you wake your wife up in bed about a idea you have for the layout, and ask her opinion on it.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Robby P. wrote:you wake your wife up in bed about a idea you have for the layout, and ask her opinion on it.
When she says 'It's Me, Or the Trains' and you tell her to have a good life.
When you've bought that Must Have one of a kind kit only to realize you have 3 identical kits in the to be built pile.
When you're walking the dog, see someone's trash pile (curbside pickup here) and wonder what that gizmo could be used for on the layout. Then sneak back after dark to get it.
You still havn't learned that the soldering iron is HOT, even after you unplug it. Mike
loathar wrote: 1-Till you decide to make horn hooks on your layout extinct.2-Till you learn a 40' wood side ice refrigerated car doesn't belong behind an AC 4400.
1-Till you decide to make horn hooks on your layout extinct.
2-Till you learn a 40' wood side ice refrigerated car doesn't belong behind an AC 4400.
Guilty
just don't have the money to convert all of mine
You find a way to modify horn hook couplers mate with Kadees.
You have a transition car with a British hook and loop coupler at one end and a Kadee at the other, so that Thomas and his friends can pull your unit coal train.
-When looking for a new house, you look at the basement first.
-You tell your real estate agent not to show you any houses without a basement and that a "finished" basement is a not a "plus".
-George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
When you play with your layout, you think about everything you can get for it when you leave.
Your so busy daydreaming about your layout, you forget to buy half the things you want to at the LHS.
You inadvertantly use that shiny new sound equipped locomotive to scare the family dog out of the house until you turn the sound waaay down (and bribe her back in with half a box of dog treats).....
The dog has forgiven me (I think).
MisterBeasley wrote:You won't let anyone see your layout in operation, because you just know that you will break your 127-days-without-a-derailment streak if someone else is watching.
You won't let anyone see your layout in operation, because you just know that you will break your 127-days-without-a-derailment streak if someone else is watching.
That sounds familier.....except I don't think my layout has ever ran in ONE day without multiple derailments.....
Craig
DMW
Dallas Model Works wrote:...You plan family vacations around hobby store locations.
That and train spotting locations or museums or tourist railroads-anything vacation as long as it is train related! Even the steam trains at Disney World!
-G
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Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
lvanhen wrote:My wife told me she'd leave if I bought one more loco!! I'll sure miss her - she was a good cook!!
hhhmmm....how many shoes does she have?
How many outfits?
And how much closet space is yours?
LOL
Carmine, CEO, CE, and Chief Bottle Washer - the Pacific Belt RR, in HO scale
Founded by myself, 1975!
How are we going to get new recruits, when we ourselves are being priced out of the hobby!! Take your trains out of the box and play with them! That's why they were made!
galaxy wrote: lvanhen wrote:My wife told me she'd leave if I bought one more loco!! I'll sure miss her - she was a good cook!!hhhmmm....how many shoes does she have?I lost count on fingers & toes - and not 1/2 way through counting!How many outfits?About the same as shoes!!And how much closet space is yours? I have my own closet - in the spare bedroom!!!LOL -G
I lost count on fingers & toes - and not 1/2 way through counting!
About the same as shoes!!
I have my own closet - in the spare bedroom!!!
But her stuff are "things" - my stuff is just "toys"!!
cbq9911a wrote: You find a way to modify horn hook couplers mate with Kadees.You have a transition car with a British hook and loop coupler at one end and a Kadee at the other, so that Thomas and his friends can pull your unit coal train.
Did you start naming the hopper cars: St. John (pronounced "Sinjin"),Stewart, Glenn, Winston, etc?
To sum up: you don't have to be crazy, but it helps--as long as you realize it.
If there are no dogs in heaven,then I want to go where they go.
IRONROOSTER wrote: You have more locomotives than your wife has shoes.EnjoyPaul
You have more locomotives than your wife has shoes.
Enjoy
Paul
I wish I had that problem. The wife has 54 pair of shoes, and I have 24 engines.
You n the wife drive 2 hours to a swap meet n show at a shopping mall. You spend more on trains, than she does on clothes.
inch
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
-you have reserved parking at the the local ER and your LHS/LTS.
The only way your wife can get you to go with her a shopping trip. Is a promise of some rail fanning, a stop at the LHS, and your favorite steak house [works almost every time]
1. You've complained about hobby prices at least 10 times on this very forum.
2. You've lamented the death of "craftsmanship" at least 20 times on this very forum.
3. You've assembled a Bowser engine including the valve gear. Points get added for superdetailing. Points get subtracted if you can't get it to run.
4. You can correctly identify at least 4 of the following: Jack Work, Wally Moore. Watty House, Terry Walsh, Gib Kennedy, Gonpher Coughie, Don Reschenberg, Bill Schopp, Mal Vordenbaum, Bob Darwin, John Page.
5. You've predicted the imminent demise of the hobby at least 30 times on this very forum.
6.You've trashed Model Railroader and its staff at least 5 times on this very forum.
7. You finally admit that the 1950's were the "Golden Age" of the hobby and it's been a downhill slide ever since.
Andre
Berk-fan284 wrote:You inadvertantly use that shiny new sound equipped locomotive to scare the family dog out of the house until you turn the sound waaay down (and bribe her back in with half a box of dog treats).....The dog has forgiven me (I think).
Guilty as charged. The cats will be in for a big surprise next Xmas when they stalk the "around the tree" train.
If everybody is thinking alike, then nobody is really thinking.
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When you have extra decoders waiting for the locos to be built.
The bumper sticker said I got a train for my wife. Best trade I ever made!!!
P.S. I miss my wife, but my aim is getting better!!!!
I pray every day I break even, Cause I can really use the money!
I started with nothing and still have most of it left!
An 8 year old (or under) destroys your half finished model railroad and then your down $500.
Mike