SHE makes me take my apron off when I leave the kitchen sink.
Charlie
Ya gotta respect Cody for unashamedly "letting his geek flag fly", but has anybody else actually considered wearing an apron while working on model railroad projects?
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IRONROOSTER Wish I knew it was this easy 40 years ago. I wouldn't have wasted any time learning to build models, lay track, install couplers, build benchwork, wire the puppy up, etc. Paul
Wish I knew it was this easy 40 years ago. I wouldn't have wasted any time learning to build models, lay track, install couplers, build benchwork, wire the puppy up, etc.
Paul
Ain't technology wonderful? And they're ready-to-wear outfits (RTW). 40 years ago, you'd have been given pile of fabric pieces and you'd have to sew them together yourself.
Andre
Caps - don't wear'em. Coffee mug - well, I don't drink much coffee, but a mug can be used for other things. Problem with a coffee much around a layout, at least one under construction, is that you will become the character in the old MR cartoon where the guys in the club all have a mug of coffee and another member yells out that the coffee pot is full of tie stain. As for an apron, well, it could come in handy if I worked on models while wearing nice clothes for some reason. I think I'd rahter the type that you pin up to the edge of the workbench to (hopefully) keep small parts from flying off to the great void.
But hey, obviously enough people asked for this stuff so they decided to sell it.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Anybody remember the FORUM MEMBER t-shirts that were offered when the whole idea of the Kalmbach magazine forums was new? It has the logos of the magazines as well. We would wear them to pre-arranged get togethers, such as at Galesburg Railroad Days (I remember seeing Jay Eaton there), Milwaukee's Trainfest, and other such places.
Dave Nelson
When I saw the title, the first thing that came into my mind was that Smothers Brothers routine.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I do not prefer to wear a Uniform to practice my hobby. I don't wear an engineers cap while running my layout. I feel I don't have to dress the part to play the part. It's Tee Shirts and Blue Jeans and bald head. When I take my bicycle out on the rail trail I don't wear Spandex ( you wouldn't want to see my wearing that). When I was in the Army I was proud to wear the Uniform and Fatigues. But now I don't even own a suit. When I pass on I will be buried in my favorite Jeans and a Tee shirt.
Got an ad from Kalmbach this AM anouncing that the company is now selling wearable gear. I don't know why, but the first thing that came to mind was the Smothers Brothers version of "Streets Of Laredo". Lyrics follow.