You might be a rocket geek if...

Davidtmp said:

.....you keep coming back to this thread to laugh your tail off at some of the funny crap you guys wrote.:rofl:

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Guilty...

Your walk through even Victoria's Secret results in identification of more items you can make a rocket out of.

Salvage-1 said:

You know you are addicted to HPR when you realize that you have replaced the elastic in the underwear with tubular nylon and have a nomex pad to stop scorchmarks.

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It would take a truly scorched nomex pad to cover up my skidmarks!

stantonjtroy said:

If you make your kids share a bedroom so you can have a rocket build/storage room.

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Now thats what I'm talking about...hmmmm..ideas,ideas.

The real scary thing is most of this stuff describes me. :y:

When moving to another location to accommodate the need for space is more important than where you live.

cwbullet said:

Guilty...

Your walk through even Victoria's Secret results in identification of more items you can make a rocket out of.

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I'm thinking parachutes. I wonder if there's a direct correlation between motor size and cup size? :confused2:

...you refer to the movie October Sky as "my life story."

...you cannot get through a showing of October Sky without tearing up.

...every time you view The Simpsons episode on model rocketry, you point out that it violates the code for Mr. Nibbles to ride in the model.

... you set your VCR to catch any TV show that even mentions rockets or rocketry. That's right, VCR, so what. You want to fight about it?

JPVegh said:

... you set your VCR to catch any TV show that even mentions rockets or rocketry. That's right, VCR, so what. You want to fight about it?

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LOL...I still have 2 of them and they both work great. Of course, I know how to fix them.

...you are on a 12-hour drive yet you stop at Wick's Aircraft Supply to pick up two quarts of SuperFil to save on shipping and "talk shop" with the owner (just this morning, in fact).

You have to explain to your wife the clear plastic tumbler is not 'dirty' but rather the result of you dripping a little acetone on it while thinning your pyrogen over the sink to make ignitors. Happened last night....

... you have a credit card that for some reason only shows Apogee, Wildman, and Whats Up on its statement
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... you have a paypal account specifically for rocketry

...you see everything - and I mean EVERYTHING, to have flight potential.

chadrog said:

...you see everything - and I mean EVERYTHING, to have flight potential.View attachment 87548

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Are you referring to the KFC box or washer?

Davidtmp said:

Are you referring to the KFC box or washer?

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Hmm, maybe two-stage:wink:... I was just referring to the bucket- if I were going to LDRS, the two-stage option might be a good idea!

...you just get a room with a computer at work and the ONLY additional thing you add to it is this forum

chadrog said:

...you see everything - and I mean EVERYTHING, to have flight potential.View attachment 87548

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Davidtmp said:

Are you referring to the KFC box or washer?

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I thought the bucket was the nose cone for the washer.

chadrog said:

...you see everything - and I mean EVERYTHING, to have flight potential.View attachment 87548

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.... and have the equations on hand to prove it to the LCO.

When you tell someone you are doing some fiberglass work and they ask you if you are building a boat and it takes you a second to figure out what they mean...

Or you stop in for a regular doctors appointment and the CNAs and PAs have saved the tubing from co-ban rolls because they knew you were coming in for a visit.

... you spend a thousand dollars on tools to built a five dollar rocket and consider it money well spent.

JPVegh said:

... you spend a thousand dollars on tools to built a five dollar rocket and consider it money well spent.

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Jp hits it on the head! :clap: :handshake: :grin:

You also know when you buy a sticker to advertise the self same fact-as if nobody could guess....
(I'd like six please....)

JPVegh said:

... you spend a thousand dollars on tools to built a five dollar rocket and consider it money well spent.

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Darn, that smarts. I am definitelt guilty.

JPVegh said:

... you spend a thousand dollars on tools to built a five dollar rocket and consider it money well spent.

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Oh Dood! You prolly nailed 3/4 of us all. Myself included.

JPVegh said:

... you spend a thousand dollars on tools to built a five dollar rocket and consider it money well spent.

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Hey now, just today I had to use some clamps and my epoxy to fix an eight year old's pair of flip flops. Now if it weren't for rocketry, I would not have had that epoxy or those particular clamps that worked perfectly.

Of course, trying to justify those tools and products purchased for rocketry by the repair of a $2 pair of flip flops is probably a sign as well.

I am always looking for a way to get my wife involved or at least excited about rocketry. My thought is of course that I can buy more rocketry stuff "for us". When this thread came out , I started reading some of the items posted. Last night while grilling she asked me " how long till dinner". My response was " T minus 3 minutes". Her response was your like that post about rocket geeks. So having said that:

You might be a rocket geek if you use " T minus" as a way to describe time.

#1- If you feel like you just won the lottery after finding the elusive Crayon Bank at Toys R Us (true)

#2- You hold up the crayon from #1 to show your 6 year old and ask if he knows what this is gonna be.....and he answers "A rocket?" (also true)

MrGneissGuy said:

Hey now, just today I had to use some clamps and my epoxy to fix an eight year old's pair of flip flops. Now if it weren't for rocketry, I would not have had that epoxy or those particular clamps that worked perfectly.

Of course, trying to justify those tools and products purchased for rocketry by the repair of a $2 pair of flip flops is probably a sign as well.

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Could be worse---you might have thought of a way to make fins out of the flip flops---just sayin !

Bunsen Honeydew said:

While watching "The Right Stuff" your wife, who is not into rockets, yells CATO during the scene when the rockets blow up.

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HA! Awesome!


Later!

--Coop

Davidtmp said:

Are you referring to the KFC box or washer?

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...you answer this question with, "Yes."


Later!

--Coop

... you argue the correctness of CATO vs cato ad nauseam.