Ed,
In a smiling tongue in cheek manner, I agree with you and that is why the
sawsall is one of the primary tools in the kit of every Pines and Prairies
member. Our good buddy Walt Jopke cut two holes in the wall to run over the
fireplace, Dave Hamilton, through a wall to gain extra track space and I
removed one wall and also built a shower out six inches from the wall to get
trackage rights. Now Steve Doyle is another story.... isn't he always? A
sawsall was not enough. In addition to the sawsall, he moved floor supports
and brought in a heavy weight mall, concrete drills and chisels to bore access
holes through a concrete wall to create a coach yard in what had been a wine
cellar. He says he is done with such work, but no one believes him. Then there
is Ben Trousdale who is buying a new house to get a bigger layout space.
In a manner, I admire the restraint of you who are enjoying the hobby without
resorting to such things. I cannot speak for the others but up here in the
frozen tundra, the long winter nights huddled in the railroad room to keep from
freezing lend themselves to such radical actions. Minnesotans who do not have
such outlets tend to go crazy and become hockey fans or move to California
where crazy is the norm.
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