"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
OR untell your fingers are raw and sore from "N" scale rail joiners!!!!
JIM
<<And how much closet space is yours?>>
You have closet space? You must be a newly wed and your bride hasn't brought over her wardrobe.
tattooguy67 wrote: IRONROOSTER wrote: You have more locomotives than your wife has shoes.EnjoyPaul Ok see now this has gotten me into trouble, my wife( remember her?, the greatest wife ever!) and i were reading this and having a good laugh when this one came up!, now she is going shoe shopping!!, thanks a bunch! lol.
IRONROOSTER wrote: You have more locomotives than your wife has shoes.EnjoyPaul
You have more locomotives than your wife has shoes.
Enjoy
Paul
I'm on the losing end of this one myself !!!!!!
TrainManTy wrote: 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.That sounds familier.....except I don't think my layout has ever ran in ONE day without multiple derailments.....
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.....
Ty...sounds like you need to work on your track more, and spend less time padding your post count!
Rotor
Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often you won't even notice ...
leejax01 wrote: 1. Until you get excited and then furious when they announce a model that you just kitbashed...that's when they announce it you know.
1. Until you get excited and then furious when they announce a model that you just kitbashed...that's when they announce it you know.
I've done that several times with 1/32 slot cars. $50 for a resin body, $10 for decals, $45+ for a donor car, and hours of time sanding and painting, and they release the same car for $44.99 retail, and it looks so much better than your kit-bash.
You've spent an entire day trying to track down an intermittent short on your layout.
Glad i'm single , i don't have to worry about it.
No offense to those who are.
Here's one:
You're not a real modeler until....... you finally accept the fact that NO layout is 100% immune from derailments. There's always those gremlins that strike for no reason.
ACCEPT IT!!
Alex
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Boy, those ALL sounded vaguely familiar. Allow me to add:
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
You called your funeral director to find out the actual dimensions of a casket for your cemetary/funeral scene (told him I was building my own casket--which I was).
Ron
Owner and superintendant of the N scale Texas Colorado & Western Railway, a protolanced representaion of the BNSF from Fort Worth, TX through Wichita Falls TX and into Colorado.
Check out the TC&WRy on at https://www.facebook.com/TCWRy
Check out my MRR How-To YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/RonsTrainsNThings
cisco1 wrote:You replant all the wifes flowerbeds with golden rod (so you'll have plenty of tree material every fall)!
1. You and your wife plan to trim the shrubs and the hedges, only you spend more time looking for good armatures.
2. You have a trailer hitch that looks like a knuckle coupler.
3. You no longer have fingerprints on your thumb and fore finger (because of super glues)
4. Your postman tells you you need a bigger mailbox because of all the mags, catalogs, Ebay items won't fit in it anymore.
5. Your UPS guy is on a first name basis with you.
6. Your MRR links in your browser fills the screen.
7. Your boss now restricts access to any "hobby" websites. But he really likes the picture on your desktop.
8. Your replying to this thread.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/
leejax01 wrote:Seriously...you are a real modeler when you finally slow down the trains and start to run scale speeds...
That's a good one!I really like making my trains crawl as slow as I can get them to.
An 8 year old (or under) destroys your half finished model railroad and then your down $500.
Mike
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!
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).
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.
http://photobucket.com/tandarailroad/
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
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]
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
-you have reserved parking at the the local ER and your LHS/LTS.
-George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
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
If there are no dogs in heaven,then I want to go where they go.
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.
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.
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!