Good friend Chuck Lawrence of Seattle just sent me this link - it's about Lionel trains, from 1955, but still might hit a nerve among some of us...
Don
A blast from the past
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don.siegel
, Jan 11 2018 07:02 AM
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 07:51 AM
Looks a little familiar...
Thanks for posting.
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 01:05 PM
I'm glad I've been a slot car racer for the last 55 years. Those train guys get ate up with that crap. 
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 02:27 PM
What! No controversy regarding the trains' power plants? Maybe the iRRA should adopt the use of Pittman motors. 
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 04:39 PM
You think slot racers are not obsessive?
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 04:41 PM
My 027 table morfed into tinplate Scalextric, then Strombecker.....
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 07:15 PM
What's "The Brotherhood"???
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 07:47 PM
I get that it was satire, but I found it creepy.
Too over the top, like a Saturday Night Live slot that goes on too long.
And in the beginning, when Mr. Agony asked the wife "Did he blacken your eye?", it rolled off his tongue a little too easily, for my tastes.
Too over the top, like a Saturday Night Live slot that goes on too long.
And in the beginning, when Mr. Agony asked the wife "Did he blacken your eye?", it rolled off his tongue a little too easily, for my tastes.
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 08:15 PM
I enjoy watching the old John Wayne movies where it was Ok for a man to hit a woman!!! You sure wouldn't get away with a light hearted approach to that in todays world!!
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Posted 12 January 2018 - 04:21 PM
What's "The Brotherhood"???
I took it as meaning they were in the union.
Jim "Butch" Dunaway
I don't always go the extra mile, but when I do it's because I missed my exit.
All my life I've strived to keep from becoming a millionaire, so far I've succeeded.
There are three kinds of people in the world, those that are good at math and those that aren't.
No matter how big of a hammer you use, you can't pound common sense into stupid people, believe me, I've tried.
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