Uh-Oh !
Is this the forbidden subject ? Maybe it should be . I have lived a good long time on this here old Planet . I have never understood Negativity anyway . Considering many alternatives , Why Bother ? To be Negative in any regard is the Fool with Foot in Brain syndrome . Yep , kicked yourself so hard you got your foot stuck in your ear !
Now , Modeling . After all these years and going through the Companies from Wood , to Wood and Plastic to all Plastic , What's to be negative about . Sure , over the years some really crappy stuff came down the pike . Who's fault was that ? Certainly not the modeler . But as the Man said , We Shall Overcome ! Well , we did !
Now to clubs . Anyone ever heard of Democracy ? Well that's the basic idea I think . I say I think because even in the club I belong to and am an officer in , no two folks until a vote , see eye to eye ! Why ?
Well , have you ever thought about this ? Some folks are negative to a fault . Why ? It's possibly because they maybe don't really understand other subjects than what they build .Maybe it's frustration with their skill level . I don't know how many times I've heard at a show " I could Never get my model to look like that " And they believe themselves .
Then you have the experienced builder whose model defies description , because of it's intricasy and just plain awesomeness ! They seem to see themselves as above the rabble ! ( the regular modelers of stuff they don't like anyway ) Now is that right ? Hell no ! But , that the nature of the beast ( Humanity that is ) . Negative thoughts and actions can make many folks uncomfortable almost immediately because there seems to be a current in the air .This current says tricky water , enter at your own risk !
Is this necessary , No ! We should gather to review , admire and judge ( If a Contest ) in an appropriately friendly manner .After all , we all build these miniature things right ?
Now when you get to be my age , You tend to go two ways .A crabby , smelly , opinionated and stuffy and NEGATIVE auld Phart ! Or an older person of good temperment , smelling of Old Spice ? And good natured and high on life and the fact he's interacting with others of the same interests as He( or She) once again .Healthy and with the Grey Cells firing on all cylinders !
Well the last maybe . Negativity in any form really Gets my Goat ! Why ? Consider all and any alternative you wish . We , should be glad to be able to see other work , talk to the builders and then show our work ( If we are longer in the Hobby ) with an air of " here , look at mine , This is how I did that ( And Mentally , Thanks for Asking ) ".
To be negative in anything , Our Hobby , Our Life or Anything else , well , that makes life scary , Boring and downright Nasty .Might as well stay home and wait for the Apocalypse ! Me , I have a neighbor whose interested in my Charles DeGualle aircraft Carrier Model . Gotta Go ! T.B.