Have I been doing this for too long?

[Jim Nunn]

Originally Posted by Sakrison

I've worn a slight curve into it, enough to be noticeable on a cut. I can't decide whether that's impressive or just nuts.

Both "Impressively Nuts" and you have set a new goal for me.

Jim Nunn

[murphyaa]

I haven't worn a curve into the edge of my ruler yet, but I have worn all the numbers and lines off.

[nebeltex]

Day after tomorrow, I'll turn 50. I designed and built my first paper model (Stutz Bearcat) about 37 years ago...
Keep at it!

[missileer]

Must have been telekinesis; you concentrated on the straight edge and it bent.

[Sakrison]

Originally Posted by Thales

About 6mo ago I realized there was a slight bow on my straight edge as well. It's now relegated to measuring as opposed to cutting.

My worn out straight edge has been relegated to catapulting paper wads at my cats.

(Cat, catapult: a coincidence? I don't think so!)

[BARX2]

Originally Posted by Sakrison

I built a few paper models in high school but I think it really caught my interest when my 5-year-old daughter and I built a life-size Osprey. She's now 31.

How did you learn about paper modeling? I never learned about it until I was about 45 and I was searching the web for pictures of Mercury Redstone to print and wrap around an Estes model rocket. I found paper models and started building them and model rocketry kind of fell by the wayside. So basically, I learned about paper modeling after the arrival of the web. No one I knew had done paper modeling. In fact, to this day I have never met another paper modeler in real life!