JERRYR708
Well-Known Member
Shortly after I first joined Quark, this list was sent out in an email to all the members...keep in mind while reading some of this that this was sent out in 2001...
Aerotech calls to ask about your planned flights this year because
they're consdidering how much space they'll need to restart motor
production.
-You pay annual property tax for a lot at Black Rock.
LEUP fees are part of your household budget.
-Your wife sends you to the store for diapers and you come back with
Quaker Oats and Pringles canisters.
Wife? What wife? Oh, yea, her. I remember her. We used to be married
or something, right?
-All the neighbors on your block go on vacation around the fourth of
July.
Your neighbors' kids are forbibben to enter your yard.
-The FAA knows your name and location of your house by heart.
The FAA has your cell phone on speed dial.
-Your wife's nick-name is "copperhead".
Your dog's name is "THOY". (You don't have a wife, anymore, remember?)
-You get arrested at least twice a year by NASA for trespassing at
the Space Shuttle launches.
You get CALLED at least twice a year by NASA to ferry supplies up to
the ISS.
-The bumper sticker on your van reads "I BRAKE FOR TUBES"
You bought your van to carry rockets. (I know at least two QUARKers
who have done this.)
-Your wife doesn't have to ask you what you want for Christmas.
Your wife has no idea what you want for Xmas.
Your wife is worried that she might get arrested buying you what you
want for Xmas.
Your wife calls ME to find out what you want for Xmas. (True story.)
-Your clothes line is made out of surplus Kevlar.
You don't have a clothesline, as the old one looked like tubular nylon
to you.
-You use "D" engines to light the fire place.
You wonder if fireplace starter material could be combined with sugar
to make decent rocket candy.
-You count down from 5 each time you flip a light switch.
You've used parts from an Estes Electron Beam launch controller for
anything else around the house.
-Frank Kosdon files a restraining order against you for stalking.
You think Frank Kodson is only mildly extreme.
-You hold a year-long 23,000 ft. waiver on your property.
Your property appears on pilot maps in the same color as military
testing ranges.
-Your wife leaves you and you file for Rocket support.
Your wife leaves you for a guy in a Montana militia because "he's not
crazy".
-You have pin-ups of "M" flights all over your living room.
Because its too big to store anywhere else, you have an M-class rocket
IN your living room.
-Your rocket collection has it's own photo album and family tree.
Your rocket collection hsa been the subject of an "Extreme Machines"
documentary.
-You cut off all the elastic on your underwear to use on your L1
project.
You know that elastic from underwear will fail on deployment from
experience.
-You request a funeral with military honors when your full-scale
Patriot lawn-darts.
You bring a shovel to launches.
-You install a car alarm on your L3 project.
Your L3 project budget includes a new vehicle with a higher towing
capacity.
You write the book on "You might be a rocket geek if"... or need to make popcorn before reading it.
