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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer

 

Love your version of Thomas.? I know several people who have made their own. ? What I still don¡¯t understand is why one of the company¡¯s making S equipment didn¡¯t see this as an opportunity to engage youngsters to join the S family. ?

I actually have sewn a dress¡­¡­. ? ?It was when my daughter and I were in the YMCA Indian Guides and Princesses program.? For one of our projects, when she was about 9 or 10, we made a ¡°leather¡± dress with sea shells sewn into a pattern on the front.? She had to dream about the dress and pattern and then we went through our buckets of sea shells collected over the years and she picked out the shells from her dream. ?

These days, I dream of S module improvements and changes, and the buildings I am going to build, (and the pile of metal in my driveway I¡¯m trying, with much help, to restore into an operating P1800.

It¡¯s good to remember that Sinatra, Neil Young and our former Sc Episcopal Bishop Waldo are also train nerds.? Not bad company.

Ted

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 9:39?AM Jerry Poniatowski via <poniaj37=[email protected]> wrote:
Ted,

I agree with almost everything you said.? I have been doing my best to get my grandsons interested in modeling in general, ant trains in particular.? Whether it will take hold is a question for the future.? But as of now, the first thing they do is head for the basement to run trains.? So they've populated it with all sorts of fantasy figures.? They're having fun running trains.? Will this hobby survive?? Perhaps, but not in the quantity and manner it is in now. ?

As to the Thomas question, that's why I built my own a few years ago.? The photo was taken on the SMSG display layout a? while ago and now occupies a place of honor near the engine facility on my layout. ? And the list you compiled has been completed by me more than once (except for the sewing part... especially the dress.? LOL). ?

But since I have a few hours and it's raining now, I think I will also? take some time to watch my ever growing grass and contemplate the near-at-hand. ? Let's not take ourselves TOO seriously guys.? ;>)

Jerry Poniatowski (train nerd, among other types)
Brighton, MI
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