Fallen off the Train car (wagon).. it has been a long time.

ripley802

Hey guys (and gals), it has been a long time. I am sure others have been in the same position where trains (hobbies in general) take a backseat to life. I am still around and typically check in on BPT every few days so if you need me send a PM or start a thread Andrew i will try and reply back promptly. I hope to be a bite more active in the forums soon and catch up on some repairs Andrew mods. Hope every one here is doing well. 😃

Off The Rails

It happens. I’m in kinda the same boat with home repairs, first moving then not moving, kids’ school stuff, looking for a new job, selling a rental property, etc.... So yeah, I totally understand! 😃

leylandvictory2

its okay. I just worked 9 straight days at work due to shift change argh.

Super

We miss you Ripley. Will you be doing another Holiday Layout this year or have you remodeled the Train Room into an Sewing, Arts & Craft Room?

ripley802

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Yes I would love to do one and hope to have time to get working on it closer to thanksgiving, but we will see. I offered half of the room to my wife for any hobbies she may want to partake in but she (thankfully) declined. :-). To be honest I have not been in the train room for some time sadly.

Super

Nigels

I can imagine all that dust gathering on those part reparied T&A models, what a shame all that expertise is going to waste 🙂

ripley802

Thanks Nigel. Yeah I know I actually have probably 10-15 TnA in various needs of repair. Hoping to get those knocked out soon and maybe sell them off. One can only have so much TnA.. :cool:

Off The Rails

ripley802 wrote
One can only have so much TnA.. :cool:

Having grown up in the era of Charlie’s Angels, Daisy Duke and Wilma Deering, I’m inclined to say that you can NEVER have enough TnA! 😃

Nigels

ROTFL! Never a truer word spoken, although I preferred the originals myself lol!

PopGoesOldOllie

Hehe, it’s been awhile since I’ve logged in.

Something similar happened to me. I’ve moved on to a new phase of my life, and trains are just no longer a hobby I can do. Sure, I think about them occasionally, but I’m just so busy that i can’t really do anything right now. I wish I could do more, but hey, life happens.

It’s still good to see this forum doing well, and who knows, maybe one day I’ll permanently come back. 😉 you never know. It’s nice to see someone able to come back!