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    • tonyshowoffT
      tonyshowoff @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      And TT! Don't forget that. Very popular in Europe. It's a great scale.

      Yeah TT is pretty popular where I grew up, people there are super smug about it, I on the other hand love HO scale, TT is too small for me, I feel like being able to accidentally swallow an engine isn't very practical, and HO scale is just easier to work with. I really hate O and S scale though, way too big.

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      • coliverC
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        This is an odd tangent you guys went off on... but I will join in. Not too far from me is a "museum" for 1/4 or 1/5 scale model trains. The ones that grown adults can ride on. If I remember right there are ~30 miles of track associated with this and they have people coming from all over the world to watch these trains go by and to test new designs on a "realistic" surface. I can't remember what it is called I will do some searching.

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        • tonyshowoffT
          tonyshowoff @coliver
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          @coliver said:

          This is an odd tangent you guys went off on... but I will join in. Not too far from me is a "museum" for 1/4 or 1/5 scale model trains. The ones that grown adults can ride on. If I remember right there are ~30 miles of track associated with this and they have people coming from all over the world to watch these trains go by and to test new designs on a "realistic" surface. I can't remember what it is called I will do some searching.

          That's up there above G scale, try these:

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ridable_miniature_railways#In_the_USA

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          • coliverC
            coliver @tonyshowoff
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            @tonyshowoff said:

            @coliver said:

            This is an odd tangent you guys went off on... but I will join in. Not too far from me is a "museum" for 1/4 or 1/5 scale model trains. The ones that grown adults can ride on. If I remember right there are ~30 miles of track associated with this and they have people coming from all over the world to watch these trains go by and to test new designs on a "realistic" surface. I can't remember what it is called I will do some searching.

            That's up there in G scale, that's what it's called in Europe, no idea what it's called in the US, maybe the same.

            I'm not really into model trains but my grandfather is (not calling you guys old) he doesn't do the internet but he saw it on the news and wanted me to look it up. We were planning on going this summer, now I can't seem to remember the name.

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            • tonyshowoffT
              tonyshowoff @coliver
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              @coliver Sorry I took too long to edit my previous post, I included a link to a list of grand scale trains, perhaps what you're looking for can be found there.

              PS lol, it does make me feel old, at model shops in that section everyone else has at least 20 years on me, or is a small child.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @coliver
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                @coliver said:

                This is an odd tangent you guys went off on... but I will join in. Not too far from me is a "museum" for 1/4 or 1/5 scale model trains. The ones that grown adults can ride on. If I remember right there are ~30 miles of track associated with this and they have people coming from all over the world to watch these trains go by and to test new designs on a "realistic" surface. I can't remember what it is called I will do some searching.

                Which museum is that?

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                • coliverC
                  coliver @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @coliver said:

                  This is an odd tangent you guys went off on... but I will join in. Not too far from me is a "museum" for 1/4 or 1/5 scale model trains. The ones that grown adults can ride on. If I remember right there are ~30 miles of track associated with this and they have people coming from all over the world to watch these trains go by and to test new designs on a "realistic" surface. I can't remember what it is called I will do some searching.

                  Which museum is that?

                  Not sure, my grandfather saw it on the news and wants to go this summer at some point. I will have to ask him next time I see him. I can't for the life of me remember the name.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    My daughter (6) was literally jumping up and down today because her new math textbook arrived and she mad her mom promise to do math class today (they are doing it right now.) She loves her math class and this is her second textbook in the series. She loves math and learning.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      She also came up to my "office" and put on her most sweet face and asked if we could do "computer class" today (meaning programming.) And gave me a kiss on the cheek when I said that we would make time to do that this evening.

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                      • tonyshowoffT
                        tonyshowoff @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        She also came up to my "office" and put on her most sweet face and asked if we could do "computer class" today (meaning programming.) And gave me a kiss on the cheek when I said that we would make time to do that this evening.

                        I have the same thing happen at least twice a week.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @tonyshowoff
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                          @tonyshowoff said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          Sorry, meant for that to work, lol. That site is often used for testing of the NodeBB updates so it breaks more than the others.

                          Oh lawd, you don't have a staging environment? Those poor model trains 😞

                          We do now 🙂

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