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Hey Everybody, and especially, welcome to the newcomers. Happy Birthday to anyone so unfortunate to be a year older since I was last on-line - It seerms like I've been gone forever, but I've had a bunch of pressing distractions and commitments I had to address - doctors, dentists, etc., and there had been a mutually-imposed 'exile' from this forum until today - I say 'mutual' because my better-half told me to get my butt to work on finishing some unfinished projects, and in a big way. The other half of the 'mutual' thing was when I said "okay". The kitchen, breakfast room, and a bath are all spackled and painted, and most of all the new lighting has been installed. I just can't go out and buy new replacement lite fixtures - I have to find old ones and restore and refini***hem - some are bargains, and some turn out more expensive than just buying new. We are completely redoing our home in a typical 1920-1930 arts & craft (craftsman bungelow ) style, and are backdating it from a 1990's ranch. Lots of work, but I actually enjoy it, and I hope to use this home as an example of what I do - both remodeling wise, and furniture & cabinet crafting - also of the same era. It's paying attention to the details that could make one go broke! The good news is that I'm making progress in the basement - currently being transformed from a 'dungeon' to a wood shop, a model railroad room, an exercise area, etc. It is a lot of work moving water lines, rewiring, framing around duct work, erecting 2x6 walls, and so on. Just getting the almost 300 studs - mostly 10 footers and a bunch of 2x6s - down to the basement was all fun and games. I knew my wife was serious when she helped me do that! I wish I could relate some good news re: my missing nephew, but there's still not a trace of him - anywhere. My trip to the Narrow Gauge Convention in San Jose this Sept. is off, unfortunately, for my daughter wants me to visit her and her new baby - due July 15th - later in the Fall. I'm sure I'll be able to stay occupied and find things to do in the SF Bay Area - when she's at work. That is one of the most beautiful parts of the USA, don't you think? I'm also sick of and bored with the ludicrous rants re: UP, Horizon, Athearn, etc. and find the 'Coffee Shop' a rewarding place to hang out. Did anyone read the 'less than kind' references to this place on the topic 'ENOUGH !!!'? That kind of negative 'speak' has also caused me to reflect on how much time I had been spending on the Forum lately. I posted my thoughts in the Prototype Section in a response to yet another UP rumor in the topic "UP Wins Lawsuit !!", and to the topic "ENOUGH !!!' (did I get the # of expalnation point correct on each?) LOL I have vowed to just 'step around' those topics from now on, as one does when you walk thru the dog's "mine-field" in the backyard. Maybe they will just fade away if people stop stepping in them, and get sucked in and responding to them - yours-truly, included. That's another reason I stayed away for the past week - to put things in perspective, and in the hopes that I'd come back to a more positive, and more friendly forum. Not yet, I'm afraid. C'est la vie. Anyway, I appreciated the suggestion to print some posters looking for me. I have missed the sincere, idle chatter, and think I know some of you folks better than those I often see in person and say " Hi, How' ya doing today" or "Have a Nice Day". God, don't you hate that expression? It's not unlike commenting with just "Whatever. . ." See ya for now. It's good to be back. BILL
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