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[quote user="selector"] I'll ask you, then, how do you account for the disagreement between those who freelance, who dabble, who merely build intricate structures from scratch, with those who build elaborate and operational layouts that are amazingly accurate portrayals of real settings in time and place?  What is it about their several approaches to what they do that makes their acceptance of one another as worthy so problematic?-Crandell[/quote]I am of the age, and general nature, that all opinions are valid; even those with which I do not agree.  Think of the kids playing with a ball.  There is always the one who states: "it is my ball and I say what the rules are, otherwise I go home with my ball".  Logic is not part of the discussion.I spent many years building furniture and furniture quality cabinets.  For 13 years, I worked for a company that refaced kitchens (built new cabinets around the existing ones) [it paid the bills ].  I did a kitchen per week during that time.  We hired experienced woodworkers for open positions and simply showed them what the end product had to look like and what the quality requirements were (good looking and top notch quality).  Two weeks of training assured that they understood the requirements (plus field supervision to check on the work daily).When I was in my mid 50's, I was given a 25 yr old carpenter to "train".  In the process of doing the work he told me: "don't do it that way, this is way it should be done.  I have been doing this all of my life."  I just looked at him and said: "there are 453 different ways to do this, and all of them work.  You do your way and I will do it mine.  The end product is the the important thing, not the process."Model railroading is a hobby; not a way of life.  We don't have to agree on which real or fictional railroad to model or how the go about the process.  It is great to offer advice and help.  There is no "one way" of doing things, either as an end product or as a process.It beats me as to why some people want to argue.  Just human nature at work, I guess.
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