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Re: New LEGO train realism?
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Date: 
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 02:21:29 GMT
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Wow John you are a brave man indeed. I have a hard enough time monitoring the
trains, and keeping an eye out for run away toddlers (and if anyone has one they
know that a couple of pieces of rope mean nothing), but having to keep an eye on
the entire crowd and run the trains at the same time would make me a nervous
wreck at the end of the day. I have been working with some plexi glass to allow
people to get closer with out fear of mass destruction.

But of course here at home with my 3 year old, I just go with the flow. I figure
as long as I don't loose the pieces I'm ok.

jt

John Gerlach wrote:

In lugnet.trains, James J. Trobaugh writes:
The nice thing is that they are very sturdy and can handle any 4 year olds
that break past our ropes.

jt

Ropes?  Huh??  ;-)

The GMLTC lets kids get right up to our layout.  Touching is discouraged, but
it still happens.  Yes, we get the occasional *crash*, but we can always
rebuild.  We had a great one this weekend, kid got his fingers in front of my
passenger train, the locomotive hit the floor and broke apart.  Mom was
yelling, we were laughing, kid wasn't sure if he was in trouble or not.  J-3
has a great digital picture of him, with the locomotive in pieces behind him.

(And, it seems that it's always one of my creations nose-diving to the
floor...  Doh!)

JohnG, GMLTC

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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org



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(...) Ropes? Huh?? ;-) The GMLTC lets kids get right up to our layout. Touching is discouraged, but it still happens. Yes, we get the occasional *crash*, but we can always rebuild. We had a great one this weekend, kid got his fingers in front of my (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)

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