the third version of the classic thread.
never let hot solder meet exposed skin, possible burns can be insured
Always have some sort of a gameplan and STICK TO IT.
enamel paint does not buff AT ALL
Super Glue will stick to skin much faster than to any part of your model.
Exacto knives + skin = bleeding over your layout.[:O]
New Ritual is created![:-^]
Warning: The underside of the layout is closer than you think.
Kevin
the out-of-reach place on your layout will malfunction first
For the day you plan that next large project on the layout, your wife will have a larger project for the same day.
To piggyback on Margarita’s post:
Just when you have enough money saved for that new whatever with DCC & Sound you’ve spent the last 8 months saving for, your wife’s car will need new tires.
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never let hot solder meet exposed skin, possible burns can be “insured”
Perhaps assured would be a better usage? I am sure the burns would be insured, but I hate co-pays and or hospital/clinic visits
A variation on DeVereaux’s Postulate:
Bills and Repairs will be in direct proportion to the amount of cash available.
And we all know that $$$ saved is $$$ available[sigh]
Cats should be discouraged from being anywhere near a model railroad.
(Real railroad - OK)
You’re forgetting that this is conditional on O’Hell’s Observation: Bills and repairs only show up on the day you decide to go to the hobby shop or get online and order whatever it was you were saving up for.
Either that, or DeVereaux’s postulate is superseded by Yesdear’s Theorem which clearly states that when you finally save enough for that new locomotive, your wife discovers you’ve been stashing cash without her knowledge.
Andre
Ouch!! I just came in from the garage with a little black cloud hovering over my head after listening to the “sssssssss” of the air leaking out of my wife’s flat tire, only to read this too-close-to-home piece of wisdom. [:(]
Non-Kadee couplers, talgo trucks and MRC decoders…
Do not hold backside of object being drilled, right where the drill will go through…
Pry anything with a file…
Flying objects have the right of way (kadee springs [one actually hit me in the eye today[B)], guess I should wear goggles all the time], athearn coupler covers, etc)
Ain’t that the truth…
No, with MY luck, it’s just AFTER I’ve made the new loco purchase that I discover the car will need new tires.
Let your cat assist you when you’re repairing a locomotive on the kitchen table. When anything flies out of your hand and drops to the floor, the cat will IMMEDIATELY find it for you. [:P]
(Of course, getting it back from the cat is entirely another matter!)[:-^]
Tom [:)]
Huh?
within hours of you thinking about expanding your railroad, the wife will decide that particular ten square feet of the basement is the most important ten square feet in the house
Always keep Murphys Law in mind with any project. Anything that can go wrong, will! That includes cut or glued fingers, solder burns, spilled paint, lost parts, Etc…
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If you leave the lid off a gallon of paint, guess who will knock it over? [banghead]
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You get your building perfectly square… then drop it or bump it into something when you go put it on your layout.
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You hold a part perfectly so you can paint it with a rattle can and not paint your fingers, only to discover that the nozzle is aimed right at your hand… or your forehead.
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Never leave an open container of ANYTHING on your workbench. No matter how careful you are, eventually you WILL knock it over.
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Soldering, or frying bacon, in shorts (or your underwear) is NEVER a good idea.
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Guaranteed you will have at least one friend/person point out everything you’ve done wrong on your layout.
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Everything will run flawlessly until that person mentioned in #1 shows up at your house.
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You will be guaranteed to throw at least one person out of your house most likely person #1.
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Guaranteed over the next year you will change your mind about something on your layout at least ten times and wind up with what you originally planned.
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Guaranteed at there will be at least one argumentative posting here per week, erupting in an all out verbal/typed assault
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You will by a structure kit that will live on a shelf in your train room never to be built because if you don’t buy it now you may never find it again.
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Guaranteed you will feel like a kid again every time something you’ve worked on comes out exactly like you planned or better and non train people will not be able to understand your excitement because after all your a grown man just playing with kids toy trains. ( But you will be the guy out of the group with the least amount of stress in your life.)