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The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004
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Hello everybody ! <br /> <br />Thought I'd stop by real quick and just let everyone know that I'm still around and haven't stopped playing w/ trains - just put them on hold for the most part but for a short spell until I get other more pressing issues handled - like getting my business off the ground & getting my shop completed. It's a pain in the tail to be working out of boxes, piles, and plastic buckets full of hardware, tools, and the like, tripping over extension cords, banging ones head with God knows what, as it seems is an everyday occurance lately, and other adventures in the life of Bill. . .Some of them should be on a video entitled "I can't believe that I did such dumb things like standing on a ladder w/ a nail gun, and pushing a 10 ft. long 2X6 against the ceiling w/ my head." <br /> <br />I just got caught up on the Coffee Shop happenings as of late, and I see a lot of new "faces" - it's been awhile since I stopped in and I've missed all of your banter. Found myself spending too much time on the Internet lately and had to impose some rigid discipline on myself to get something accompolished in my life. I lied. My wife imposed the rules on me, period ! Has forbidden me to even go near eBay, too! <br /> <br />A fellow modeler in my neck of the woods and I have started a small time resin casting ("cottage industry") producing 1/25 and 1/8 scale model car parts -mostly hot rod & racing theme, and we plan to do some G scale detail pieces as well, and perhaps some structure and scenery items next year. <br /> <br />Looks like we're going to get yet another hurricane in the SouthEast next week. Oh, woopie - like we need more wind & rain. We also own the heavily wooded and quite hilly lot to the right of our property and that has a real mess on it still. I'm going to have to tune up my chain saw and get a chipper this Fall to get rid of all the storm debris. Right now there are too many scary critters calling it home, and I'm a devout coward when it comes to poisionous snakes, scorpions, and other creepy stuff. <br /> <br />Do they make condos w/ 2000 sq ft basements? <br /> <br />I did join the local NMRA affiliated model railroad club in the Atlanta area, so I'm not completely devoid of the hobby at the moment. It will be so cool when I get the shop, model building room, and the layout room completed, in the reverse order, except when I'm discussing it w/ the wife. . .My niece's husband was to be over here twice a week to assist w/ the framing and wiring, but after two half days he hasn't been seen or heard from since. lol He wanted to start running trains after a month (he's never had a layout further than four feet from a Christmas tree). I've had to proceed a little slower than I'd normally would, since I'm still having some recurring issues with my leg problem, and I don't want to end up spending the entire evening in a charming emergency room again. Thus far they haven't done surgery, but I think it's more a fact that my HMO doesn't want to, and not that I shouldn't get the procedure done. . .C'est la vie ! <br /> <br />Will be visiting Tom Watkins tomorrow and that should be a kick. We might even get to run some trains - I hope so ! How's that for pressure, as I know Tom will check in here in the AM before I get there. <br /> <br />Ed - that picture you posted of a MOW overhead wire self-propelled line car was used once upon a time on the Mexicano Railway on the Maltrata incline. It was cobbled together in their company shops, if you couldn't tell. There is a photo of it (when it was in service) in a book entitled "Railroad Work Equipment and Special Service Cars" by Robert J. Wayner (published by Wayner Publications). The picture made it look even more like a Beverly Hillbillie's locomotive w/ a bunch of ladders on the side, pealing paint, no hood sides, a large watering can on the side, lights, marker lamps and looking much more down & out. Looks like some kind of whimsical beastie that LGB produced. Anybody that enjoys MOW equipment should consider that book worth having. - (I had referenced it before on the Coffee Shop when Lupo inquired about it.) <br /> <br />Some of my HO is now in Lupo's possession, as changing eras, themes, and road names made my roster resemble the California RR Museum in Sacramento, or a typical tinplater's roster in the '50s. Now I get to buy all new stuff that costs twice what it cost ten yrs ago. Still have about 150 blue boxes and MDC items that may or may not stay. And there's boxes of G scale that need to be around somebody else's tree this Christmas. Then there's all the unbuilt model aircraft kits, 200 plus model car kits, and the ship models, and my son's 250 plus diecast cars. . .Think my wife has a valid argument, after all. (lol) <br /> <br />I'll report back in after I visit Tom tomorrow and tell you about his layout since I think he's too humble to brag on it. . .Goodnite all and be safe. <br />BILL
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