gets below 1.7 deg C
and the viewing gets very good at Ilford
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03-01-2007, 04:30 AM
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Obsessed
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Swansea N.S.W.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl
unless you have a spare pair of fur lined undies to put over your ears - YES - a freezer suit is a big help
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No fur undies, so I best get a suit.
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03-01-2007, 06:01 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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It does get cold! It may drop to almost 0 before dawn.
Last year a freezing wind whipped through between 3am and 5:30am, man it was cold.
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03-01-2007, 06:14 AM
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Plays well with others!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Ridgefield CT USA
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To the question about if it gets cold...let me just say that the only time I've been cold since I've lived in Australia was at the SPSP (I'm originally from a colder region of the US)...so yes, it can get cold.
I too am curious if the freezer suits can acommodate a more "full figured" manly man...if so, I'll likely be in the market for one...
Cheers!
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03-01-2007, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Wentworth Falls NSW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl
is someone hinting that i should start to take orders for the freezer suits ?
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Can you bring some samples to Lostock, so I/we can try for size before buying.
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05-01-2007, 11:13 PM
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Deep Sky Fan
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Safety Bay, WA
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freezer suits!! Really!! Your're all a bunch of wimps!  You dont know what cold is til you've spent a winters nite viewing in tasmania. Regularly -3 to-4!!
It's so cold you can scrape ice off the tube.( I'm not kidding) But the crystal clear nites make up for it. have fun at SPSP
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05-01-2007, 11:29 PM
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bewise betold neverbecold
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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06-01-2007, 12:36 AM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
It does get cold! It may drop to almost 0 before dawn.
Last year a freezing wind whipped through between 3am and 5:30am, man it was cold.
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Thats warm for here for 10 months of the year! 
Except tonight. 
Man, it's soooo Hot tonight. 
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06-01-2007, 11:38 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
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Gee you lot are "sooks", what's all this about freezer suits, come down to Ballarat, or Kens place in winter, then, when the scope freezes at -4 you can say it's cold. 
Cheers leon 
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06-01-2007, 01:37 PM
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bewise betold neverbecold
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Terrigal NSW
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we like to observe for more than 20 minutes up here
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06-01-2007, 04:47 PM
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Ah Geoff, we go for hours here, we are sort of frozen to the scope and cant get away.. 
Cheers Leon
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06-01-2007, 05:35 PM
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bewise betold neverbecold
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Terrigal NSW
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is that what they mean by a "captive hobby" ?
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08-01-2007, 10:57 PM
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bewise betold neverbecold
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Terrigal NSW
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Ok Ladies and Gentlemen
I have been meaning to do this for sometime, and I now have my self setup with the means to supply you those freezer suits and boots on a more regular basis.
have set my website up with an order form so you can place orders at any time.
sorry i can't keep the prices as low as before, but you might understand that they will now be part of my regular business and if i am to keep some stocks of these items on hand, it just has to be so.
Those of you that would like to place and pay for orders so i can deliver them to lostock (no delivery charge), please do so before the 11th january.
I am hoping to have some sample stock on view at lostock - which will include some of the larger sizes
remember when ordering boots to order one size larger
and if you do a search on the forum for hepworth freezer suits you will find reference to calculating sizes
geoff
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09-01-2007, 06:04 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Cool Geoff, will have a look and talk to the wife. Maybe she can buy it for me for a bday present.
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09-01-2007, 02:56 PM
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Grey Nomad
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Location: "Where ever the wind blows".
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Geoff, could you bring a pair of pants in small to Lostock? And if they fit Anna will take them.
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