paul 2 posted:Last night got a call from one of the guys from the Tuesday night crew asking if he and a couple of the other guys could come over to see my layout. I said yes so for the next three days I will be cleaning up so there will be some moving around space in my worlds of chaos
Paul,
At least you have the time. A pal of mine who is conducting his own mass experiment in chaos theory (with a model railroad as the basis) got a call from a group of people who wanted to come by and see the layout that evening. He said he took around, knew there was NO way he was going to get stuff cleared away as he described it as “looking like ISIS had just attacked the layout” and presented it as an ‘it is what it is’ situation. He was shocked how well it was taken by those who showed up, as I guess anyone can relate to that.
As for me, a local group does a day-long layout tour in the general area. I’ve gone the last few years to check out everyone else’s stuff. I’d contacted the people running that, asking if they’re want me layout if I could swing it. They jumped at the chance, but I had to remind them I had some issues I needed to figure out. First, that’s my father-in-law’s birthday (they live about an hour south of us). My wife was okay with that as just her and her sisters go down there for that anyway (I don’t mind her parents, they’re actually good folks). Then, I’d be there all day ALONE. I wouldn’t be able to work the door if I’m in that back room with the layout, and wouldn’t be able to keep track of anyone between the door and the layout room. I’m VERY uncomfortable with that part. Third, there’s my aging Dachshund. He is hard of hearing and while I could put him in his kennel in our bedroom at the other end of the house, if he suspected people were in the house while he was kenneled, he’d probably start whining and howling. Still not sure how this is going to go, if at all…
