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Forget the smother! Pretend to dip and drink the shot. That work well to.
also; How do you get away with using the china closet. I think that may be grounds for a divorse.
frank
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tetters Wrote:The more often you do this the better the results.
I usually find rum to be the best accompaniment to modeling, but I also feel that a wine & train suarez is tough to beat. My wife laughs that my modeling frequently resembles the add on the back of the Gazette a couple months ago...tools and a car on a self healing mat...with pictures of trains beyond it and a glass of Cabernet on the side.
Frank, proper training my friend! I never exceed my allotted budget, I never push it when chasing trains, and I picked out our furniture & china...she's pretty laid back and supportive!
Michael
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Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
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Well we will have to get some pics of my work area, But a brief discription will have to do for now.
I'm using the same desk that my granddad used and shown me the finer points of model railroading, to include where the coffe pot goes, the secret compartent that still holds one of grandpas cigars (cant bare to thow it out yet) and the percect spot to put the Jack Daniels bottle, Everything else will fall into place by itself..LOL
The best quote to go with this work area would have to be on those late nights with my buddy " HOLD THIS WHILE I SOLDER IT" LOL many a burnt finger tip there..
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pennman Wrote:Well we will have to get some pics of my work area, But a brief discription will have to do for now.
I'm using the same desk that my granddad used and shown me the finer points of model railroading, to include where the coffe pot goes, the secret compartent that still holds one of grandpas cigars (cant bare to thow it out yet) and the percect spot to put the Jack Daniels bottle, Everything else will fall into place by itself..LOL
The best quote to go with this work area would have to be on those late nights with my buddy " HOLD THIS WHILE I SOLDER IT" LOL many a burnt finger tip there.. Man I would like to see pics and love the quote. It is a lot like hold this nail while I drive it!!
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pennman Wrote:" HOLD THIS WHILE I SOLDER IT"
Was Jack involved with that? Did he give you the idea, or had you socialized a bit too much with him when a buddy asked you to do that...
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pennman Wrote:the percect spot to put the Jack Daniels bottle
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pennman Wrote:OK, I'm lost whos Jack?? Never mind "blonde moment" just got that!
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Hah! Got at last my work area set up in a way that it can really be used!
A nice high workbench (110cm or about 3'8" from the floor, I hope this will end backpains that I sometimes had from working at too low tables). And it even has a tiny storage shelf! (the picture was taken a few days ago before use..)
The layout on the top level, room for a second layout (a narrow parade track or something) on the lower level which continues all the way to under the workbench and the workbench at the rear. Right now, just like the layout itself, it is being used as a shelf for random clutter. I guess there are some cables and wires which need to be hidden somehow.
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I live in a 1 bedroom apartment right now, and was getting real tired of being cramped in a small work area with a small desk. There was barely enough room for a computer on it, let alone room to work on work stuff (it is also my office) and NO room for doing any kind of modeol projects. This past weekend I had went through one of those "Man, I wish I had my layout set up right now" moments I go through occasionally, and called my best friend to get some advice from him. Basically, I was looking for him to talk me out of dumping my living room furniture for a layout space. He didn't disappoint. He did however tell me that my layout (6' x 11') would be crammed in there, and I would get sick of tripping over it, and right now with the slowdown of business due to the economy, that I didn't have the money to work on it the way I wanted to, and he was right. He then suggested if I really wanted to utilize the living room space more efficiently, that I bring my old office desk up stairs and set it up, and that him and his daughter would help. It was bought brand new in 2005 when I had my training center here in Stockton and I spent nearly $2,000.00 on it, and it is a BIG executive type desk. When a certain class one railroad pulled out of the project, we had to close the doors, and the desk was disassembled and put into storage in my garage. Nobody comes over to visit but him and a few friends and occasionally, my younger sister comes by to use the computer (hers has been taken over by her daughter) and we haven't even turned on the tv in there in months. We didn't use the couch or coffee table. So, it went. When we move, we had planned on a new matching lving room set anyway, and a spare bedroom was going to house my desk and my office. So, we took the plunge Saturday morning, and by last night, we had that monster desk assembled. Now, my apartment is in disarray, and I have a HUGE mess on my hands to sort and organize, and put away, but I couldn't be happier right now. I bought a large self healing mat to put on the desk to work on model projects, and I need to put the 4 doors on the hutch still. I just ran out of gas last night, and went to bed around midnight. I should be sorting, organizing, cleaning and storing right now, but, I am sitting here taking a break. But I have an office, and within the next couple of days, my apartment will be clean, organized and back to normal.
By the way, as an aside, guess what Alicia found in our garage yesterday while moving the layotu to get the desk pieces out? My work keys, with all of my switch keys on it! I had lost those last year and thought I lost them at a client. Apparently, I had set them down in the garage and they became lost. I swear, yesterday was a red letter day.
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