I can?t be there, but maybe the following quote should be obligatory by each person upon seeing the other person?s Red Max.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krD4hdGvGHM

I think many here will recall this little phrase!

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

Intermittently spray painted in hotel shower.

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

Would the bathroom fan really ignite the vapors?

Spraying paint in a hotel shower ?
Sheesh.
Just a bit extreme....

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, AGITATION, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, AGGRAVATION, INSTIGATION, NUISANCE-ACTION, and HAVOC !

NSL 2007 in Muncie. Worst motel I've ever seen. There was a bowling alley on the other side of the parking lot that was hosting a big tournament. When I came back to the motel, there was a guy staring sadly at the flat tire on his minivan. He had no idea how to change it, so I did it for him. He had a reservation in the same motel that I was in, and when I finished changing the tire, he told me he was leaving and sleeping on the floor of his teammates room rather than stay in the one I was in. He left in a hurry and I checked in and found out what an outhouse it was. I was building the Semroc VF-261 and I didn't feel safe going out into the courtyard after dark, so I just primed it in the bathroom. The paint fumes actually improved the smell of the room. I passed by the motel site in 2018 when I last flew in Muncie. It had been stripped down to a concrete shell.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Estes D.O.M. - Space Freighter Semroc - Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion

Unflown: Estes - Der Red Jinx, F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler

Sure.

Do you have any 'Der Blue Max' apparel?

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Bob
S.A.M. # 0014

NOOOOOOO!

I just had a flashback to NARAM-34 where I was the Contest Director.

During NARAM-34 I received a call to come to the hotel (Palace Station) manager's office.

I was informed by the hotel manager that their maid was cleaning a room used by one of the NARAM participants and discovered that the shower stall had paint on the walls.

My mind suddenly raced to recall if NAR insurance covered such a thing. What would the NAR President (Pat Miller) say/do if handed a bill for the damages?

The hotel manager went on to say she had spoken to the occupant of the room who agreed to pay for the damages ($400! The shower was one of those one-piece fiberglass units).

The hotel manager thanked me for coming to see her and just wanted to notify me about the incident. I left her office feeling very relieved.

As for the culprit, I will neither confirm or deny who it was other than to state that the individual is still involved in NAR competition.

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Bob
S.A.M. # 0014

That's why you have the water running in the shower and paint so the overspray goes into the water and gets washed down the drain.

kj

Sounds like someone with experience!

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Scott D. Hansen
Ye Olde Rocket Shoppe - Your One Stop BAR Shoppe!
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Ye Olde Rocket Forum
WOOSH NAR Section #558

Bathing is for chumps.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Estes D.O.M. - Space Freighter Semroc - Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion

Unflown: Estes - Der Red Jinx, F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler