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Who's jumped on the latest trend in MR?

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Who's jumped on the latest trend in MR?
Posted by IRONROOSTER on Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:33 PM

According to the latest issue of MR, having a tatoo of your layout on your arm is the hottest thing in model railroading. Laugh [(-D]

Who has one? Post a picture.

Enjoy

Paul (who's afraid of needles and will give this one a miss) 

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Posted by loathar on Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:36 PM

Hmmm....Would that be in the "April" issue? I wonder......

I've actually thought about a steamer or big deisel tattoo.

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Posted by tstage on Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:37 PM

Paul,

After all the hinting on the forum the past couple of days, I think you just gave away the April Fool's portion of this month's MR issue...Black Eye [B)]

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Posted by ARTHILL on Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:38 PM
I missed reading that article, but like you, I will skip that trend. It will not be the first idea in MRR that I have not adopted. However, I have liked the trend to show great artistry that can act as an inspiration if not a standard to follow.
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Posted by twhite on Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:41 PM

I was going to, but being a teacher at a rather conservative private high school, I opted for a peel-off decal instead. 

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Posted by jblackwelljr on Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:50 PM
Had that done 25 years ago - right across my flat stomach.  Unfortunately my mainline has morphed into Horseshoe Curve.
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Posted by loathar on Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:07 PM

 jblackwelljr wrote:
Had that done 25 years ago - right across my flat stomach.  Unfortunately my mainline has morphed into Horseshoe Curve.

Now, that there's funny!Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:10 PM
 IRONROOSTER wrote:

According to the latest issue of MR, having a tatoo of your layout on your arm is the hottest thing in model railroading. Laugh [(-D]

Who has one? Post a picture.

Enjoy

Paul (who's afraid of needles and will give this one a miss) 

 

Hhhhhhmmmmm....well

Besides the diamond stud and saphire stud in my ear, my right nipple is pierced with a ring with a big ball on it. I call it a door-knocker.

Does that count?

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Posted by CAZEPHYR on Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:17 PM
 IRONROOSTER wrote:

According to the latest issue of MR, having a tatoo of your layout on your arm is the hottest thing in model railroading. Laugh [(-D]

Who has one? Post a picture.

Enjoy

Paul (who's afraid of needles and will give this one a miss) 

 

It must be April again!!!!

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Posted by tstage on Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:20 PM
 galaxy wrote:

Hhhhhhmmmmm....well

Besides the diamond stud and saphire stud in my ear, my right nipple is pierced with a ring with a big ball on it. I call it a door-knocker.

Does that count?

I'm still waiting for someone to come down the street with a 3-ring binder on the chest.  Now THERE'S a fashion statement...Confused [%-)]

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Posted by 1train1 on Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:45 PM
 tstage wrote:

Paul,

After all the hinting on the forum the past couple of days, I think you just gave away the April Fool's portion of this month's MR issue...Black Eye [B)]

Tom 

AWW CRAP ! You've probably ruined  the only interesting article in this issue.

Just Kidding !

  

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:51 PM
 tstage wrote:
 galaxy wrote:

Hhhhhhmmmmm....well

Besides the diamond stud and saphire stud in my ear, my right nipple is pierced with a ring with a big ball on it. I call it a door-knocker.

Does that count?

I'm still waiting for someone to come down the street with a 3-ring binder on the chest.  Now THERE'S a fashion statement...Confused [%-)]

Tom 

 

Well, not a 3 ring binder, but the original idea was to get both nipples pierced. That way a chain could hang between the two. A friend said he wanted to get his nipples pierced, and do that but I said he didn't have the nerve. I'd pay for both of us to be done if he'd really do it. At $125.00 PER nipple, not a cheap idea in 1997. Needless to say I went first, did it, and he didn't. Coward.

ANd I never got the other one done cuz I didn't want to be lead around and chained up to my fav, a 2-8-2 Mikado and dragged around!Whistling [:-^] There. that made this a railroad topic again!Sign - Dots [#dots]

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Posted by Milwhiawatha on Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:59 PM
I wont be doing a tatoo but my mom believed it.
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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:59 PM

Some of you may have seen the billboard south of Louisville visable from I-65.  It says: "Tatoo Charlies - Done while wait."   Then it gives driving instructions.

As Info.

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Posted by dknelson on Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:04 PM

Well I bet Tony Koester is real glad he did not have the Allegheny Midland tattooed on him, because now he'd be having it scraped off in favor of the Nickle Plate.  

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Posted by jecorbett on Friday, February 23, 2007 11:10 AM
I browsed the magazine quickly yesterday to try and pick out the April Fool's joke but couldn't figure out which one it was. I didn't even think about the tattoo even though I saw it. If I had read that the were claiming it was a trend, I might have figured it out. I can imagine one guy might do something that goofy.
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Posted by beegle55 on Friday, February 23, 2007 12:07 PM
I just barley glanced over the artice, that looks like a really good trackplan! I forgot about that being the april fools edition, its my first ever recieved through mail as I am newly subscribed! :)
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Posted by easyaces on Friday, February 23, 2007 1:27 PM
I think I'll just stick to my USAF tatoo and forgo anything bigger!
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Posted by vsmith on Friday, February 23, 2007 5:01 PM

PS that is NOT meBig Smile [:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 23, 2007 6:40 PM
You can't take the picture of the tattoo seriously, #1, its the April issue, and #2 the guy in the picture is far too buff to be a member of the MR staff ! Laugh [(-D]
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Posted by PASMITH on Friday, February 23, 2007 8:37 PM
I thought that Tony Koester's " A bi-level access gate" was the April fool article until I realized that he did not include an access gate for his electrical panel.

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, February 23, 2007 9:12 PM

 kbfcsme wrote:
the guy in the picture is far too buff to be a member of the MR staff ! Laugh [(-D]

You've obviously never met Bergie.  Buff city, man.

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