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Pather G + Television = crunch!

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Pather G + Television = crunch!
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 12:15 AM
Well, what a fun morning it was this morning. I woke up, went to walk out of my bedroom and then heard an odd noise behind me. I turned just in time to see my chest of drawers tip over. Now, this would have been ok, if it wasnt for A) the televison on top of them, or B) the just finished and ready for weathering Pather G that was sitting directly in the line of fire.

So, i watched in slow motion as my television impacted my nice, innocent tank. The tank ended up flying off the desk, hitting a chair and finally, impacting upon the floor. I was horrified! All i could think of was, 'how many pieces wil this be in'.

Surprisingly though, it only lost one set of side skirts, a gun cleaning utility case, a bent antenna and a slightly bruised Commander. Phew! Smile [:)] (And thank gosh for the angled armour!)
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Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, June 21, 2004 12:21 AM
Instant replay! I demand an instant replay. He-he-he.


Sorry, just wanted to cheer you up. Hope you'll be able to put it together again..

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 12:48 AM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto]. It sound like you can actually salvage it. thats good. When that happened to mine it exploded.
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Posted by wildwilliam on Monday, June 21, 2004 6:17 AM
i guess it was a 'glancing blow' and not a direct hit!
congrats on your 'good luck' (if you ignore the incident happening!)

hopefully, the repair will be straight forward.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 6:28 AM
Wheeew!
Looks like a close call!

O.K. this isn't about the TV and I really think everybody cares for the panther, but I've got to know... is the TV ok? Wink [;)]Tongue [:P]
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Posted by Build22 on Monday, June 21, 2004 7:46 AM

I share your pain, Burnttoast


Sounds to me like there was a "Firefly" nearby.


Similiar thing happened to me. I think that's where the expression "Pick up the pieces and move on" comes from. It's easier said than done.




Jim [IMG]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 8:14 AM
What caliber/muzzle velocity was the teley? Apparently not enough for penetration, even at close range.

Did you check if Shermanfreak was behind the dresser?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 9:15 AM
Lucky You... Glad to hear it wasn't a write off.... Get it back into the field...
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Posted by tigerman on Monday, June 21, 2004 11:36 AM
How did your chest of drawers tip over?

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 Eric 

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Posted by zokissima on Monday, June 21, 2004 11:40 AM
lol, sorry to hear about that. But don't worry about it. I had a much worse weekend. There was an issue I won't talk about, and ultimately, my Trumpeter 50-ton tank transporter was reduced to parts. Almost everything fell off. It was completely destroyed. At least now I have $100 (Canadian) dollars worth of stuff to add to my spare parts box.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 11:42 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tigerman

How did your chest of drawers tip over?


Sign - Ditto [#ditto] Yeah, thats what I want to know. There doesn't live a Mr. Murphy in your house by any chance. If there is a Mr. Murphy could you please ask him to send me all the bits and pieces that he has nicked over the years.
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Posted by wipw on Monday, June 21, 2004 12:46 PM
Sounds like you pretty much had protypical damage to me. Maybe we could all try that to help in weathering our tanks!! lol

Still haven't heard what happend to the tv though!
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Posted by yw18mc on Monday, June 21, 2004 1:07 PM
got a box full of these types of incidents. occupys a corner of my garage!! "things to be fixed at a later date". got to get into that newest kit first. my condolences mate. semper fi, mike
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Posted by lizardqing on Monday, June 21, 2004 2:43 PM
To bad there was not a cat sitting next to it to soften the blow a bit more Evil [}:)] Glad you escaped total carnage though.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 3:01 PM
cmon you cant sell out TV like that, it brings so much enjoyment, it is ok? the models salvagable pray the tvs ok
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 3:45 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Dwight Ta-ala

Instant replay! I demand an instant replay. He-he-he.


Live to serve ya ....

QUOTE: Well, what a fun morning it was this morning. I woke up, went to walk out of my bedroom and then heard an odd noise behind me. I turned just in time to see my chest of drawers tip over. Now, this would have been ok, if it wasnt for A) the televison on top of them, or B) the just finished and ready for weathering Pather G that was sitting directly in the line of fire.

So, i watched in slow motion as my television impacted my nice, innocent tank. The tank ended up flying off the desk, hitting a chair and finally, impacting upon the floor. I was horrified! All i could think of was, 'how many pieces wil this be in'.

Surprisingly though, it only lost one set of side skirts, a gun cleaning utility case, a bent antenna and a slightly bruised Commander. Phew! (And thank gosh for the angled armour!)
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 3:47 PM
Was the TV a Iosef Stalin II brand? Tongue [:P]

When bad things happen to good models. It happens to us all. Time takes its toll on all models. It just sounds like, in your case, time didn't take its time this time. Sad [:(]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 6:15 PM
Now lets take a vote. How many of us have never had something like this happen to us? (Has to be a shorter list than those that have).

Personally, I think it is those flyboys with their rocket bearing Typhoons 's that blasted the TV onto that poor kitty. Then again, as you are a fellow Aussie, maybe you should lay off watching 'Big Bother' and 'Neighbores' for a while.

At least it sounds like it can be fixed without too much hassle BT.
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  • From: PA
Posted by mjohnson on Monday, June 21, 2004 8:23 PM
It must have had some sort of experimental armour on it. Glad you could salvage it.
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