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  I would like to extend on behalf of the OGR families and crew to each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!    OGR gives thanks for our readers, advertisers, and sponsors for their support of our magazine and forum.    May all of you have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season with your friends and loved ones.  

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  I would like to extend on behalf of the OGR families and crew to each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.    OGR gives thanks for our readers, advertisers, and sponsors for their support of our magazine and forum.    May all of you have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season with your friends and loved ones.   57819B26-43CC-45F9-B9DB-B82E69ACC7AF9F9E6057-5CBF-4BA3-BBF9-480ABAB01CAC

Happy Holidays to you as well Alan, thank you. Hope these images of o gauge model trains warms everyone’s heart. 

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Had to do some grocery shopping this morning - a dreary, rainy day in NE Pennsylvania (but they are predicting snow for Christmas Eve). So to get a little Christmas feel, I tuned the Sirius radio in the car to Holiday Traditions... lots of Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, and the like. Every so often, they run some "holiday memories" - things like clips from old Christmas movies. Well, one of the memories was something almost everyone on this Forum would recognize. It was undoubtedly the sound of a post war steamer running on tubular track. You could hear that sort of grinding that I remember when you blew the whistle. And you could hear the clicking of the e-unit when the train stopped and reversed. Amazing how just the sounds could bring back so many memories of my first train.

May you all have a peaceful and merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a healthy and train filled New Year

Hope all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

This was sent to me and thought I would share

Holiday Eating Tips

 

1.  Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit.  In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.

 

2.  Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly.  Like fine single-malt scotch, it's rare. In fact, it's even rarer than single-malt scotch.  You can't find it any other time of year but now.  So drink up!  Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip?  It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something.  It's a treat.  Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!

 

3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy.  Gravy does not stand alone.  Pour it on.  Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes.   Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano.  Repeat.

 

4.  As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass.  Why bother?  It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.

 

5.  Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free.  Lots of it.  Hello?

 

6.  Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's.  You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do.  This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.

 

7.  If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention.  They're like a beautiful pair of shoes.  If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.

 

8.  Same for pies. Apple.  Pumpkin. Mincemeat.  Have a slice of each.  Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin.  Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert?  Labor Day?

 

9.  Did someone mention fruitcake?  Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost.  I mean, have some standards.

 

10.  One final tip:  If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention.  Reread tips; start over, but hurry.  January is just around the corner.

 

Remember this motto to live by:

 

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming,"'WOO HOO!  What a ride!"

Thanks Alan!

And Merry Christmas you, your family and all the great friends I have met here on the number one forum for model railroaders!

Once again at this time of year please keep all of our Soldier, Sailors. Airmen and Marines who are far from home and especially those in harms way in your thoughts and prayers during this special time of the year.

Take Care,

Richard Gonzales 

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