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Pom Pey3 wrote: What do you think Christmas Eve is for?
... laughing at people rushing around to get something - anything, for gawd sakes, gotta get her something or she'll kill me - and paying through the nose for tat.
If it helps, I ordered my present from her three weeks ago, and it's due to be delivered tomorrow... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: If it helps, I ordered my present from her three weeks ago
I hope it wasn't a pair of trousers - because you obviously don't wear them in that house. 
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It means I don't get trousers.
Or socks.
Or a "christmas jumper".
Or anything else I don't actually want.
OK, there is no surprise, but I know I'm going to like what I get!
(And don't forget, it means I know what my budget is, and she doesn't...  )
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That doesn't happen to me often.
... Because I don't order stuff often. I think the ratio is about 1:3.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Silly and expensive things, like RC submarines. When they do what they are supposed to, you don't see very much. As a bonus you get a free round of diving anytime that thing does not come up again.
Flying models also cost a few bucks, but at least they don't stay up in the air when something goes wrong. Instead, they usually are smashed to stamp sized fragments.
How about something that can't sink or crash. Something that is not so fast and even survives falling off a cliff. Something like a model tank, like this one?[^]
Edit: Come on, take a look at that picture of a German Tiger 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 10-Oct-16 18:01pm.
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You can put a camera in an RC submarine. In the right waters it could be very interesting. Maybe even torpedoes as well, and a periscope.
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There are a few NSFW things that can be remotely controlled via phone app as well.
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I don't know if these are remote controlled but I do know they take a lot of time and effort to build...
Tramway Information - Trams, Tramways & Model Trams[^]
Forgive the web site - it's been like that for a looooong time. Nothing to do with me, before you ask/flame, etc.
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All forms of modelling overlap in some areas. From the railroad modellers you can learn a lot about scratch building, detailing and how to model rivets. A single rivet may not be so much work, but usually you need hundreds, even thousands of them.
I'm now working on the body of a Bell UH-1E[^], a Vietnam Huey. I'm almost done placing the many service panels and covers, now I must make the rivets.
And yes, it's going to fly.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: From the railroad modellers you can learn a lot about scratch building
I spent a lot of time, when much younger, building stuff. Lego is great.
CDP1802 wrote: I'm now working on the body of a Bell UH-1E[^], a Vietnam Huey.
That looks very realistic.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: Lego is great
Sure it's great, but it's too heavy and would quickly fall apart when I tried to lift off.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Unless you used super glue and a rocket.
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No, my rocket times already are over for some time. I will probably not get bigger or faster ones.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Politicians.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Agreed, but who controls them?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Oh no! I think the thread radio control is losing power! The post is getting close to Soap Box territory and will be forced into the abyss. 
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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CDP1802 wrote: Flying models also cost a few bucks, but at least they don't stay up in the air when something goes wrong. Instead, they usually are smashed to stamp sized fragments.
Depends: is Dogbert about?
Obligatory Dilbert[^]
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Model rockets! Nah. Already done that, scale 1:1. Fastest things I will ever get to control.
Edit: Take a look at the picture of the Tiger I put into the first post.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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How the hell do you find these Dilberts, that was from 1989!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Why hasn't anyone mentioned RC sheep?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Because with sheep, you want to be close ...
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