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    Hal: I know your pain. Working hard for these posts just to have them seemingly ignored can be frustrating. I work my butt off to create the things I do. Sure, I have fun creating, but I also enjoy acknowledgement by my contemporaries. I have a few followers. You must remember, we are appealing to a very small audience, relative to the world's population. Most folks are here to talk trains. You and I are offering alternatives to trains, and, perhaps, what we are offering is just not their cup of tea, so-to-speak. Hang in there. Keep your head down, keep posting. Throw it all against the wall, something will stick. Bob Severin (I think you may be getting a feel of who I am, my friend.)

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    Hi Harold,
    Remember me? I too, would be considered a senior citizen since I'm 66, but really don't feel that old. Anyway, I too, have enjoyed your posts and looking back, I've responded to quite a lot of them. I was disappointed in your last few posts in your "favorite forum member" thread. Just a little too coarse for me. Maybe you were having a bad day or something, I don't know. I also realize that you are into many things including astronomy and are a musician. Both are admirable avocations. Nice photo of your family from a couple of years ago. I too, am a family man with 3 grown kids with their own families now, and 9 grandkids. I would like to see you stay on the forum and am hopeful that youy future posts will be less offensive and more positive. By the way, Harold is my middle name. Have a great weekend.

    Vern

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    He doesn't want any "Damn PM's!"
    He turned it off. No need to be friends to send a PM if it is on it will show, if it is off it won't show.

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    Hal, I wanted to send you a private message, but couldn't find out how. I think we need to be "friends" to private message each other. For what it's worth, I like your posts. They inspire others to offer a lot of commentary and responses. I'm not going to offer a lecture about changing your ways or anything like that. I was angry for most of my life, and didn't take **** from anyone. I would fight, verbally or physically at the drop of a hat. A couple of years ago, I had an altercation with a guy in a Lowes parking lot. As I approached him, I saw he was huge. I mean almost seven feet tall and approaching 350 pounds. He said something to me that finally made me stop and think. He simply said,"Watch out OLD MAN", you're stepping into something you won't come out of. I did stop, and thought, what the hell am I doing? I'm 68 years old, not 28 or even 40. I am an old man, and it's time I realized that fact.

    I haven't been truly angry since that day.

    Heck Hal, this is just an internet forum. A place to relax and have fun. I know you do have fun here, and your posts sure bring fun to many others. Why not lose the anger, and just have some more fun? I'll miss you if you go, and if you do, I bid you well. And, i hope you enjoy yourself without getting pissed at everyone who tries to offer some alternative outlooks for you.

    Bob Severin

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    Hey Hal,

    Nice photos of your band. Do you play country music? This is a real long shot, but have you ever heard of a Billy Bontempo from Hesperia? He's a keyboard player I knew back in the early 1990s when I lived in Escondido. Anyway, you seem to be a man of many parts. Keep up the good work!

    Vern

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    HEY PAUL,

    I'm currently in the process of expanding my layout, and I have to wait for the extra track to be shipped before I can install it and take pictures...so it may be next month (August) when I can send pictures.

    HAL

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    Hal,
    Could you please post some pics of your layout as cannot remember where they were posted! They slapped me back to reality regarding my own layout and the direction I want to go with it!

    Thanks, Paul

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    I was so surprised that someone in the US is I to G & S! I'm a big fan myself. Do you see people performing it there? I also love Opera. If you ever get a chance to come to Europe try to get a visit in to Riga, Latvia. It's a small EU country on the Baltic coast. Cheap flights are easy to come by. The reason is that they have great Opera company and stage many Operas throughout the year, but the big thing is tickets are dirt cheap, I guess it's supported by the government. In the UK you'd maybe be looking at a couple of hundred dollars for the cheapest seats at the Royal Opera House. I went a few years ago and saw Verdi's Nabucco and it was fantastic. You can listen to recordings but there is nothing like being at a live performance.
    Anyway, hers the link: http://www.opera.lv/lv/
    We're very lucky in the UK having the D'Olyle Carte Opera Company who put on great performances of G & S.

    Regards

    John.
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