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Am I really insane?

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Posted by stebbycentral on Friday, January 18, 2008 3:49 PM
 m sharp wrote:

It seems every time I enter a room, I estimate its dimensions using floor or ceiling tiles if possible.  Then I visualize what kind of track plan I could design for the room.  I do this in waiting rooms, restaurants, even church (I prayed for forgiveness), and bathroom stalls!  I must be ill!!!

Mike

No you're not insane.  You just need a hobby...Big Smile [:D]

I have figured out what is wrong with my brain!  On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 21, 2008 10:50 AM

Not only do I have the illness myself, I've passed it on to my children.  My 16-year old son came home the other night with a plastic baggy poking out of his coat pocket.  In the baggy I could see green plantstuffs.  Immediately on the Parent Offensive, I jumped up and yanked it out of his pocket, only to discover that the plastic baggy was filled with bits of evergreen trees from the neighborhood to use as scenery on our layout!

When we go walking, my children (I have 5, ages ranging from 18 to 9) point out various details of the streets, vacant lots, etc., telling me how they would model it on the layout.  Right now they are trying to figure out how to make a convincing Southern Magnolia tree.

What a creative and inspiring way to look at the world around us, eh?

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Monday, January 21, 2008 11:04 AM

Whistling [:-^]

Yes it is true,  We all have "Railroaditis".  It is very common you know.......Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]

The only help that is available is by Dr. Flangeway and Nurse Fishplate, and they only visit on Thursdays when the Local arrives.  They are very busy so good luck on getting in to see them.

Most of us just give up and learn to live with it. 

We are a strange but great group.  Dontcha think ??????????

Johnboy out......... 

from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North.. 

We have met the enemy,  and he is us............ (Pogo)

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Posted by larak on Monday, January 21, 2008 9:06 PM
 AltoonaRailroader wrote:

No Bluehills that doens't make you crazy, now wandering around out in the woods trying to find the perfect little tree branches to make model trees out of is crazy, I haven't made it that far yet, but my wife keeps pushing me. LOL Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Oh oh. Mischief [:-,].  My wife and I cut two five gallon buckets of low bush blueberry branches a couple of years ago. They work really well. Prototypical trunk thickness and markings.

 

 

The mind is like a parachute. It works better when it's open.  www.stremy.net

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Posted by BlueHillsCPR on Monday, January 21, 2008 10:56 PM

 larak wrote:
Oh oh. Mischief [:-,].  My wife and I cut two five gallon buckets of low bush blueberry branches a couple of years ago. They work really well. Prototypical trunk thickness and markings.

 Blueberry bushes...blueberry bushes...gotta be some of those around here somewhere...Tongue [:P]

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Posted by Kenfolk on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:34 PM
I collect sample bags of synthetic landscaping ground cover...and more.

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Posted by shayfan84325 on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:26 PM
I went to see UP's Challenger locomotive and took a small dollup of grease as a souvenier (my wife thought it was a very strange thing to do).

Phil,
I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.

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Posted by BlueHillsCPR on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:05 PM

 shayfan84325 wrote:
I went to see UP's Challenger locomotive and took a small dollup of grease as a souvenier (my wife thought it was a very strange thing to do).

She was right... Laugh [(-D]

J/K Smile [:)]

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Posted by HarryHotspur on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:26 PM
 BlueHillsCPR wrote:

 larak wrote:
Oh oh. Mischief [:-,].  My wife and I cut two five gallon buckets of low bush blueberry branches a couple of years ago. They work really well. Prototypical trunk thickness and markings.

 Blueberry bushes...blueberry bushes...gotta be some of those around here somewhere...Tongue [:P]

They can be hard to spot. Remember, blueberries are red when they're green. :-) 

- Harry

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