Originally posted by wortchillergoal
I would say that no matter how we are portrayed, I do not get the you play with trains when people learn of my hobby. Most people recall a family member or friend who too was into trains. My other hobby,homebrewing, gets me pegged as a drunkard with nothing better to do. This is far from the truth and more damaging than you still play with trains. People don't realize how much you can learn from a hobby and have fun at the same time. I am off to bottle some beer then play with my trains.
Originally posted by jawatkins
Man - oh- man - you get the best of both worlds! Playing with trains and brewing your own beer!! Does it get any better than that? (Maybe drinking the beer that you've brewed!?)
Originally posted by TrainClown
How about the film "Arther" with Dudley Moore. He has a swell train set as a head board on his bed. (I want one!)
Originally posted by TrainClown
How about the film "Arther" with Dudley Moore. He has a swell train set as a head board on his bed. (I want one!)
Originally posted by spitfire
HAHAHA - what a great thread.
I think what model RRing, Rennaisance Faires, stargazing, bird-watching, dungeons and dragons and a host of other COOL hobbies have in common is that they unleash the imagination.
Those unfortunate people who lack imagination are pretty quick to label those who have it as weird. "You collect stamps? Weird!" To which I reply "You call that weird? You sure don't get out much do you?"
I'd much rather hear how your layout is coming, or how close Mars will be while chatting around the coffee machine at work than listen to a rehash of last night's episode of Everybody Loves Raymond.
There's weird and there's boring and I know which one I'd rather be!
cheers
Val
PS Judy - GO LEAFS GO!!!!!!