Hi All, Years ago when Yahoo took over the groups from One List, I was learning about and joining groups as I found them. I joined the Steam Era Freight Cars list since I am much more of a freight car fan then passenger. It was there that I witnessed obsessing and regurgitation of minutia like I had NEVER seen before. Yes, some of the posts were helpful. Many members were VERY knowledgeable about freight cars. I got some help when I asked. I have not asked in a while though. BUT, compared to this group on a real bad hair day, they were PROS at sometimes spending DAYS grinding on seemingly useless data.
One day the subject came up about how many cattle could fit in ____ stock car. This went on for a while - no make that days! I completely lost it when they started talking about how many "fattened cattle" would fit in ____ stock car. I just happened to have gotten my first digital camera. I grabbed an Ertl cow, took a photo, and posted a link to the photo. I asked the group if it was a FATTENED S Scale cow or not. It was completely LOST on them. No one replied. Since I was the S Scaler freak, they ignored my goof, but still it was a viable question. Further, for modeling purposes why would anyone NEED to KNOW that!?!?! I tried to get them to post photos of their recently completed models. I started with my just completed H30a. All I got was chirping crickets - no interest whatsoever. My H30a is still on the home page 3+ years later. I am convinced all that gets made is email. I had to turn off the email, which was abundant, because I could not take the days of answering obscure questions, and some rather consistent and sometimes brutal shredding of new (mostly HO) products that were only seen from 30 KB pre-release website photos. I considered it to be chest beating and a defense as to why to NOT buy something. So Ed, what does any of this have to do with you wanting good S Scale livestock? Not much! (:->) I just say buy what you can when you see it. I am not getting into modeling S Scale livestock too! The Ertl stuff is more then good enough for me! I just put in "Ertl cattle" in eBay http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=ertl+c attle&category There are a few to choose from. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Winner of the 2007 Josh Seltzer NASG Website Award Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL ------------------------------------ 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/
