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Subject: 
House Hunting (was K'nex or something
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lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage
Date: 
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:54:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Maggie Cambron writes:

LOL Chris, from the article it sounds as though you specifically
chose the home
you moved into to accommodate your MOS (my own structure)!

There's an old running gag in Model Railroading circles: you can tell the
diehard MRR on a househunting trip, because the first thing he(1) does is
check out the basement to see how the columns are laid out and where the
furnace room is and how the power is arranged and so forth... after all the
sole function of a house is to keep rain from getting into the basement and
ruining the layout.

You'll never get me to admit that I used basement related criteria in our
last househunting trip, but we DO have a large high ceilinged and dry
basement that is perfect for storage.

1 - since this story originated in the 1940s it's always a 'he'...

++Lar



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  Re: House Hunting (was K'nex or something
 
(...) And I haven't been evaluating positions of closet doors and such in my apartment search... And the only reason I'm looking at two and three bedroom units is so I can have space for visitors to sleep... Frank (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage)

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  Re: My K'Nex monstrosity made it into the paper!
 
(...) LOL Chris, from the article it sounds as though you specifically chose the home you moved into to accommodate your MOS (my own structure)! BTW couldn't you have gotten the reporter to mention the L word at least once? Surely you also have a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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