My wife thinks I'm a nerd
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Hey, doe's anyone else's wife think your a nerd. I must admit there is something about this hobby that seems to attract wierd people. But I don't think I'm one of them of course.
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RE: My wife thinks I'm a nerd
Yep, my wife once called out as I went out the door, "There goes Daddy to fly his planes with the other airplane geeks!"[sm=49_49.gif]
Well, she could have done worse.[sm=kiss.gif]
Well, she could have done worse.[sm=kiss.gif]
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ORIGINAL: Bruno Stachel
Yep, my wife once called out as I went out the door, "There goes Daddy to fly his planes with the other airplane geeks!"[sm=49_49.gif]
Well, she could have done worse.[sm=kiss.gif]
Yep, my wife once called out as I went out the door, "There goes Daddy to fly his planes with the other airplane geeks!"[sm=49_49.gif]
Well, she could have done worse.[sm=kiss.gif]
Drinking, Golfing, Fishing, NASCAR?
There is a level of insanity to each of these events - pick your poison.
More to the point; let HER pick a different poison for you... [X(]
Quilting doesn't count!
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My wife's described me in several "colorful" ways, but nerd hasn't yet been used. When our family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) were putting together their Christmas wish list over Thanksgiving, my wife told them "Well, he's still flying airplanes", like I was sitting in a sandbox with a stick, making p-t-p-t-p-t-p-t-p-t-p-t sounds . I wonder what "Santa" will bring?
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RE: My wife thinks I'm a nerd
ORIGINAL: bbbair
What would she rather you were doing?
Drinking, Golfing, Fishing, NASCAR?
There is a level of insanity to each of these events - pick your poison.
More to the point; let HER pick a different poison for you... [X(]
Quilting doesn't count!
ORIGINAL: Bruno Stachel
Yep, my wife once called out as I went out the door, "There goes Daddy to fly his planes with the other airplane geeks!"[sm=49_49.gif]
Well, she could have done worse.[sm=kiss.gif]
Yep, my wife once called out as I went out the door, "There goes Daddy to fly his planes with the other airplane geeks!"[sm=49_49.gif]
Well, she could have done worse.[sm=kiss.gif]
Drinking, Golfing, Fishing, NASCAR?
There is a level of insanity to each of these events - pick your poison.
More to the point; let HER pick a different poison for you... [X(]
Quilting doesn't count!
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RE: My wife thinks I'm a nerd
Mine supports my hobby.... addiction..... obsession. As a mater of fact she likes to fly electric heli so there is no need to get a girlfriend that likes to go to the field with me, also much healthier since she grew up on a farm and knows how a bull becomes a steer. [sm=omg_smile.gif] Santa is brining a new GP P-6E Hawk, as a matter of fact to save the trouble he dropped it off early but momma wrapped it up and said I can't have it till Christmas.Well I'll just have to work on the Hanger 9 p-51 PTS arf, or the GP fun force Hellcat or the funforce zero, or maybe the CMP Hellcat or or or.... No sweetie I still need a 12 channel programable radio to equal the rock in that ring....[sm=angel_smile.gif]
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ORIGINAL: fresnoflyer
Hey, doe's anyone else's wife think your a nerd. I must admit there is something about this hobby that seems to attract wierd people. But I don't think I'm one of them of course.
Hey, doe's anyone else's wife think your a nerd. I must admit there is something about this hobby that seems to attract wierd people. But I don't think I'm one of them of course.
Nope, just yours! Naw just kidding. My wife couldn't care less about this hobby except for how much it costs.
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RE: My wife thinks I'm a nerd
Hunched over a computer at 6 am responding to a bunch of posts by a bunch of nerdy geeks.
Digging through a box of lightweight balsa sticks just to find the "perfect piece". Reading and understanding plans, and working with some kinda glue that is only know to us nerds for the most part.
Looking in specialty catalogs for really esoteric stuff that can only be used by a nerd such as myself.
"Designing" your own object of lust, just to have it perform "not as well as I expected", but still loving every minute of it.
Knowing every minute detail about something that no one else in the room ever heard of, or gives a rats azz about.
No, no nerds here.
Digging through a box of lightweight balsa sticks just to find the "perfect piece". Reading and understanding plans, and working with some kinda glue that is only know to us nerds for the most part.
Looking in specialty catalogs for really esoteric stuff that can only be used by a nerd such as myself.
"Designing" your own object of lust, just to have it perform "not as well as I expected", but still loving every minute of it.
Knowing every minute detail about something that no one else in the room ever heard of, or gives a rats azz about.
No, no nerds here.
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RE: My wife thinks I'm a nerd
I support our family as a DBA/Developer...prior to that, I supported it teaching other people how to be DBA's. Heck, my wife an I MET in a computer lab for chrissakes. She's known I'm a geek/nerd for a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time.
She's awesome though...her response to any new plane I bring home is "That's nice."...she's even actually LIKED a couple of them.
Of course, the fact that I support my hobby with poker winnings and not paychecks probably helps.
She's awesome though...her response to any new plane I bring home is "That's nice."...she's even actually LIKED a couple of them.
Of course, the fact that I support my hobby with poker winnings and not paychecks probably helps.
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ORIGINAL: fresnoflyer
Hey, doe's anyone else's wife think your a nerd. I must admit there is something about this hobby that seems to attract wierd people. But I don't think I'm one of them of course.
Hey, doe's anyone else's wife think your a nerd. I must admit there is something about this hobby that seems to attract wierd people. But I don't think I'm one of them of course.
I'm an accountant. Flying R/C is the closest thing to "cool" that I do in any case.
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ORIGINAL: Charlie P.
I'm an accountant. Flying R/C is the closest thing to "cool" that I do in any case.
I'm an accountant. Flying R/C is the closest thing to "cool" that I do in any case.
I ALMOST wish i was an accountant just to steal that line. That oughta be your sig, Charlie. Priceless!
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If my wife called me a nerd, I would just say "This is who I am. I can't help it. But YOU had a choice and married me anyway"
Then I would just razz her as I headed out to the field
"You married a ner-erd
Neener neener neener
Heh heh heh, What a DOPE!"
Then I would just razz her as I headed out to the field
"You married a ner-erd
Neener neener neener
Heh heh heh, What a DOPE!"
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ORIGINAL: JustErik
Hey! I AM an accountant! Can I steal that line???
Hey! I AM an accountant! Can I steal that line???
But I get a 20% royalty for any proceeds generated from it's commercial use.
(I am an accountant, after all. )
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RE: My wife thinks I'm a nerd
ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer
If my wife called me a nerd, I would just say "This is who I am. I can't help it. But YOU had a choice and married me anyway"
Then I would just razz her as I headed out to the field
"You married a ner-erd
Neener neener neener
Heh heh heh, What a DOPE!"
If my wife called me a nerd, I would just say "This is who I am. I can't help it. But YOU had a choice and married me anyway"
Then I would just razz her as I headed out to the field
"You married a ner-erd
Neener neener neener
Heh heh heh, What a DOPE!"
Now this is getting scary! Because I say the same thing to my wife!!!!
Ken
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RE: My wife thinks I'm a nerd
Mine still treats me like a kid, so I guess nerd would go with that. But she does support me in the hobby. She even takes the Tower Catalogue to do my Christmas wish list. So, I'm a nerd.....and proud of it. And if any of you have ever been picked on, put off,..(sorry, the end scene from Revenge of the Nerds started to flash back!)
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ORIGINAL: ama234
My wife couldn't care less about this hobby except for how much it costs.
My wife couldn't care less about this hobby except for how much it costs.
She knows flying is my outlet to "let off steam" and relax, keeps me off the streets and out of the bars
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RE: My wife thinks I'm a nerd
Mine is slowly learning that when she ticks me off I go shopping for r/c. I tell her that each model is a reminder of how many times she ticked me off....lol. She is a great gal though. She never asks "how much" or "why", heck she works in the same building as our LHS. Yesterday I called her at work and asked her to pick up my fuselage that was waiting at the LHS for me and she did and even paid for it and didn't ask for reimbursement. I am keeping her forever. She is at ever one of my races cheering me on and goes to the field to fly every chance she gets. I wish she would take part in the building process but hey, what she does now is good enough for me. She is calling me now...gotta go.
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ORIGINAL: fresnoflyer
Hey, doe's anyone else's wife think your a nerd.
Not even close! Mine things I'm an ***** If the entire value of your R/C hobby is worth more than the ring on her finger, your in deep "kimche" jack!
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ORIGINAL: khodges
You sure got that right. Mine complained loudly every time I brought home a new plane or kit until I compared what my planes cost compared to how much a season's worth of hay, and trimming and shoeing her horses every six weeks, plus the year's worth of vet bills added up to, and the fact that I had more planes at the end of that year, and she still had only two horses.
She knows flying is my outlet to "let off steam" and relax, keeps me off the streets and out of the bars
ORIGINAL: ama234
My wife couldn't care less about this hobby except for how much it costs.
My wife couldn't care less about this hobby except for how much it costs.
She knows flying is my outlet to "let off steam" and relax, keeps me off the streets and out of the bars
Well, I guess I'm pretty well screwed because the first ain't true and we don't have any horses! She does however have two pets, a dog and a cat....but they seem to love me more though...[] Yep, I'm screwed.