Large Scale Central

Really large scale trains

General Discussion
#41

I either use my full name or a screen name that is common on all sites where I don’t use my full name. Most people know both. As for using a real name or not I don’t have an opinion either way. When LSF feels more comfortable maybe he will change his screen name to his real name. It should be his perogative.

One webiste I subscribed to has asked me to change my screen name because it was too close to my email addy. This request was to prevent fishing attacks. I’ll keep it the way it is and use an alternate email addy with that site.
LAO

#42

Wow! Shades of the 90’s. been to busy to keep up the last couple of years, and here I poke around and find this jewel of a thead. Buffy sounds kool can she drive a train?

Hi Larry. I still have to get over to E.Bridgewater to vist my grandkids.

No one would want my ID, It’s old and used.

#43

Real name? Just call me Jack Lazyacre…

#44

Ahhhh, Jack;
Been lookin’ all over for you. I have a bridge to sell you…

#45
Terry A de C Foley said:
You may have noted by now that we all use OUR real names. You will make friends on THIS site by doing the same, and make none by remaining anonymous on this entirely-open forum.

tac
www.ovgrs.org


Um, I don’t, and I won’t. I rather prefer to use my nick, thank you very much. IMO it is the contents of the can that is edible (ie important), not the picture on the label. If you chose not to be friendly over something that trivial, it is YOUR problem, not mine. And if you all really don’t WANT me here because of it, then say so.

#46

What’s in a name?

Well, for starters, comes the responsibility and credibility that goes with using one’s own name. When one has something to hide or to be embarassed about in his response then a forum ‘handle’ is just the ticket the coward uses to attack the unwary and then retreat to hide behind his handle. If one has been around for a while and is commonly referred by his ‘handle’, outside of the forum, then his manner of posting will be obvious, whether he uses his real name or his handle.

I cannot see how identity theft can occur by simply using one’s name. I believe it merely an excuse. It is customary when meeting someone to announce who you are. If one has known the person for a long time and regularly addresses the person by his nickname, then that nickname could easily become his forum name, as they are one and the same and every one knows that there could never be another curmudgeon as the mould was broken many, many years ago. If one is a blushing teenager and wary of using his name on this site, then I suggest possibly migrating to a more suitable forum for one so naive.

#47

Geez, maybe that IS the guys real name…ever thought of that?..:wink:

#48

Actually I am Brian, and so is my wife. Can I go now ?

#49
Rod Hayward said:
Actually I am Brian, and so is my wife. Can I go now ?
Always look at the bright side of life...

Back when the site got “upgraded” I logged back on again, and to my surprise my usuall handle Vsmith got turned into Victor Smith, without me doing anything, I just assumed Bob had converted the database so no one could use a anonymous handle anymore. Dave being the lone exception, but then again I always just thought Daves full name was David Curmudgeon Goodson anyways :smiley:

#50
said:
Is anyone into this hobby of amusement trains? http://users.wildblue.net/steam/ If so where do you get track from, and what is the best way to ballast it? Thanks
http://www.arborwayrailroad.com/

you can check at this site. I’m sure if you contact him he would be glade to answer all your questions for you. They are a great group of people.

Geoff

#51

Just read this post and I’m ashamed of all of you that actually use your own names!! You guys need to grow up already. The original post simply asked for a link for large scale trains and you idiots turned it into a rant on your own personal beliefs!! Read how this post started and you’ll see that you guys are the trolls, lurking, waiting for someone new to come in here, and attacked just because they didn’t use a real “name”. What’s so bad about someone that wants to use a handle other than teir name? I’m on MLS with the nick D&H - kirkville am I “hiding” no i live in Kirkville and my favorite railroad is D&H, So what I can’t post and be responded to because of that ?? Ignore and they go away - Yeah they go away thinking that people in this hobby are half crazed idiots and never will come back. I don’t understand any of your logic as to the difference between a “real” name and a nick… other than it’s just plain silly, stupid, and childish of you that insist on real names.

Maybe you should have asked a little nicer for a name, the way it came across was rude, rude, and rude.

I’m ashamed of you and rthis hobby for your actions

#52

To head this off at the pass, I would be nice to know your real name, but I’m not enforcing it. The only thing that needs to be valid is your email, and I determine that when you sign up.

To quote Sgt Hulka

“Lighten up, Francis”

#53

You’re not wagging us are you, it would be weprehensible and woguish, to be wagged wotten by a wapscallion…

#54

I believe that the forum moderator should allow the person that originally posted a topic (and only the ones THEY have created) to be able to delete, lock, or stop postings from individuals as they see fit, so that rants do not take over topics like what heppend to this one. I have seen this done on other boards and it keeps the riff raff out. Which is what I believe all this talk is about and is the simplist fix for entireties sake!!

If the problem of the past was trolls then this would stop it on the spot, they are just looking for attention, and deleting their post makes it a futile attempt. I think that that would ease the mind of those of you that think everyone out there using a handle instead of their names is here just to mess with you. Squabbling and rantsing will not do that. It only feeds that fire and gives them what they want, look at this sorry topic and you’ll see, the original poster posted 2x and then all this other crap is all for ranting. Personally I was interested in the original topic as well and then to see it go down like this was an extreme dissapointment, over what? a name. come on, weither someone uses a handle or name RESPECT should be given regardless, in a friendly community.

Bob, is that such an unreasonable request to solve problems such as this??

#55
mark Dashnaw said:
I believe that the forum moderator should allow the person that originally posted a topic (and only the ones THEY have created) to be able to delete, lock, or stop postings from individuals as they see fit, so that rants do not take over topics like what heppend to this one. I have seen this done on other boards and it keeps the riff raff out. Which is what I believe all this talk is about and is the simplist fix for entireties sake!!

If the problem of the past was trolls then this would stop it on the spot, they are just looking for attention, and deleting their post makes it a futile attempt. I think that that would ease the mind of those of you that think everyone out there using a handle instead of their names is here just to mess with you. Squabbling and rantsing will not do that. It only feeds that fire and gives them what they want, look at this sorry topic and you’ll see, the original poster posted 2x and then all this other crap is all for ranting. Personally I was interested in the original topic as well and then to see it go down like this was an extreme dissapointment, over what? a name. come on, weither someone uses a handle or name RESPECT should be given regardless, in a friendly community.

Bob, is that such an unreasonable request to solve problems such as this??


Well, Wod, I have we-itewate the wemark of the poster - in my opinion THIS is the weal want!

Would you WEALLY want to wead more like this?

tac

#56

Everyone take a deep breath, step back, and STFU.

I’ve deleted exactly ONE post in the getting-close-to-8-years that LSC has been going, Im not about to start now. Generally, a public “Knock it off” suffices. If it doesn’t, then a private “knock it off or else” email from me does the trick.

#57

Unless I read something wrong. There is a warning on the “General Discussion” forum that reads “You may need a thick skin in here.”

Bob I think your doing a great job and I love this site. ITs the members (all of them) that make or break a site.

Just my 2c worth.

#58

mark,

I appreciate your sentiment. That said, this board is not really for the faint hearted. Most of us, here, have been in professions where your status is judged by how well you hold up when the MP’s are closing is (That is an alliteration). In other words, we are able to tease each other without feeling as though we have been insulted.

You might check out this thread to see the kind of debate that goes on from time to time. I consider each of the contestants to be my friend, even Warren, especially after Bob told Warren that he could no longer call me a moron. :smiley:

#59

To try to answer the OP’s question (if it isn’t too bloody late already). The 1-1/2" scale (7-1/2" and 7-1/4" gauge) and the stuff just a little bigger have a wide variety of sources and materials. One popular source of rail is the aluminum “western” profile made by a company called Cannonball Ltd…For those on a tight budget there is the “Groovy Track” method… basically HRS bar pressed into slotted ties. There are a lot of places listed on Fr Finelli’s www.steamingpriest.com suppliers page.

The park gauges (12"-18" gauge) often use steel rail produced for mine cars. 13# and 16# are fairly easy to find used…or at least they were before the price of scrap went wild. I’d pick up a copy of the Grand Scales Quarterly and check the ads if this is the size you want.

24" gauge and up usually use light full sized rail…try industrial salvage yards.

Track is usually free floating on crushed limestone ballast, just like full sized practice.

(But some of you can feel free to ignore this post, and go find the info your own selves since I didn’t sign my full real name)

#60

Quote - “I believe that the forum moderator should allow the person that originally posted a topic (and only the ones THEY have created) to be able to delete, lock, or stop postings from individuals as they see fit, so that rants do not take over topics like what heppend to this one. I have seen this done on other boards and it keeps the riff raff out. Which is what I believe all this talk is about and is the simplist fix for entireties sake!!”

Have we seen this sentiment pass this way some time ago when a moron could not get his own way? It is reasoning like this that leads to loss of freedom. When one posts on an open forum one must be willing to take a knock on the chin occasionally. The ability to delete or edit a post other than by a moderator, is nothing short of censorship. Maybe Mark’s real name is Gerry, or maybe a clone?