Does Cynthia McKinney have a model railroad? Tom
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of David R Henley Jr Sent: Thu 8/7/2008 8:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Model RR E-zine A free e-zine for the exchange of model railroading ideas sounds like a great idea. Their "lean, mean, and green" hook to get you to stop getting paper magazines like Model Railroader or S Gaugian throws me though. I model trains because I love them and want to escape the worries of the world. I do not think my hobby and politics should mix (unless it is about things like how it should had been the Missouri Pacific taking over the Union Pacific and not vice versa). When a selling point is that the evil timber and toxic ink companies will suffer because I stop buying paper magazines then I am instantly turned off. If you think about it, our hobby is not the most environmentally friendly hobby to begin with. From our bench work (poor trees) to custom painting (more toxic ink) we do many things that would make a worried liberal cringe. Unless you have a solar panel attached to your layout I guess the model railroading community is helping "big power" with their coal power plants. Hmmm......pulp wood, paper, ink, and coal; all major commodities that our prototype lines carry. Ironic isn't it? When I run my pike I want to imagine my beloved MoPac making a run through Warrensburg, Mo from Sedalia, not my "carbon footprint" that I may be leaving. Guess I will be skipping the e-zine and sticking with my big bad corporate paper magazines. -David Some of you guys might know about this or maybe not, but I stumbled across it on the Atlas O discussion board. http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
