| | Any electric train hobbiest out there? | | My husband was insistant that we get a train to go around the Christmas tree. I did a little research and found that the idea size is the O scale train. They aren't cheap. Anyway, after searching online, we ended up going to Hobby Lobby and finding a $200+ Lionel electric train set for $100! It just so happens to be an O scale:) It was a little more than I planned to spend (we walked out with 36 cents in our pockets)lol, but overall I am very pleased. It seems that my husband is even more thrilled with our purchase than I am, and now wants to turn it into his new hobby. I was just wondering what we need to know before purchasing accessories such as more cars. I would think that we could add any O scale buildings, trees,people,etcIf anyone can add to this topic it would be great. Just any little thing you may know about train sets would be helpful.I can see already that this is going to be even more expensive than his video gaming hobby.lol | |
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| some brain bending Q's and answers for it.. Must read it.. | | Question 1: What gets bigger as you take more out of it?Answer: A hole, brainiac!Question 2: You are traveling on an electric train north. The wind is headed south, against you. You make two 45 degree left-turns. The wind doesn't change directions, and the track doesn't twist. When you're about to stop at your destination, what direction is the smoke from the train blowing, if the wind speed is stronger than the train's speed?Answer: Nowhere. An electric train doesn't blow steam.Question 3: You and your family drive from your home in South Carolina (which is a state on the east coast for those of you who aren't familiar with the location of states in our country) to the beach. That takes you about an hour, as you don't live too far away. You and your family sit on the beach, waiting for the sunset. It doesn't come. There is nothing blocking your view of the ocean. You don't look the other way or close your eyes. There isn't some once-in-a-blue-moon eclipse or something that is affecting the sunset. Why don't you see it?Answer: The sun sets in the west for those of you checking your compases.Here's just some jokes:... | |
| | What is your favorite Christmas Memory? | | Mine happened when I was 8 years old. My dad was living in Massachusetts and I flew out there to see him for Christmas Break. Believe it or not, I still believed in Santa Clause back then. My grandpa, who lived with my dad..."video taped" Santa Clause coming down the chimney and putting gifts under the tree. He even left a message for me on the tape telling me I was such a good girl that year. They even went so far as to put soot footprints on the floor around the fireplace. I know it sounds cheesy...but its seriously my favorite memory. | |
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| On giving and receiving | | We have this saying that it is better to give than to receive. There are researches that say being at the giving end could be as destructive as being at the receiving end. Being at the receiving end, you tend to be lazy, dependent, loss of self respect and have this belief that we owe them charity. To the giving end, they tend to have this superiority complex that somebody depend on them, and a means to self gratification thereby losing the essence of giving as making somebody as the target and not the self. How can we make this giving and receiving an enobling and gratifying act? | |
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| puzzle 3 | | an electric train is travelling towards north west direction at a speed of 200 miles per hour and wind is blowing againts the train with a velocity of 50 miles per hour try to guess the direction traced by the smoke emmited by the train | |
| | Question and Answer Christmas Jokes | | Question and Answer Christmas JokesQ: What do elves learn in school?
A: The Elf-abet!Q: What's the most popular wine at Christmas?
A: "I don't like sprouts"!Q: If athletes get athletes foot, what do astronauts get?
A: Missletoe! Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A: Frostbite. Q: Why was Santa's little helper depressed?
A: Because he had low elf esteem. Q: Why does Santa have 3 gardens?
A: So he can ho-ho-ho. Q: Where do polar bears vote?
A: The North Poll. Q: What do you get when you cross an archer with a gift-wrapper?
A: Ribbon hood. Q: Why do birds fly south for the winter?
A: Because it's to far to walk.Q: What was wrong with the boy's brand new toy electric train set he received for Christmas?
A: Forty feet of track - all straight! Q: What kind of bird can write?
A: A PENguin.Q: How does Al Gore's household keep Christmas politically correct?
A: On Christmas morning, they give the presents TO the tree.Q: What do you call a cat on the beach at Christmas time?
A: Sandy Claus!Q: How do sheep in Mexico say Merry Christmas?
A: Fleece Navidad!Q: What nationality is Santa... | |
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| its riddle time? | | i thought it would be fun to have a discussion where someone posts a riddle, then others try to guess at it, and we can set time limits for the answer say 2 hour.
to begin here's one:
An electric train is traveling NW at 50 km/hour, while wind is blowing SE at 50 miles per hour. which direction the smoke blow? | |
| | Brain Teaser #1 | | If an electric train is going 150 miles per hour North and the wind is blowing with the same speed to south, which way does the smoke blow?^_^ | |
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