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On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:00:46 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:


We also have dark green Corion on the kitchen counters and the island.
It's about 18 years old now I guess. Looks ok but it has scratches here
and there, especially on the island because it gets a lot of use. I
sanded and polished it a few years ago and it helped. We were going to
replace it with granite but since we are selling the house it doesn't
make any sense although the owner of the realty company wanted us to do
it. You can't listen to them sometimes. We
also have light hardwood floors that have intricate dark mahogany inlays
in it. She wanted us to re-do the floors in a dark stain because that's
what is currently popular on HGTV. Told her fine. She can pay for it
if she thinks that is so important. Turns out, it wasn't. I mentioned
it to the people that are buying the house and
they were flabbergasted that she would even suggest such a thing.
The inlays would be hidden and they are what make the design of the
floor unique.








Dark floors might be in, but we had dark cabinets originally in the
kitchen. Much lighter with natural maple cabinets. And the floors are all
hickory.

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

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On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 7:30:53 PM UTC-6, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:00:46 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:


We also have dark green Corion on the kitchen counters and the island.
It's about 18 years old now I guess. Looks ok but it has scratches here
and there, especially on the island because it gets a lot of use. I
sanded and polished it a few years ago and it helped. We were going to
replace it with granite but since we are selling the house it doesn't
make any sense although the owner of the realty company wanted us to do
it. You can't listen to them sometimes. We
also have light hardwood floors that have intricate dark mahogany inlays
in it. She wanted us to re-do the floors in a dark stain because that's
what is currently popular on HGTV. Told her fine. She can pay for it
if she thinks that is so important. Turns out, it wasn't. I mentioned
it to the people that are buying the house and
they were flabbergasted that she would even suggest such a thing.
The inlays would be hidden and they are what make the design of the
floor unique.








Dark floors might be in, but we had dark cabinets originally in the
kitchen. Much lighter with natural maple cabinets. And the floors are all
hickory.

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

"OH man..."

Want to make your special lady happy?
 

On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:30:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

My train isn't anything special. It is Aristo narrow gauge.
Judy bought it for Christmas with no idea what we would do after we
took the tree down.
The answer turned out to buy another 100 feet of track and hang it on
the wall. I did enjoy building that trestle tho. I can hang from it.
It was a table saw trick and a little geometry.

Maybe Harry is right, I should get a job ;-)

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wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 05:21:08 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gref sez..


"We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess"



I don't recall you posting a picture of your model railway.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Trestle.jpg
Cool!

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On Sat, 06 Feb 2016 21:33:16 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:30:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

My train isn't anything special. It is Aristo narrow gauge.
Judy bought it for Christmas with no idea what we would do after we
took the tree down.
The answer turned out to buy another 100 feet of track and hang it on
the wall. I did enjoy building that trestle tho. I can hang from it.
It was a table saw trick and a little geometry.

Maybe Harry is right, I should get a job ;-)

I've gotten each family the LGB Christmas train a few years back. The trains get put
around the trees each year, but I can't seem to get the grandkids interested in
electric trains. My brother left a closet full of 'n' gauge railroad stuff which I
could get for them, but computer or ipad or smartphone games are more interesting.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

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On 2/6/2016 8:31 PM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 7:30:53 PM UTC-6, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:00:46 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:


We also have dark green Corion on the kitchen counters and the island.
It's about 18 years old now I guess. Looks ok but it has scratches here
and there, especially on the island because it gets a lot of use. I
sanded and polished it a few years ago and it helped. We were going to
replace it with granite but since we are selling the house it doesn't
make any sense although the owner of the realty company wanted us to do
it. You can't listen to them sometimes. We
also have light hardwood floors that have intricate dark mahogany inlays
in it. She wanted us to re-do the floors in a dark stain because that's
what is currently popular on HGTV. Told her fine. She can pay for it
if she thinks that is so important. Turns out, it wasn't. I mentioned
it to the people that are buying the house and
they were flabbergasted that she would even suggest such a thing.
The inlays would be hidden and they are what make the design of the
floor unique.








Dark floors might be in, but we had dark cabinets originally in the
kitchen. Much lighter with natural maple cabinets. And the floors are all
hickory.

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

"OH man..."

I read it as you meant it. Weird eh?

Want to make your special lady happy?
 

On 2/6/2016 9:33 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:30:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

My train isn't anything special. It is Aristo narrow gauge.
Judy bought it for Christmas with no idea what we would do after we
took the tree down.
The answer turned out to buy another 100 feet of track and hang it on
the wall. I did enjoy building that trestle tho. I can hang from it.
It was a table saw trick and a little geometry.

Maybe Harry is right, I should get a job ;-)

There's a place in Arizona called Tinkertown. You'd probably enjoy
working there :-)

Want to make your special lady happy?
 

On 2/7/2016 8:49 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/6/2016 9:33 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:30:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would
make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so
drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this:
http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy
them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

My train isn't anything special. It is Aristo narrow gauge.
Judy bought it for Christmas with no idea what we would do after we
took the tree down.
The answer turned out to buy another 100 feet of track and hang it on
the wall. I did enjoy building that trestle tho. I can hang from it.
It was a table saw trick and a little geometry.

Maybe Harry is right, I should get a job ;-)

There's a place in Arizona called Tinkertown. You'd probably enjoy
working there :-)
Make that New Mexico.

Want to make your special lady happy?
 

On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 08:47:29 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 2/6/2016 8:31 PM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 7:30:53 PM UTC-6, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:00:46 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:


We also have dark green Corion on the kitchen counters and the island.
It's about 18 years old now I guess. Looks ok but it has scratches here
and there, especially on the island because it gets a lot of use. I
sanded and polished it a few years ago and it helped. We were going to
replace it with granite but since we are selling the house it doesn't
make any sense although the owner of the realty company wanted us to do
it. You can't listen to them sometimes. We
also have light hardwood floors that have intricate dark mahogany inlays
in it. She wanted us to re-do the floors in a dark stain because that's
what is currently popular on HGTV. Told her fine. She can pay for it
if she thinks that is so important. Turns out, it wasn't. I mentioned
it to the people that are buying the house and
they were flabbergasted that she would even suggest such a thing.
The inlays would be hidden and they are what make the design of the
floor unique.








Dark floors might be in, but we had dark cabinets originally in the
kitchen. Much lighter with natural maple cabinets. And the floors are all
hickory.

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

"OH man..."

I read it as you meant it. Weird eh?

Me too. Didn't even notice 'til you said something.

Great minds and all that, eh?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Want to make your special lady happy?
 

On 2/7/2016 8:53 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/7/2016 8:49 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/6/2016 9:33 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:30:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:50:21 PM UTC-5,
wrote:

We are big on red oak and cypress here, living room, dining and
kitchen with a stone fireplace/entertainment center, a fake stuffed
moose head and a garden gauge train running through the whole place.

It is not like your normal home I guess

When my wife wanted to go shopping in downtown Stuttgart, I would
make a beeline for the LGB store. Then I'd spend an hour or so
drooling over the beautiful steam engines. Like this:
http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d
But I couldn't rationalize the thousand, or much more, Euros to buy
them.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/jqzhk4d "

On man!

My train isn't anything special. It is Aristo narrow gauge.
Judy bought it for Christmas with no idea what we would do after we
took the tree down.
The answer turned out to buy another 100 feet of track and hang it on
the wall. I did enjoy building that trestle tho. I can hang from it.
It was a table saw trick and a little geometry.

Maybe Harry is right, I should get a job ;-)

There's a place in Arizona called Tinkertown. You'd probably enjoy
working there :-)
Make that New Mexico.

There's also a section of Duxbury, MA that is called "Tinkertown". One
of the oldest incorporated towns in the country.

http://www.tinkertownna.org/about-tinkertown/