quote:Little Giant Ladders, although not as expensive as high end trains, are still pricey. Because of their well-done infomercials, I own three of them.
LOL, Adriatic didn't mention Little Giant Ladders. There certainly are other items of the same ilk. There are high tech saw horses, Fein oscillating tools, jigs for drilling pocket holes, just to name a few items that are not inexpensive. But these things are considered useful, not just toys.
Since you have three of them, I assume you are happy with the ladders 
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I do a lot of climbing around my house. It seems to me, that everything I need to do, is up a tree, or on the roof. As I get older, all large ladders are hard to handle. I have been able to master the Little Giant stuff alone, so I can still get to where I need to be.
My latest purchase was a LG step stool/ladder that I can use around the layout. It's sturdy, and allows me to reach the back of the wider parts of the layout without getting on top.
