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My new job ..... great been lazy sat around all summer.
So decided to get a job .having left my last job in july
Ok lazy but fun for so long... 2nd day in my new job at an adult education center .
Everything went ok 1st day but today i had to show how to start the potters wheel .
Not having used one for god knows how many years i was a little worried.
So befor the lesson i had a go all went well till infront off the whole class i sat down you Guessed it bloody seat collapsed id forgot to tighted the screw .
So theres me legs akimbo on the floor how embarrased was i .
Everybody burst out laughing me included anyway ill be week needlecraft hehe i hope

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I have asked this question before....................where exactly is this London place?
Judy

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Hello all you crazeeeee Munchers!
Just returned from our South American adventure......6 weeks in Brazil!! Woo Hoo!
If anyone wants a lift from West Yorkshire just get in touch.....(to the Munch I mean, not to the local supermarket or cinema....sheesh!!) ; )
Looking forward to seeing all you guys and catching up on the SH gossip!
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Hmmmmmmmmmm! There is a lady on here who fits the bill mate.....Her name is Judy Thompson Voles....or Judy TV for short............
She'll show you a thing or two.....(or three!)
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I've lurked on the forums for quite a while and never really participated until tonight. And blow me, I'm usually a 3 cigs an hour kind a guy when I'm not at work, but 2 an a 1/2 hours have flown by without even having one...
Perhaps SH forums could offer its services to the NHS.

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ha ha when I saw the title of the thread "astronomical swingers" I thought is was going to be about the amount of different partners you'd shagged.

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Keys is under plant pot. Step over Dino, you know which one is my room............... see you in a couple of hours, I'll lay your underwear out.
Fourth door is Jags room, walk quietly she bites!!! :twisted:
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Kinky Lizard,
Sorry to break the tradition in this thread but I'm going to try and help. I'm not an astronomer by any means but I do read some scientific mags very occasionally and did get quite interested in it at one point.
I seem to remember that reflectors are cheaper for the equivalent power but bigger and heavier to carry around cos mirros are heavier than the equivalent lenses. But can be supported better in the frame.
Refractors, conversely, are more expensive but smaller, lighter. As they get larger even the professionals are using reflectors 'cos there's only so big you can make a lens without it collapsing under it's own weight, and easier to build with better light transmission (I think? IIRC) with mirrors. Easier to reflect all the light than filter none of it.
If it's only a small one (oo-er.. couldn't help it!), the weight difference won't be so big or so important. Make sure you rate them by amount of light they pick up (measured in some silly unit I can't remember like luminance or er...) not by how much they enlarge things if it's for stargazing, and the quality of the optics. It's no good having it 500x life-size if it's too faint to see through the eye-piece or you can't get it in focus. Stars should always be a point of light by the way if you look through it no matter what enlargement (oo-er again..), any stars that look bigger are the telescope's inaccuracy cos they're just tooooo far away (almost about to quote an early part of HHgttG there). Or they're not stars and much closer. I had a book with some good advice in it somewhere, think it's back my folk's house though.
Also - do you wear glasses? If so you might want to get a corrective dioptre eyepiece for it, if it gets a bit more serious.
Handy links? Wikipedia usually does me proud, and I came across this one with a quick search - go to the guide section for buyers.
ER... that's about all I can say I'm afraid. Hope you boldly go...

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Any women on line wannna meet up for some sex?!

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So, I'm hoping that there are a few star gazers amongst you who can offer me some *serious* advice.....

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Hi guys,
I'm buying a 200mm telescope (i could have said 8" but I know I wouldn't have had a serious reply!!)
anyhow, my question is.....which is the best to purchase: a reflector or a refractor????
I want it mainly to observe the planets, planetary nebulae, star clusters, galaxies etc.
So, I'm hoping that there are a few star gazers amongst you who can offer me some *serious* advice.....
yeah, I'm expecting the usual bollox too! (not mentioning any names though!)