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Rene Schweitzer
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News (not trains, exactly)
Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Thursday, June 1, 2006 10:35 AM
I figure it's time to share my news with everyone. . .

on September 9, I'm getting married! It's a second marriage for both of us, so we are planning a simple, small ceremony with immediate family only. After the ceremony we will have a reception at the house.

The groom-to-be's name is Jim and he has always loved trains. In fact, we met here at Kalmbach (he works elsewhere now). He has N scale and O gauge layouts and owns trains in nearly every other scale, too. He's asked recently when we'll build a garden railway. . .[:)]

Rene

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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, June 1, 2006 10:40 AM
Whoo-Hoo!

Congrats to both ya!


Will the wedding cake have a little lokie and caboose on top?

   Have fun with your trains

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 1, 2006 10:42 AM
RENE
Good luck to you and happy garden rail roading. [:)][:)][2c][tup] Ben
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 1, 2006 11:17 AM
CONGRATS to you both
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emipapa
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Posted by emipapa on Thursday, June 1, 2006 11:59 AM
Rene,
Congrats to both you and Jim.
Ron
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Posted by pimanjc on Thursday, June 1, 2006 12:21 PM
Congratulations to both of you.
JimC.
"Never promise more than you can give. Always give more than you promise." ~JC "You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing." ~AU
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Posted by whiterab on Thursday, June 1, 2006 1:04 PM
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Joe Johnson Guadalupe Forks RR
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Posted by gallopinggoose on Thursday, June 1, 2006 1:43 PM
Congratulations to you both, will you be at the Convention, we could buy you a celebration drink?[8D]
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Posted by Train 284 on Thursday, June 1, 2006 3:07 PM
Hoorah! Rene congrats to you and your new husband!
Matt Cool Espee Forever! Modeling the Modoc Northern Railroad in HO scale Brakeman/Conductor/Fireman on the Yreka Western Railroad Member of Rouge Valley Model RR Club
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Posted by jzmsvm on Thursday, June 1, 2006 4:24 PM
Congratulations! Now the important question... how does your cat feel about him? Cats are great judges of character and they don't pretend to like someone just to be nice. [:)]

Wishing you all the best!
Jennifer
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devils
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Posted by devils on Thursday, June 1, 2006 7:03 PM
Congratulations to you both
[:D][yeah]
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Posted by ModelTrainman on Thursday, June 1, 2006 7:06 PM
congratulations!!!!!!!!
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Posted by toenailridgesl on Thursday, June 1, 2006 7:11 PM
Rene', very best wishes for the future for both of you
Phil Creer, The Toenail Ridge Shortline, Adelaide Sth Oz http://www.trainweb.org/toenailridge toparo ergo sum
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 1, 2006 8:45 PM
Rene, CONGRATULATIONS to Y'ALL

Bill Blankley and Joy[:D][:D][:D][:D]
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Posted by ttrigg on Thursday, June 1, 2006 9:25 PM

Congratulations.

When do we get to see pic's of his trains? How else are we to figure out if we like him or not? (Just kidding)

Tom Trigg

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Posted by Marty Cozad on Thursday, June 1, 2006 9:59 PM
Now see???? Didn't I say something like this awhile back....[;)] I sinced the movement in the force.
The switches have all a-lined now.
The signals are all green.
Smooth move Rene[:X][^][:o)]

Keep us post and aless share a wedding photo with us.

Is it REAL? or Just 1:29 scale?

Long live Outdoor Model Railroading.

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Posted by Ray Dunakin on Thursday, June 1, 2006 11:48 PM
Wow, congrats!
Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!
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Posted by grandpopswalt on Friday, June 2, 2006 12:19 AM
Congratulations Rene! Sounds like you picked a winner because if he likes trains he must be a great guy.

Walt
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 2, 2006 3:32 AM
Congrats and may dispatch give you both a highball from here on!
So which tourist RR is the honeymoon on, or is it on Amtrak????? [:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 2, 2006 4:49 AM


Great news Rene! I'm extremely happy for the both of you.



Matthew

[bow][bow]
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Rene Schweitzer
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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Friday, June 2, 2006 8:03 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jzmsvm

Congratulations! Now the important question... how does your cat feel about him? Cats are great judges of character and they don't pretend to like someone just to be nice. [:)]

Wishing you all the best!
Jennifer


Tucker adores Jim, so no problems there! [:D] Jim is an animal lover and also has a cat.

Rene Schweitzer

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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Friday, June 2, 2006 8:05 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by TheRockModeler

Congrats and may dispatch give you both a highball from here on!
So which tourist RR is the honeymoon on, or is it on Amtrak????? [:D]


We were actually talking about taking Amtrak! The honeymoon might be delayed a few months, as I have two work trips this summer and a long-planned vacation in October with my parents. But we'll figure something out.

Rene Schweitzer

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Posted by Rastun on Friday, June 2, 2006 11:31 AM
Congratulations Rene and Jim!!

I wish you both the very best. [:D]
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Posted by Lord Atmo on Friday, June 2, 2006 11:34 AM
congratulations! i live in Wisconsin too. though i've never heard of garden railways in O gauge. i've seen a G gauge one in the domes in Milwaukee though. you guys planning on making your garden layout O or G gauge?

Your friendly neighborhood CNW fan.

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Posted by Tom The Brat on Friday, June 2, 2006 12:11 PM
Congradulations!
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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Friday, June 2, 2006 3:24 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo

congratulations! i live in Wisconsin too. though i've never heard of garden railways in O gauge. i've seen a G gauge one in the domes in Milwaukee though. you guys planning on making your garden layout O or G gauge?


Most likely G--Jim has some large-scale stuff in addition to the O stuff.

Rene Schweitzer

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Posted by Marty Cozad on Friday, June 2, 2006 10:22 PM
So what do you send a woman who has everything,,,smart, good looking, new hasben,,a cat and she is into race tracks.[:I] Sounds like a perfect woman!!!!


...[:o)]
...Yes dear,,,,coming dear,,, no I'm not on that ________ computer again!!!![:(]

OH ,,,I forgot, I'm married to the perfect woman[?][B)][;)]

Is it REAL? or Just 1:29 scale?

Long live Outdoor Model Railroading.

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Posted by cabbage on Saturday, June 3, 2006 1:46 AM
Congratulations on your up comming wedding. May the two of you be as happy and madly in love as I and my wife are. We are the perfect example of 'Opposites Attract'...

I like my locomotives and my collection of 1950's motor car + bike stuff. Sheila has a 7 sewing machines and 2 cubic metres of fabric in her 'quilt stash' and her 3 green houses are packed with plants...

We have been together over 8 years now and there has only ever been one problem between us -I paint everything in shades of [^]green[^] -she paints everything in [:X]PINK[:X]

regards

ralph

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 3, 2006 2:54 AM
I have been married twice as well; and the second time is a lot better than the first, if you got divorced the for the first time for the right reasons; and are getting married again for the right reasons. In other words try not to make the same mistake once.

No one can accuse me of being unfaithful, the first time from November 1959 to 1983 and now ii'm getting close to beating that record and i will too for sure.


rgds ian
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