You know you're hooked when. .

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You know you're hooked when the phrase "size matters" makes you think of aperture.

You know you're hooked when you pull "all-nighters" and you're older than 30.

You know you're hooked when you buy a marine battery but you don't have a boat.

You know you're hooked when you start "talking shop" with your optometrist.

You know you're hooked when you buy an eyepatch and it isn't Halloween.

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. . . or when you don't wear deet in order to protect the optics. . .

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You know you are hooked whenever you find anything hollow, you tend to look through it.

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You know you're hooked when, you're reading CN while imaging... or it's cloudy. Laughing

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You use your generator during a hurricane to charge your scope's batteries so you can take advantage of the clear skies after the storm passes.

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You know you're hooked when you walk past random everyday items and trash/junk, pause, stroke your chin and think to yourself, "I wonder would that be useful for a scope mod?"

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When you look at the shed in the backyard and think observatory. Very Happy

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When you check real estate listings against the dark sky map when planning where to move to next Laughing

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You know you are hooked when you go out on the dark patio in the back yard at 2:30am, see clouds, turn around to go back in the house, trip over something, fall down, hurt yourself, stagger back in the house, then get up at 4:30am and go back out and observe when you find it cloud free.

(The above may or may not have happened this morning to me.)

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...when you start measuring up spare storage space against diffrent telescope designs...

...when you start spending time in the. Hardware store's plumbing section with vernier calipers and an eyepiece barrel...

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You list your telescopes in your will.

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When you decline some sort of super fantastic party invitation that's once in a life time so you can go and try out your new eyepiece.

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You know when your super fantastic invitation that is once in a lifetime IS trying out your new eyepiece.

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You pass on going to a relative's wedding/funeral/bar mitzvah/etc...because it's a new moon weekend.

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When you prefer the freezing outdoors to the warm and comfortable indoors.

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You plan trips for work around the new moon.
(I've done it. I keep the new moons on my calendar at work just for this purpose.)

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you sit at the window for 9 hours waiting for the brown truck to bring your new telescope

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You almost drive your car off the road because you are looking up at the sky checking out the conditions while driving home from work.

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scopeman wrote:: You almost drive your car off the road because you are looking up at the sky checking out the conditions while driving home from work.

Guilty! (and they say cell phones are dangerous)... I'm also guilty of researching the skies (and spending a night on location) before purchasing a home.

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When your wife says, "It's me or the telescopes!", and you pack her bags.

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scopeman wrote:: When your wife says, "It's me or the telescopes!", and you pack her bags.

Laughing so hard right now

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haha

You know you're hooked when you have to clear a foot of snow away to set up your scope, then wallow out a hole in the snow on the table to set your Martini in!

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I've done that car thing a great many times! Guilty, I admit it..
You know your hooked when you drive long distances to areas on the map that have nothing on them, looking for viewing sights!

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AstroJunkie wrote:

scopeman wrote:: When your wife says, "It's me or the telescopes!", and you pack her bags.

Laughing so hard right now

good one!

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You walk up to your scope, look into the empty focuser and start pointing it around as if you are observing...

... inside your house (because it is cloudy out).

(I don't know, maybe it's just me. Embarassed

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