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Working on Your Layout, Mayan Style

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Working on Your Layout, Mayan Style
Posted by richhotrain on Friday, December 14, 2012 5:58 AM

Aw nuts, the world comes to an end one week from today according to the Mayan calendar.

Meanwhile, i am still waiting for a recent pour of Woodland Scenics Realistic Water to clear.

I just hope this happens in time for me to proceed on some layout modifications before it all comes to an end.

Forget about pre-orders, they won't get here in time.

And, what about those eBay auctions that are supposed to end on December 22nd?

So, what are you doing to complete layout plans in the short time that is left?

Rich

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Posted by rrinker on Friday, December 14, 2012 6:41 AM

 Think I'll build a few of those 'working' volcanoes and stage a huge natural disaster, with the trains fleeing the erupting volcano. Unfortunately I model the caboose era, so the conductors and rear brakemen are going to have a tough time of it.

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Posted by HaroldA on Friday, December 14, 2012 6:58 AM

Oh no......Sad

I guess I will just go run everything off the end of my uncompleted, very expensive high rock face - I call it the Physcal Cliffe.......Laugh

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, December 14, 2012 7:13 AM

I'm going to consist an AC4400 with a Big Boy, and the rivet-counters be damned!

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, December 14, 2012 7:15 AM

LOL

So far I see three replies tied for first place, funny stuff guys.

Rich

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, December 14, 2012 9:31 AM

Can we have your credit card number, since you'll never have to pay it off?

Thanks.

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Posted by Motley on Friday, December 14, 2012 9:33 AM

What if the world doesn't end?

Rich, your water will have cleared up by then. 

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Friday, December 14, 2012 9:41 AM

I can't worry about that.  My underground shelter is still full of ammunition (to fend off the neighbors), cigarettes (the post apocalypse currency), and canned goods that I gathered in anticipation of Y2K.

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, December 14, 2012 9:49 AM

MisterBeasley

Can we have your credit card number, since you'll never have to pay it off?

Thanks.

Yes I will send it to you in a PM but the expiration date is 12-21-12, so you will have to act fast.

You're welcome.

 

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Posted by Doughless on Friday, December 14, 2012 9:50 AM

Hmmm...I've wondered about the Mayan calendar and the world coming to an end....doesn't it really mean the Mayan world is coming to an end?  My casual observations tell me their calendar was a few thousand years optimistic.

Anyway...

I can't be much wittier than the fine comments expressed already, so I'll just say what I've done.

I've relocated the bean processing plant to a better location and have prepared the plywood for scenery and ground cover.  I've been building the shells of buildings to serve as mock ups and will go back and detail them later. 

I've gotten the bug to work on the layout again, so I've been fortunate enough to take the 2 weeks off work ove the holidays, beginning the 24th, to work hard on projects.

If I'm not too busy running for my life before then...

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Posted by G Paine on Friday, December 14, 2012 10:28 AM

Reminds me of an old joke:

A guy stands on a city street holding a sign "BE READY -  THE WORLD ENDS AT NOON TODAY". As noon approaches he counts down 5-4-3-2-1, then cringes and covers his head. A minute later, he looks around, seeing that nothing has changed, he starts dancing around. "Welcome to the new WORLD" he shouts.

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Posted by ho modern modeler on Friday, December 14, 2012 10:28 AM

If it's true, we'll all be in a better place....where there's plenty of undecorated models to paint/decal.

Mine doesn't move.......it's at the station!!!

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Friday, December 14, 2012 10:47 AM

Well I think I am going to make another epic movie.Cool It will be called Unstoppable III.

This time Captain Kirk returns to earth using Time Warp technology to try and save the world from what the Mayan's declare will be the end.Surprise Taking a page from "Back To The Future" he and Scotty retrofit a powerful steam engine that has been lying idle in a museum for years.

In order to take advantage of free special effects, can anyone tell me exactly what time the end will occur? I want to be sure the trains are running and the camera's rolling at that exact time. With any luck the video equipment will follow me to the netherworld where we can all enjoy it on the big screen TV in the trainroom in the sky. Popcorn and Beer included.Laugh

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, December 14, 2012 11:11 AM

BATMAN

Well I think I am going to make another epic movie.Cool It will be called Unstoppable III.

This time Captain Kirk returns to earth using Time Warp technology to try and save the world from what the Mayan's declare will be the end.Surprise Taking a page from "Back To The Future" he and Scotty retrofit a powerful steam engine that has been lying idle in a museum for years.

In order to take advantage of free special effects, can anyone tell me exactly what time the end will occur? I want to be sure the trains are running and the camera's rolling at that exact time. With any luck the video equipment will follow me to the netherworld where we can all enjoy it on the big screen TV in the trainroom in the sky. Popcorn and Beer included.Laugh

Cecil B. DeBrentMovie

Cecil, if I may address you so informally, the exact time of the end of the world is Friday, December 21, 2012 at 11:11:11 AM (UTC time).  Here is a link to the official countdown timer which I suggest you keep handy in planning any remaining model railroading activities:

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?day=21&month=12&year=2012&hour=11&min=11&sec=11&p0=0

Rich

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Posted by BATMAN on Friday, December 14, 2012 11:24 AM

richhotrain

BATMAN

Well I think I am going to make another epic movie.Cool It will be called Unstoppable III.

This time Captain Kirk returns to earth using Time Warp technology to try and save the world from what the Mayan's declare will be the end.Surprise Taking a page from "Back To The Future" he and Scotty retrofit a powerful steam engine that has been lying idle in a museum for years.

In order to take advantage of free special effects, can anyone tell me exactly what time the end will occur? I want to be sure the trains are running and the camera's rolling at that exact time. With any luck the video equipment will follow me to the netherworld where we can all enjoy it on the big screen TV in the trainroom in the sky. Popcorn and Beer included.Laugh

Cecil B. DeBrentMovie

Cecil, if I may address you so informally, the exact time of the end of the world is Friday, December 21, 2012 at 11:11:11 AM (UTC time).  Here is a link to the official countdown timer which I suggest you keep handy in planning any remaining model railroading activities:

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?day=21&month=12&year=2012&hour=11&min=11&sec=11&p0=0

Rich

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Posted by wjstix on Friday, December 14, 2012 11:29 AM

Note that the 11:11:11 a.m. time is going by Universal time, set at Greenwich in the U.K. Here in Minnesota that works out to 6:11:11 am.

Oddly enough, the recent the Mayans ended their calendar that day was because on that day, the sun rises directly in the center of the Milky Way galaxy (as viewed from Earth), which only happens once every 26 million years. So...if something happens it would be at sunrise, but sunrise doesn't happen at the same time everywhere...??

 

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, December 14, 2012 12:30 PM

Stix,

So are you saying that we go in stages???

Rich

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Friday, December 14, 2012 12:55 PM

Phoebe Vet

I can't worry about that.  My underground shelter is still full of ammunition (to fend off the neighbors), cigarettes (the post apocalypse currency), and canned goods that I gathered in anticipation of Y2K.

I'm going to sell my leftover Midwest cork roadbed.  That would be a good currency after the apocalypse.  Come to think of it,  I should sell it right now.  It's like having the last Wonka Bar!

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Posted by NP2626 on Friday, December 14, 2012 1:19 PM

I'll give 4.5 billion X 365 to 1 the world doesn't end on the 21st!  Any takers?

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Posted by maxman on Friday, December 14, 2012 1:34 PM

ho modern modeler

If it's true, we'll all be in a better place....where there's plenty of undecorated models to paint/decal.

 
And you'll know it's a not so better place when you find out that the paint is out of stock and the Heavenly Decal Company, the only makers of the decals you need, has gone out of business.
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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Friday, December 14, 2012 1:39 PM

NP2626

I'll give 4.5 billion X 365 to 1 the world doesn't end on the 21st!  Any takers?

 

I offered similar odds for Y2K and I couldn't get any takers even though I knew several people who were stocking water and canned goods just in case.  Laugh

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, December 14, 2012 2:02 PM

That's 1 TRILLION, 6 HUNDRED 79 BILLION to 1 odds.

What the heck!  That's only a small fraction of our national debt!

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Posted by NittanyLion on Friday, December 14, 2012 4:48 PM

wjstix

Oddly enough, the recent the Mayans ended their calendar that day was because on that day, the sun rises directly in the center of the Milky Way galaxy (as viewed from Earth), which only happens once every 26 million years. So...if something happens it would be at sunrise, but sunrise doesn't happen at the same time everywhere...??

Actually, it happens every year but not in December.  We're not even entirely sure where the center of the galaxy is anyhow.  Our best guess for the galactic center would be in a location that would be in the ENE on 12/21, whereas the sun rises in the ESE at this time of the year.

That said, that's for Mayan astronomers (and most of us in the Northern Hemisphere).  Now, if you happen to be a couple thousand miles due east of the Falklands...yes it'll be there at the right place and time.

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Posted by rrinker on Friday, December 14, 2012 5:55 PM

 Why stop there? I have a Stephenson's Rocket you can add to that consist to make it even better. Oh, and a Reno. Need a Casey Jones to get turn of the 20th century in there too. Rocket will have to be the lead though, with a rope thrown over the next unit's coupler.

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Posted by dragenrider on Friday, December 14, 2012 11:04 PM

I just realize that the closing date for our new basement house is on the afternoon of the end of the world!  Time  Oh no!  Now I don't even have time to unpack my boxes!  What will I do???!!!!  Crying

 

 

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Posted by NP2626 on Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:02 AM

dragenrider

I just realize that the closing date for our new basement house is on the afternoon of the end of the world!  Time  Oh no!  Now I don't even have time to unpack my boxes!  What will I do???!!!!  Crying


Buck-up dragenrider!  12/21/2012 is the unofficial date I retire!  I asked my boss if we were going to be made to come to work on the date of the end of the world, I mean shouldn't we be home with loved ones?  He said we are all family here; so, lets come in and sit around  and sing Kum Ba Yah!  That, my friend, is the "MARK" of a great leader, able to make tough decisions in the face of traumatic adversity!!

 

 

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Posted by galaxy on Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:50 AM

DARN! And I am scheduled to have a tooth pulled that day in the afternoon!!!

What if they are wrong??

My under-the-tree trains will run again on Saturday, the 22nd I have no doubt.

Like the calendar of December 31 to January 1st, it will just roll over to a new Bactun, even the Mayans say so.

However, the Computer "bots" who can "forecast" the future, show no computer/internet activity for some time after the 21st of December this year.

SO make/keep hard copies of all your bank/investment account balances the day BEFORE, so if all computers go kaput, you will have a hard copy with which to negotiate.

So they say anyway!

Geeked

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Saturday, December 15, 2012 3:12 PM

Not to worry, folks.

Last time I spoke to Terry Carlsen, at Sir Cedric's accolade in 3622, I asked him if he remembered 12/21/12.  After I refined that down to 2012, he said that he didn't remember that date, so it's probable that nothing significant happened.

Since Terry (Senior Command Admiral Terence P. Carlsen, COMINCH, Confederation Space Navy when being formal) was born in 1930, and has lived every second since, some of them several times, he would know if anyone does (did, will...)

In the meantime, I will continue my snail-like progress, secure in the knowledge that both I and the layout will be there Saturday...

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Posted by NittanyLion on Saturday, December 15, 2012 3:55 PM

galaxy

However, the Computer "bots" who can "forecast" the future, show no computer/internet activity for some time after the 21st of December this year.

I'm a big proponent of computer modeling and stuff, but these guys are so out there that it seriously degrades the usefulness of computer modeling.

If they can predict day to day events, then why aren't they billionaires?

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Posted by Steven S on Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:16 PM

NittanyLion
We're not even entirely sure where the center of the galaxy is anyhow.

Actually they know precisely where it is.  Astronomers spent 16 years tracking the stars that orbit the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/12/09/unprecedented.16.year.long.study.tracks.stars.orbiting.milky.way.black.hole

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