I'll show you mine if you show me yours...

[F15Rules]

Had a really pleasant day today.. I met up with Steve (@Saganite) and we put the world to rights as well as chatting about scopes, of course, over lots of coffee and a couple of rather nice savoury snacks..

I had the pleasure of seeing Steve's gorgeous restoration project, "Arcturus", his lovely AE 114mm F14 achromat. Steve in turn, wanted to handle "Trinity", my Tak FS128.

So we did a swap, and here is the pictorial evidence, me with my new achromat and Steve with his new Tak...😁😁

Dave

[wookie1965]

Steve is a very nice bloke sent me some 7x50 binoculars which I have had some great views through. 

Hopefully one day I will get to meet you both for a chinwag. 

[F15Rules]

2 minutes ago, wookie1965 said:

Steve is a very nice bloke sent me some 7x50 binoculars which I have had some great views through. 

Hopefully one day I will get to meet you both for a chinwag. 

Yes, Paul, Steve is a top man in every way.

It would be nice to meet you in person at some point too!👍

Dave

[RobertI]

They’re both big old beasties (the scopes, not the blokes!). 

[RobertI]

You and I actually met once Dave - I bought a manual CG5 on a 2” tripod from you. I still have it, now with motors, rarely used these days except for occasional high power planetary sessions with the C8 or 102ED. 👍

[F15Rules]

9 hours ago, RobertI said:

You and I actually met once Dave - I bought a manual CG5 on a 2” tripod from you. I still have it, now with motors, rarely used these days except for occasional high power planetary sessions with the C8 or 102ED. 👍

I remember that old CG-5 well, Robert..I actually mounted my then 5" D&G F15 refractor "Andromeda" on that mount..😱😱😁 (Steve now has her pier mounted  on an AZ100).

A good workhorse mount, still going strong by the sound of it!👍

Dave

[Saganite]

Yes. a really good day and long overdue.

I was actually quite serious about the swap, after all my scope is twice as big as his.  Maybe Dave is considering it.......I won't hold my breath......

[Saganite]

9 hours ago, wookie1965 said:

Steve is a very nice bloke sent me some 7x50 binoculars which I have had some great views through. 

Hopefully one day I will get to meet you both for a chinwag. 

That would be good Paul, I look forward to it.

[Saganite]

9 hours ago, RobertI said:

They’re both big old beasties (the scopes, not the blokes!). 

Cheeky, Rob.......

[F15Rules]

42 minutes ago, Saganite said:

was actually quite serious about the swap, after all my scope is twice as big as his.  Maybe Dave is considering it.......I won't hold my breath......

...is it actually physically possible for a human to hold it's breath for 30 years Steve??🙃😎

Dave

[Ian McCallum]

Just don't drop them!😱

[mikeDnight]

Two beautiful refractors there!  I'd be happy for either frac to come on their holidays at anytime. 

I can't remember ever giving names to any of the many scopes that I've owned, other than abbreviating their brand name. My present scope, not too surprisingly, is called Taki. I do however, think of my scopes as being alive, as if they enjoy in equal measure our time observing time together. Taki is male by the way! Weird or what!!?

"What gender is your scope?" might be an interesting thread for someone not right in their head to start, but as I'm perfectly normal I'll leave that one for someone else.

[Stu]

Two top chaps together in fact! Great pictures Dave.

I just want to know who tried to run away fastest? Think I would have cracked sub ten seconds for the 100m if I had that Tak in my hands/arms, even with a slightly awkward running style! 🤣🤣

[Saganite]

Well it would have been me, but  I had a shackle round my left leg.  You can't see it of course... Dave took the top half picture......

Edited October 30, 2021 by Saganite

[garryblueboy]

22 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Yes, Paul, Steve is a top man in every way.

It would be nice to meet you in person at some point too!👍

Dave

Yep he is a Top Guy 

[Alan White]

Nice to see another secret Car Park meet up, I wonder how many of those us Astronomers have.
I remember meeting @garryblueboy some years ago at a service station and have done so on other occasions too for sales and purchases,
but for a 'I'll show you mine if you show me yours...' 🤣

Nice to see both your faces and scopes, they look great.

 

[garryblueboy]

5 hours ago, Alan White said:

Nice to see another secret Car Park meet up, I wonder how many of those us Astronomers have.
I remember meeting @garryblueboy some years ago at a service station and have done so on other occasions too for sales and purchases,
but for a 'I'll show you mine if you show me yours...' 🤣

Nice to see both your faces and scopes, they look great.

 

And a very Pleasant meet it was Alan I think it was you showed me yours and I brought it 🤣😂