Hello everyone,
It’s been a while since I’ve been here. Three years, I believe.
During that time, I have gone through my last years of high school. And guess what? I graduated!
And so, I have had nothing to do during vacation.
Until I looked at my collection…
I am now building my own layout. I’ll post photos as soon as possible.
Congratulations.
It’s always good to have finished a step in your education.
Wolfgang
Congratulations and welcome back.
Paul
congrats, I have 3 years left until i finish high school.
I wish I was still in High School, getting old sucks!
Looking forward to your Pictures as well.
Cuda Ken
Welcome back! [#welcome]
Can you tell us your basic plans for your layout? Around the wall, table top? Point to point, loop, industrial, rural, prototype, freelanced, modern era, steam era, transition period, etc.
I’ll agree with you Ken, until you consider the alternatives!
Welcome back. Glad to have you aboard again.
With age comes experience - but you’ll never grow old unless you let yourself start thinking old…
Look at me. I’m not old. I’m just experienced…
Sufficiently experienced that I’ve been collecting Social Security for ten years now.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - from my own photos and field notes)
Congratulations and [#welcome] back!
Now you can go on and enjoy more of life’s offerings!
Even with all the aging problems I have now, I’m not sure I’d want to go back to high school for a million bucks!!
Enjoy it while you can, like Ken said, getting old comes way to fast.
Congrats on graduation. Look forward to new layout pics.
Thanks guys. I’ll try to enjoy life- if I can.
The layout is a simple around-the-wall layout, freelance.
Unfortunately, I’m having a problem uploading images. I apparently just found out that I can’t upload them directly from my computer.
Hi Derrick
good to have you back in the hobby, Education is so important nowadays. seems like just last week when I graduated. that was in 81. the key to everything in life is this, Stay young in mind and young at heart and you will live a long and happy life. trust me on that. the alternative is getting old long before your time. Now I’ll steal a line from Mr Spock, Live long and Prosper. Neil
Congratulations and welcome back.
What are your plans for the future? If furthering your education is in the mix, you will find it takes up a lot of your time. If marriage and a family are a possibility, that really will modify your hobby time. If you can get a good start now and keep your interest up through the next set of changes in life, you will be in good shape. When you are at times that you can’t have or work on a layout, keep in touch with the hobby through reading, a little kit building or scratch building and these forums.
Good luck,
Welcome back. [#welcome]
Keep us up to date with your layout and post some pics
What? Are you losing it? If they gave me a million bucks and the youth back, I’m outta here!
Right now, I am doing general ed in college, such as reading, english, and math.
I am also doing filming classes, as well as art. Next semester I will be taking classes for computer science and engineering. A 3-D animation project is in the works as well.
I prefer to think of myself as being Chronologically Gifted.
GOod job! [tup]
I think that is what I menat by the fact that I wouldn’t go back for a million bucks…I prefer to be {LOL} “CHronologically gifted” and also have the “Honorary Doctorate” in “Life Experience”… I could be wrong…
Remember the immortal words or George Bernard Shaw: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.”
And for what it’s worth. If I could keep my memories and experience, I’d go back to high school for a million bucks… but probably not otherwise. Life is a journey, and I’m pretty happy with where my steps have led so far. For one thing, going back to high school would mean giving up a wonderful wife and kids…
Ken.
I’m with you on still being in High School, (I think) but my memory is getting a little faded about the mid fifties. As for the getting old part, it does stink and the aches and pains and failing eyesight and all those nasty things don’t help much. But on a brighter note, it beats NOT getting older by a whole bunch. [(-D]
Blue Flamer.