Category: hobby
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dream job
I stopped at Radio Shack at eight o’clock this evening to pick up some wire and terminal lugs. I was the only guy there; I’m always the only guy there. How does Radio Shack stay in business? There were two guys behind the counter. They had the radio on loud, playing their favorite tunes. They Read.
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progress again
Hours spent burning my fingertips with a soldering iron have finally paid off: Locomotives can finally move under their own power through the switches at the center of the layout. They can move through two of the switches, anyway. The two that matter. After my fingers heal, I’ll have to wire two more switches to Read.
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Bam!
Meteors: Nature’s way of asking, “How’s that space program coming along?” Read.
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Action along the LoCo Rwy
After spending a good three hours wiring the control board, trains are finally moving under their own power along the Lost Continent Railway! I ran a steamer up the inside stretch of track first, then the diesel. The steamer seemed to slip a lot, even though it was pulling only a tender and three short Read.
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hell yes
Aw, hell yes! Read.
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pooped
We had to shovel the driveway. I’m pooped. Here’s an awesome video. G’night. Read.
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hot iron
I went to plug in my fifteen-watt soldering iron yesterday and found that it was already plugged in. Hmmm. The last time I used it was, um … hmmmm. Read.
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a little more
I couldn’t wait until another day to finish laying the rest of the track through the crossings and past the switches that led to the horseshoe curve back to the terminal platform. I thought I could wait until next week, but it turned out I’m a weaker man than that. I had to finish up Read.
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a good day’s work
Track boss Dominic Book rounded up the track gang this morning. He had to pound on the doors of every whore house and tavern on the low side of town to do it, but Dominic’s not a man to shirk from his job, nor is he a man that people say no to. Of course, Read.
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moon hoax not
Well, this is refreshing: “I don’t know whether or not they landed on the moon, but I know they couldn’t have faked it.” Read.
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