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| The Reason for the Season, December 13, 2012: From Hawaii |
| 2013-12-13 |
| In a situation where resistance is vital, you usually keep your head down and keep quiet. But that is what the enemy wants. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #15 Gosh I never realized how many 'burgers are "exactly" my age. USN Ret, Xmas 1950 was my "2nd" Xmas....by one day. I was 1 day old for 1949. My train loving son wanted HO rather than the Lionel cause he was much more into the scenery and layout. Took too much room to build a mountain for the Lionel. Beso, I'll have to dig out the bottle; then we'll see. ;^) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-12-13 18:00 |
| #14 AlanC: Three for one.... my unused Viagree for your Lionel smoke tabs, but I've got to have the bottle. Label must be mint, or no deal. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-13 15:34 |
| #13 So everybody line up to slap me: Dad bought me a 1950 set for my first Christmas and at the wise old age of 17 I gave it away. he never said anything, but Mom told me that I hurt him more than his heart attacks. I and Mrs. Ret. got one for number 1 Grandson 5 years ago and every year we add to it. For this year, I am giving number 1 son my Erector set, rescued from 40+ years of Michigan barn storage and assorted dirt/rodent droppings. Each piece was hand washed by me and the electric motors still work. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-12-13 15:32 |
| #12 Ship, still got a couple of the boxes but the condition isn't great. Still got the manual and the bottle of smoke pellets and the little tamper. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-12-13 15:12 |
| #11 It's still on my Christmas list, heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-12-13 15:11 |
| #10 I was an HO gauge fan. The best locomotive I saw was a beautiful brass Pacific Fast Mail Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab forward. Saving up my money but never could buy it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-12-13 14:56 |
| #9 I bought my first Lionel train set when I was lad of 42. Best gift ever for a kid (of any age). |
| Posted by: GORT 2013-12-13 14:33 |
| #8 About 18 bucks for a replacement missile, alan. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-12-13 14:26 |
| #7 Still got any of the boxes? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-12-13 13:24 |
| #6 Lucky Grand-kid! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-12-13 10:28 |
| #5 Still got'em all. Going to a grand-kid pretty soon. Ditto ;-) |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-13 09:36 |
| #4 Oh jeez, Beso, does this open up the sentimental closet of reminiscences. That picture could be of me right down to the silver-rain (aka tinsel) on the tree. RJ, that could have been my story too. Sounds like we're the same age give or take a few months. The last cars I got were the Missle Launcher and the Exploding Boxcar. Anyone else remember them? Unfortunately the missle, as well as several of the barrels for the barrel car, fell prey to the pooch. Still got'em all. Going to a grand-kid pretty soon. Merry Early Xmas to all the 'burg. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-12-13 09:31 |
| #3 Got a true story about Lionel Trains, my father got me one for Christmas 1954, when he got home and unpacked it, there was no engine, so in desperation he called the owner of the local Sears Roebuck (Where he bought it), the man agreed to meet him at the store and when he got there he reached into the display and picked up a Mallet,(Very expensive engine) gave it to dad and said "Merry Christmas", with a big grin. Dad was shocked, the engine was easily worth the entire trainset, dad said every time I crashed the engine ,he'd wince, Me, I knew nothing about it (4 years old) he told me the story years later. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-12-13 09:00 |
| #2 Hokey smokes, Lionel Trains were expensive! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-12-13 07:49 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-13 07:23 |