Accidental RV Psychological Warfare
 

Over the long weekend my girlfriend suprises me with a visit (she lives in another state). Whenever she is here, she refuses to use the bathroom in my master suite...something about bachelors not having any sense of cleanliness when it comes to bathrooms. (go figure) Instead she always uses the guest bathroom.

So yesterday morning, its rainy and chilly. The perfect sleeping in weather. But as usual I am up at 5am making a pot of coffee and checking out the news. Instead of waking her up by going into my bathroom, I headed down to the guest bathroom with a copy of Kitplanes Magazine (dont even try to say nobody else does that!)

Later that day, having forgotten that I left the magazine in her bathroom, she tells me....."you know, those RVs are really pretty. I didnt really like the other planes in that magazine that much compared to those really pretty RVs. I think thats the one you should build".

I just sat there thinking to myself "YES!...how cool is SHE?!"

So the moral of the story guys is to leave an old Kitplanes Magazine in the bathroom and maybe, if you haven't already, you'll get the green light to start pounding rivets!

Scott
RV practice kit in the closet, 10 hours of instruction in the logbook, and an RV in my future

Scott:

Aside from the fact that I am already married, does your girlfriend have a sister??? ;)

The trick is that if she is still a 'girlfriend', and doesn't have a ring on her finger yet (engaged), BUY WHILE YOU CAN; no approvals needed! Especially if she doesn't live with you!

You won't even have to 'sneak' in new tools from the vehicle to the workshop! How nice would THAT be? Oh, I am talking to myself... about that new bandsaw yesterday......wife is in the front yard raking leaves, I duck into the shop while she isn't looking with the bandsaw...oh, nevermind :D

Of girlfriends
 

Wow...this thread is depressing on oh so many levels. :D

Girlfriends getting "into" RVs. Wives raking leaves.

It's like some sort of heaven.

Now if you can get them to buck rivets!
 

I ordered the tail kit just before I met my wife two years ago. The first entry in the logbook has both of our names on it, I think I knew then that I had to marry this girl.

For the longest time I would tease that the ring on her finger was really my fuselage kit.

The Fuselage kit was ordered the week before our wedding last year and she has been nothing but supportive. In fact she asked me to put rudder peddles on the right side so she could take flying lessons when we finish it.

The best part is her father is also a pilot who did maintenance work under and IA to put himself through school. When the In-laws come to visit I know I will get at least two days of good building in on the plane. He even drove all rivets on one wing while I bucked. That might even be on the same wing my wife bucked while I drove. What a woman!

As for sneaking tools in, that isn?t a problem because after insulating and dry walling the basement in two days she is convinced I can do anything. I keep telling her that is true, IF I have the correct tools. Now she lets me buy any tool I need. Heck, I even used the rivet squeezer to fix a toy suitcase for a friends doll collection. That airplane sure made me look like a hero!

wives
 

My wife was kind of mad at me at Oshkosh in 2003 because I wouldn't put up the deposit for the RV10 tailcone. I had another project (Pietenpol) I needed to sell first. I sold the Piet a couple of weeks later & immediately put up the deposit. Well, she's excited enough about going places she'll run me out of the house to work on the plane. She say's if don't work on it, I'll never get it finished. I've found some pretty good deals on some things for the airplane that I really couldn't afford at the time but she tells me to go ahead & get it, we'll find the money. Matter of fact, she does the Creative Memories scrap book thing, so she's doing my photo album. She really doesn't care for flying that much she just knows it quicker. I've had a C-150 for 4 years now & she's never even sat in it let alone go flying.
I've also got 2 daughters, 15 & 10, they'll help in any way I ask.

Marshall Alexander
RV10, working on wings

Marshall
 

I am still trying to figure out which is more expensive: our RV's or the scrap booking hobby that my wife is also involved with :D

Who ever knew that there would be such a market for specialty scissors, little letter cut-outs, stick on symbols, etc!

Accidental RV Psychological Warfare
 

I would have to agree with that! My wife has as much stuff as the store does. She comes out of the store bummed out and says they have nothing that she doesn't have. :eek:

I am still dreaming of the RV9A, but collecting tools and the practice kit is in the workshop.

Kacey D.
RV9A Preview Plans

Ditto for my wife.

I'm thinking that when we all finish we can fly to some place, drop the wifes off and then go fly some place else. The only problem is the weight of her scrapbook stuff is probably more than all of my RV tools. :D I'm just thankful they don't cost as much!

No kidding. We just thought flying was expensive.

Marshall