My lovely enabler, Melanie

These contributions were published in the March 2008 Model Aviation. More have been added as they become available.

- "You do a search on the Internet for 'models' but delete al the sites
    that are about pretty women."
- "You spend two days trying to get a park flyer out of a tree that is
    75-feet high."
- "You've gone to the emergency room more than once for
    airplane-related injuries."
- "You describe to the nurse how to put on the bandages so you can
    hold a transmitter."
- "You know you are a slope soarer when you are more interested in
    checking out the dunes than the beach."
- "You know you're a 3-D pilot when you respond to 'check out that
    waterfall' by looking to open sky."
- "You spent more on your last airplane than on your last car."
- "It's 36° and sleeting and you're standing in the pit area wondering
   'Where is everybody?'"
- "You test-fit the family cat into the cockpit of your 33% Extra and
    seriously consider giving it a try."
- "Your idea of an engaging dinner conversations is a lively debate on the merits of castor oil versus synthetics."
- "Your mom and dad finds magazines under your mattress and are relieved to find it's only Model Aviation."
- "Your wife says she'd like to see you more often and you hand her a map to the field."