Franklin63
Well-Known Member
I was at Lowes today going through the white pine and after about thirty minutes I actually found a piece that had about a 2" wide strip of usable wood on one edge of a 12" x 10' board.
Some other customer finally got curious and asked me what I was building and I was dumb and friendly enough to tell him that I'm building an airplane.
I won't do that again. I will never volunteer that information to a stranger ever again.
There are few people who understand.
Well, the guy says: " You mean a real airplane that you can get it in and fly?"
"Yes" I said.
The guy raises his eyebrows roll his eyes and his attitude changes from friendly to judgmental and critical.
"You ever build an airplane before?"
"No, Its not something a guy builds every day."
" ...you mean you are buying that whole board just to use 2 inches of it?"
"Yes, but the rest will be used for other things around the house."
" ....how high do you go in this airplane? You have a lot of guts going up in something like that..."
Guy shakes his head and gives me the scolding-teacher look.
Well, I am preparing a lie for my next encounter: I'm building a dog-house.
Oh, and I'll have to come up with a breed of dog too, since I don't have one.
I hope nobody here beats me up for this post, I like to think of this forum as an escape from that kind of criticism.
Some other customer finally got curious and asked me what I was building and I was dumb and friendly enough to tell him that I'm building an airplane.
I won't do that again. I will never volunteer that information to a stranger ever again.
There are few people who understand.
Well, the guy says: " You mean a real airplane that you can get it in and fly?"
"Yes" I said.
The guy raises his eyebrows roll his eyes and his attitude changes from friendly to judgmental and critical.
"You ever build an airplane before?"
"No, Its not something a guy builds every day."
" ...you mean you are buying that whole board just to use 2 inches of it?"
"Yes, but the rest will be used for other things around the house."
" ....how high do you go in this airplane? You have a lot of guts going up in something like that..."
Guy shakes his head and gives me the scolding-teacher look.
Well, I am preparing a lie for my next encounter: I'm building a dog-house.
Oh, and I'll have to come up with a breed of dog too, since I don't have one.
I hope nobody here beats me up for this post, I like to think of this forum as an escape from that kind of criticism.
