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    You know you're a spotter when....

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    Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

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    ...you think spending a day in Far Rockaway or College Point is fun.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Your preparedness takes longer for an airshow then your prepping for a hurricane coming up the coast!

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    http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...324_sAdYx-O-LB


    Your friends always have more pictures of you than your family


    Your always more aware of your surroundings than other people


    You get goosebumps, but not because of the girls....because your touching a P-40!!!


    When it is hard for things to make you smile like a special paint scheme in beautiful light


    Your lens has to be very sharp....no such thing as too sharp!


    When taking a picture of your friend, your unsure if you should focus on him...or the airplane


    You know your hooked when you eat, sleep and sh!t aviation!


    I got nothing for ya here...it was just a bad a$$ shot


    I would not care if it was not on an airplane!


    Getting excited about blow jobs does not mean what it does to other people... Yes I am talking about jet exhaust...Yes, I have a problem!


    Going out with the guys never results in coming home drunk...Yet I stay out all night


    We all love aviation porn and do not get mad looks from women when looking at it!


    I hope this was not too much but I could go on forever!!!
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Fred, that is ****ing priceless.
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    ...you try to identify the airplane connected to the contrail at 37,000 feet above you head.

    Fred...you just about covered it all.

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    the guy across the parking lot is taking pictures of you taking pictures of planes.
    It's hard to take chances but sometimes it's better if you do

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    ...part of your wife's(now ex-wife's) rant included "...and another thing, every time I'm trying to talk to you and an airplane goes over you totally stop concentrating on what I'm saying to look at it..."

    That 100% happened, and she was 100% pissed off

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    ...you're on a first-name basis with the police.

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    Moose- you know that's only because you're a "middle-eastern man pointing cameras at airplanes"
    Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

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    You are sleeping in your car at an airport and it's not to catch a flight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by megatop412 View Post
    ...part of your wife's(now ex-wife's) rant included "...and another thing, every time I'm trying to talk to you and an airplane goes over you totally stop concentrating on what I'm saying to look at it..."

    That 100% happened, and she was 100% pissed off
    .....like we're ever really concentrating on what they're saying regardless of whether a plane is flying overhead or not.

    Unless of course its "can I get you another beer" or "here comes a 747"
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    Oh, and to add to the list.....

    ......when you explain to people why you're pointing your camera at the sky more often than you explain to people what you do for a job.
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    You know you're a spotter when....you're spotting all day during a weekend in the winter up north and get some wind burn and red face, then go back to work on Monday and some one ask's where did you go for vacation over the weekend to get your tan?

    You know you're a spotter when....you're thrilled they have a portable potty at a spotting location. It would be even better if there was a opening for your lens!
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    when you can tell what type of plane it is without looking up just by the sound of it's engine's

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    ....you interrupt other peoples' travel stories to ask them which airline they flew on.
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