Am I crazy?

Al,

You .... have .... lots .... of .... company .... join .... the
..... club!

Anthony.

Al wrote:

A couple of weeks ago, we had brutal bone chilling winds and I took
out my 2 month old dob (my first telescope) to find C/2002 T7 LINEAR
and to have a look at three of the gas giants. This weekend, despite
being pounded with wind and snow, I brought my five year old to a
local park (ours were the only footprints in the snow) to get a naked
eye look at Mercury just after sunset. I find myself constantly
looking at weather forecasts (only care about night time), reading
astronomy sites and forums, and am starting to think seriously about
cutting down some trees in my backyard. Am I starting to lose it??

Al

"Al" wrote in message
om...
A couple of weeks ago, we had brutal bone chilling winds and I took
out my 2 month old dob (my first telescope) to find C/2002 T7 LINEAR
and to have a look at three of the gas giants. This weekend, despite
being pounded with wind and snow, I brought my five year old to a
local park (ours were the only footprints in the snow) to get a naked
eye look at Mercury just after sunset. I find myself constantly
looking at weather forecasts (only care about night time), reading
astronomy sites and forums, and am starting to think seriously about
cutting down some trees in my backyard. Am I starting to lose it??

Al

That's just the start of it !
I found my self up a ladder at 2.00am one night , hacking off a tree branch
the was starting to obscure my view !
I did saw very quietly so as not to wake the neighbours
Dave Rose

Am I starting to lose it??

Hi Al:

Yes. But it's not so bad. After five or ten years you'll forget what "normal"
felt like! ;-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
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Rod Mollise wrote in message
...

Yes. But it's not so bad. After five or ten years you'll forget what
"normal"
felt like! ;-)

Good point, Rodster. Everybody that thinks they are "normal" please speak
up. Well? I can't_hear_you!!!

--
Martin
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(Jon Isaacs) wrote in message ...
Am I starting to lose it??

Al

Lose it? You found it...

Have you mentioned to your wife you plans to move to Arizona or New Mexico
yet??

Jon

In fact, I have mentioned to her about moving to a state with dark
skies and building an outside observatory. What about a job? I guess
I'd need one of those to afford some better eyepieces (still lusting
after Radians and Naglers) and a nice big dob (haven't got aperture
fever yet, but if I get to dark skies...).

Al

No, you're not crazy, but you're coming to realize that everyone else is.
And they're wasteful and inconsiderate too.

Mike

"Al" wrote in message
om...
A couple of weeks ago, we had brutal bone chilling winds and I took
out my 2 month old dob (my first telescope) to find C/2002 T7 LINEAR
and to have a look at three of the gas giants. This weekend, despite
being pounded with wind and snow, I brought my five year old to a
local park (ours were the only footprints in the snow) to get a naked
eye look at Mercury just after sunset. I find myself constantly
looking at weather forecasts (only care about night time), reading
astronomy sites and forums, and am starting to think seriously about
cutting down some trees in my backyard. Am I starting to lose it??

Al

Was there supposed to be some sort of abnormal behavior described in there
somewhere?

Sounded pretty typical to me.

Enjoy!

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"Al" wrote in message
om...
A couple of weeks ago, we had brutal bone chilling winds and I took
out my 2 month old dob (my first telescope) to find C/2002 T7 LINEAR
and to have a look at three of the gas giants. This weekend, despite
being pounded with wind and snow, I brought my five year old to a
local park (ours were the only footprints in the snow) to get a naked
eye look at Mercury just after sunset. I find myself constantly
looking at weather forecasts (only care about night time), reading
astronomy sites and forums, and am starting to think seriously about
cutting down some trees in my backyard. Am I starting to lose it??

Al

"Al" wrote in message
om...
Am I starting to lose it??

Yes.


Of course, that merely means you are behind most of the people here... who
lost it long ago.

;-)

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/

I have WON every argument I ever had with myself!!

I you start to lose you might have a problem.


"Al" wrote in message
om...
A couple of weeks ago, we had brutal bone chilling winds and I took
out my 2 month old dob (my first telescope) to find C/2002 T7 LINEAR
and to have a look at three of the gas giants. This weekend, despite
being pounded with wind and snow, I brought my five year old to a
local park (ours were the only footprints in the snow) to get a naked
eye look at Mercury just after sunset. I find myself constantly
looking at weather forecasts (only care about night time), reading
astronomy sites and forums, and am starting to think seriously about
cutting down some trees in my backyard. Am I starting to lose it??

Al

Heck, that's nothing, the Worlds Greatest Debate has been going on here in
Rosamond for almost 6 years now, and it's between the 3 of us. Me, Myself, and
I.



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"Mark" wrote in message
...
I have WON every argument I ever had with myself!!

I you start to lose you might have a problem.


"Al" wrote in message
om...
A couple of weeks ago, we had brutal bone chilling winds and I took
out my 2 month old dob (my first telescope) to find C/2002 T7 LINEAR
and to have a look at three of the gas giants. This weekend, despite
being pounded with wind and snow, I brought my five year old to a
local park (ours were the only footprints in the snow) to get a naked
eye look at Mercury just after sunset. I find myself constantly
looking at weather forecasts (only care about night time), reading
astronomy sites and forums, and am starting to think seriously about
cutting down some trees in my backyard. Am I starting to lose it??

Al




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