Chuckle #3 - so many lessons to learn in this life
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325402)
Rockingham, Australia
December 1, 2017 6:02pm CST
I trust I haven’t talked about this before. I’ve been through all my myLot files on Word and can’t find a discussion about this so hopefully it will be new to you all.
A couple of years ago Vince bought a radio-controlled model yacht. It is quite tall as there is quite a bit that you don’t see that goes in the water. Of course, once he had it home, he was very anxious to get it in the water and try it out. So he and his friend, a yachtsman from way back, took it to a friend’s vineyard where there is a large dam that was perfect for yacht-testing.
So they set the sails, checked everything and launched it across the dam. However it wasn’t responding at all to the signals they were sending to it. Then they realised they hadn’t turned on the receiver on the yacht itself. Luckily the yacht sailed round and round and eventually the wind took it over to the opposite bank and they were able to retrieve it. Another lesson learnt!
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@moffittjc (118368)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Dec 17
That reminds me of the time that I couldn't get my new computer working, and tried everything I could to get it to turn on. Finally, in frustration, I called tech support, and the first thing the guy asked me was "Did you plug it in?" Needless to say, I was very embarrassed...I never plugged the computer in when I set it up!
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@moffittjc (118368)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Dec 17
@Fleura I never thought something like that would happen to me, but it did! lol
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
2 Dec 17
Lol that reminds me when I got my first laptop! I called tech support and returned it twice for new ones....only to call back a third time.... same problem. I had it plugged into a surge protector plugged into the wall..
I had no idea you had to turn the surge protector on....
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
2 Dec 17
Oops. I'll bet that mistake wasn't made a second time.
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@JudyEv (325402)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Dec 17
I've probably said it before but it's a shame there are so many mistakes you can make in this life.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
2 Dec 17
Good for them. My daughter's boyfriend bought a drone recently and flew it straight to the top of our roof. The video shows him running after it. It was so funny. It took awhile for him to get it down, because the apartments are really tall with a slanted roof.
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@JudyEv (325402)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Dec 17
Exactly. And people driving along the highway were tooting and waving watching two old farts sailing their model boat.
@Svidrigaylov (386)
• Guadeloupe
2 Dec 17
@judyev Always make shure you've switched it on before trying to operate it - that goes for brains, computers and things that are designed to vibrate.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
2 Dec 17
probably a good job it drifted back or they might have had to abandon shore to rescue the boat - I love watching model boat displays - saw one of these model boat sea battles once in a seaside town here in the UK
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
4 Dec 17
@JudyEv yes, I expect the ship sinking would pretty well destroy it
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@JudyEv (325402)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Dec 17
@arthurchappell To be honest the radio compartment got water in it last time and Vince didn't clean it out. There was some rusting but he was able to clean it all up - lucky for him as it was pretty careless not to make sure it was okay to put away. I wouldn't have been happy if it remained out of action.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
4 Dec 17
Ohhh dear...I thought for a minute you were going to tell us one of them Had to go into the water to rescue it ...lol
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
4 Dec 17
@JudyEv yes... it would...aren't we awful..lol 
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@JudyEv (325402)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Dec 17
@sueznewz2 I think sometimes such laughter is sort of from relief that it's not us in a pickle - or in this case the water
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@JudyEv (325402)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Dec 17
There is someone here at the moment trying to help him get it going again. He hasn't used it for ages and there is a fault in the electrics somewhere. Once it's fixed he'll be heading off to sea again - in a manner of speaking.
@catsholiday (460)
• Derby, England
2 Dec 17
Ooops - How funny!! That is the kind of thing I do too.
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@JudyEv (325402)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Dec 17
We all do silly things from time to time don't we?
@allknowing (130067)
• India
2 Dec 17
"And they lived happily ever after" is the kind of ending I like to read as was the case here (lol)
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@Letranknight2015 (51498)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
It could have been worst, I would panic if I were on their situation. Did they ever thought of calling the coast guard?
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@JudyEv (325402)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Dec 17
We are a long way from the ocean - well, 30 miles anyway. They were sailing it on a big farm dam.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
2 Dec 17
Thank you for the laugh! That is just so funny, like something I would do.
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@JudyEv (325402)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Dec 17
Such good memories some of the stupid things we do! Or actually probably better memories if someone else does it. 
Or actually probably better memories if someone else does it. 
