I don't understand Armstrongs book..

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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I’ve read it and reread it and I just don’t get it!

Ok, so I’ll read it again while the glue dries on the foam.
Jarrell

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Hmm…Whats wrong here? Sorry for the distraction, I just responded to an incident involving a attractive, extremely, upset female that as her anger increased so did the state of her undress until almost nothing remained. Now Back to the subject, have you tried reading it back to front?

Dave[oX)]

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The book is helpful when you build the layout on page 9 in the April issue.[:)]

Enjoy
Paul

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If you had called me I would have been more than glad to lend a hand[}:)]
Jarrell

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April issue April issue, now where is that April issue…

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Sometimes I love my job, other times[censored]

Dave[oX)]

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I got it. Jarrell, I think I found the problem!!!

From the looks of the picture, I think you got the Southern Hemisphere edition of the book. If you fly down to Australia the book will make sense.

Just tryin’ to hepp.

[D)]

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I appreciate that, Adelie. It looked sorta like Greek to me.
Jarrell

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Ahhhh…it IS Greek. Being the Model Railroad equvalent to Aristotle and Plato and Socrates (minus the hemlock), John Armstrong ALWAYS wrote in Greek, so as to appear more scholarly - especially around the ‘snoots’ who didn’t feel this hobby is ‘intellectual’ enough.

–Randy

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I read Armstrong like I used to read Baba Ram Das. Read a page, then think about it the rest of the day.

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Jarrell,

No one understands Armstrongs book…We all just pretend to and then build what we want…You’re the first to actually admit it…

Or…You got the mac version…it wont run on your software…

Or…I’m waiting for the movie version…

Or…You need the hardback edition…

Or…The foldout is in upside down…

Well these are pretty lame…I’ll quit now

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I can tell from your picture, the answer is painfully obvious.

Your not wearing your train shirt. You do have a train shirt, don’t you?

Also try skipping all the big words and just look at the pictures.

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I think you need to take the inverse of the contents, Jarrell. If you multiply them by the reciprocal, or 1/X, you will get the true value of Armstrong’s book.

By the way, PLEASE tell me that you aren’t holding that revered text in the sinister hand? That could set a whole nuther chain of events into motion and your layout could end up looking like a Leggo project.

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the problem is obviously that the version of the book and the version of the user are not compatible . the book is too new and the user is too old ! [:D]

if you had the same version i have (5th printing , 1973 . still has the $3.50 price tag on the front!) you’d have no problem understanding it

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Are you saying, ereimer, that Jarrell is a 486 in a Pentium world?

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If ereimer says “PDP11”, we could have a fight on our hands…

Tom

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From now on I’ll read it with my tweed sports coat on (leather patches on elbows) and a pipe in my hand.
Jarrell

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Hey! I know Baba Ram Das! That’s ol man Das’ boy from over around Ludawisi! What a small world!
Jarrell

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“We all just pretend to and then build what we want…”
I like that part!
Jarrell

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Does an engineers cap count?
Jarrell