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I think I must be one of the lucky few. I'm just getting going with my new layout. My fiance and I moved into our current house last May...unfinished basement, and wouldn't you know, she said I could have the whole thing. She's now helping me build the benchwork and is extremely supportive of my purchases, when I decided I wanted to switch to ME code 83 flextrack after already buying 150 feet of Atlas code 100 flex, she matter of factly stated that she thought it was a good idea (!!!!!) rather than change the rail down the road when it'll be a more daunting task. When I first came out of the rail closet to my family (for the benefit of our minority here...I swing both ways and appreciate the two of you being open here) my mom was the most excited. This surprised me because my dad and I built a layout when I was six, I figured he'd be excited but he seemed indifferent at first. Mom got pumped and has since started investing in buildings for the layout as well as buying some toy trains for her own enjoyment. She's even trying to convince dad to help her put in a garden railway in their yard. They have lots of room and gorgeous grounds, would be pretty neat; in the meantime she's been studing different bushes they have to see which have branches that would make the best miniature trees. Dad has since picked up interest and made many trips to Menards with his trailer for me to pick up large loads of building supplies. He's most interested in shaping mountains out of foam, he seems to think that using a blowtorch and burning the foam will be fun. I'm donating some foam for him to play with out in an empty parking lot, he's NOT burning my house down with his crazy firelust. My sister (16) is also really into this. She's a comic fan like me and really enjoyed seeing the HO scale Batman, Superman, etc figures I found. Any time I call out to my folks' to let them know of a new engine I acquired, my sister drags my mom to the car to make the half-hour trip to my house to see the new stuff. There are also a couple of wives who occassionally come out to the club layout to watch for a while, my fiance has spent a few hours out there and enjoys it; my mom is wanting to join the club herself and run trains with me, though her biggest interest is scenery. Ironically, my two younger brothers (20 and 25) have the least interest. Good times, I'm almost afraid...with nobody to hold me to some sort of account I'm afraid I'm going to have to be the one to put brakes on the spending around here, seems every spare dollar goes into the railroad and nobody thinks there is anything wrong with this.
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