Sorry its been a while but my project (work[sigh] )has been keeping me busy with long days and long commutes home. The most I have had time for is working , grabbing a quick bite to eat play with the kids a bit and then off to sleep to start it over again. How is every one doing ? I am glad to see some of the long timers still around (including you Loather [swg]) and forgive me but it has been so long since I logged in I forgot how to [banghead] when you get old they say the first thing you loose is your memory, I cant remember what the second thing is ? Any way. I recieved an early Christmas gift this year. My wife purchased the train set from the movie that was a big hit last year (dag gonna it cant remember the name ) to put around the ole Christmas tree which we just erected Sunday. This is my first time putting a set up around the tree. Any tips or creative suggestions besides keeping the pesky pup we inherited from our son from chewing the train up (we have very little of the house left she has eaten most of it ) , sorry off topic – any way I am looking for some fun family ideas to setting this up . Every one is excited , especially my daughters . Look forward to hearing from you all (“yalllll” if you from the south )and hope life has been treating you all good . I will check in , I hope tomorrow.
Welcome back. Working too hard beats being out of work, but not by much. Our poodle pup eats everything, including the decorations on the tree. He discovered my train last week, loves to watch it go around the track, has learned where the tunnel exits are and runs over to wait for the train to emerge. We have tried the dog wisperer’s idea of teaching the dog that some things are “mine”. It works on a lot of things, but not the living room chair and the ornaments. Apple bitters work a little. I would start with an agressive attention to the train, and make it clear that he can watch but not touch. In theory it works, in reality, I will have to but a new chair.
Thanks for the response. Did you set your train on the floor? On a special set up on plywood ? Table top ???Yea on the "beats being out of work " We loose another co worker almost every week to lay a off, yesterday the Plumber super met two workers on site and laid them off when they arrived to work , they have laid off over 400 people in a formerly 600 plus person operation. It used to be I had a lot of trouble getting vendors to show up. Now I have trouble trying to stop them from showing up to early . In one instance an HVAC crew showed three days early . I explained to them I was not ready. They replied they didnt care they had not worked in two weeks. Construction work is very hard to come by right now and for the last month or two there has been either a large lay off at companies or another company is going under. All of the workers have that scared look on there face wondering if they will be next. We have a saying going around here it is "It is what is " We all know that there is a very real possibility that we will soon be on the street trying to figure out where the next pay check is coming from. It is very heart breaking at times to see tough men break down and start crying when they get the news and beg for their jobs back , especially at this time of year at Christmas time. This indutry is in a depression.