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You know this hobby has got you if or when
By Old F, Section Rants & Opinion Posted on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 06:34:19 AM MST
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You know this hobby has got you if or when
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When your magnet collection on the refrigerator weighs more than the refrigerator.
Electric motor re builders are coming to you for spare parts and wire.
Any more to add?
Have fun with it
Old F

You know this hobby has got you if or when | 50 comments (50 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#1)
by wildbill hickup (wildbill_hickup at yahoo.com) on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 07:21:31 AM MST
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You have more propellers (rotors) in your shop than an aircraft maintainance shed.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#2)
by kww on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 07:23:40 AM MST
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When you feel like you're being productive while sitting on your butt watching the rotors spin. :-)

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#3)
by wildbill hickup (wildbill_hickup at yahoo.com) on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 07:27:06 AM MST
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You keep on looking out the window to see if the wind is blowing.

Your idea of a perfect day can be anything as long as it includes at least a 20 mph wind.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#4)
by BrianK on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 08:22:38 AM MST
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your yard makes airplane pilots nervous, you buy wire straight from the manufacture, nasa stops by to see all the neat things that they thought were never possible, local law inforcement stops to ask if they can rent some space on one of your tallest towers to mount a repeater, the sun at your house is the only place where it blinks (ie. blades turning), you have dreams that you are the wind genny, your magnet collection is dirupting the magnetic poles of the earth (kinda acts like the bramuda triangle) Ok I will stop now this is just too funny!!!!

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#5)
by RobC on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 08:32:30 AM MST
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Or when you figure up how much money you have spent all ready and you hope your wife does'nt find out because you are getting ready to buy more magnets when the ole tax tax refund comes.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#6)
by Old F on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 08:55:47 AM MST
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When your wife `kids and pets run for cover thinking they mite be the power source for
your latest generator.

Old F

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#7)
by Old F on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 09:09:27 AM MST
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When you find your shelf force feeding a Briggs and Strat engine every thing but gasolene

And when In my case flash backs from the 70s when I see emt conduit : )

Old F

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#8)
by RobC on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 09:19:14 AM MST
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The first thing you do in the morning and the first thing you do when you get home from work is check out the board here for the latest exciting developments!!!
RobC

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#9)
by drdongle (Dr.Dongle1@juno.com) on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 09:23:54 AM MST
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Or when the guy at the local rewind shop says your becoming a pest.........
or when your machinist sees you coming and bolts the door..........

Dr.D
Carpe Vigor, Dr.D

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#10)
by Parameter on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 10:02:33 AM MST
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When you have gathered more broken stuff to re-use later than the total working stuff you currently own...

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#11)
by Dave B on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 10:26:00 AM MST
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When you're swerving down the road trying to estimate the height of every tower you pass...

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#33)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Tue Jan 20th, 2004 at 07:29:03 AM MST
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Or when you get real bad that you stop dead in the road suddenly just to watch a windmill turn in the wind.

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#12)
by BrianK on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 10:37:19 AM MST
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This is just way to funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#13)
by windstuffnow (elenz(at)windstuffnow(dot)com) on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 10:43:55 AM MST
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When you have over 100 microwave ovens and none of them have magnets

Ed

Have Fun! Windstuff Ed

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#34)
by Wolvenar on Wed Jan 21st, 2004 at 10:40:31 PM MST
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if most of those microwaves magnets and wire are in a single mill

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#14)
by RobD on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 11:31:35 AM MST
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When your magnet collection sucks the fridge across the room.
When you have 10 pounds of every wire size from #0000 to #48 but you're worried it's not enough.
When you've built more alternators then Delco that just fall short of your expectations but you know the next one will be perfect.
Oh! It get ugly around here at times.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#15)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 02:48:53 PM MST
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When the auto parts store strat testing used batterys and setting them aside becuase the know you well be in to get them.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#16)
by stm on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 05:01:15 PM MST
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When you believe that "Gone with the wind" is the title of a scary movie.

/steffen

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#17)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 06:51:57 PM MST
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When you wife accuses you of being more in love with your off grid power than her.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#18)
by BSparky on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 06:57:28 PM MST
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When the neo's in your pocket magnetize to a car fender in a parking lot. It gets better when you are trying to remove yourself that ends up in a jester way, then noticing some old ladies staring at you...

Bob

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#36)
by Wolvenar on Wed Jan 21st, 2004 at 10:50:43 PM MST
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When the NEOs in your pocket set off the theft detection systems at stores.

The store clerk burns out thier wand scanners trying to find it.

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#37)
by Wolvenar on Wed Jan 21st, 2004 at 10:52:35 PM MST
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Any time store clerks see you coming they run for the detection system to shut it off!!

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#19)
by Norm (peppysue@suite224.net) on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 07:17:37 PM MST
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When you find a microwave in the junk ....bring it home thinking of all that wire and magnets and condensers ....plug it in and find that the *%&^%&* thing works.. ((()*&*( !! ( :>) Norm.
( :>) Norm

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#20)
by stm on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 07:30:55 PM MST
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And disassemble it anyway :-)

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#21)
by Norm (peppysue@suite224.net) on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 07:34:15 PM MST
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When you see all those light poles in the plaza ....(let's see...23 no...25...a wind genny about 1kw on each one .....hmmm!) Norm
( :>) Norm

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#46)
by RatOmeter on Mon Feb 9th, 2004 at 09:26:04 AM MST
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That one resonates with me.

One day last summer while I was driving the 20 miles out to my father's place, I counted the number of utility poles in the first 2 miles and averaged it out for the complete distance... I figured upwards of a megawatt with a small genny on each pole.

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#22)
by Firefly on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 07:39:33 PM MST
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You think that theres only two directions North and South.
Firefly

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#23)
by iFred (ifred2006@yahoo.com) on Sun Jan 18th, 2004 at 10:54:04 PM MST
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And because you have so many magnets , your changing the earths magnetic pole and it points to your house!

>> all energy used to produce this comment or post came from solar and wind energy! It works!

this hobby has got you if or when... (none / 0) (#24)
by Bach On on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 06:26:28 AM MST
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When you check the charge level of your batteries before you have your morning coffee.

Bach On
- - I'm not superman, but I am very dense! -

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#25)
by Chris T on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 06:56:20 AM MST
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you look at equipment at work and think if i could just get one of those.....

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#26)
by RayW on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 08:47:36 AM MST
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When you wish for a huricane just to see how much power your mill will generate or if it will stay up.
RayW

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (3.00 / 0) (#50)
by Wolvenar on Mon Sep 6th, 2004 at 07:08:44 AM MST
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When you remember this post after a couple hurricanes happen to blow in

Wolv
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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#27)
by ADMIN (info74 at otherpower.com) on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 12:12:51 PM MST
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Right after you unpack the shipment of magnets for your new windmill, you notice that all of a sudden all the airline flight routes start to converge over your house.
ADMIN

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#35)
by Wolvenar on Wed Jan 21st, 2004 at 10:48:00 PM MST
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When suddenly you hear on the scanner, pilots reporting there gauges are not working correctly,

This comes around the time you hear then see a jet blasting hardly over your mills

And you still call the FAA to complain!!

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#28)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 01:58:08 PM MST
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when you go to the dump everyday even knowing you have no trash in hopes of finding stuff for your next project.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#39)
by Wolvenar on Thu Jan 22nd, 2004 at 12:35:38 AM MST
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You can't tell your yard from a junkyard, until you catch a glimps of the windmills

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#29)
by bruce1 on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 03:54:40 PM MST
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....your wife moans when you start talking about the next component you want to buy for the windmill. ...... your wife asks you what 'tip speed ratio' is, because you were talking in your sleep again. Later, Bruce

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#30)
by BrianK on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 06:07:20 PM MST
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Hey Old F did you ever think this would go this far? I love it I hope that we all can keep it going. I wonder how many are for real (LOL)

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#31)
by Motorhead on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 06:45:54 PM MST
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You begin to believe you could become an energy Zar.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#32)
by Old F on Mon Jan 19th, 2004 at 07:01:35 PM MST
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BrianK

Oh I new with this crowd it would go a long way. : )
And do you really want to know it scares me and I am fearless : )

And Motor Head you mean we aren't : )

Old F

Having so much fun it should be illegal

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#38)
by Wolvenar on Thu Jan 22nd, 2004 at 12:27:19 AM MST
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You FINALY convince the local commercial-only wind power people, that dont believe in home made gennies, that you can beat a commercial genny's capabilities!
Without spending thousands.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#40)
by Wolvenar on Thu Jan 22nd, 2004 at 12:55:41 AM MST
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You just might know where more of the windpower enthuthiests
live world wide than the CIA and NSA.

All your friends want you to help/build them a wind genny.

All your friends offer you stuff b4 they throw it away, just in case you could use it.

You start to get paranoid that politicians will want to tax the energy
you get from the wind.

(see current political news about electric powered cars)

To many things I could add! :)

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#42)
by Wolvenar on Fri Jan 23rd, 2004 at 03:23:42 AM MST
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The mills you build for friends are the only ones that stay up very long.

The machines you build for friends are more powerfull than yours cause yours are experimenting with trying to make it cheaper.

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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#41)
by wildbill hickup (wildbill_hickup at yahoo.com) on Thu Jan 22nd, 2004 at 05:16:10 AM MST
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When you build a hamster powered generator (sorry Dan I couldn't resist) I do hope you find Skippy alive and well!!!

Wildbill:)

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#45)
by Norm (peppysue@suite224.net) on Sat Feb 7th, 2004 at 09:49:18 PM MST
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You wonder what fraction of a horsepower skippy develops....Norm.
( :>) Norm
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Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#43)
by wildbill hickup (wildbill_hickup at yahoo.com) on Fri Jan 23rd, 2004 at 06:15:04 AM MST
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When you spend several hours building and testing a device that is 6"X6"X1/4" and feel great satisfaction and sence of accomplishment when it will light an LED and develops the same energy as a watch battery. :)

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#44)
by Parameter on Mon Feb 2nd, 2004 at 07:02:50 PM MST
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When one of the main reason to buy a house is to finaly have a garage to build that volvo brake genny and all the other big stuff you cant make in an appartment.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#47)
by breezepower on Wed Feb 11th, 2004 at 07:33:58 AM MST
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Your wife greets you with a cheery "nano nano" as you try and convince her the igniter in the barbecue can solve the world's energy problems.

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#48)
by BrianK on Wed Feb 11th, 2004 at 09:20:06 AM MST
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when you break the belt on your dryer. You go to get the new belt, and on the way the only thing thats going through your mind is "Hum I wonder how many microwaves there might be laying around that you can get" you get back home with all your new toys and the misses gives you the death stare, but hey you had to get the belt. "SAVED BY THE BELT" lol :o)

Re: You know this hobby has got you if or when (none / 0) (#49)
by TheWife on Fri Apr 2nd, 2004 at 12:18:31 PM MST
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You've accepted that this hobby has stolen your husband when:

He stands outside in sideways rain gleefully holding a wind speed indicator

You never want to ask "what are you doing?" when you haven't set aside time for the full answer that you know is coming

Your kitchen table will never see plates of food again

You don't find it unusual that his fingers are stuck between two magnetized brake rotors and he needs your help

You know that trash is subject to inspection... your's, your family's...

Your parents round up all the tools he will need to disassemble their broken microwave and they know he is not going to be fixing it

You now know that there is a nearby refuse recycle plant that gives stuff away for free

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