The Little World

Note: I did not write ” cleanly ” at the end there. There are always consequences.

A friend has speculated that a mathematical formula should be worked out to tell our spouses how much the new kit has cost. I applaud a scientific mind and sense of honesty and will mention it in his eulogy.

We have all spent money that we should have saved and acquired where we should have abstained. And not a few of us have felt a sinking feeing when called to account for this. Here are a few suggestions to ease the situation:

a. A separate bank account. If this is not possible, at least a separate credit card account. Or an iron pot of money in the back shed under the snake farm.

b. A hobby shop owner willing to falsify till records for a bribe.

c. A mistress. Let yourself be caught in flagrante every so often and the topic of hobby spending will be effectively eclipsed.

d. Kits in plain, unmarked boxes. as long as you can keep your face plain as you stash them, it has a chance of remaining unmarked.

e. Keep the largest box that applies to your division of modelling after you have finished that kit. Stow the new kit in it and it will always look as if your just building the one.

f. Modellers Anonymous – ” My name is Dick and it has been 14 days, three hours, and 6 minutes since I opened a new kit. “

g. A vaulting horse in the back yard sitting astride a tunnel out past the fence.