TrickySpot Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 A brief online chat with the wife, hinting about getting a 14" Dob.....------------------------------------------------------------------10:15 AM me: they have a too good not to take special on the biggest telescope I have ever seen!10:16 AM me: this will give you an idea...http://www.telescope.com/rsc/img/catalog/product/html/images/Truss_Tube_Dob_size_comp.jpgHelen: please put your breaks on sweetie!!!! :-)oh dear! it's as big as a human being!!!!! lol10:17 AM me: hahahahahahahathats why they have this diagram in the advert......so people know its massiveHelen: OMG!is that for real?!10:18 AM me: yesthe funniest thing is, thats what I wanted right right in the beginning, or something similarHelen: you are crazy!!me: so you have told meHelen: :-)10:20 AM Helen: but sure you have to have a little house/dome in the garden to keep something like that! it's not something you keep in the house or a balcony!!!!10:21 AM me: people usually carry them outthey are light enough it seemsHelen: really?!they look ridiculous!me: LOL!!!Helen: LOLme: you have just insulted a large proportion of the astro community!Helen: oops! sorry astro community!me: I'm going to cut this chat out and put in on the forum, people will laugh themselves silly--------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 So not only has she (Helen) given you the go ahead for the scope but also for an Obs.SWEET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesyes Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 LOL. She has (probably unintentionally) given you permission to have an observatory / dome. ;-)If you buy this scope, you have to have a little house/dome in the garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 House Dome.....Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starblazer Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Looks like an observatory in the attic for you, thats if garden space doesn't allow lol.Dun wanna swap do ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazOC Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Well you didn't get a "no".....I think you're all set there for the Big Dob!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesyes Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I think experience teaches that with most women a "no" is implied if no "yes" is given... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I think experience teaches that with most women a "no" is implied if no "yes" is given... ;-)And women need to learn that men are not mind readers. We only obey verbal commands. We are similar to dogs in that sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazOC Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I think experience teaches that with most women a "no" is implied if no "yes" is given... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesyes Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 that reminds me of this picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 LOL. Whatever you do....do not press the red button. The red button leads to anger and anger leads to pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesyes Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Her anger leads to your pain... ;-)OK, now this is no longer astro related.. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Her anger leads to your pain... ;-)OK, now this is no longer astro related.. ;-)Sure it is. Women are from Venus and men are from Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlady Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I have heard it said that men only do two things wrong - everything they do and everything they say.I can only say that with experience we women are well aware that men need firm commands - if she did not come out with a straight 'no' you should proceed with caution, it is , however, practical to decide where to keep the scope.Ps My other half knows better than to say no when I am hankering after a new purchase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkis Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 You have a Balcony???You are posh. .Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickySpot Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 You have a Balcony???You are posh. .Ron.We live in a flat.......sorry to disappoint, but the house/dome in the garden means we have to first get a house and a garden....She would kill me if I even remotely suggested of putting the dome on the balcony!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogri Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 "She would kill me if I even remotely suggested of putting the dome on the balcony!!! "Nononononononnooooo!The balcony needs a nice round hot tub fitted nicely into cedar decking.You first build the hot tub in the wrong end ("you know darling you were quite right {even if they never said such a thing, of course}, the other end would have been far better, I'll get it refitted asap") of the decking.You refit the hot tub but you now have this very inconvenient round hole at the other end ("don't worry darling I'll sort out something nice for that").So you put a track round the hole and put an observatory roof on the track ("well I got it cheaper than cedar darling").See? Simples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I can only say that with experience we women are well aware that men need firm commands - if she did not come out with a straight 'no' you should proceed with caution, it is , however, practical to decide where to keep the scope.That's wisdom!! (you understand females better than I do, and I am one of them!!!) I love the "straight up-ness" of guys. I just asked my other half if he is happy with me making another astro-purchase and he said yes. None of this faffing about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonstarrysky Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Maybe better to first show an image of a 36" dob or the like, or the Orion 50" monster dob, then the 14" will look like a kiddies toy. Joking aside I have a 18" being built and my other half perhaps hasnt yet understood that when I said its as big as a giant fridge freezer and it needs a metal ramp to load it in the car, I wasnt kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogri Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Maybe better to first show an image of a 36" dob or the like, or the Orion 50" monster dob, then the 14" will look like a kiddies toy. Joking aside I have a 18" being built and my other half perhaps hasnt yet understood that when I said its as big as a giant fridge freezer and it needs a metal ramp to load it in the car, I wasnt kidding.John I think the hot tub in the cedar decking route may be a bit lacking for that 'scope, sad to say . . . . . .How about a helipad to convert that's only been used once? It's amazing the bargains you can find on Ebay, even if you have to sell it to yourself . . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msinclairinork Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 class!!! mine is the same! heheheeMIchael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annthracks Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I think experience teaches that with most women a "no" is implied if no "yes" is given... ;-)I find it's more rewarding if you live by the adage "it's easier to get forgiveness than permission" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombassa Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 'Yes' is easier to achieve if you sit back and let her spend an absurd amount on shoes and clothes first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScruffyOne Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 see, my GF is cool. I ask and she says no, then i drop said item into conversation in an off the cuff manner. by christmas I've forgotten all about it and recieive it as a gift! and if she can't get the exact one i want, then she is so sorry and gets me more stuff! (just have to hope she doesn't see this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesatanbug Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 From the title of this thread I thought we were in for a Readers Wives type experience, with pictures (all done in the best possible taste of course) of the missus draped over the telescopic equipment, suggestively fondling the focusing knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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