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Old 01-03-2012, 10:47 PM
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This has really gotten out of hand.
The Christmas season brought me five new Semroc kits. I've also got somewhere between five and ten half finished Estes kits and another five scratch birds in various states of finish. Add to this all of the birds I've finished since I last flew at NARAM and I'm faced with my biggest backlog of birds EVER! Because of this, I've decided to buy no more kits until I actually FLY SOMETHING!!!!!!!
The good news is, there's a launch this Saturday. Weather permitting, this might be a very short period of rest for my credit card.
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Old 01-03-2012, 11:02 PM
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I was just thinking of the rate at which kits come into my house compared to the rate at which rockets leave and don't come back (treed, mostly) and pretty soon they're going to take over! Three more arrived today (Fliskits, this time).

May your weather on Saturday be eminently flyable.

(I hope to fly a bit on Sunday.)
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Old 01-03-2012, 11:41 PM
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Yep, I feel that I took advantage of Carl with the Christmas promotion this year. Two SLS Arcas, two Aerobee 150, two WAC Corporal, two Ranger, two Aerobee 300, two Mini Centurion, and 10 JT-50B couplers (I like to treat myself after all).
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Old 01-04-2012, 04:07 AM
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This has really gotten out of hand.
The Christmas season brought me five new Semroc kits. I've also got somewhere between five and ten half finished Estes kits and another five scratch birds in various states of finish. Add to this all of the birds I've finished since I last flew at NARAM and I'm faced with my biggest backlog of birds EVER! Because of this, I've decided to buy no more kits until I actually FLY SOMETHING!!!!!!!
The good news is, there's a launch this Saturday. Weather permitting, this might be a very short period of rest for my credit card.

So, fly Saturday, place order Sunday? Sounds like a plan!
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Old 01-04-2012, 07:42 AM
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So, fly Saturday, place order Sunday? Sounds like a plan!


I don't see a problem.....
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Old 01-04-2012, 08:50 AM
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So, fly Saturday, place order Sunday? Sounds like a plan!


Why wait until Sunday?
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Old 01-04-2012, 09:06 AM
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Order now...they wont arrive until after the launch anyway.

If they do just don't open the box. Not a problem.
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Old 01-04-2012, 10:02 AM
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Yea, I wish Estes would stop making rockets, I am getting so far behind. Oh yea, then there is Semroc and my vintage kits. I have even simplified my building techniques to help speed up the process. Then there's the Freeflight and RC builds...................My solution is to retire at 52, stay healthy and build, fly until I am 100.......
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Old 01-04-2012, 11:15 AM
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52 is the new 25
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Old 01-04-2012, 08:22 PM
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Yea, I wish Estes would stop making rockets, I am getting so far behind. Oh yea, then there is Semroc and my vintage kits. I have even simplified my building techniques to help speed up the process. Then there's the Freeflight and RC builds...................My solution is to retire at 52, stay healthy and build, fly until I am 100.......



...and have plenty of young people around to go fetch the rockets!
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