Definitely an aquired taste, possibly with non prescription medication enhancement while viewing.

I wonder what Louie thinks of his North American cousins behaviour??

Mark

Monty Python you say,,,, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc</a><!-- m -->
Oh Yeah, I cleaned off my work bench for a pic too..

Is that a model trebuchet catapult thingy on your work bench?

For the disposal of bad LPBs [Little Plastic Bozos] no doubt?

Did you ever see the version they made on the British Scrapheap Challenge, made by the farmer brothers to fling a Mini. When that failed it was a right 'Proper job'.

Mark

e-paw Wrote:Monty Python you say,,,, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc</a><!-- m -->
Oh Yeah, I cleaned off my work bench for a pic too..

HAHAHAHA, that was GREAT. I love anything that pokes fun at Star Trek, but being a huge Monty Python fan, that was great.

"You son of a silly person!"

This is a truly interesting thread and it prompts me to ask a question.

Many of you have a separate area for your work - never mind your railroad. Much of this hobby is time consuming so do you find that you spend a lot of time in your work area at the expense of spending time with your significant other? Or do you bring your project out of the work area for some time consuming detail but closer to your family?

My desk (what you see earlier in the thread) is my home office desk. I run a company that trains locomotive engineers and trainmen. It is also my living room, as I live in a one bedroom apartment right now (the economy is in the toilet as you all know and the first place MOST companies go to make cuts is safety and training). So, crammed into a tiny desk in a tiny spot and we rarely use the living room anyway, Alicia (Fiance) and my best friend both talked me into turning the living room into a home office. Her desk was a little deal in the kitchen, and was under a window. She's ALWAYS cold. So last winter, I got tired of hearing her complain about being cold and roasting me out with the heater, so I "temporarily" moved her computer to the other side of my desk, so she faces me now. She liked it so much, she offered a deal: I can have her desk for a modeling area if she could stay at my big desk where she's at. So, for large projects, I use my modeling desk with all my tools and paints set up there, but I have a self healing mat and a few tools at my big desk to do small projects and repairs as well. So I use both depending on what it is. Assemble an HO vehicle kit like an 18 wheeler and detail it, I use the big desk. For big projects like locomotives and structures, I'll use te big desk. If it is something Alicia will help with, like I am working on building a structure and she's painting details on it, we'll do it at the big desk.

Just depends I guess.

JamesG Wrote:This is a truly interesting thread and it prompts me to ask a question.

Many of you have a separate area for your work - never mind your railroad. Much of this hobby is time consuming so do you find that you spend a lot of time in your work area at the expense of spending time with your significant other? Or do you bring your project out of the work area for some time consuming detail but closer to your family?

After being a family man for 48 years, and my wife was my brakeman for 12 of those years, I have a seperate building to get away from the family. Absence makes the heart grow way fonder.
Charlie

to Big Blue, James!

As far as hobby time vs. family time, my wife and I are alone in a two story, four bedroom home with a full basement and a walk-up attic. We each manage to do our own thing through out the day, but always manage to find time to spend together. The key is communication.

Only two things to remember about this hobby:
1. It's a hobby, done in your spare time.
2. Family comes first, everything else comes second.

Tom

FiatFan Wrote: to Big Blue, James!

Only two things to remember about this hobby:
1. It's a hobby, done in your spare time.
2. Family comes first, everything else comes second.

Tom

You hit the nail squarely on the head! My wife couldn't agree with you more. 8-)
Chuck

This is my work area, cleaned-up of course

Oh, C'mon "Felix," that's too clean!

LOL

Yeah, my work bench is usually so cluttered that by the time i clean it off, its been a few hours and modeling time is over. then junk piles on it through out the week, and the cycle continues without anything getting done!

P5se Camelback Wrote:Oh, C'mon "Felix," that's too clean!

We all know that no one works like that!

We demand new photos that reveal the "Oscar" in you!

If by "Felix" you mean me then yes...it is cleaned up..... for the photo only.....usually the table,counter and extra chair are covered in junk,bits,pieces, bobs,tools etc....just like everybody elses workspace