Hello, everybody!

Mavis used to not appeal to me at all.  I have changed now that I have figured out why.

It was that Mavis' sill stripes being alternating black and yellow subconciously reminded me of what I think of as a "lumberjack" shirt.  Now that I have figured out that it is a shirt, I am OK with "her."  Orange and black stripes would not remind me of a lumberjack shirt, but even though I've never seen such a stark yellow in a shirt, such is the way I am.

My office is adjacent to the production supervisor, a lady who does not dress this way in regular life, as evidenced by the times our paths have crossed in supermarkets.  But since she might get into some dirty areas, she wears a "lumberjack" shirt to work.  She is a fine person; she is just no nonsense at work.

Remarks?  Be nice, now.

So now I will get a Mavis.

Mike Nickerson
Tracy, California USA

Hello everybody!

I just received a report in my Yahoo! Group that the buffers on unmodified Thomas stock press against each other on 15" radius track.  Enough to make such sharp curves unusable for layouts where an unmodified train is hauled.

This is a shame.  Thomas stock is often short enough to tempt one to try a micro layout. http://carendt.us

If anybody modified their buffers, how did you do it and why did you pick your method?  Other information on your buffer/coupler discoveries and judgement would be nice, too.

Mike