11-09-2009, 10:19 AM
Home again, and everything is back where it belongs. The show? Well, some might call it "self abuse", but it was worth all the effort to get there, set up, and spend a weekend standing on a thinly carpeted concrete floor, talking model railroading.
We had our own room. An N scale layout was supposed to be where we usually set up. The up side? we were able to add four feet of length to the plan (16 linear feet more track). The Down side? The N scale layout never showed up!
There's something about "honoring one's commitments", I guess some people simply don't put any value in that. I'm old, so I see something very wrong with "no-show", on just about every level. A "My world is ending and I can't make it", perhaps with an apology, before the fact, would have been nice. An unannounced "no-show" is wrong.
Both 2-4-4-2's ran beautifully! The narrow gauge, all day both days. The standard gauge, Gem, brass, ran part of each day.
And now begins "The Week". I'll get a brief moment to relax on Wednesday. Veteran's Day. My one day this week to relax is Veteran's Day. Appropriate, if nothing else.
We had our own room. An N scale layout was supposed to be where we usually set up. The up side? we were able to add four feet of length to the plan (16 linear feet more track). The Down side? The N scale layout never showed up!
There's something about "honoring one's commitments", I guess some people simply don't put any value in that. I'm old, so I see something very wrong with "no-show", on just about every level. A "My world is ending and I can't make it", perhaps with an apology, before the fact, would have been nice. An unannounced "no-show" is wrong.
Both 2-4-4-2's ran beautifully! The narrow gauge, all day both days. The standard gauge, Gem, brass, ran part of each day.
And now begins "The Week". I'll get a brief moment to relax on Wednesday. Veteran's Day. My one day this week to relax is Veteran's Day. Appropriate, if nothing else.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!