With summer carrying on in full swing, here is an opportunity to stimulate those creative juices. We're all familiar with Jeff Foxworthy and his, "You might be a redneck if..." Routine. Well, here's a chance to apply it to our wonderful hobby and poke a little fun at ourselves at the same time.
So, here goes.
You might be a model railroader if when you hear the word "couple," you think of two railroad cars joining together.
I'm sure everyone can do better than that.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
...you get off the computer and down to the train room.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
A walk down the jewelry making isle at the craft store has you looking at neckace chain, and estimating if it is diminutive enough to use as tie downs for your flat car loads.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
If you actually get a minor summer modeling project finish.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
when you pull dry dead plants out of the garden, you wonder how they would look as miniature trees
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
You walk thru the plumbing department at Home Depot or Lowes, and imagine all the scale smokestacks, silos, tanks, etc that you could scratchbuild from an 8ft length of PVC pipe.
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
You see your wife's makeup brushes in the bathroom and ask her if she has any she can spare for weathering chalks!
Karl
NCE über alles!
If you don't think reefer has anything to do with marijuana.
Enjoy
Paul
Paul!
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
If you would even think of using sterling silver for flat car tie downs. Lol
If you get up every morning at 3.30am to operate the early morning milk train on your layout!
You might be a model railroader if every cupboard you open and every shelf you look at is full of unbuilt kits!
You watch real trains from different distances and try to determine if they are O, HO, N or Z scale sizes.
...................................you build a layout across your entire foyer.
Rich
Alton Junction
Your dining room table is full of your building kits and other projects
You go through a whole summer without needing to apply sunscreen.
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Your friends think it's weird that you every issue of Model Railroader dating back decades, but not a single Playboy.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
You type a "c" on the address bar of your browser and auto complete brings you straight to this forum.
I have the right to remain silent. By posting here I have given up that right and accept that anything I say can and will be used as evidence to critique me.
steemtrayn ...you get off the computer and down to the train room.
If you HAVE a computer in the train room.
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Vet steemtrayn ...you get off the computer and down to the train room. If you HAVE a computer in the train room.
... if you have a multimeter and know how to use it for continuity testing.
carl425You type a "c" on the address bar of your browser and auto complete brings you straight to this forum.
... when you open your browser and this forum appears automatically.
... If you model every railroad, but can't pick one.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
...if co-workers bring you empty boxes because they think you might use them to store your railroad equipment.
Sir Madog carl425 You type a "c" on the address bar of your browser and auto complete brings you straight to this forum. ... when you open your browser and this forum appears automatically.
carl425 You type a "c" on the address bar of your browser and auto complete brings you straight to this forum.
Mine does that.
Phoebe VetMine does that.
Mine too! I check the forum first thing in the morning, just when you folks are heading for bed...
If you salivate when the railroad crossing gates come down and the alarms start ringing.
Modeling a railroad hypothetically set in time.
You go to estate sales, ignore antiques or valuable items and look hopefully for model railroad gear.
(if) you think you're one of "the little people" in the observation car!
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956