I am ashamed to admit...

[Whosthedaddy]

...that me and my dad use to collect and check off aeroplane numbers

I mentioned this at work the other day when talking about Stanstead airport. Many years ago when it was first built we took a trip there only to find that the viewing platform was pants and couldn't see any decent planes, so turned around and came straight back home all disappointed.

We used to go to Gatwock and Heathrow for a day out and sit there with pen, book and binoculars and 'have a good time'.

How sad was I?

What have you admitted to that may be a little cringe worthy?
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[Hetzer]

Me and a mate standing under a large tree at roosting time with air-rifles and executing more starlings than we could count. It was a hell of a hobby.
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[Whosthedaddy]

[Dazbo666]

"My name is Dazbo, and I was a plane spotter"

Stand up and be identified
... I was even a card carrying member of the British Airways Junior Jet Club for a few years!!


There, my secret is out
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[Ahmato_]

Used to blow £100s of my dads money on Warhammer
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[BanditBitch]

Nowt wrong with a bit of plane spotting. I had one of those radios that you could tune to hear the pilot and control tower etc.

[Cigaro]

[st3v3]

I used to love sitting with me first ped, attatching neons, loud speakers.... Chavvy nova, but ped boi stylee
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[MattHirst]

I can't remember anything that i used to do that is really daft

But, steve..the lakes ride is the last ride im going on with you
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[Messy]

Used to be in a Marching band
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[JonB]

I used too and still do love trains.
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[Dragonfly]

Used to collect bones and try and piece the skeleton of whatever it was together found human one in the forrest where they tore down an old house and grandad wasnt impressed with my hobby as a kid at all. I wanted to be an archologist i found loads of old chemist bottles and tooth paste lids there to.


and i kept them in a box


edit: oh and killing barbie cause i hated her and pouring red food dye over her to make it looked like she was murdered, also made a creepy looking doll look creepier by putting my holy comminuin dress. It was a very very horror film like doll.

I was disturbed as a kid and possibly still am.


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He's too busy beating the everloving shit out of Lizzie to notice this thread has taken a turn down Drama Avenue and stopped off at the popcorn shop.

[madmissus]

I once sang on Blue Peter, I was in the school choir in Yr 7 and our school sings on the show at Christmas
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[Jack_Cheese]

I always tried to blow stuff up. Back in the day when the interweb wasn't policed, i had plenty of "sensitive" information. I may have also started the odd camp fire that got out of hand, too

RE: warhammer, i've got a 6'x4' battlefield if you want it

Jack
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[fatmatt]

as jon in to me trains
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[nick606]

i played wow and got really obsessed with it so much in fact thats all i was doing

[MaybeGuy]

[stinkwheel]

You should try putting a stuffed owl sitting on a log near a rookery then hide in the bushes. They all come down to mob it and you just pick them off.

I will add that we did actually keep and use the two rucksacks full of dead rooks to feed my mates birds of prey.
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[samharcus]

planes, yes, and also trains .... the trains, however, I've not been able to shake off ... I also have a possibly unhealthy like of all things Canadian

-Samuel

[hellkat]

Is this just a general plane geekishness thread, or just an "embarrasing things I am admitting to today" thread?

Cos I can do both if you want
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[hellkat]

1. I have a photo of some old world war II (I think) aeroplanes on my wall which are called "hellkats"
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[McGee]

[Rookie]

I loved Cubs, and Scouts. I nearly cried when our troop disbanded.

[hellkat]

2. I cried today, cos with all the kerfuffle of having the council chuck out all my stuff from their storage depot, I managed to cope with everything ... until I realised my teddy bear (who is now 45 years old) might be in there.

Hence ... floods of tears

So I rang my mum in NZ and left her a voicemail to ask if he was there with her.

She thought it was such an emergency that she got up in the loft on her own (at 67 years of age) ... to get down what's left of my stuff and have a look in the boxes.

So anyway, he's in New Zealand.
Safe and sound.
Yay.
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[stinkwheel]