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Bob and Jim, good stories and sage advice. Thus far, the bulk of the work I've done has been in the evening...TV stinks anyway...but the last couple of years I've just been pooped after work, and I am already maxed out on Java by evening.

I am reminded of the late John Armstrong...interviewed by Allen Keller along with his layout tour. John's layout was 50+ years in the making, having started it when he was younger, working on it through the years, and it still wasn't done when he passed away. But, in John's case, he admitted he never would finish a scene since scenery wasn't his thing. Someone once commented that his basement was like walking through a maze...it was a fantastic layout from the video tour despite not being finished.

Hopefully, I'll make it to retirement, but waiting to then to build a layout is kind of like hoping to win the lottery big-time; from the standpoint of still being alive and from the hope/expectation that savings/pension/401 haven't been pilfered by the financial institutions that we trust. There's no time like the present, and busy people are usually the ones who get things done. Now, for my 2nd cup of Joe for the day. 

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