@walt rapp posted:@Mark Boyce talked about listening to music when younger. Juggled my memory
I should have added a comment about that in my post above. When I start my layout in November I drag out all of the CDs and cassettes (yes I still play them even tho' old) and get in the Christmas spirit listing to Christmas tunes. Don't know if this sounds weird but many times I will burn incense of varying flavors to add to the Christmas "feel".
sooooooooooooooooo relaxing. building the layout and enjoying the environment while doing so. Now to me, THAT'S stress relief
- Walt
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One of the first additions I made after I got permission from SWMBO to set up a 'permanent' (non-seasonal) layout in the basement was to mount an LED projector from the overhead joists, project the picture onto the white vinyl waterproofing on the wall (since upgraded to a drop-down screen), and run the audio out to a 100 watt Fender Rumble bass amplifier with 15 inch speaker under the layout. Running a "Sound of Steam" video cribbed from YouTube with the sound cranked up tended to rattle the rolling stock off the tracks, though, so now I mostly just show family videos:
