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[quote user="MisterBeasley"]Morning, Joe.  I'll have the "Patriot Breakfast," heavy on the Moss, with a side of Welker.  Skip the videotape, though.  I stayed up until the outcome wasn't in doubt (late 3rd quarter) but Monday morning came early.  Keep the coffee coming.This is the first layout picture that I really wanted to share, taken a couple of years ago with a film camera:[img]http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/500/aaj1.gif[/img]Since then, the scenery has grown up around it, and particularly above it, and I've learned some lessons about how to build subway stations.  One of those was, "Don't overdrive your light bulbs!"  5 of the 6 bulbs in this old picture have gone to the big light in the sky, so I decided to replace them.  I had planned for that, with access for the bulbs from above, and the job went smoothly yesterday.  When I turned on the lights in the station for the first time in months, though, I discovered a problem.  Those signs on the back wall that say "Saint Anne Street," 3 in all, had all come loose and fallen down.This is a problem.  The back wall is about 6 inches from the layout edge, and is protected by the vertical girders.  The roof does NOT come off, so I've got to get those signs out and then re-attach them.  It's too deep for needle-nose pliers.  I've got one of those flexible-shaft things for grabbing things that fall behind furniture or through deck boards, but it won't hold the edges of the signs firmly enough.  I even tried chopsticks, which worked better, but not well enough.  Tonight, I'll try kitchen tongs, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to fabricate some kind of tool to do this job.Well, keep up the good work, one and all.  One more coffee, and then I'll hit the road.[/quote]That's one of those[banghead]moments, isn't it! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that does dumb things like that!
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