I'm done.

[§AB]

Okay, this is it. I've Freaking had it with Melbourne's rotting awful weather. Seriously, I am over it all. Nothing but clouds or the last 3 months, and the days in the 7-day forecasts continually get changed from "fine" to rain and showers. The forcast for the next week had 4 days of fine weather predicted, with relative mildness, but now that has been replaced with bloody rain and showers and freezing temps. We can now expect 1 fine day, without any guarantee that it will be clear. Even days that are forecast to be fine just end up being foggy and drizzly. Over the last 3 months we had perhaps 5 freaking clear nights and days with more sun than clouds. I think I'm depressed now, I'm drinking everyday and haven't been in a geniunely good mood in weeks now. I feel I'm always just pissed off.

So from now on, I quit astronomy. I have torn up all my observing lists and threw them in the bin, ready for garbage collection tomorrow morning. From tomorrow, I'm going to resume a favorite pasttime. I'm going to buy the latest edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator and concentrate all my energy into that.

I've had enough of this crap stressing, so I'm now going to re-start my flight simming hobby, which in the past has provided me with much fun and entertainment. I'll be happier person and it will distract me from the horrible gloominess outside my window.

I will see starlight again, but not in the near future.

[TrevorW]

Move !!!

[madtuna (Steve)]

so what astro gear are you flogging off at rediculous give away prices that I can buy?

[TrevorW]

Originally Posted by madtuna

so what astro gear are you flogging off at rediculous give away prices that I can buy?

Opportunist

[madtuna (Steve)]

I'll steal your gold teeth if you sleep with your mouth open...I'm not proud!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It gets like that sometimes.
I bought a new scope before christmas and then had rain and clouds for 3 months.
They reckon it's character building, I reckon it's pure torture.

[§AB]

I agree. Character building my a**.

[GrahamL]

Six up here this year gone sab...Some good nights around ..but mostly not

You wait it out my friend

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

buy a weather station

geoff

[§AB]

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

buy a weather station

geoff

What for?

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

buy a weather station

geoff

If it could change Melbournes weather I would buy one!

[iceman (Mike)]

It's the hobby we chose. We're at the mercy of the weather. No point getting stressed about it..

Take the good times when they come, and get some sleep when it's cloudy.

[Zuts]

Hi,

Do what I did. The last time we had weather like this and its not just Melbourne, Sydney is just as bad, I got in the car and drove about 500 km to where it was nice and clear. From Melbourne you could get to Broken Hill in well under 8 hours. A good nights imaging should get it out of your system for a month, until it fines up again.

Cheers
Paul

[xelasnave]

My friend (male) has encouraged me to experience emotion rather than to intellectualise and so your expression of frustration and disappointment by his approach is the best thing you can do.

As to a machinery that can get you thru this down swing may I suggest something..not new..that seems to pull me out of a hole...take some quiet time to count your blessings... your personal skills, your loved ones and your assembly of material goods...whatever. But the process I find uplifting and in the doing I realise that I am indeed blessed with all that I have....there is no point or value to focus on what you have lost or what is evading your desires ....and above all practice development of the virtue of patience for with it you will realise that everything comes to you when appropriate.

But I know how you feel and encourage you to vent your frustration with the weather and after perhaps try a stock take of all that makes up your Universe as I think you will find it to be a wonderful and special place to be..

alex

[ving (David)]

seems to me young jedi you have put all your eggs in one basket... you need to fnd a rainy day hobby.

[TrevorW]

Get a shed with tools, maybe a lathe, bench drill etc having one is always handy for those rainy days

[dannat (Daniel)]

I agree Move or find another hobby.

[§AB]

Originally Posted by Zuts

Hi,

Do what I did. The last time we had weather like this and its not just Melbourne, Sydney is just as bad, I got in the car and drove about 500 km to where it was nice and clear. From Melbourne you could get to Broken Hill in well under 8 hours. A good nights imaging should get it out of your system for a month, until it fines up again.

Cheers
Paul

Hi
It is currently way out of my league to drive to Broken Hill.

Originally Posted by xelasnave

My friend (male) has encouraged me to experience emotion rather than to intellectualise and so your expression of frustration and disappointment by his approach is the best thing you can do.

As to a machinery that can get you thru this down swing may I suggest something..not new..that seems to pull me out of a hole...take some quiet time to count your blessings... your personal skills, your loved ones and your assembly of material goods...whatever. But the process I find uplifting and in the doing I realise that I am indeed blessed with all that I have....there is no point or value to focus on what you have lost or what is evading your desires ....and above all practice development of the virtue of patience for with it you will realise that everything comes to you when appropriate.

But I know how you feel and encourage you to vent your frustration with the weather and after perhaps try a stock take of all that makes up your Universe as I think you will find it to be a wonderful and special place to be..

alex

Thanks Alex, yer i try to concentrate on what I HAVE, rather than what I don't, but human nature being human nature, eventually you lose your patience and just have to vent.

[§AB]

Originally Posted by ving

seems to me young jedi you have put all your eggs in one basket... you need to fnd a rainy day hobby.

Notice how I said that I'm getting back into flight simming.

[§AB]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Get a shed with tools, maybe a lathe, bench drill etc having one is always handy for those rainy days

Notice how I said that I'm getting back into flight simming.