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> ^,,^< Miracle, a lifetime [LD], DkAngel

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> Speaking of plastic car models and such, do you
> remember the last model you put together?
>
> I can't remember if my last one was the Starship
> Enterprise, or the Goodyear blimp with blinking lights,
> but it was one of those.
> (I'm not counting the actual last, which was a model
> airplane I helped my son with- it was *his* model, so I
> tried to just cheer him on.)
>
> I'm trying to remember the last *car*, but it's just not
> gonna happen.......I just remember that the plastic body
> was molded in red, and was a real XXXXX to paint over. (I
> hated red then, too. The only thing worse than red is pink.)
>
> I was into sports cars and muscle cars, especially any
> Corvettes I found in my local stores.
>

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> Speaking of plastic car models and such, do you
>remember the last model you put together?
>
> I can't remember if my last one was the Starship
>Enterprise, or the Goodyear blimp with blinking lights,
>but it was one of those.
> (I'm not counting the actual last, which was a model
>airplane I helped my son with- it was *his* model, so I
>tried to just cheer him on.)
>
> I'm trying to remember the last *car*, but it's just not
>gonna happen.......I just remember that the plastic body
>was molded in red, and was a real XXXXX to paint over. (I
>hated red then, too. The only thing worse than red is pink.)
>
> I was into sports cars and muscle cars, especially any
>Corvettes I found in my local stores.

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> Speaking of plastic car models and such, do you
> remember the last model you put together?

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> Speaking of plastic car models and such, do you
> remember the last model you put together?

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> ">^,,^< Miracle" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:425b70cb$1_4@galaxy.uncensored-news.com...
>
> My favorites too. But dang, that last model I put together must have
> been 35 years ago or more....
>
> Quixote

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> ^,,^< Miracle, a lifetime [LD], DkAngel

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> I think it was the Enterprise C for me. I've put an aircraft carrier
> together. But never cars. Cars have never held a fascination for me. I
> can appreciate a beautiful car. But they've never really been anything
> more than transportation to me.
>
> I see how worked up people get over their car and I wonder, "am I
> broke? How come I don't get that enthused..."
>
> Hot Wheels? Sure, I used to have some. But I was more intrigued with
> the physics of looping tracks down my parents' stairs than I was in
> the make, model and asthetic of the "car".

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> ^,,^< Miracle, a lifetime [LD], DkAngel

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> A Saturn V rocket with Lunar module and other modules and such with
> THREE STAGES and an ESCAPE HATCH (or was it an escape rocket?)
>
> WOW anyway i dropped it and its broken in some box now.

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> ^,,^< Miracle, a lifetime [LD], DkAngel

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>
> I've never built models.
>
> Did have a construction set that could, mostly, be made into a truck,
> at some point.

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> ^,,^< Miracle, a lifetime [LD], DkAngel

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> Speaking of plastic car models and such, do you
> remember the last model you put together?
>
> I can't remember if my last one was the Starship
> Enterprise, or the Goodyear blimp with blinking lights,
> but it was one of those.
> (I'm not counting the actual last, which was a model
> airplane I helped my son with- it was *his* model, so I
> tried to just cheer him on.)
>
> I'm trying to remember the last *car*, but it's just not
> gonna happen.......I just remember that the plastic body
> was molded in red, and was a real XXXXX to paint over. (I
> hated red then, too. The only thing worse than red is pink.)
>
> I was into sports cars and muscle cars, especially any
> Corvettes I found in my local stores.
>
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> I built a spitfire around 14 years ago, just after me and the current Mrs
> Schrodinger were married.
>
> She smashed it in an argument and I have never forgiven her. She doesn't
> know that, but it's on the list for me to use one day....

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> I built a spitfire around 14 years ago, just after me and the current
> Mrs Schrodinger were married.
>
> She smashed it in an argument and I have never forgiven her. She
> doesn't know that, but it's on the list for me to use one day....

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> Schrodinger wrote:
>
> Great material for your nervous breakdown, or the ensuing court case.
>
> "I could burn the house down is why I can do spit fire didn't have to
> break my spitfire totally uncalled for so I could burn the house down
> cause she broke my spitfire [...]"

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> ^,,^< Miracle, a lifetime [LD], DkAngel

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> Speaking of plastic car models and such, do you
> remember the last model you put together?

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>">^,,^< Miracle" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in news:425b70cb$1_4
>@galaxy.uncensored-news.com:
>
>
>Alas, no. The last one I worked on was a Cutty Sark and we got some
>painting done while on vacation in the gold country years ago, and now the
>parts sit in the box.
>
>My brothers and I were big into that stuff as kids, though. Both plastic
>models and RC stuff, esp. boats. We had a nice 6 foot sailboat we ran in
>Golden Gate Park.
>
>We were big on electrifying our stuff. The sailboat had running lights,
>which came in handy one day right at dusk when one of the mast guy lines
>failed and the mast toppled into the water. We got the inflatable raft out
>of the car and rowed out to retrieve it, locating it by its running lights.
>
>We built the original Battlestar Galactica with fiber optics, including
>chaser lights in the landing bays. (This was ca. 1970-something.) We built
>the Cylon Raider with brake lights for the engines, which melted the
>surrounding plastic badly. So we rebuilt the tail with homemade ceramic
>made from layers of superglue and baking soda.
>
>I have an Enterprise model from The Motionless Picture and an electronics
>kit to animate the nacelles but it's all lying in the original boxes, as
>that was about the time I ran out of time to engage in such things.

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> Schrodinger wrote:
>
>
> Talk about a spitfire! And I don't mean the car model......
>
> Ah, there's your feminine side- building up ammo! ;)
>
> --
> {{{{{HUGZ!}}}}}
>

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>Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
> It's very obvious that you have never been married, Frank.
>
> Breaking or throwing away items that the man cares about
>is a classic female tactic that deserves punishment, in my opinion.
>Not *harsh* punishment, mind you, but a bit of emotional payback
>is justly warranted.
> She destroyed an item she was jealous of- the man spent time
>on IT instead of her, see? Very juvenile and spiteful. But we do it.

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> Cheer up, though. Around my age we just watch the dude
>fiddling with whatever hobby and are glad he's occupied, instead
>of hovering over our shoulder and asking, "Whatcha doin'?" and
>"Can I help?".
>
> I gotta find Ross a XXXXing hobby............................