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Confession: I've been a Baaad Boy!

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 6, 2003 1:07 PM
If you think wives are threatening, When I was in the Seminary, the Rector over heard me talking to a classmate that that month's centerfold model was curvaceous and beautiful.[:0] I had to explain that the magazine was "Model Builder" and the centerfold model was a peanut scale plan of a MiG-15Approve [^] He decided that there were worse distractions a priest can suffer from. He was right. You guys with wives, I pray for you.

Hey paulnchamp, you are right, celibacy does give one more time to build.Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by tigerman on Monday, October 6, 2003 11:09 AM
Hey monsterarmor, good for you and your Mrs., maybe she can talk to my wife about building models. My wife thinks models are something I stare at in magazines! Disapprove [V]

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 10:26 PM
hey guys, we all belong to the same club dont we?
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 9:18 PM
Hi Im Tim and I too am a modelholic. I usually use this line before breaking the news..."honey I just saved us $30.00!!" But my current work is getting her into building models too. she seems interested and now she is determined to win 1st place in the WWII German armor just to show a woman can do it. Im hopin shell stick to that and get hooked :)
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Posted by therriman on Sunday, October 5, 2003 6:33 PM
OOPS! [:0] I did it again. Only this time it was a Tamiya 1/350 USS Missouri. I got it for $30 w/$8 for shipping. Not a bad deal. $38 total.
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 1:35 PM
I can only hope that I will someday have a wife as supportive as y'all got!
Oh, and I think she'll have it pretty made, seeing as I've been trained to cook, clean, and even sew every now and then! So, all my wife really has to do is put up with me, and I'll take care of the rest!
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Posted by tigerman on Saturday, October 4, 2003 10:47 PM
Therrriman, your wife and mine must have gone to the same school of sleep. Disapprove [V]

Qmiester, our wives are smart, we aren't out doing temptious things, so we deserve a little thanks. Your wife may blow the money on the garden, but mine spends the dough on the shoes. I'd say my hobby is cheaper. LOL

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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Posted by qmiester on Saturday, October 4, 2003 9:45 PM
I guess I've been lucky (or blessed) with my wife of 35 yrs. She has almost always put up with my model building (there were times when we were young, had kids and having troubles making ends meet, that things got a little sticky).
Her attitude has always been "you enjoy it and you aren't out drinking and out chasing around". Besides there are hobbies out there that are one heck of a lot more expensive out there. But you have to do whatever you have to do in order to keep her. Besides I think my wife spends just about as much money on her garden.
Quincy
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Posted by therriman on Saturday, October 4, 2003 4:34 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by merlin V1650

Tim

She HOOLA HOOPS........to the MONKEES?!??!Dead [xx(]

I say you should be able to buy all the models you want, Old Buddy!!!! Wink [;)]



See, my point exactly!Big Smile [:D]
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 4, 2003 4:11 PM
Tim

She HOOLA HOOPS........to the MONKEES?!??!Dead [xx(]

I say you should be able to buy all the models you want, Old Buddy!!!! Wink [;)]
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Posted by therriman on Saturday, October 4, 2003 12:59 PM
If my wife doesn't get her 10-11 hours of sleep a night, the day is a total waste.
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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Posted by tigerman on Saturday, October 4, 2003 12:07 PM
B. LeCren, I'm not sure how lucky I have it. I get off work in the early afternoon, come home, do laundry, cook dinner, do the shopping, mow the lawn, watch the daughter, vaccuum, etc. I'd say the wife has it made! She comes home, eats dinner, sometimes does the dishes, watches t.v. and goes to bed. Disapprove [V] To boot, she gets more sleep than I do and still complains she doesn't get enough! However, she has been prettty supportive of the hobby. When she saw me eyeing the Tamiya Panther kit w/pe parts, she said "just get it". As I always say, "She's the better half, because she puts up with me."

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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Posted by fussionboy on Saturday, October 4, 2003 10:02 AM
Hey, as my Dad-in-Law has taught me and My Bbrother -in -Law, "BOY'S IT'S EASIER TO GET FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION" . I feel bad reading some of these topics as I have a wife that say's " you better get 2 of what ever, they might run out" and she has even turned me loose in the hobby store with the last words being " if you see it and want it , get it". how can a plasticholic not be in heaven with those words ringing in thier ears. and for the guy who wasn't married yet, my wife knew what she was getting into ahead of time and still married me.
buy the kits you want, and enjoy the hobby.
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Posted by therriman on Saturday, October 4, 2003 8:43 AM
The wife has it good and she knows it. 2 kids do all dishes and most laundry. What laundry they don't get done during the week,, I do while modeling (W&D are in basement w/ models). She cleans house one day a week and gets to Hula Hoop to the Monkees all she wants. When I'm not sleeping (I'm a 3rd shifter) that is.
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 3, 2003 9:08 PM
Mrs. Tigerman:
I like to cook on the BBQ, I throw the dirty clothes in the washer and not on the floor, I load the dishwasher (even start it sometimes!), and wear thick socks to help with the floors.
Sounds like Tigerman lucked out.

Therriman, try buying the model for her as a gift, tell her you are giving her something very precious to you.
I'd like to hear if you get away with that!
Bruce

PS:
My wife buys me modelling stuff all the time, bless her!
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Posted by tigerman on Friday, October 3, 2003 6:24 PM
I just had to reply to what my wife did. [:0] Blush [:I] I'm probably the first person to have their spouse actually reply to a topic. At first I thought she started her own thread. [:0][:0] After she told me what she did, we both just laughed. Big Smile [:D] It seems I left this thread up and walked away. She came to it later and obviously was intrigued by it. Sound advice from a wife in this forum. Now I'm scared that she may read some of my old posts. Sad [:(] Worse yet, she may start her own thread. Disapprove [V] She knows my passwords! Dead [xx(] Worse still.....she bought some more shoes today! Disapprove [V] However.......that means I get to buy another model that I have no time to build! Approve [^]

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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Posted by erush on Friday, October 3, 2003 11:25 AM
HAHahaaa Mrs TIgerman gets it the act!!! Sounds like he's got a good Mrs there!!

Therriman I forgot to mention the cardnal rule of relationships, every man should pay attention to this...

Cardinal Rule No 1:
It is always easier to beg for forgivness than to ask for permission


Eric
Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.     "Friendly fire...isn't"
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Posted by therriman on Friday, October 3, 2003 9:39 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by therriman

Oh well, I've been saying for 20 years. "I've been in the dog house since the day we got married, and I'll be in the dog house till the day I die."Tongue [:P]





The wife seen this and disagreed. She said I didn't get into the doghouse till the day AFTER we got married.

TenchiMuyi - 3 months since you bought a kit? You must have had some bad withdrawls.Evil [}:)]

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 3, 2003 6:06 AM
Therriman, It's just a model, it'll always be there.
Women are simply too precious to give up for plastic models. Besides, how hard can it be to wait a few months? Hell, I haven't bought a single kit in over three, despite an extreme desire to grab that 1/144 scale "Mavis" Japanese Flying Boat!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 11:09 PM
my wife talks in her sleep, so I use a tape recorder and I ask her if it was ok for me to buy the models... it has work so far..........
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Posted by tigerman on Thursday, October 2, 2003 10:48 PM
Ok....if my husband finds out that I'm in here, he's gonna kill me. But I have a word or two to say. I think it's great that you guys have a hobby to keep you bizzy. What's wrong with spending $80 every so often on something that you really want? It's only money, you can't take it with you. Your kids won't remember the $80, but they will remember the really cool model you made and left to them.
Now, the subject of the wife.....besides the flowers and the toe rub, how about snuggling with the wife without "expecting" anything else. Wink [;)] Or how about making dinner, doing the dishes, cleaning the house, doing the laundry....that kinda stuff. My husband does all of this quite often. And I never mind when he buys a model here or there....as long as it was a really good bargain. I just wish he'd work on them a little bit more than sitting on this darn computer talking about it. Big Smile [:D]
Oh, and don't tell my husband that I bought a couple new pairs of shoes today. Wink [;)] But they were a bargain!!!

Mrs. Tigerman Kisses [:X]

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 10:27 PM
Sorry fellas but you are assuming that, whatever therriman does, his wife will not see right through it. Women are like that, they can read us like books.

If you really want it, buy it, and then deal with the fall-out later. It's better in these situations to be reactive rather than proactive. Admittedly I've only been married just over a year so what do I know of the female mind?!?!
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Posted by therriman on Thursday, October 2, 2003 7:17 PM
The biggest problem with the wife is she was of the "opinion" that having more models on hand than could be done right away was wrong. After showing her some previous topics about the hundreds or thousands of kits you guys have she has eased up a bit. But she still thinks I'm crazy for having ONLY 20 kits onhand (that's counting the ones I'm working on).Cool [8D]

Oh well, I've been saying for 20 years. "I've been in the dog house since the day we got married, and I'll be in the dog house till the day I die."Tongue [:P]


Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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Posted by RAF120 on Thursday, October 2, 2003 6:30 PM
therriman it's simple tell her you won it as a door prize at....model club/ model show/ online contest.
If that doesn't work you could always tell her the people a FineScale Modeler asked if you would build the kit and do a Workbench Review.

If that one works let me know I want to try it.
Trevor Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 4:31 PM
Here's another thought that works for me. After 20 years of kit collecting I have some that I don't like as much anymore and I have a few extras from when I bought more than one of a particular subject. In order to make room for new kits on the shelves and in order to help pay for the new acquisitions, I simply sell some on ebay and then use the money to buy more! My wife doesn't keep track of my PayPal account, so what she doesn't know won't hurt me!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 2:28 PM
i sit around the house and looked depressed, and when she ask me what wrong i look at her say nothing. Then a few days go by and she is tired of this and made the comment "Lets go to Hobby Lobby, i need some material". Gotch ya.
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Posted by Jeeves on Thursday, October 2, 2003 7:17 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Keyworth

Plastic addiction is a disease. Let your wife know that without new plastic you'll go into withdrawal symptoms and they are truly fearsome to behold. You might try throwing yourself on the ground and froth at the mouth mumbling gibberish, but she may just equate that to the usual Sunday afternoon football behavior of most males of the species. Other than that, I have no other winning strategies except to 'fess up when you get caught, and don't get caught often!!! Big Smile [:D]Cool [8D]Big Smile [:D]


What he said ;) Maybe mention the horrible skin rash with pustules that you'll get if you can't touch the vital, rejuvenating plastic of the Yorktown kit ;)
Mike
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Posted by styrene on Thursday, October 2, 2003 6:01 AM
JIm,
Your advice doesn't count....you're not married--yet...Big Smile [:D]

The only reason she is so tolerant and patient, is because the only thing on her mind is getting you down the aisle... after that, all bets are off....Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 5:29 AM
Ya mean she has to rub his toes too??
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