IFlySlowPlanes

A friend's dad recently bought a full scale airplane after a long time away from flying and as a result, needed to empty his home of r/c stuff (I guess the wife will only allow one expensive hobby per household!). Anyway, I'm now the proud owner of a never-before-flown Goldberg Tiger II with a brand new OS 46FX for the grand total outlay of........zero.

For an extra $50 he threw in a full flight pack with receiver and servos too - hey, it was easier than removing them ;-). Anyway, I'm looking forward to flying this thing as soon as I can break in the engine (I hate that part!). I wish I could afford to buy his 8-ch computer radio, but the funds just aren't there at this point. Anyway, I'm still feeling mighty lucky!

tailskid

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And LUCKY you are! Don't worry about breaking in the OS.....bolt it on and fly the first couple flights at a slightly rich setting and go from there.....congrats...

Jerry

FOD MAN

[:-]when i saw this thread i thought it was going to be about a new girlfiiend or something

Flyboy Dave

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....me too...."getting lucky" used to mean....well, never mind.

FBD.

IFlySlowPlanes

The unfortunate tradeoff being...if I was "getting lucky" in the biblical sense, I'd probably have a lot less time for this hobby! Frankly, since the divorce (followed by a period of compensational oat-sowing), I've grown increasingly disillusioned with women. For the time being, I think I'll just stick to r/c...at least when I screw that up, the heartbreak is easily overcome! ;-)

ZAGNUT

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getting lucky means not having to come up with a lame excuse for not staying the night...


dave

Rcpilot

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For you single guys; "Getting Lucky" still means something that involves a bed or sofa--maybe even the kitchen table.

To us poor married guys--it means being "GRANTED" the funds for another airplane project. Heck--I earn the money; and now I gotta ask too spend it.

Life's just not fair--it becomes even more unfair after your married.

FOD MAN

sometimes for me getting lucky with the wife is just not getting lucky[sm=tired.gif] but then again maybe i am just getting old. i wonder where my viagra is?

FLYBOY

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Toooooooo true! Friend has been married 28 years, she has never worked, he built a 1.5 million dollar house a couple years ago, she gets a boyfriend a few months ago and takes him for the house, more than half of everything else, and wants spousel support to boot. She was the one who cheated. It just don't seem right!!!!

Sounds like you got a heck of a deal!

As stated, run the engine rich 2 flights and then lean it. No break in required on OS. They are good engines

IFlySlowPlanes

Thank you gentlemen for building a solid case for never getting married (again)....as if the ex didn't give me enough reasons! My mom was telling me the other day, "You have a great life! You don't have to answer to anyone, you have a hobby you love and friends in a variety of areas of interest, you have your own house, and you can pretty much do what you want!" I guess it's all a matter of perspective, but it did make me feel grateful for the life I have. I ain't rich, but I have all I really need....it's the stuff I WANT that gets me into trouble!

FighterBird873

Is it unfair right away, or is it a gradual process?

Rcpilot

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Well- life ain't fair for anyone.

But, concerning the marriage--it is a gradual process--it happens very slowly during the course of the 1/2 hour ceromony. By the end of the vows--shes got your jewels in a sack and she hangs them on a nail in the bedroom, after you return from the honeymoon. Only takes them down 1 or 2 times a month for you.

I'm only kidding. Like everything in life--there are both good and bad things with every choice you make.

I'm reasonably happy being married. My wife loves me and I got 2 good and decent kids who are respectful and smart. I attribute that too the fact that my wife and I made a choice--BEFORE--we had kids. One of us had to stay home and rasie them. No sense in having kids and then placing them in daycare for someone else too instill THEIR values--or lack of--into our children.

My wife is a good homemaker and she takes the kids too the library and educates them on proper etichette and social responsibility. We're not raising any little monsters that you will find yourself rolling your eyes at--if you should ever run into us at the grocery store. I'm confident that anyone would be impressed with my children and their manners.

I think thats whats wrong with this country. Too many mommies out trying to have a career and kids at the same time. They have been made to feel that being a homemaker is a worthless job and that they won't get any respect if they don't earn a living and be productive taxpayers. Feminism. I blame it on the government.

Thats all fine and dandy--but the kids turn out to be socially irresponsible, selfish idiots with no class or respect for others. Mommy was never home to teach them right and wrong--so the 15yr old babysitter did it. Some role model--the modern 15yr old.

Call me a chauvonist--but I don't believe that a woman can do BOTH things well. Either be a mother and raise your kids--or don't have any kids and stick with your career.

But, I DO miss my freedom sometimes. When your single--you got no responsibilities--other than yourself. You can tell your girlfriend to take a hike and get a new one--and it won't cost you 1/2 of everything you got in the bank.

Being married and the sole breadwinner in the house--is a LOT of pressure and responsibility. Especially if your income bracket is in the lower middle-class area. You have to put everyone else's needs before your own. If you don't--then your not a very good father and hubby--IMO. Choices--you make them and then you do the best you can with the results.

Sorry to ramble--don't want to get into politics--thats not what this board is about.

trioval00

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for me? getting lucky? that means the ex-wife wont call and bother me


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