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I'm mad at you guys...

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oleirish
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Posted by oleirish on Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:09 PM
I think there is diffrence between WANT and NEED[}:)][:O][%-)]What !!a finished lay out??I didn't know there is such an monster?????[:-,][(-D][:-^]
JIM
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davekelly
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Posted by davekelly on Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:25 PM
Tracklayer,

It was for your own good. If your layout was indeed finished, then your penname here would be obsolete.
If you ain't having fun, you're not doing it right and if you are having fun, don't let anyone tell you you're doing it wrong.
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trainfreek92
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Posted by trainfreek92 on Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:30 PM
ha man dont get mad at us you should be thanking us for convincing you 2 improve. If it was not for this forum i would not have carred about scenery and never would have considered a terrain for trains layout!!![8D] Tim
Running New England trains on The Maple Lead & Pine Tree Central RR from the late 50's to the early 80's in N scale
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Billba
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Posted by Billba on Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:26 PM
Your Tracklayer_ness,
I love it when a plan comes together!!!!!!!!!![(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]
Bill. Quote: "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers. Motto: "It's never to late to have another happy childhood"
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KenMattern
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Posted by KenMattern on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:29 PM
Ever finish a layout! Man, oh, man! I haven't finished a third of mine and already I'm thinking of rippingit up to start over.[:P][banghead][sigh][:-^]

KJ
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Train 284
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Posted by Train 284 on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:13 AM
Ok I never saw the topic, so I will take no blame for this one!
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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nbrodar
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Posted by nbrodar on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:05 AM
There's just too much cool stuff out there, for the layout to ever be done. [:P]

Nick

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pcarrell
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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:21 AM
We're sorry, we won't ever do it again! PROMISE!! (we don't have to any more, you're hooked)
Philip
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icmr
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Posted by icmr on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:40 AM
I watched a model railroading show once and the guy on there said, " If you get to the point where you think your layout finished, you need to find another hobby." Thats why I dont want to finish my layout.



ICMR

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:30 AM
He he he... I don't believe in the concept of a "finished" layout. I'd probably have to tear down and start over from ground up if I ever reached that point - a pretty good reason not to do so.
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cwclark
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Posted by cwclark on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:01 AM
so what's the problem? i'll just buy a paper from you so you can continue to build...it's not our fault you fell for the same stuff we did!...[:D]...chuck

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Fergmiester
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Posted by Fergmiester on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:12 AM
Guilty! as charged

So whatcha gonna do about it....eh?!?

Fergie

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krump
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Posted by krump on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:08 AM
maybe you need some friends who are not model railroaders[bow]

cheers, krump

 "TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ... Proverbs 22:6

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:51 AM
today I just increased my passing siding ratio by 100%!!!!!! got 2 now, so i'm only starting the race! DD
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twhite
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Posted by twhite on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:38 AM
And I thought I was the only one around here that didn't have enough passing sidings, LOL!
Tom [:D]

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selector
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Posted by selector on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:05 AM
How true, Dave. I thought that I would never build another layout, and felt that occasional revisions here and there would suffice to keep if young and fun. WRONG!! Once you decide that the layout is done, or that it has taken all the tweeking that can reasonably be done, layoutplanitis comes back with a vengeance. Just ask me!! [:D]
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davekelly
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Posted by davekelly on Monday, November 14, 2005 11:52 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tracklayer

QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335

Yep. A layout is never done. A layout is never perfect and can always be improved. Funny, we model railroaders are working toward an unattainable goal of completing a layout.


-Joe
Done being philosophical


So what you're saying in simple terms JPM335 is - completing a layout is futile... If so, I now agree 100%.

Tracklayer




It's not the destination, but the journey that makes this a great hobby.
If you ain't having fun, you're not doing it right and if you are having fun, don't let anyone tell you you're doing it wrong.
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rexhea
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Posted by rexhea on Monday, November 14, 2005 11:26 PM
Just don't get on my intersection. I am already there![:D]

REX
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loathar
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Posted by loathar on Monday, November 14, 2005 11:17 PM
I always makem the LHS owner phisically twist my arm before he rings up my purchases.(works in my mind[:P]
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Tracklayer
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Posted by Tracklayer on Monday, November 14, 2005 11:14 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335

Yep. A layout is never done. A layout is never perfect and can always be improved. Funny, we model railroaders are working toward an unattainable goal of completing a layout.


-Joe
Done being philosophical


So what you're saying in simple terms JPM335 is - completing a layout is futile... If so, I now agree 100%.

Tracklayer

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joeyegarner
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Posted by joeyegarner on Monday, November 14, 2005 11:10 PM
Well hoss,,,,,, the truth is it never ends. I keep thinking I don't need another thing ...... but it's just not true!!! There is always something I want, something New something to go with what I have, what a feeling, a never ending hobby!! Oh yea, "will work for trains"
Pay attention to what you read here, you may actually answer someone's question!
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 14, 2005 11:09 PM
Yep. A layout is never done. A layout is never perfect and can always be improved. Funny, we model railroaders are working toward an unattainable goal of completing a layout.


-Joe
Done being philosophical
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ereimer
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Posted by ereimer on Monday, November 14, 2005 11:04 PM
yup , it's all our fault

i'll be the guy next to you with the sign ... "will work for walthers gift certificates"
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Tracklayer
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I'm mad at you guys...
Posted by Tracklayer on Monday, November 14, 2005 11:01 PM
You guys are a bad influance on me...
There I was, minding my own business, telling everyone that my layout was finished and that I'd collected all of the locos and rolling stock I could possibly ever want - if some of you might recall. But after reading here on the forum about this guy adding this to his layout, or buying that loco, the desire (addiction) kicked back in, and now I've got a long list here in front of me of things I want to buy and do...
I'm going to start off with a Life Like 2-8-8-2 and matching caboose, then add lighted signs to my gas station, put cattle in my stock cars and train crews in my locos and maybe even put in a new station/depot, and it's all your fault. So one day when you see some poor old broke guy selling news papers at the intersection with a sign hanging around his neck that says "TRACKLAYER", you'll have no one to blame but yourselves... ([:p])

Tracklayer
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