ORIGINAL: Bill Diedrich
Last summer the wife & I had a fish fry for some of my airplane freinds
and their wives, also invited one of my single co-workers that knew I was
into airplanes and told him to bring a lady friend along if he so wished.
To make a long story short, when she observed us guys in my shop talking
about my airplanes, she made the comment that we weren't ''nuthin but a bunch
of kids playin with toys'', to which I replied, I don't drink or smoke and I don't chase
women and my wife knows where I am when I say I'm going flying. She took a deap
breath and proclamed she was my co-worker's toy and he didn't need anything but
her to play with. Following Monday at work during lunch we were planing his first
''Toy Plane'' purchase, as for that lady friend, haven't seen her around him much
anymore, but he comes to the field now with one that is very freindly and just
adores everyones ''Model Airplanes''.
My wife and I have gone through so many different toys/hobbies over the years. Sking, camping, fishing, shooting, hunting, motor cycles, years of building sand rails and living in the desert for weeks on end. My airplanes were always there too. Like you she always knew where I was. I do drink, smoke and look at women though, don't fool around but when I quit looking you may as well toss the dirt on my face, I'm dead!! Drinking is social only so I never go to bars to get loaded, just a beer and some wings. Because I can't do much of my old hobbies any longer she is happy to see me still modeling. She joins me in the shop for a smoke, we never smoke in our home but the shop is my do anything spot. She understands about man childs and supports it. She doesn't go to the fields with me though, BSing with the peanut gallery isn't her thing. FYI, all of my hobbies were just my toys! A child can't build or drive a sand rail either but it's just another toy.