After a 2 week work stoppage (due to travels) the track gang finished the cabin track and installed the switch for the coaling tower on Saturday. Wired the track in the evening, broke for grub, and tested the new track after dinner. Big Smiles to see trains run on new track (bigger when we encountered no shorts or derailments) now off to hobby shop to get more Caboose Industries ground throws and ballast material. May end up at pet store to get ground up walnut shells to use for ballast like Peter Vanvliet uses. I AGREE WITH DAN VANDERMAUSE's idea to grow up and FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE ASPECTS and PROVIDE HELP to those with questions. Terry Dillon modeling the PRR in Burbank Ca
________________________________ From: danvandermause <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2011 8:35 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} A Modest Proposal Whenever I sign on to the Yahoo Groups area, I check the volume of posts for the S-scale group. When the volume exceeds 200 to 300 for the week, I know there is a wacky discussion going on -- something on the order of "what we need is" or "what is wrong is" or "in my opinion", etc., etc. There is a lot of great modeling going on out there in S-scale land, but it all gets drowned out by the waves of postings about not much at all. Here's a modest proposal for the group and for the moderators: Why don't we all as a group try to post only messages about actual modeling activity, modeling techniques, questions about modeling techniques, searches for a model or part, etc. FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK? This will have to be self-moderating, but let's see as a group if we can focus on the fun of S-scale model railroading for just one week. Just a thought. By the way, sometime in the last few weeks, there was some discussion about reviving the 3/16 SIG in the NMRA. This sounds like a worthwhile idea, but I can't find the post of the person looking for recruits. Dan Vandermause Ellicott City, MD --- In [email protected], "wpscaler" <tiga34@...> wrote: > > > > > > Right on Bill! That is one reason I am one of the more > silent members of this group. So many topics get derailed > or side tracked. Is this good for S Scale ? Or is this > really what S Scale, on the inside, is all about ? > > Art Ferguson > > --- In [email protected], "Willam Fraley" <wjfraley@> wrote: > > > > Ladies and Gentleman, > > > > I've been on this list a long time and right now I feel that we are getting > > way off track. (No Pun intended) > > > > > > > > I feel it is time to reexamine ourselves and what we write on this list. > > > > This list is intended to help one another build models and to help with our > > model railroading problems, if you have any negative comments, do it off > > list or "Forget it!" > > > > No Negative comments, no negative comments about anything in our S scale or > > about our manufacturers. > > > > I'm tired of reading your stupid comments, as are many others on the list. > > > > I feel for our moderators who have to read all this, they can't catch > > everything that is negative, even in interpretation. > > > > > > > > Let's all get back on the right track. > > > > Thank You! > > > > "S"incerely, > > > > Bill FRaley > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [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: [email protected] [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/
