Author Topic: You know this hobby has got you if or when (Read 711 times)

Old F · « **on:** January 18, 2004, 06:34:19 AM »

You know this hobby has got you if or when

: )

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

wildbill hickup · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2004, 07:21:31 AM »

You have more propellers (rotors) in your shop than an aircraft maintainance shed.

kww · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2004, 07:23:40 AM »

When you feel like you're being productive while sitting on your butt watching the rotors spin. :-)

wildbill hickup · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2004, 07:27:06 AM »

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.

BrianK · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2004, 08:22:38 AM »

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!!!!

RobC · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2004, 08:32:30 AM »

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.

Old F · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2004, 08:55:47 AM »

When your wife `kids and pets run for cover thinking they mite be the power source for

your latest generator.

Old F

Old F · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2004, 09:09:27 AM »

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

RobC · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2004, 09:19:14 AM »

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

drdongle · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2004, 09:23:54 AM »

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

Parameter · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2004, 10:02:33 AM »

When you have gathered more broken stuff to re-use later than the total working stuff you currently own...

Dave B · « **Reply #11 on:** January 18, 2004, 10:26:00 AM »

When you're swerving down the road trying to estimate the height of every tower you pass...

BrianK · « **Reply #12 on:** January 18, 2004, 10:37:19 AM »

This is just way to funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

windstuffnow · « **Reply #13 on:** January 18, 2004, 10:43:55 AM »

When you have over 100 microwave ovens and none of them have magnets

Ed

RobD · « **Reply #14 on:** January 18, 2004, 11:31:35 AM »

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.

Homebrewed12vdc · « **Reply #15 on:** January 18, 2004, 02:48:53 PM »

When the auto parts store strat testing used batterys and setting them aside becuase the know you well be in to get them.

stm · « **Reply #16 on:** January 18, 2004, 05:01:15 PM »

When you believe that "Gone with the wind" is the title of a scary movie.

/steffen

Homebrewed12vdc · « **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2004, 06:51:57 PM »

When you wife accuses you of being more in love with your off grid power than her.

BSparky · « **Reply #18 on:** January 18, 2004, 06:57:28 PM »

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

Norm · « **Reply #19 on:** January 18, 2004, 07:17:37 PM »

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.

stm · « **Reply #20 on:** January 18, 2004, 07:30:55 PM »

And disassemble it anyway :-)

Norm · « **Reply #21 on:** January 18, 2004, 07:34:15 PM »

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

Firefly · « **Reply #22 on:** January 18, 2004, 07:39:33 PM »

You think that theres only two directions North and South.

Firefly

iFred · « **Reply #23 on:** January 18, 2004, 10:54:04 PM »

And because you have so many magnets , your changing the earths magnetic pole and it points to your house!

Bach On · « **Reply #24 on:** January 19, 2004, 06:26:28 AM »

When you check the charge level of your batteries before you have your morning coffee.

Bach On

Chris T · « **Reply #25 on:** January 19, 2004, 06:56:20 AM »

you look at equipment at work and think if i could just get one of those.....

RayW · « **Reply #26 on:** January 19, 2004, 08:47:36 AM »

When you wish for a huricane just to see how much power your mill will generate or if it will stay up.

RayW

ADMIN · « **Reply #27 on:** January 19, 2004, 12:12:51 PM »

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

Homebrewed12vdc · « **Reply #28 on:** January 19, 2004, 01:58:08 PM »

when you go to the dump everyday even knowing you have no trash in hopes of finding stuff for your next project.

bruce1 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 19, 2004, 03:54:40 PM »

....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

BrianK · « **Reply #30 on:** January 19, 2004, 06:07:20 PM »

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)

Motorhead · « **Reply #31 on:** January 19, 2004, 06:45:54 PM »

You begin to believe you could become an energy Zar.

Old F · « **Reply #32 on:** January 19, 2004, 07:01:35 PM »

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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Author Topic: You know this hobby has got you if or when (Read 711 times)

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