The wife wins again

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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Read an interesting article in Model Railroader. The author was saying that he had been stationed in Panama with the military. He went to a local radio shop to look for some Christmas tree lights. What does he see, but an O gauge gondola on a shelf behind the counter. Turns out that the owner, an American, has a bunch of O gauge stuff in a room upstairs that he wants to get rid of. The guy winds up buying the lot of it. Then he writes:

"There was a distinct drop in the temperature around home, however, when I appeared following an all-afternoon absence, triumphantly bearing two chests of beat-up railroad equipment and without the Christmas tree lights. The extravagance was another problem, and though fur coats were not the style in Panama, we got one the first August after our return to the States.

This article appeared in Model Railroader’s February 1950 issue – 54 years ago! The more things change…[:)]

Keith

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TO: ALL WIVES
To those wives who may be reading this forum, have fur coat will trade for TRAINS!![swg]
Keith

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I actually designed my last two homes with an enterance directly into the train room in case of “emergency” though I never had to use it for that purpose. My EX wife knew about my train habit when she decided to marry me. She became EX for reasons totally other than trains.

My new companion is really starting to get into this whole hobby, and is excited to learn and understand every aspect. She is very quick to grasp new concepts. She is also very excited, as I have purchased tickets for a steam excursion in July, and she has never been on a train in her life.

I think I have this situation pretty well taken care of!!![swg]