Hmm.. she said that when I proposed to her..
...When I cut a hole in the stairs for the train to go thru....
Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
CanalligatorsIf mine ever made that remark,
Not sure to which remark you are referring,
CanalligatorsI'd just go into the family room the next time she's watching some stupid soap opera, and repeat it back to her.
but I think I'll jump right to "I triple dog dare you".
Genesee Terminal, freelanced HO in Upstate NY ...hosting Loon Bay Transit Authority, run through Amtrak and CSX Intermodal
CP/D&H, N scale, somewhere on the Canadian Shield
This is easy; it happened on Monday when the pro painted M-636 finally showed up, and I liked it so much that I got on Brasstrains.com and used some sales proceeds to get an SP&S C-636 that may just get painted a hot Mexican flavor...
John
SeeYou190I said, because this one has advertising posters made my another forum member, so it is worth all the extra work.
Nice job on that GERN car, Kevin.
If you're interested, PM your e-mail address to me, and I'll send you a whole bunch of GERN-related advertising.
rrinker think Dr. Wayne is the only one here who is involved in the whole Gern thing, but over on that different forum where it originated there's whole sticky threads about it.
There are around 50 GERN modellers in various parts of the world, and some of them participate in this Forum, too. Not all of them model GERN, but do receive the promotional blurbs as my brother creates them. It involves some whimsy, of course, but many who do model it use it as a traffic generator.
Here's a link to my version of GERN Industries, and I believe that there's some input there from others interested in the concept, too.
When I used the search feature in that Forum to locate that particular thread link, I got close to 200 examples featuring the phrase "GERN Industries"
Wayne
I think I can only recall one "you've got to be kidding" statement from my wonderful spouse (as it relates to trains or model trains I hasten to add): I had just poured "Magic Water" two part resin on my modeled creekbed and per instructions and suggestions was blowing on it to make any air bubbles rise up and disappear. She could hear me blowing and blowing and blowing and came from another area of the basement because she thought perhaps I was having another stroke.
Now this is the best laugh I've had in a long time.
Andy
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Milwaukee native modeling the Milwaukee Road in 1950's Milwaukee.
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When I told her that I had done a burnout using the Line-Lock feature on our 2019 Mustang GT at a car show. It was followed shortly by, "Don't you have something that you can be doing on your layout?"I started adding new vegetation the day before yesterday and more weathering on an abandoned flatcar.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
Don't even try to explain the whole Gern corporate history to her then....
I think Dr. Wayne is the only one here who is involved in the whole Gern thing, but over on that different forum where it originated there's whole sticky threads about it. If you haven't seen that. It may be too whimsical for some, but it is pretty well thought out considering it's a fantasy industry making fantasy products.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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OK, here is the latest.
My wife saw me lettering a tank car, one letter at a time.
She asked why I was putting so much work into it. I said it was a custom roadname and there were not decals available for it.
She said "Don't you have like 100 decals for fake railroads?"
I said yes, but not for this fake railroad.
She asked me to explain why one fake railroad was more important, or more interesting, than any other fake railroad.
I said, because this one has advertising posters made my another forum member, so it is worth all the extra work.
Well, she said it, "You have got to be kidding me."
-Kevin
Living the dream.
riogrande5761If she thinks you are ready for the loonie bin then she either not very unflappable or hasn't seen anyone who is REALLY ready for the loonie bin. Their is w-a-y worse than that out there. Take her to a sci fi or Star Trek conventions where people dress up like Klingons or aliens or Star Fleet personnel. Thats much more loonie.
*pfft" ... "Trekkies" are ametuers in the loonie world. My daughters and I do Cosplay together.
BTW... I do own a Starfleet uniform, and a Ghostbusters jumpsuit.
I am the opposite side of the coin here.
The funny thing is she never said it. If she would have said (Are you kidding me) I would have understood.
My layout has been on the glass table on the dining room table for two years. My wife is something else. The things she lets me get away with are unbelievable.
What wife would let you set up a model railroad on the dining room glass table and let you keep it there for two years?
I'm still fascinated. I do believe I have a Good Woman.
TF
riogrande5761people dress up like Klingons or aliens or Star Fleet personnel.
Which one(s) do you go as Jim?
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
After she "saw" my layout and raised me a Cessna I don't hear that anymore.
Her response depends on when I purchase things, what I get, etc. She was the one who enticed me to moving by telling me I get a larger room. I sometimes remind her about that whenever I get her negative responses or eye roll.
SeeYou190 Well, I really did it today. My wife saw my keychain/ID badge I made for myself, and now she thinks I am ready for the loonie bin. -Kevin
Well, I really did it today.
My wife saw my keychain/ID badge I made for myself, and now she thinks I am ready for the loonie bin.
*pfft* a key chain. That's nawt! (Geordie for that's nothing - my wife is a Geordie from northern England).
If she thinks you are ready for the loonie bin then she either not very unflappable or hasn't seen anyone who is REALLY ready for the loonie bin. Their is w-a-y worse than that out there. Take her to a sci fi or Star Trek conventions where people dress up like Klingons or aliens or Star Fleet personnel. Thats much more loonie.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
When she tried to move one of my totes, but she can't, because it weighs a couple hundred pounds.
Then she hears my "explanation" on why I thought I needed to buy this much ballast.
Usually happens when I walk through the door with an SD70 or two!
I usually get that or "seriously?" when I buy another brass engine/car. I am slowly building up to having mostly just brass on my layout. I have my motive power covered now, along with a couple older freight cars. She as learned how to spot possible brass freight cars at shows and to do the finger nail "tink tink" light tap on the body to see if its metal(brass) or plastic. We have both found a few this way. Mostly older Mantua or International Models. Cheers Mike and Michele T
Silly NT's, I have Asperger's Syndrome
My wife saw my STRATTON AND GILLETTE keychain/ID badge I made for myself, and now she thinks I am ready for the loonie bin.
I am thankful that my wife is supportive of the hobby. This subject makes me chuckle at a couple of things I saw at train shows though.
Saw a guy shuffle past with his hands in his pockets. following him was his grandson pushing his wife in a wheelchair. Her comment hurry up and catch your grandad- he looks like he's going to buy something.......
My favorite though was when we went to the national. I was walking along with my wife and our son. Ahead of us was a new Dad pushing a baby stroller. In the bottom were about five of the green Overland brass models boxes. I turned to my wife- and told her what they were. My coment was... but honey they are for the baby.... I had her about doubled over laughing.......wonder if they guy ahead of us tried that line....
Everything I do get's that response..... or "The Look"
Rust...... It's a good thing !
doctorwayne tstage No photos of that, Wayne??? What?...of her having given up, or of me not listening? Wayne
tstage No photos of that, Wayne???
What?...of her having given up, or of me not listening?
You have things so well documented from your layout, Wayne, I thought there might be photos of that also.
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I tell my spouse about some of the fights, disagreements, and dustups on the forum.
Gary
tstageNo photos of that, Wayne???
What?...of her having given up, or of me not listening? We're both pretty camera-shy.
SeeYou190So, what have you done to make your spouse say "You have got to be kidding?"
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
No photos of that, Wayne???
SeeYou190....So, what have you done to make your spouse say "You have got to be kidding?"
I'm not sure....I think that she may have given up on such remarks, and I stopped listening long before that.
riogrande5761So when you get that response, does it mean you are pushing things with your wife a little too far?
Nope, she is 100% behind the trains, especially since all the kids have grown up and moved on. She would not care if I bought a fleet of brass train cars.
What I have done is exceeded the ability she has to comprehend why I was so happy to get the Westerfield car that came in the mail two days ago, and now I want the same car in a different version for 10X the cost.
When I hear her say "You have got to be kidding", it is her way of saying she will never understand.
No more than she understands why I need 10 Warhammer armies, EVERY Flames of War army, 5,000 compact disks, or an amplifier that can shake the shingles loose.
Or why I give away $200.00 worth of candy every Halloween, or why Snap on pliers are worth $60.00 when the same from Craftsman are $3.00, or...
And so on, and so on, and so on...
I am lucky to have her.