You know you're an astronomer when...

[cantharis]

.............you look forward to the clocks going back.

[breezy]

When you try to beat the wife to the door when your latest purchase is delivered

[onesmallstep]

You jump for joy when when there's a power cut

[symesie04]

When due to atmospheric conditions you havent seen so much as a photon for 3 months but you still cant resist spending £200 on a swanky looking Nagler!

[MrPloppy]

...you have an unhealthy hated for streetlights and security lamps.

[Richardisgreat]

when you say "my right eye is for the view finder and my left is for the eyepiece"

[scarp15]

......You permanently keep duck tape over your interior car boot light.

......You stand in a muddy field, Kielder, until 4 O'clock in the morning

......People you met the night before, you do not recognise in the light

[scarp15]

Actually I would like to correct the above to you sit in a muddy field....

[Rapallokid]

Your garage is full

Your bank account is empty

Your children have no shoes

Your favourites in IE is full of second hand astro stores, astro retailers, oh ans Star gazers lounge of course.

( some may say when you commit to going camping in march SGL8 !!!)

[Rapallokid]

Are we all in the same club, Brantuks observations also run spookily true for me.........................

Im Kevin, Im Kevin and my wife is Kevin to.......................

[Luke]

You know you're an astronmer when...

...you wear sunglasses in the dark to go to the toilet

[Sarah]

....you are better at predicting the weather than the Met Office

[Astro Imp]

....you are better at predicting the weather than the Met Office

That's not that hard, a piece of sea-weed hung by the back door will do the trick.

[sallystar]

.....you get excited when you notice that Horizon in going to be on TV!

[JamesM]

....when you spend less time following the plot of a Sci-Fi film but instead keep focusing on the star filled backdrop to see if you can recognize any of the constellations, only to conclude to the other half who IS following the story that the background is fake! :grin:

[Josh Wilson]

When you've contemplated cutting the city power, destroying street lights, or get nauseous at the site of large empty parking lots with disgusting orange lights...

[Richardisgreat]

When you've contemplated cutting the city power, destroying street lights, or get nauseous at the site of large empty parking lots with disgusting orange lights...

yeh i have honestly thought about spray painting out street tlights red to see if that helps.

[KevUU]

Are we all in the same club, Brantuks observations also run spookily true for me.........................

Im Kevin, Im Kevin and my wife is Kevin to.......................

Well I'm Kevin, anyway. (And I'll be walking around at SGL8 looking at scopes, too...)

[SoulFrenzy]

You repeatedly nearl crash your car on clear nights

Yeah I remember driving home one evening when Venus was high in the western sky and I was paying more attention to it than the road.

[Josh Wilson]

You know you're an astronomer when you get angry at people that forget the 13th zodiac constellation, Ophiuchus.

[cosmological]

You know you're an astronomer when you shout "meteor".

[jabberwocky]

You know you are an astronomer when you remove a book on astrology from the astronomy section of waterstones holding it at arms length with a look of utter disgust on your face

(Bath branch I shall be back next week to check you haven't put it back, you have been warned)

[Bart]

haven't read all posts, so might be here already, but

"you know........when".......you're posting at 3.40 am !

[LukeSkywatcher]

haven't read all posts, so might be here already, but

"you know........when".......you're posting at 3.40 am !

Nah............thats when you know its cloudy outside YET AGAIN.

[Josh Wilson]

You know you're an astronomer when you can say you speak Arabic and know the Greek alphabet better than you do the English alphabet