My kids have "desks" in their bedrooms, which consist of a big plank of wood on Ikea trestles.
A couple of weeks ago my wife decided that my youngest needed a new plank, which she bought, and the old one was then exiled to the hall, propped against the wall.
So I've been walking past this plank (120 x 80 cm) at least 2 times a day for 2 weeks.
Today I had a day off work and I cracked. I dug out my stock of redundant Fleischmann track to create my new layout Ettingham, a station on the East West Junction railway.
The track has been laid.
My wife went out with a friend straight from work so I'm sitting waiting to face the music.
MY explication will be that nature abhors a vacuum.
Best regards,
Joe
Great bit of recycling in my book, even the old desk has been used to construct something useful. ;)
Thanks Caz.
Can I count on you to explain that to my wife ?
Best regards,
Joe
If we see no more posts from you can do we assume she wasn't happy :thumbsdown:
Hope she won't charge too much if she sellsl all my stuff on e-bay !
Best regards,
joe
My kinda man Joe, you have guts and I admire you for that, which hospital would you like me to send you a Christmas card :smiley-laughing:
Turn it round, lean it back up against the wall, and she'll never know :D
Quote from: joe cassidy on December 05, 2014, 08:24:14 PM
My kids have "desks" in their bedrooms, which consist of a big plank of wood on Ikea trestles.
A couple of weeks ago my wife decided that my youngest needed a new plank, which she bought, and the old one was then exiled to the hall, propped against the wall.
So I've been walking past this plank (120 x 80 cm) at least 2 times a day for 2 weeks.
Today I had a day off work and I cracked. I dug out my stock of redundant Fleischmann track to create my new layout Ettingham, a station on the East West Junction railway.
The track has been laid.
My wife went out with a friend straight from work so I'm sitting waiting to face the music.
MY explication will be that nature abhors a vacuum.
Best regards,
Joe
Great idea about the old plank.
The baseboard idea sounds good too.
Quote from: Bealman on December 05, 2014, 10:10:57 PM
Turn it round, lean it back up against the wall, and she'll never know :D
Methinks you underestimate the uncanny power of women to notice the tiniest of changes in their environment and home contents!!
Ohh. I thought it was going to be about marrying Joe. :-[
CFJ
Quote from: joe cassidy on December 05, 2014, 09:19:09 PM
Hope she won't charge too much if she sellsl all my stuff on e-bay !
Best regards,
joe
I think with all the 'sneaking in' of things for the layout that we rather SWMBO not know about, the main worry will be that she sells it all for what she thinks its worth, not it's real value, which could be many times higher...
OK Joe take us out of our misery what did she say after she found out that you used her chopping board as a model train layout?
Given that Joe made his last post over 12 hours ago, and hasn't been heard from since, does the membership consider that there should be grounds for concern....? :worried: :worried:
Just wondering.
Quote from: Komata on December 06, 2014, 04:35:53 AM
Given that Joe made his last post over 12 hours ago, and hasn't been heard from since, does the membership consider that there should be grounds for concern....? :worried: :worried:
Just wondering.
:smiley-laughing: Pretty hard to send a reply when you are locked out of the house and sleeping in the shed ;)
I got away with it !
Her only comment was "Where are you going to put THAT ?".
My reply - "With the others".
Best regards,
Joe
Well done Joe, a man has to stick his neck out every now and again, pleased it worked out OK.
Quote from: joe cassidy on December 06, 2014, 05:56:20 AM
I got away with it !
Her only comment was "Where are you going to put THAT ?".
My reply - "With the others".
Best regards,
Joe
And then the fight started :laugh:
Not a fight, but an earbashing about "all these layouts you start and never finish".
She doesn't understand that the point is never to finish !
Best regards,
Joe
Tell her that you can see the error of your ways, she is right, all the layouts are futile - in future you intend to spend your recreational time drinking whiskey in a lap dancing club!
(Disclaimer - all advice given freely is void of all warranty, any advice acted upon is entirely at the risk of the user).
Quote from: Tom U on December 06, 2014, 05:29:00 PM
Tell her that you can see the error of your ways, she is right, all the layouts are futile - in future you intend to spend your recreational time drinking whiskey in a lap dancing club!
(Disclaimer - all advice given freely is void of all warranty, any advice acted upon is entirely at the risk of the user).
mmmmmm... A risky ploy don't you think? Even if all layouts are futile!
the other argument to go with nature abhors a vacuum is that you are fighting entropy and chaos by turning a random collection of objects into a cohesive whole.... thus tidying up in the process
Quotein future you intend to spend your recreational time drinking whiskey in a lap dancing club!
Might work out cheaper :D
Quote from: Zakalwe on December 07, 2014, 07:45:40 PM
the other argument to go with nature abhors a vacuum is that you are fighting entropy and chaos by turning a random collection of objects into a cohesive whole.... thus tidying up in the process
Pardon??
by creating a layout you are tidying up
tidying up is reducing entropy
Quote from: Zakalwe on December 07, 2014, 08:34:54 PM
by creating a layout you are tidying up
tidying up is reducing entropy
Pardon??
i.e. reducing the amount of chaos in the house/universe ?
Quote from: joe cassidy on December 07, 2014, 08:56:34 PM
i.e. reducing the amount of chaos in the house/universe ?
When I did my engineering degree I never really got a grip of what entropy and enthalpy were. I always assumed that these words were invented by a physicist to try and explain something they didn't understand.
I always thought that reducing the amount of chaos in the house was keeping SWMBO happy! Still you learn something new every day!