OK, let's have some fun with this.
I posted this earlier on "that other forum", and had some good back and forth.
Granted some of the references make me a "geezer", but then again, I did turn 50 a few weeks back.
1. The legacy of Lenny Dean means much more to you than the legacy of James Dean.2. The first thing you think of when you here "Hudson" is a majestic steam engine, as opposed to a car company, department store, singer, or river.3. Your know that General Mills made much more than cereal.4. Back in the day, if your wife, or kids wanted to go to Two Guys, you not only agreed, but were in the car first.5. You never went to Branch Brook Pool Company, for pools.6. You knew not to go into Madison Hardware for hammers, or nails.7. You know that Marx, and Marxists can be a good thing.8. Toot, Toot, Beep, Beep, has nothing to do with ladies of the night.9. You agree that a 2nd Mount Rushmore should include Joshua Cowen.10. Hillside, and Irvington NJ mean more to you than Atlantic City, NJ.Feel free to add you own.Ken
While talking with your social worker for depression she ask what do you try to think about to cheer your self up and you reply TRAINS!!!
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
You look at model 2 rail track and think something is missing.
Modeling the "Fargo Area Rapid Transit" in O scale 3 rail.
On your trip to Colorado, the "Wall of Trains" at Mizell Trains is as much a trip highlight as driving to the top of Pike's Peak.
You refer to a Lionel dealers listing when planning your next vacation.
You actually post in this thread!
Isn't that a fact!
8ntruck You refer to a Lionel dealers listing when planning your next vacation.
...The Christmas layout you set up in your living room 13 years ago is still there, AND you are still married and on speaking terms with your wife...except when occasionally she complains "why does my living room look like a garage", and the explanation that there are required upgrades in progress does not satisfy...
runtime
Or....
You married the RIGHT woman and SHE'S the one suggesting the upgrades!
Becky
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
When your wife dangles a trip to Grandpas Train Depot over your head as a way to get you to complete that home improvement project she wants done.
I guess I'm not one of "you". Hope I am still welcome on "your" forum
Little Tommy
If you owned a Hudson car in honor of the 700E
You think of Jerry Williams(founder of Williams trains) and not Serena Williams(tennis star).
You know that Mike's Train House(MTH) is not a building.
You know that Ives(Ives Trains, until sometime in the 1930's) wasn't part of Currier & Ives.
You remember that American Flyer was originally three rail trains, before WW2.
Lee F.
You also compile a list of public layout displays to visit.
balidas Isn't that a fact! 8ntruck: You refer to a Lionel dealers listing when planning your next vacation.
8ntruck: You refer to a Lionel dealers listing when planning your next vacation.
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Being an American Flyer Fanatic I just couldn't resist. Lee, American Flyer was originally on two rails before they went to three (clockwork trains).
A "Big" fan of S Gauge but still a fan of O Gauge,
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
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RT - Not to worry, I'm not trying to insult anyone, just having a little fun.
I know I reread what I found and it said clock work first then added electric O and wide gauge so the clockwork of coarse was 2 rail but not the S we think of when you say American Flyer
When you decorate for Christmas, the first thing you think of is setting the trains up in the living room, and leaving them up until new years!
You can still remember vividly how the floor vibrated beneath your feet as the O gauge Phoebe Snow went by on the New York Society of Engineers outside third rail layout upstairs in the Lackawanna Hoboken terminal.
Pete
"You can’t study the darkness by flooding it with light." - Edward Abbey -
On your e-harmony profile you list a great love of o gauge as a desirable quality in your mate!
Penny Trains Or.... You married the RIGHT woman and SHE'S the one suggesting the upgrades! Becky
When your wife warns that her job may move to Boston and you reply "isn't that near Malden?"
Jon
Ray,
I didn't know that A.F. did wind-ups.
I have about four A.F. steam engines in S gauge, and about 20 freight cars, with about a 6 ft. by 8 ft. S gauge layout of track inside my O gauge.
Whenever you plan a vacation with the wife and kids you also look to see what train stores are near by!
Cobrabob.
Toy Trains, they are not just an adventure, they are a way of life !
Lee - Yes, that's how they started around 1907.
This video shows one running on 3 rail O gauge. But when they first were sold they ran on O gauge 2 rail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmn1ATMTRi0
Enjoy,
When your closet is full of boxes of trains, and your clothes are hanging on the back of the door.
Bruce Baker
When something you did to repair a loco or switch or some other piece of equipment is used at work for a project completely unrelated to trains.
Lee,
If you want more information on AF clockwork you might want to look at Northwoods Flyer's thread on Pre-War American Flyer Pictures - An Invitation on this site. Check the index on page 1 and read through the entire index. There are several posts with pictures and descriptions of the trains listed (pp15 and 16 for example).
when in math class when the number of any memorable postwar locomotive comes up your mind starts to woder for the rest of class... and the drawings on the side of your paper show it
When if people were to look under your furnature and in your closets theres at least one train related box or item under or in each of them...
"No childhood should be without a train!"
.............your friend left his 671RR S2 Turbine at your place 3 months ago after an operating session and you find yourself lovingly cleaning and lubricating it as if it were your own.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
And that would be me!
servoguy When your closet is full of boxes of trains, and your clothes are hanging on the back of the door. Bruce Baker
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