Ordinarily I wouldn’t belong to any club that would have me as a member, as I believe Groucho once said, but I’d like to make an exception to join the Roundy Runners club. How do I apply? I have three roundy loops, and two of 'em are actually running again.
OH JOHN!!! Have you really thought this thru? Are you really for sure that this is what you want? There are hidden connotations with the RRR group!
There is a rather bizarre initiation ritual. I have scars, both physical and mental.
John im sure once Boomer see this you will be #47. And welcome aboard.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Dang, I’ve forgotten my membership number. Mine is so roundy-round, sometimes I wish I could swivel my neck like an owl. 
John Bouck # 41.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
As Ron predicted John Passaro #47
To complete the membership process John you have to stand next to your layout with a train running and recite the following out loud:
The time has come to have some fun
many laps my trains will run
Bring me donuts, bring me beer
my comfy lawn chair goes right here (point to where you will be sitting)
On a bench or on the ground
I love to watch my trains go roundy round!
At this point John you may have a moment of epiphany. Or not. Some members (only Devon) have reported hearing Angels singing and experience a feeling of euphoria. Either way enjoy running your trains.
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either right before or right after the angles, I can’t remember which, its all fuzzy, is when I received they physical wounds that lead to the aforementioned scaring.
Sticking your fingers in the side-rods and then hitting the throttle while everyone screams “No don’t” does not constitute a ritual scarring ceremony…no matter how many times you do it.
Man was that an ugly day. Never seen anybody go through so many boxes of “Hello Kitty” bandaids so fast.
Boomer K. Founder I.A.R.R.R. said:
Sticking your fingers in the side-rods and then hitting the throttle while everyone screams “No don’t” does not constitute a ritual scarring ceremony…no matter how many times you do it.
Man was that an ugly day. Never seen anybody go through so many boxes of “Hello Kitty” bandaids so fast.
Oh crap. I could have sworn that Ken said that was the way to get in! Now I’ll never get in…(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-embarassed.gif)
I think part of the problem may have been in the order in which things were done. I maybe should not have sampled from the keg car as much as I had before sticking my fingers in the side rods and hitting the throttle.
Devon Sinsley said:
There is a rather bizarre initiation ritual. I have scars, both physical and mental.
Devon, life is like that. It has bizarre initiation rituals, that leave physical and mental scars. But scars heal, and the odd twitch just gives us character. As for mumbling to myself, ah, its no big deal.
Boomer K. Founder I.A.R.R.R. said:
As Ron predicted John Passaro #47
To complete the membership process John you have to stand next to your layout with a train running and recite the following out loud:
The time has come to have some fun
many laps my trains will run
Bring me donuts, bring me beer
my comfy lawn chair goes right here (point to where you will be sitting)
On a bench or on the ground
I love to watch my trains go roundy round!
At this point John you may have a moment of epiphany. Or not. Some members (only Devon) have reported hearing Angels singing and experience a feeling of euphoria. Either way enjoy running your trains.
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I’m honored. I think. I am honored, right?
If it’s okay with you, I’ll substitute ice cream and coke for donuts and beer?
I’ll let you know if it’s a transformational experience.
If you send me my RRR #47 black badge, Devon can teach me how to make it into the signature section.
To qualify as an advanced member, you need to KNOWINGLY leave a train running and go to Home Depot and search for something you know they don’t have, and get half the store personnel to look for it.
That will leave your trains running unattended for several hours.
Crying when you get back does not count.
Greg
John Passaro said:
Boomer K. Founder I.A.R.R.R. said:
As Ron predicted John Passaro #47
To complete the membership process John you have to stand next to your layout with a train running and recite the following out loud:
The time has come to have some fun
many laps my trains will run
Bring me donuts, bring me beer
my comfy lawn chair goes right here (point to where you will be sitting)
On a bench or on the ground
I love to watch my trains go roundy round!
At this point John you may have a moment of epiphany. Or not. Some members (only Devon) have reported hearing Angels singing and experience a feeling of euphoria. Either way enjoy running your trains.
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I’m honored. I think. I am honored, right?
If it’s okay with you, I’ll substitute ice cream and coke for donuts and beer?
I’ll let you know if it’s a transformational experience.
If you send me my RRR #47 black badge, Devon can teach me how to make it into the signature section.
Hey,
I am actually qualified to do that now. Thanks to Joe.
Welcome to the party
John Passaro RRR member #47. Save this like you would any other photo. Don’t just copy the URL though because I will erase it eventually from my freight shed. So save it where ever you store pictures. Under each sub category at the top below the section header you will see the user dash board. Get into your user dash board and you will see forum signature. Open that box. Then just post this picture just like any other with the little mountian thingy. You can also get to the forum signature by way of the settings button at the very top right.
Oh and obviously you will need to resize it.
Got it. Thanks. Now I think my signature pictures are too big. I’ll downsize them later. No time today.
John,
You can size them right in the dashboard signature box. Just click on it to select it, then hook a corner and move at a 45º angle (constrains proportions) until it looks right to you. Then save the changes. The signature box is WYSIWYG (wissy wig). (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Be sure to have someone behind you so that when in my case after you say Roundy Round #46 (in my case) you fall backward and crash to the ground and wake up moments later with 2 45mm rail stripes/initation scars across your back.
P.S. Do not do this near a rail yard, the wife thought the scars were from some wild girlfriend encounter. In my post RR acceptance euphoria, I said no , she knows better that to do that. wrong thing to say.
Need my badge too, Roundy Round # 46. in ok standing since about a month ago