You might be an RV builder if.....

[DCat22]

Originally Posted by jarhead

...You bring your old computer back from the dead, so you can have one in the garage.

...You run an Ethernet cable from your router out to your detached garage, so you can put that resurrected computer online and check VAF and rvproject.com without coming into the house.

Originally Posted by eric_marsh

That would be three in the garage.

You might be a geek RV builder if you buy a cheap Linksys router, and flash it with new software to save money over buying a real wireless bridge, just so you can extend your wireless coverage to the garage...

Erm, yeah.

[RDSIII]

You return from a business trip to find that your wife has completed a sub-structure you were working on before you left.

[ppilotmike]

#288 - you have ever taken the Aluminum Riveting 101 Class at OSH more than once in the same day.
#289 - you have ever snuck in to the Aluminum Riveting 101 Class at OSH when they get to the "hands-on" part, even though you took the class twice the day before.
#290 - you have ever offered to help another "student" drill out a rivet at the Aluminum Riveting 101 Class at OSH, just because you were passing by and it looked like they needed some help.
#291 - you have ever "lost" someone near the Vans tent at OSH because they kept walking and you didn't!

[eric_marsh]

Originally Posted by DCat22

You might be a geek RV builder if you buy a cheap Linksys router, and flash it with new software to save money over buying a real wireless bridge, just so you can extend your wireless coverage to the garage...

Erm, yeah.

Well, actually it's a wireless router. But I do have three laptops in the shop - one for the flow bench, one for the motorcycle and one next to the airplane bench. Can't stand to throw them away when they get old, you know.

You might be an RV builder if:

You've got logging software on your iPhone to track the amount of time spent on each part of the project.

You've built more than one trim tab.

You make multiple trips to the local airport to study how the other guys have fabricated a particular part.

You can have lengthy discussions about RV construction and design minutia.

You know that you've made the right choice after hearing an RV described as a "Porsche of the skies."

You've grokked the meaning of "infinite patience."

Several of your neighbors have asked to let them know if you need any help with the construction.

When you see an RV at an airport you can examine every detail with a knowing eye.

[Casey Stewart]

You know you are an RV builder if you used to be jealous of other guys planes before you started/finished yours. Now you taxi up next to them and they are gawking!

[plehrke]

Originally Posted by RDSIII

You return from a business trip to find that your wife has completed a sub-structure you were working on before you left.

This should go into the thread on "How you know your wife is a keeper . . . . "

[blandess]

#292: You've spent the past hour and twenty minutes reading all 291 reasons whilst laughing so hard you cry.
#293: Realizing that you are guilty of more than 50% of the things on this post and you don't own a single rivet to an RV yet...
#294: Continually ponder what hobbies can be abandoned or what can be sold to be able to buy the tail section of the -7 so you can consider yourself a builder.
#295: Are genuinely concerned that the number of posts you have contributed to this forum has not hit "50" yet.

[Caummisar]

you answer the phone in the shop, "Hello, airplane factory."

[Mel]

Originally Posted by DCat22

You might be a geek RV builder if you buy a cheap Linksys router, and flash it with new software to save money over buying a real wireless bridge, just so you can extend your wireless coverage to the garage...
Erm, yeah.

Had to set it up in the window because my shop is in a steel hangar. Actually I didn't buy it. My nephew had several old ones in the closet.

[ron sterba]

IF you Checked the airworthiness certificate on the boeing 737-700. Now its mounted on the ceiling! Ron in Oregon