Wanderers

4 hours ago, Mr H in Yorkshire said:

Otherwise what about a couple of tiny ear man buns, very on trend. PS I'm just jealous as I've more hair in my nostrils and ears than on top!

Me too!

2 hours ago, Mr H in Yorkshire said:

That is some seriously long nasal hair, why not plait it?

It blends nicely with my ear hair!

1 hour ago, iantaylor2uk said:

I think to be fair, it seems as if you can attend 3 meetings, for free, without being a member and it is only if you want to attend any more meetings that you need to apply to be a member.

I would have thought that if any under 18s attend the meetings it is very sensible that the committee can decide whether to accept applications or not.

What I object to is the fact that they want to assess my suitability over those 3 meetings. What are they assessing? Accent, school, skin colour, level of education? At 63 I'm well passed that kind of bs.

5 hours ago, Tomatobro said:

Astrology clubs can be a bit choosy as to who they admit. What sign were you born under?

I just quickly checked if I'd called it an astrology club and was very relieved to find I hadn't!

49 minutes ago, Stu said:

Perhaps they just check you’ve got elbow patches on your jacket and sufficient hair growing out of your ears?

The latter criteria being a good reason for male dominance of such clubs 🤪🤣

Elbow patches - check

Nasal hair resting on top lip - check

My local society told me that if I want to attend I get 3 meetings and then the committee decide on my suitability. 

I'm 63 and well past that!

Is that normal? If so it's easy to see how people get put off. 

The replies I've received haver been amazing, thank you so much. 

Special thanks to Elp. I've got to sort down and take it all in now. Thanks again.

Thanks everyone for the welcome and advice. It's much appreciated. 

I'm definitely after a compromise between both branches. With the previous scope i remember the thrill of the planets and moon craters  and would not want to miss out on that which i believe i would with a solely astrophotography setup?? (note the question marks 😁)

Hi all

I'm Andy. I'm 63 and live in North Wales. 

I've always loved the night sky and a few years ago owned a 10" orion optics newtonian. In the end I struggled to store it and sold it on.

The problem now is I can't imagine viewing a smaller image!

I'm still deciding what to do.  Can you help?

After retiring from teaching I had a wedding photography business so have some nice photography equipment which I'm planning to use for AP.

Regards

Andy