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Post by kilroysbrother on Nov 23, 2014 20:19:43 GMT -5
1. Your family thinks your crazy when you buy an $80.00 jacket and the first think you do is roll it in the mud. 2. If every Thursday in the summer is garage sale day. 3. If someone does somehow manage to figure out about your hobby, you are more than glad to talk their ear off about it. 4. If you have a browser history similar to that of a terrorist. 5. If your family has to repeadedly tell you "It's a movie, let it go" when it comes to pointing out innaccuracys in movies. 6. If you frequent surplus stores, garage sales, thrift stores, flea markets, antique stores, and ebay with the hope of finding some hidden gem. 7. If you meet a fellow collector because he recognized your Corcoran boots when you were wearing them at a Boy Scout function. 8. If your Christmas list contains militaria rather than anything anyother 15 y/o would want. 9. You and your brother frquently debate "Fury" and "Saving Private Ryan". 10. If your family makes fun of you for frquenting TCM to watch 1940s era movies. 11. If you find yourself absent mindedly humming songs such as "In the mood" or "Boogie Woogie". 12. If your family doesn't get how you can tell an "original" Vs. a "repro". 13. If people ask you your favorite color and you say OD #3.
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Post by shiftysgarand on Nov 23, 2014 20:44:08 GMT -5
I find myself guilty of perhaps too many of these.
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Post by kilroysbrother on Nov 23, 2014 21:03:57 GMT -5
Yes, I am guilty of all of these myself.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 23, 2014 23:54:11 GMT -5
You might be in the hobby if:
you stay awake on long drives by considering terrain possibilities along the way. The soles of your shoes usually have BBs stuck in them! based on what they hear in your backyard, neighbors think you have a woodpecker infestation. Oil soaked canvas is your favorite smell. Your bookshelf library has a noticeable theme. Your airsoft armory features way more wood than any of your friends.
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Post by Dracul on Nov 24, 2014 3:25:10 GMT -5
You might be in the hobby when:
You refer to the second bedroom of your apartment as the "Armory". Your kitchen pantry has boxes of MRE's in them. It also has modern day canned foods with replica era labels on them. You have more shoes than the standard woman because of all the different eras, countries, and forces you portray. You have WWII Era propaganda posters framed and hung up all through out your apartment/home. You have an At The Front catalog on your coffee table.
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Post by ssgjoe on Nov 24, 2014 12:49:20 GMT -5
Addition to 13. If people ask your favorite color and you say field gray
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Post by kilroysbrother on Nov 24, 2014 13:21:01 GMT -5
14. If people can’t figure out why you like the movie “Downfall” so much. 15. If you’ve been watching “The Longest Day” since you were 8 y/o and it never gets old. 16. If you’ve taught your history teacher a thing or two about WWII. 17. If you frequently recite quotes from WWII movies. 18. If more than half of your bedroom is the “Museum”. 19. If you can’t understand people who are into renaissance fairs, but WWII Reenacting makes perfectly good sense. 20. If when you’re walking through a huge flea market getting bored of the craft booths and see a shirtless redneck looking dude wearing camo pants selling stuff out of his pickup, you then say that’s the kind of booth I’m looking for. When you go check out his booth you walk out with an M1 Bayonet. 21. If you are competent in modern 1st Aid skills and 1940’s era skills. 22. If you have brought litters back from a militaria show in a Pontiac Vibe. 22 (cont’d) If you have a hard time saying no to people selling WWII and Post WWII Litters.
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Post by aj czarkowski on Nov 26, 2014 15:04:09 GMT -5
I got many a detention for correcting my history teachers! And I'm always right!
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Post by luftwelle93 on Nov 26, 2014 16:53:38 GMT -5
For me its if you use military stuff (for me mostly German ) for everyday things (fork/spoon utensil,zeltbahn for rainy days,gas canister to carry extra stuff,ect.)
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Post by ssgjoe on Nov 26, 2014 17:40:53 GMT -5
My teacher last year said the Italians were in the landings of Normandy. I unintentionally put him in his spot a little too much...but we were cool with each other anyway. I have a feeling he meant Canadians, not Italians.
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Post by luftwelle93 on Nov 26, 2014 18:23:30 GMT -5
My teacher last year said the Italians were in the landings of Normandy. I unintentionally put him in his spot a little too much...but we were cool with each other anyway. I have a feeling he meant Canadians, not Italians. Lol,I feel bad for the teacher
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Post by Dracul on May 11, 2015 17:55:23 GMT -5
If you have a spreadsheet like this on your computer......
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Post by insterburger on May 11, 2015 20:41:04 GMT -5
My teacher last year said the Italians were in the landings of Normandy. I unintentionally put him in his spot a little too much...but we were cool with each other anyway. I have a feeling he meant Canadians, not Italians. Not everyone who teaches history has any business being in the classroom. When I was studying to be a history teacher, one guy in my cohort-- in front of a roomful of history people, mind you-- said that one of the chief reasons for the timing of the Normandy invasion being when it was, was to get the first punch in before the Germans could invade England. No one said anything to him, but there were quite a few wide-eyed glances around the classroom. Another guy in the same class was describing the battle of Gettysburg in such a way that it was clear his knowledge of it came entirely from the film of the same name.
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Post by ssgjoe on May 12, 2015 0:10:08 GMT -5
Oh he was actually a pretty smart guy. He was older, and I honestly think he meant Canadians or something like that but he wasn't thinking straight. He was having health problems and actually passed away last month. He was a great teacher-he just messed up once lol
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Post by 2nd Bat on May 12, 2015 0:41:09 GMT -5
You might be in the hobby if
You can name 20 ww2 movies without referencing any sources whatsoever. You know the difference between a Panzer Mk IV and a Panther You know the phonetic Alphabet, both modern and WW2 you can name four German Camouflage patterns without looking anything up You know how to put on GI Leggings You have a visceral reaction to 40 round bursts. From other airsofters (even at a modern game) You winch when you hear someone say "roger, wilco, over and out" You know who saunders, gage and kirby were and what weapons each carried. You have slept in a foxhole willingly You have worn dogtags even before any were issued to you. You know rank structure from buck private to General of the Army Your wife, girlfriend, mother or all of them think you're a little bit nuts.
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Post by daehahn on May 14, 2015 19:50:08 GMT -5
If you've replaced the computer on your desk with a typewriter and other 1940s era things. If your closet consists of many WW2 uniforms. If you or your friend gets a cut and you pull out a Carlisle bandage. If you carry a temporary pass with you when not in an event. If your first car was a half-track(I wish this was me). If you eat K-Rations for meals. If you know how to put together a haversack with your eyes closed. If you only buy a few things from a store, but spend hours buying stuff from a surplus shop. If you prefer using an SCR-300 over a phone.
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