In 2005, while my (2nd) wife Gail and I attended our first star party (the South Pacific Star Party near Ilford, NSW), my passion was reignited. We wandered around the fields and looked at and through many scopes. My wife enjoyed it so much she began to understand why I was so interested in restarting my old hobby. At the end of the star party she basically told me "just buy what you want ... you've worked hard for what you have and you can't take it with you." Thanks to that complete approval, I did just that :-)