Screaming and model railroading

traingeekboy Dec 23, 2020

  1. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett TrainBoard Member

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    I cleaned out my years old collection of stuff last November and threw away a bunch. Some of it made me wonder why it was saved in the first place. Guess I got the packrat gene from my dad but I'm not anywhere near as bad as he is. We had a chance to buy mom and dad's house in 1995 for a great price but decided not to because of all the stuff he had collected in the back lot behind his workshop. There was 5 junk cars and stacks of metal and wood construction materials he used for various projects. One project was converting a Houston city buss into a RV so there was a pile of seats and other junk he stripped out. The back lot was a mess. When they sold their house and acreage a couple years later the new owner hauled out multiple trailer loads of stuff and it took about two weeks to clean up.

    Joe
     
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  2. Hardcoaler

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    We're in process of working through the overburden of stuff in my late mother's house in preparation for an estate sale. Several days ago I heard a giant crash from the room where her multitude of dish sets are set out on tables. My wife had been working on things and a table collapsed from too much weight, causing a several dozen dishes to meet their doom. My wife and I both agreed that it didn't matter. I then offered to set up a skeet shooting range off the back deck using dishes as clay pigeons. (y) We could shoot all day and still have dishes left over .......
     
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  3. Joe Lovett

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    !!! Pull !!!
     
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  4. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Plese let me know if you thin any HOn30. There might be something interesting...! :)
     
  5. traingeekboy

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    The magazines may find a good home. I would suggest donating them to a charity store like AARP.

    I recently inherited a large collection of old Magazines and I am like a hog in heaven. I love the old ads more than anything. It's cool to see what was on the market BITD.
     
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  6. ArtinCA

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    I'd love to, but can't find anyone interested. My grandson raids the Gazettes but don't really care about the others..
     
  7. ArtinCA

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    Not thinning any of that. What are you looking for? I've thought about making castings of some of the cars I would want alot of.
     
  8. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Nothing in particular. Just curious... :)
     
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    So noted...:)
     
  10. Doug Gosha

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    I must have a LOT of pent up emotion, then.

    :D

    Doug
     
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