Big Deal !!

[420TEE]

:) Scientists have found a giant empty hole in the universe. So? I've had one of those under my workbench forever where things I drop fall into never to be seen again. They can come study mine easier than theirs and maybe discover where that 1/16th drill bit went. :)

[patmat2350]

Nah, you're confusing this with "black holes", those tiny but massive objects which suck in everything in sight, never to be seen again. What these folks found is a huge area with NOTHING in it- which as we know, is most easily studied by looking in my wallet.

Scientists have known for years that black holes exist under every modeler's workbench... I think because some scientists ARE modelers.

PM

[420TEE]

Holes is holes. The question is : Are modelers scientists? :confused:

[ropanach]

With some of the things we come up with to paint our boats with, and some of the boats we come up with, I think so, we are also enginers,drafsman,electronic tecks, etc,etc.LOL

[CG Bob]

One very accomplished scale ship modeler I know really is a rocket scientist. He retired from NASA a few years ago.

[der kapitan]

One very accomplished scale ship modeler I know really is a rocket scientist. He retired from NASA a few years ago.
---and he probably unexplainably loses stuff under HIS workbench too---. :D

---it hits the floor, and it's GONE---. :eek:

[Kmot]

The question is : Are modelers scientists? :confused:
Yes, Mad Scientists! :D

[420TEE]

Ah yes Igor. Very mad when the last little thingie I have and need goes to "the other side." I wonder if "over there" there are people(?) who find all this neat stuff showing up in their shops. Hmmm. Where's Rod Serling when you need him? Maybe he builds models somewhere---. Too much glue. ;)

[MILLERTIME]

I know I had a ( fill in blank ) yesterday we're is it now?

Don M.

[W.L Upshaw]

Hey Karl;

At least in your shop it actually hits the floor before it is gone. in mine it seems to disapear before even getting to the floor

[der kapitan]

Hey Karl;

At least in your shop it actually hits the floor before it is gone. in mine it seems to disapear before even getting to the floor
Lee, that's really terrible---. :eek:

If I recall, your shop on Orange Ave. is at least 10 times larger---. :D

One can only imagine the SIZE of the items that have gone away---. ;)

[patmat2350]

I have literally watched an item fall to the floor, hit, and disappear. Some say our eyes just can't follow something that bounces away that fast; I'm convinced I witnessed something being swallowed by a black hole.

[Greg_Vincent]

I have found that for metal objects (screws, etc), a good strong magnet on a stick can reverse the pull of the "void". You can even get a magnetic sweeper "broom"!

Now if it's plastic or wood, ooooops... :(

[toesup]

I'm convinced that one day i shall move a piece of furniture to find a herd of pens, pencils, screws, bolts, washers... and ONE sock... all hiding in the dark corner and all shouting..
"no, no, no... we dont want to come back"...

:o

[littlejohn3]

I'm still working on a portable hole, think of all the possibilities .

[jerryj98501]

A good method to find something on the floor is to turn off the lights and shine a flashlight beam across the floor. You will be surprised at what you can find. Mostly works on smooth floors and the part will cast a shadow. Also, check the bottom of your shoes, I once had a small part with adhesive on it fall to the floor and found it on the bottom of my shoe later when I had to clean them before going into the house. Jerry J.

[Shaun Hendricks]

I thought that holes flowed in the opposite direction of electrons? :D

[keith S]

I think that shop holes are the same ones connected to the dryer that seem to make socks dissapear. Wholly Hodinni, if I could find the solution that black hole in the shop, I would have extra parts. :cool: :rolleyes:
My EX-wife thought that my hobby was a black hole with some of the $$ that I sent/spend on it. Still better than spending it on the black hloe in the bar. There it just gets------- pissed away. ;) :p

[mfr02]

Could it be that all these parts have been transferred into an alternative reality where someone is making a helluva model?
Somebody mentioned ball point pens hiding in a herd. Has anybody ever actually had one run out of ink? Apart from when they do it in your shirt pocket just before a meeting.

[patmat2350]

Could it be that all these parts have been transferred into an alternative reality where someone is making a helluva model?

I think that model would look a lot like Johnny Cash's Cadillac...:rolleyes:

[P_J_Glor]

Actually, in a "previous life" that hole under the workbench was quite useful, because the latest prize from the local hobby shop would just disappear in amongst the rest of the "stuff" until it was time to actually build something. Now, I don't have that [domestic] problem, but every once in a while I do stumble across something I forgot I ever bought. So many models and so little time....

Pete G.

[der kapitan]

Pete, I have often forgotten things that lurk under my basement stairs. There are old plugs, hulls, plastic kits, boxes of parts, unfinished projects, etc.---. :o

And dust, and spiders---. :eek:

On the rare occasion that I do crawl down in there however, it's always a somewhat pleasant surprise---. :D

Jeezus! Where did I get all of this stuff---? :confused:

[P_J_Glor]

Mine are a little harder to "trip over" since they are mostly in the garage "loft." Luckily, we put on a new light colored roof to reduce the heat from radiation. THe work bench is ful of honey dews, which makes room for doing construction very limited. I thought remodelling was over, but we finished the house (exterior) and then repainted my wife's office, so it is never really over. But I am scoring points that can be redeemed at the workbench... (Yeah, Sure....)

Pete G.

[Kmot]

they are mostly in the garage "loft." Luckily, we put on a new light colored roof to reduce the heat from radiation.
Uh oh. :eek:

I have a dark colored roof. And a LOT of stuff stored in the rafters of the garage. I might be in a world of hurt!

[Aerominded]

Yeah, it can get quite hot in the loft... little plastic model kits can be very unhappy up there. big modes aren't too thrilled with the idea either...

The Honey-do list is never ending... I think it was winter '05 when I put down the "house" paintbrush last... I thought I heard my wife say she wanted to change the color in the living room yesterday! :eek: I better start another boat project before she figures out I have spare time on my hands!!! :D

[jeepers1940]

Yep, Aero-, I b'lieve you'd better start hackin' balsa - or better yet, mahogany. (hint, hint)