Most Bizarre Model Railroad Behavior

[ezdays]

Well, there are a lot of people who do a lot of things that I think are destructive or self-destructive and I scratch my head and think that I am in the minority for thinking that way. And yet some of those people may think I am nuts for simply putting so much effort into building model trains in the first place. I could stand on a soap box now and talk about all the litter I see, road signs or cactus full of bullet holes, or people wasting food. The odd thing about this is, why is this more interesting than stomping on a (much cheaper) hot wheels car? And to put it on youtube thinking others will find it interesting? Search me. Now, if the person was doing some kind of Gomez Addams, maybe she could get a few more views.

You are right about the messes people leave around, like your pointing out about the cactus full of holes. Remember a few years ago when this guy shot at a cactus and it fell down on him? Or a while back, someone was target shooting against a tree and it fell on him as well. Retribution, well earned, if only inanimate things like trains and stuffed animals could fight back as well there may be less of this craziness.

I am appalled at seeing what people leave behind in the desert. Truckloads of garbage, old tires and yard trimmings are dumped wherever they can get away with it. I've seen TV sets, computer monitors, washing machines, couches and other furniture brought out to use as targets, then left behind for others to clean up. A lot of this can be recycled and anything that can't should go into a landfill. This may not be the same thing as what we've just seen on YouTube, but they could be the same people with the same mindset, that they can do as they please, regardless of how anyone else feels about what they are destroying, be it a model train engine or a pristine desert.