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Posted by cwclark on Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:45 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by brothaslide

Here is what the message said. . .

My wife and I are going through a divorce. Today she came by to get her stuff, with her new boyfriend. They decided to destroy my Atlas and Proto 2000 locomotives, and several of my rolling stock. My wife knows that these are my pride and joy, especially since I saved for a long time to get them. These locomotives are in pieces, nothing to repair. The police said I have to prove she did it, so I'm SOL.
sorry if I am venting, but this is just wrong,

Todd



I feel your pain brother...15 years ago, my (now very distant EX wife) did the same thing...I came home from work to find no one there ...she took a baseball bat to all my locomotives, rolling stock, buildings, and scenery in the train room , burned all my clothes in a Bar- B-Que pit, and all she left in the house when she left was the paint on the wall....good ol' ex wives...that's why they're Ex's!...don't get too alarmed or depressed.....what happened was (and it will happen for you,) is that I pulled myself up by my boot straps...started all over again, got over it, and started doing better than I've ever done before after only two years from the divorce than I ever did being married to her for the 13 years i was married to her....chuck

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:27 PM
Divorce is such an ugly thing.

It's too bad that so many people have to show that ugliness so often.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:01 AM
Maybe there are worse things than cats, spiders and spelling errrors out there?
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:56 AM
Talcum powder, and a dust mop. Get prints. Probably not worth the hassle. Not to mention the extra legal fees. Not to mention that real life is nothing like those cop shows.

I also collect Transformers. I've seen similar things posted, when the wife decides out of the blue, that the husband needs to stop collecting toy robots. In one case the husband's relatives were drafted to help with the "pursuasion." He had pieces stolen, and a rare convention exclusive broken.

This sounds more like it was done out of spite. Such a nice mature thing to do. How's it feel to be back in high school? [banghead]
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Posted by dgwinup on Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:30 AM
Take the pieces to your lawyer's office and let him present it to the judge during the settlement process.

Darrell, quiet...for now
Darrell, quiet...for now
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Posted by brothaslide on Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:22 AM
Here is what the message said. . .

My wife and I are going through a divorce. Today she came by to get her stuff, with her new boyfriend. They decided to destroy my Atlas and Proto 2000 locomotives, and several of my rolling stock. My wife knows that these are my pride and joy, especially since I saved for a long time to get them. These locomotives are in pieces, nothing to repair. The police said I have to prove she did it, so I'm SOL.
sorry if I am venting, but this is just wrong,

Todd
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Posted by Budliner on Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:01 AM
I know a few guys that will have been happy with a few hundred worth of trans
thay lost the house to wifey $400.000 $500.000

me I let her have the proto

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Posted by Train 284 on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:19 PM
Ok guys I have calmed down, but I still think that was uncalled for!
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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:58 PM
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope he has Model Train Insurance!![:O][:O][:O][:O][:O][:O]

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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:51 PM
Thats too bad.



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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:46 PM
Don't be too quick to judge. All that was, was one side of the story.
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Posted by Train 284 on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:40 PM
Oh my GOD! that woman deserves to be shot!
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:28 PM
There is something definitely wrong with that woman...She cannot be all right in the head...That's just plain sick.[xx(] How could someone even think about smashing a train collection of any kind?[:0]

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You won't believe this!!
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:15 PM
I got this from the Atlas forums read this
go to ho scale model railroad forum and go to the topic called "you wont believe this"!
this is an evil women!!!!!!!!!

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