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So with the move last week I got all my old Lego('s) from the attic. The box says it's suitable for kids from 9 to 12. I guess they only put the suitable girl age on there, because we all know men love Lego to the end 
That said, I must suppress the urge to get it out the box and start playing with it again. Must... Suppress... Urge... 
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Whatever you do, don't go up there and find your old train set.
That can start some very unhealthy addictions...
Train set[^]
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Don't worry. I never had one 
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You missed out - every kid should have a train set. If for no other reason than Dad can play with it...
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Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: every kid should have a train set. If for no other reason than Dad can play with it
That is what my Dad did as soon as he set it up for me.
I can still remember it. I was so anxious and wanted to play with it but I had to wait until he was finished.
I only wish I had a boy so I could get him his first train set -- and play with it myself. 
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He was just testing it.
Thoroughly.
Just as you will - you need to make sure it's safe for your kid, don't you? Should be finished in...oh...a couple of hours...
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JimmyRopes wrote: I only wish I had a boy so I could get him his first train set
You don't like playing with Barbie dolls?
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Not as much as trains. 
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I never had a train. Nor did I ever have Lego. But I just finished repairing my RC heli. Last week I landed on a rock hidden in the gras, which cost me the tail rotor. Now it has fresh blades for both the tail and the main rotor. The blades still need some balancing, but flies again.
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What about a train set built with Legos?
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Nope, I had space ships, a sub and a big truck. Good times
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Train sets are cool, I don't care what anyone says.
I'd be happy with a little habit if I had the time, space, and money.
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It's the space that is the crippler! You start with a dozen pieces of track on the floor, and before you know it, you are snorting new engines every week, and moving home to get get a bigger attic...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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What you do is move outdoors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxDI-xAGfus
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It gets even worse when the train spotters organize[^] themselves.
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Whoa! Did you see the guy in the top right? He's gonna lose fingers! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I know a man who displays a train set every year for the holidays; he's kind of a local landmark. He spends most of the year building it.
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See what I mean about addictions?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I've got an N Gauge set, but I'm don't play with it because the girls keep trying to take the stock off the track as it goes by.
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Oh dear. One of my co-workers is a train "hobbyist". He is currently buying rediculously expensive 2nd hand collector stuff off ebay, etc. and gets them delivered to work so his wife knows nothing about them. He then sneaks them home in the dark to his man-cave, or as I call it his train shed.
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Train sets are how you get men to clear an upstairs room or attic.
I only had a small (it's about 4' by 3') N-gauge layout. My dad mostly enjoyed building it rather than playing with it, along with making 'authentic' changes to the bought engines and trucks like painting smoke smears and other in-usage dirt on them.
I also enjoyed loading the quarry trucks up with actual gravel and seeing if the engine could pull them up the hill.
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What do you call the feeling when you think you've heard the crap already?
Deja Poo
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One of my favorite movies.
"Excuse me while I fold my pants."
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
modified 7-Apr-14 14:31pm.
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