@MartyE posted:If my recollection is correct it stands for "The Other O Gauge" and is an outdated reference to fans of MTH. I maybe wrong though.
That sounds good. I have been on the forum a while now, and TOOG was before my time here. I always thought it was one of these two:
1) An old timer from the AOL days who showed resistance to new ideas, argued a lot, and did a lot of name calling. This matches Jon's "Thou Shalt Not Question a TOOG."
or
2) The opposite, the new guys with a broader view of the O world and tried to make the forum less divisive. This better matches "The Other O Gauge".
Whatever it meant, it is no longer applicable here. Members of this forum do a great job in keeping thing civil and helping each other, even when they disagree. The moderators also do a great job when someone temporarily forgets themself and shows a little too much emotion.