Top ten signs you're into Props "too deep"

[Trooper TK409]

18. Vast amounts of time you can't account for always occur in the vicinity of a hardware store.

17. You have Yahoo, AIM a web browser and email, all configured to accept and organize messages from other prop makers

16. Everyone else's desk toys in the office are 1/6 the size of yours

15. Work is a break from reading forums or researching prop photos

14. You take out the garbage whether it needs emptying or not, so you can spend a few more precious moments at the workbench painting one more part before your wife and kids realize you're missing.

13. Checking the weather has nothing to do with what to wear but everything to do with whether it will be just warm enough to keep the spraypaint can from clogging.

12. You're always thinking 3-4 projects in the future

11. You can admit you have a problem, but as soon as this project is done, you'll "take a break for a good while."

 

[KarlBud420]

Originally posted by Jedirick@Jan 12 2006, 11:33 AM
-You're reading this while at work.

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Thanks to everyone here who makes the RPF such good reading while at work.

And yes, I think I do have a problem like the rest of youse guys.

Bruce

 

[TK1536]

Originally posted by Brak's Buddy@Jan 12 2006, 09:34 AM
11.  EVERY time you go to Wal-Mart you buy ALL the 2 part epoxy syringes they have whether you need them or not...

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I do this every time. Devcon plastic welder is like gold.

 

[Bacara]

Originally posted by Trooper TK409@Jan 12 2006, 12:44 PM
18. Vast amounts of time you can't account for always occur in the vicinity of a hardware store.

17. You have Yahoo, AIM a web browser and email, all configured to accept and organize messages from other prop makers

16. Everyone else's desk toys in the office are 1/6 the size of yours

15. Work is a break from reading forums or researching prop photos

14. You take out the garbage whether it needs emptying or not, so you can spend a few more precious moments at the workbench painting one more part before the wife and kids realize you're missing.

13. Checking the weather has nothing to do with what to wear but everything to do with whether it will be just warm enough to keep the spraypaint can from clogging.

12. You're always thinking 3-4 projects in the future

11. You can admit you have a problem, and as soon as this project is done, you'll "take a break for a good while."

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Man, this is downright scary. I closely resemble numbers 12, 13, 14, 15 & 18...

/B

 

[Jimbo890]

you hand drill the brass lid for a Star Trek TOS communicator. All 400 some odd holes.

 

[jedidad]

I always tell people that you know when your a fanatic about prop building is when everything you see and touch looks like it could be something that it is not. I even get the guys were I work going sometimes when looking at things. My wife just shakes her head and my daughter who's 11 is starting to do the same thing I do and it drives my wife nuts. You just gotta love that. Looking at life through prop tinted glasses (that you probably made yourself) will build you anything in life you want. Just keep building because it's fun.

B) Jedidad B)

"May The Prop Building Force Be With Us .....Always"

 

[JUDGE_HELLFAST]

OMG, this thread is somewhat fightening. :lol I need help.

 

[trekprops.de]

Guilty in way too many ways... :angel

:lol

 

[DLO Studios]

10,9 and 3. Maybe there is still hope for me.......nah.

 

[rmschneider104]

Lots of guilt here.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

:lol Yeah 90% of this is me...

 

[Darth Lars]

I am guilty to 90% of above...

I will have serious withdrawal symptomts if I can't access this site for a while... :$

 

[CMANavy]

You finaly getting around to finishing a major prop that fought you every step of the way and was a major pain in the ass. Then you buy another one just like it to do agian but a little different this time.

 

[Rogue Studios]

11. You don't have enough money to feed your kids. (believe it or not I have dealt with folks who pondered buying something or buying food)

 

[Kris]

Originally posted by Rogue Studios@Jan 13 2006, 05:05 AM
11. You don't have enough money to feed your kids. (believe it or not I have dealt with folks who pondered buying something or buying food)

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Guilty .. at C3 I surviced by having a small breakfast, and some bags of potatochips ... way to much cool stuff to buy.

 

[Boba Frett]

:lol :lol
Man , I am so guilty of 90% of the list.

 

[TKBIG]

Guilty.






BTW this pic was taken months ago and while it was all cleaned up and the kitchen returned to its original function for awhile......it is now in worse shape because of some new projects. But I am finally getting my own workshop built in the backyard very soon........ yeaaaahhhhhh.....

 

[Sporak]

Your Mother in law is now trained to save all plastic containers with lids...and old pieces of hose and plastic scraps...and other tubular or interesting objects...cause she knows You'll make something out of it... :lol


And yes...trying to share my excitement over an old balance pipe with my father in law who spent most of his life as a mechanic for United Airlines... (finally I know somnething about planes)...was laughable at best...

 

[Rhett J Martin]

Your station wagon, kicthen, living room all become paint boxes depending on wheather.
You refer to the coffee table as the "assembly line."
Your carpet has more than one black paint stain
You buy more one more kit in the middle of building the first one so you can "test some more..."

 

[racprops]

I have the topper:

You spend the last 30 years and will spend the rest of your life MAKING PROPS... full time ...all the time.

(unless I win the AZ Lotto, and if it is big enough I will be talking to a few studios....)

Rich aka racprops aka propmaker on ebay

Need I say more??

Rich