Another work in progress... (off topic)

[Bruce Kershaw]

Probably should have had a kid or two when we were young

[Bruce Kershaw]

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[capt jake]

That is pretty cool!  8)  My Aunt has something (not near as elaborate) like that around her kitchen.  I have always wanted to do that.  thanks for sharing.

[Greg Luckett]

Ray, he needed to practice some skills first. ;D

Good job by the way.  Really neat!

[Ken_Potts]

  Cool train.  I've threatened to do something like that but haven't actually gotten there.

  I've wondered about the seven mile bridge.  It seems to me like abandoned real-estate that nobody owns (aren't there sections that are no longer connected to land?).  Maybe I have an opportunity to do a little homesteading...

[Konrad]

That's nice and all, but I have a question:  Why are the tracks all within 16" of the ceiling?  ???

[Pepe]

Nice work!

I had similar projeckt couple years ago. I have h0 scale trains, whitch I play when I was kid.

I needed table to livingroom, so I had idea....

[Greg Luckett]

Shucks, Pepe, I am 57 and still like playing with trains..... when my kids and grand kids will let me. ;D

[Bruce Kershaw]

Beautiful, Pepe!

Hey, Konrad... DUCK!

Get it?

[Bruce Kershaw]

I've wondered about the seven mile bridge.  It seems to me like abandoned real-estate that nobody owns (aren't there sections that are no longer connected to land?).  Maybe I have an opportunity to do a little homesteading...

There are a few sections of the old bridges that were left as fishing piers. I don

[Ken_Potts]

  So my question remains - Does anybody own the unconnected sections or can I homestead there? 

  There's probably plenty of fish to eat hanging around the pilings and I can launch newly built boats with a pretty simple crane.  The wife won't complain about living conditions 'cause she doesn't exist.

  The biggest problem I'd have is ripping lumber without electricity but I could probably recruit the occasional hippy for horsepower...

  Oh wait.  There's hurricanes too, huh?

[Frank Hagan]

That's nice and all, but I have a question:  Why are the tracks all within 16" of the ceiling?   ???

Those are really big trains!

[Charlie Jones]

on the old 7 mile bridge.

Some time ago some refugees landed on the bridge base of one of the unattached sections. You may not be aware of but but there's a rule that if refugees haven't touched US soil they can be taken back to the country they came from with no hearing, but should they touch foot on US soil, they must be given hearings.

INS and the Coast Guard stated that those bridge left overs WEREN'T US soil since they we NOT attached in any way to the mainland, and prepared to haul the refugees back to (Haiti I believe) where they came from.

The courts overruled that, saying OF COURSE that's the U.S. and U.S. laws apply. The refugees stayed and had their hearings.

There were some pot smokers who were aa bit disappointed also, cause they figured if it wasn't U.S. ground, then they could use it as a doper haven. Didn't work for them either. ;D

[Craig]

In Key West why would the dopers worry?  :-\

[Bruce Kershaw]

A few years ago,  (Pre-9/11, I think.) the crew from a Cuban patrol boat (Coast Guard, if I remember right.) decided to defect.  They crossed the straits  to Key West. Tied up at the docks. Walked into town, armed (Afraid to leave their guns on the boat, they said.) and in full uniform.  Not knowing what to do when no one confronted them, they surrendered to a bartender.

If this is an urban legend, The media really screwed up because they presented it as fact.

Key West really can be that weird. I can picture no one on the street giving these guys a second glance.