Heh… My dad was informed that there was bird debris on the runway after he took off… And low and behold he had had a bird strike. A seagull into the nosegear well of the Saab 340.
According to him the smell of fish was horrible…
Reminds me of the book “Who moved my cheese ?”
Hobbyroom cleaning by foreigners to model making should be made criminal offence.
The most annoying thing is that they make you feel guilty afterwards…“Comeon its only silly toys” is the killing motto. …
Why do you have so many still in boxes?
You don’t need another model?
It cost how much?
When are you going to clean this mess?
How can you work in here?
I think the basement flooded. . .
(Insert son/daughter name here) Had a school project so they went down and got one of your models to build, you have so many.
Yes it’s nice, what does it do?
It just sits there?
How many of those little paint thingys do you really need?
Odd how these sayings bring a tear to the eye or a knowing nod.
Don
How bout:
Honey, I vacuumed you model room last night. Yeah, I already tossed the bag, today was trash day stupid.
When my 19 year old brings his college buddies to the house:
Hey dude, does it fly…crash!
How about, " Uncle Scott, that model helicopter just fell off the shelf all by itself."
Scott
Dropping the part, usually clear, thus precluding repair…
…getting up, stepping back…
…CRUNCH…
‘Hello, spares hotline, my ??? appears to be missing part no.???’
Karl
one of my least favourite things to hear is “sorry its out of stock” usually followed - after my next question - by" no they ain’t, the mold is in for repair"
and also, “the model shop phoned today, i thought you said that model you ordered only cost…”
Greg
Anything that starts with…“Ah…I have a confession to make”… and when a pilot says "I did a little of my own troubleshooting, and I think the problem is this broken wire, or that broken object, when the switch was in the O-F-F posittion.[#wstupid]
For me the one thing I never wanted to hear was… Platoon commander " I have the map and compass… follow me"
OR
“Yeah the cat eats plastic, strange huh?”
I always liked this quote from Peter Hathaway Capstick: “The loudest noise in the world is a ‘click’ when you were expecting a ‘bang’.”
I don’t think he had any misfires during his career as a PWH or as a game ranger in Botswana, but in one of his last books he recounts the tale of his only personal lion hunt, during which nearly a dozen rounds were expended to put ONE lion down. The last shot was fired at a range of only 15 yards (a bit too close, in my opinion…but then I’m not much for bothering dangerous animals). During the whole CF, the PWH that was guiding Capstick had 2 misfires and 3 hangfires (as in ‘click’…wait for it…not yet…any minute now…don’t open the action yet…just be patient-BANG!).
Not fun at all.
Kent
3 things that entice me to build more models and the sounds that follow.
Cats-I even tried hanging my planes from the ceiling, doesn’t work. Cats can fly.
Kids-Crack, snap, pop, WACK, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Trains - I lived next to the railroad tracks, so the sound of a train was followed by the sound of plastic shattering on the floor.
Since my planes hung from the ceiling, the sound of the ceiling fan set on high.
My shop is in the basement, so the sound of gushing water can be unsettling. Plastic floats.
What about: “Dont worry, it’s only a little problem - all is under control” !
From the guy in crash crew, wearing a fire suit and pointing an extinguisher at you as you put the tire back on the KC130-- “Is it still burning/”