Why was my wife a little upset??

[Robny]

Can someone please help me understand why my wife was a little upset with me so I don't make the same mistake again, this astronomy hobby is dangerous.

No...its not new,I was just doing a little testing while its cloudy?

[Scooot]

It’s obvious, you didn’t need the TV on if you were testing so you was wasting electric.  

[Klitwo]

On ‎01‎/‎02‎/‎2019 at 06:27, Robny said:

Can someone please help me understand why my wife was a little upset with me so I don't make the same mistake again, this astronomy hobby is dangerous.

No...its not new,I was just doing a little testing while its cloudy?

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Klitwo

P.S. In the future...if you plan to set up your mount in the living room again...put a big lamp shade on top of it and you'll probably be O.K.....

[carastro]

Is she a bit houseproud and doesn't like things cluttering up the place? 

I have a friend like that and she is really OCD and she would not tolerate such a thing in the house.  Maybe that's why.

Not that I think you've done anything wrong, just trying to answer your question.

Carole 

[R26 oldtimer]

You shouldn't have extended the tripod legs, plus one leg seems to mark the wooden floor....?

What? did you think you're the first to try astro gear in the house????

[barkis]

Tell her to quit moaning, or next time you'll strip down a motor bike on that nice carpet ?. 

Ron. 

[geoflewis]

Looking at the sunlight coming through the door glass, maybe it's because your polar alignment is a bit off....

[red dwalf]

did you look like you were enjoying yourself ? i usually find if i look happy my wife doesn`t like it

[Astro Imp]

Don't try to understand the working of the female mind, you'll never succeed. 

[Fozzie]

You've knocked over her slipper and not put it back... that would be inexcusable in our house!

[RayD]

Is it because you shrunk the kitchen to a miniature scale to fit the mount in there?

Mind you, if that's a picture of her on the wall above the TV, I reckon you'll have a job to make her happy so I wouldn't worry too much ?

[dweller25]

Maybe it’s because the tripod has black paint and the EQ head is white ?

[Sunshine]

You’re  slewing a mount around with no OTA and a counterweight on?

 

[Gina]

Yes, I noticed that - not good!

As to the original question, why don't you ask her?

[Fozzie]

9 minutes ago, Gina said:

As to the original question, why don't you ask her?

Dont do that, she'll be mad you don't know, and she'll know you don't know by having to ask... best just runaway!

[Robny]

My question was a little tongue in cheek, I have a VERY understanding wife (thankfully), and she wasn't too upset.  Although the rubber feet did mark the floor bit I cleaned that before she noticed ?

[PhotoGav]

Was it because you explained how to polar align, connect with EQAscom and use EQMod all a little too quickly for her to get it first time?

[Robny]

14 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

You’re  slewing a mount around with no OTA and a counterweight on?

 

 

13 minutes ago, Gina said:

Yes, I noticed that - not good!

As to the original question, why don't you ask her?

Good point...never considered that as a problem until you pointed it out.  It is the first time doing so and I have now stopped....lesson learnt ?

[Sunshine]

4 minutes ago, Robny said:

 

Good point...never considered that as a problem until you pointed it out.  It is the first time doing so and I have now stopped....lesson learnt ?

Remove the weight and you’re good to slew till your hearts content! Better to have both on though of course. Looks way cooler like that.

[Robny]

56 minutes ago, barkis said:

Tell her to quit moaning, or next time you'll strip down a motor bike on that nice carpet ?. 

Ron. 

She is used to that although not in the living room yet

[maw lod qan]

51 minutes ago, barkis said:

Tell her to quit moaning, or next time you'll strip down a motor bike on that nice carpet ?. 

Ron. 

Or butcher a deer or wild hog in the bath tub to get out of the mosquito infested darkness.

Washes up and out so easy!! The water is right there.

Totally true. 

[Paul73]

You left one of your slippers on the floor again????

My wife reacts well to things that she finds aesthetically pleasing. The 10” SW Dob = “That hulking waste of money. Into the garage now!”. The Berlebach tripod (double the cost) and a little frac = “that nice wooden tripod with the proper telescope, that can stay”.......

So get a gourmet wooden tripod from our German friends and you’ll be just fine.

Paul

[Robny]

9 minutes ago, PhotoGav said:

Was it because you explained how to polar align, connect with EQAscom and use EQMod all a little too quickly for her to get it first time?

That's exactly what I was doing....well, not explaining it but connecting and testing it....seemed to go quite well

29 minutes ago, dweller25 said:

Maybe it’s because the tripod has black paint and the EQ head is white ?

You habe NO idea how much that bothers me.....??

[PhotoGav]

59 minutes ago, Robny said:

That's exactly what I was doing....well, not explaining it but connecting and testing it....seemed to go quite well

Been there, done that, had to explain what the hell I was up to to the wife and kids too! Good to hear it went well. Did you get the polar align helper working - really useful!

[Davey-T]

As I have four or five tripods standing in the conservatory I can't see a problem 

Dave