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Tinker1947

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  1. I am a real beginner to look at the night sky. I am going to Ireland for the Christmas period , Co Waterford in fact. I know that the night skys are very clear and would be a great opportunity to look at the sky at night. My question is : are there map available that can help with identifying what I might see

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      Ask this question in the beginners section for a better response....

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  2. so at 2 am this morning a group of morons in a car drove through my front garden, totalling the good lady's car and pushing mine of the drive and into the garden, before driving off again.. its either speed or alcohol, but probably both... unbelievable and it was cloudy too, complete toilet of an evening!

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      So the next course of action, 8" X 8" Oak posts every 4' across the garden, 5' in to the ground and to make them look nice 3" rope hung through them

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  3. Yo! Just dropping by to say hello!! Hope all is going well with all of you...

  4. Back in the UK.....and on an internet system that works.

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      My home broadband this morning 50m down, 10 meg up,

  5. Just upgraded the focuser on my EdgeHD 800 to a Starlight Instruments Feathertouch and, oh look, it's pouring down with a howling gale out there, no surprise that I will have to wait to test it out.....,

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      Your love the focuser, when the sky's clear.....

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  6. Off to Shanghai tomorrow until the 31st Dec. Still trying to sort out the visa problems the Foreign Office is creating for my wife of 14 years. Will be in Schloss Baggy by mid February just outside Kings Lynn.

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      Hope your travelling goes well, maybe we will meet up sometime next year...:)

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  7. Obsy door swelled a little too tight need drastic big hammer treatment then a shave!

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      plane some off, then as soon as the wood is dry get some yacht vanish on there..:)

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  8. Broken my right wrist - a fractured scaphoid, no less. Got a cast from knuckle to elbow, and moving the Dob outside is suddenly a big deal. Dammit.

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      Broke my left wrist some years back had to drive my manual gearbox car 26 miles through B-Road in Yorkshire to the hospital, ended up in the same sort of plaster, maybe get the Dob up and keep it covered for the next 6 weeks or so....

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  9. My baby (600D) is home, baader modified and ready to rumble. Thx Juan.

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      I brought a new 600D from Juan the cheap conversion, he is a good guy to deal with, gets my vote

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  10. Blocked drains..... a messy and smelly business indeed!

    1. Tinker1947

      Tinker1947

      i have 1 manhole in my property, the next manhole is shared so the water board have to clear it, not blocked for maybe 10 years now

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  11. My daughters bought me an Astromaster 130EQ for christmas, love them lots. in the very few weather windows we've had since then I've managed to catch the moon, jupiter and the orion nebula. I'm really struggling with the red dot finder on the scope, I have to keep putting on and removing my glasses to see those tiny red dots! Any suggestions?

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