"Never put paint in empty cans of your favorite beverage" Dave- It was the one quoted above. I NOW realize, after rereading the title of the thread what you meant. Soemtimes, I am slow on the uptake.
Every now and then someone gives me a "Basket Case" locomotive. I find it fun to see how many different ways I can put it together. Some even work sometimes. My problem is when I do a major kit bash/scratch build project and fail to document how it went together and how it comes apart. After a few years I usually forget. Then something happens and I have to take it apart. "Now how in the world did I do this?"
I hate shredded cabbage. Give me unshredded lettuce and spinach, without the mayo, please. EDIT: And without the e. coli, too. I was so sick for a day after having a spinach salad that I was about to go to the ER. Fortunately it cleared by itself.
NEVER leave your layout room door open if you own a CAT! AND ALWAYS CHECK that it's NOT lurking in layout room BEFORE you shut the door! .......I rest my case
Don't think of sharing your layout room with the cats, which I did on the previous layout. It's worse than sharing the layout room with a woodworking shop, which I did many years ago. My 25-lb female Maine Coon cat is the equivalent, in N scale, of a 45,000 ton battleship. She prowled the layout at night, causing remarkably little damage, but leaving behind tufts of fur, and eating anything with lacquer on it, or licking it to bare plastic.
P.U. Nethgil's model railroad commandments Thou shalt not nitpick. EVER. Thou shalt take great care when using X-Acto knives, lest ye slice thyself Thou shalt not perform detail work in a carpeted room, lest the small parts fly off into oblivion, never to be seen again until the time of the Hoover. Thou shalt not allow animals into the railroad room, unless they are guide dogs Thou shalt expect the unexpected, especially when it is club night at thy dwelling Thou shalt keep track and wheels clean, for such is the path of smooth operation Take great care with paint and thinner, lest ye damage a perfectly good paint job by knocking the vessel of paint or thinner over with thy clumsy elbow Thou shalt offer criticism only when asked, and then do so prudently and in a positive manner Thou shalt always please the local Bureau of Land Management Above all, thou shalt keep in thy heart and head that this is only a hobby, and thou shalt lighten up.
I've seen a number of my old threads resurrected by others who are discovering them for the first time. All of my observations in the first post have come true over the past few years.
In the current economic crisis, there may be some unfortunate additions to the list. I hope everyone here on TB has a secure job. A recession is when your neighbor loses their job.:thumbs_down: A depression is when you lose yours.:thumbs_down: Priceless may be a paid off credit card, auto, home,etc. No Debt. :thumbs_up: Woe to those that have too many bills that must be paid. :thumbs_down:
