Up, Up, And Away
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112864)
United States
August 17, 2020 3:51pm CST
There are far too many times in life I feel like I have to say, "Things like this only happen to me." But surely this is also just a matter of perspective. Things happen to lots of people everyday, so really I am just singling myself out most of the time.
That being said, a lot of things DO in fact...happen to me.
Long story short, I have been wanting to get a drone for some time. But being I am cheap, I have not gotten one.
So, my wife bought one for me. A little stunt drone she got at Walmart for $25.
I unpackaged it, looked it over briefly, took it outside, turned on the remote, set the drone on the patio table, hit the button to fly it, and it whizzed away up into the air.
I tried to control it, but I had not read the directions.
It went up, and up, and up...higher and higher. It became a blob then a dot, then a spec, and then it was simply gone.
I stood there dumbfounded with the remote in hand and a drone that is probably now being picked up on radar by NASA...
And then got yelled at by my wife for launching my drone, which I had for all of two minutes, into the atmosphere.
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10 responses
@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
18 Aug 20
That was a short-lived bit of equipment. I hope you enjoyed it. :-( Try and have a good day. Maybe you will find it some day.
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@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
26 Aug 20
@porwest "New bit of space junk to appear in the western sky around 10 pm on Thursday."
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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20 Aug 20
Well, at least you don't have to return it for not working 
Kind of like getting a kite caught in the telephone wires or worse...having the string break on you. Same result, you no longer have your toy 
Kind of like getting a kite caught in the telephone wires or worse...having the string break on you. Same result, you no longer have your toy 1 person likes this
@porwest (112864)
• United States
31 Aug 20
@dgobucks226 It was. I think I would have had fun with it. lol
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So the moral of the story is read the instructions first? 
@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Aug 20
That could happen to me if my wife bought me one. I also wanted a drone but it is expensive so I don't buy even the cheap one.
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