What is golf?
For that matter, what is baseball, foot ball, hockey, socker...........
I knew a pro baseball player once, if you asked him what he did for a living, he replied "I'm in the entertainment business" - no truer words have been spoken about sports.......
Here in the Mid Atlantic, where summer is hot and humid, you are welcome to stand in an open field in the hot sun if you like, but I will be indoors or in the pool.......
Today, September 8, it was a muggy 92 degrees here - the only place worse to be than an open field would be a parking lot.........
My train room has central air and central heat.........it's always train season and it's always 70 degrees.........and out of the sun.
I was once well rounded.....until I learned what I really like.
Sheldon
I think it begins with the first kick off of the NFL regular season. The actual football plays only take a few seconds and then they have to rest and waste the clock before the next play. That is perfect time to work on hobby projects like building kits and painting figures.
I also like to have the railroad in top form over the Christmas holiday when I try to spend a lot of time operating it.
With all the work I still have to do on the layout, I can't bother about seasons. Minus 10 in the Winter or 90 in the Summer, you could find me in the basement around the layout.
Guy
Modeling CNR in the 50's
I've done nothing on my layout all summer. In previous years, summer was my most productive time, because the train room has AC and it's comfortable. I retired at the end of last year, so this year has been an adjustment. I've spent a lot of time outdoors on my bicycle. We've had a nice summer for outdoor stuff, with almost no rainy days.
I'm getting the itch, though. Any day now, I'm going to open up that package of City Classics "company houses" and start building.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
tomikawaTTIn Da Bronx - in the Large African Carnivores enclosure at the Bronx Zoo.
Yes. I will build the Baobab Tree in the Bronx. There at the end of the Line, just north of the 242nd Street station I will build a plaza with our mascot the LION, that is Aslan the Lion, and next to him will be the Baobab Tree. About 100 feet tall (two subway cars on end) and a bit wider than a subway car. Branches will spread out to a canopy of about 70 feet in diameter. That ought to impress any LION.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
BroadwayLion tomikawaTT In Da Bronx - in the Large African Carnivores enclosure at the Bronx Zoo. Yes. I will build the Baobab Tree in the Bronx. There at the end of the Line, just north of the 242nd Street station I will build a plaza with our mascot the LION, that is Aslan the Lion, and next to him will be the Baobab Tree. About 100 feet tall (two subway cars on end) and a bit wider than a subway car. Branches will spread out to a canopy of about 70 feet in diameter. That ought to impress any LION. ROAR
tomikawaTT In Da Bronx - in the Large African Carnivores enclosure at the Bronx Zoo.
if you're building it in the Bronx, make sure you leave room for Yankee Stadium.
-Another former New Yorker and curret Yankee fan.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
I like to go to the driving range. Although the one I go to is a fancy place with RFID tagged balls and the "greens" are large pits with divided up into segments. The tags tell you how far the ball went and how accurate you were to the green you aimed for. There's food, pretty good food actually, and a full bar and girls bring the stuff right to your tee box. Its the best.
I have two major seasons of model work, even though I do go year round with projects. The first is once its warm enough to spray paint outside, but not too humid or pollen-y. The second is once the humidity drops, but its not too cold yet.