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Subject: 
Re: train track prservation
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date: 
Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:29:59 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Scott Arthur writes:
In lugnet.loc.au, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes:

<snip>

In one of the previous threads on track dirtiness that Michael started, he
said he lives by the sea.

We don't keep a particularly clean house, we get dust and mud all over it,
all the time. We have damp in the basement, we have must and mold in some
places (and it's ruining other things in my collection like boxes) we have 4
cats and the attendant cathair dustbunnies. Yet I don't have this track
dirtiness problem, and some of my track is now going on 4 years old (yes,
some people have much older track). However I also do not live anywhere near
salt air.

The ONLY truly dirty track I have ever seen was when Chris Leach showed me
some. His kids actually had taken it outside to play with it in the mud. But
it cleaned up well with soap and water. *That's* what my mud comment
referred to.

THIS dirt that Michael refers to seems to be of a different nature than mud.
Hence my question, does he have trouble keeping other sorts of stainless
clean? "Stainless" isn't anywhere near truly *impossible* to stain, it does
get corrosion and dirt under certain circumstances. There are a lot of
different types of stainless, though. It seems to get dirty faster in
certain environments than others.

I am no metallurgist but if it's possible to narrow down why it's getting
dirty maybe it's possible to prevent it. That usually is less work in the
long run than repeated cleaning.

I do not know why this topic went unremarked in .trains before, it certainly
is a valid and interesting topic for that group. I've XFUT there. Maybe now
with a little more info something can be determined.

On Ross's suggestion about mineral spirits (Isopropyl alcohol, I think some
know it as)... be careful not to get that on rubber parts (12V gray wheel
rings, the little black O rings on 9V) as I think it has a tendency to
accelerate perishing of the rubber.

Now now! I Think Benjamin was referring to someone sniping about the "p"
word rather than Larry's light-hearted comment about mud and cleanliness.

It wasn't meant to be either a light hearted jest, OR an attack. Merely an
inquiry. Ignore any trouble Scott is trying to cause here, please, and stay
focused on the topics if you would.

I'm not trying to cause "trouble" Larry. I was just stating that I thought
your message was more rude than helpful,

That's an issue with your reading comprehension, not the message.

and I still do despite your
squirming. If you want to continue bickering over this Larry, reply to this
message somewhere suitable and I shall take apart your squirming.

When someone catches you in a lie, pointing it out is "bickering",
apparently. That's another lie.

This "bickering" characterisation is the same lie you used to try to avoid
responsibility when you were caught out posting off-topic.debate stuff in
lego.direct. Lots of people pointed it out but you focused on ME because
that way you could dodge the fact that you were wrong.

No big deal. As Pete said, lets not get worked up about this.

Funny, you're the one responding with more slime after I said "ignore
Scott's tries to cause trouble". Seems you're worked up already. After all
you want to "take apart" my "squirming".

Go ahead. Take it apart. Keep it out of .trains though, please, so maybe
Michael can get his question answered.



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  Re: train track prservation
 
(...) ...and were readers supposed to know that? Were readers supposed to check Michael's every post? Why not mention it in your post? (...) Well, that's nothing to brag about. (...) This is not about your track. (...) Interesting. I can see a salty (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: train track prservation
 
(...) I'm not trying to cause "trouble" Larry. I was just stating that I thought your message was more rude than helpful, and I still do despite your squirming. If you want to continue bickering over this Larry, reply to this message somewhere (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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