I am working on some new product ideas for the THMStore. I wrote an article called “Mission Adjustment” I posted in the store itself saying I am developing new products that will be exclusively sold through the store. Reselling (buying wholesale to sell retail) items are not the best way to operate a micro business. There is just not enough profit in low volume to make it worth the effort. Since I will be doing...
Continue reading...He’s Going Loco!
I have recently added a few posts in my THMS Blog. They are mostly about getting back into the Pennsy A3 switcher locomotive project. I started working on that project more than six years ago. I haven’t worked on it at all for thirty five months. That’s just the way it is with a hobby sometimes. My enjoyment is in the construction. Right now I have no plans for building the 3 ½ inch wide...
Continue reading...Technobabble
I like the real meaning of words. Many people use words they don’t fully understand. In speaking one can get away with using similar sounding words inappropriately. However, when writing there (their) is no such luxury. The freedom of easily producing and displaying the printed word is now provided by the advent of cheap computers and electronic publication on the internet. This is a mixed blessing. I have witnessed several Internet exhibitions of a fledgling...
Continue reading...Flying Model Aircraft
I am involved with a few hobbies that are under federal regulation. These include Amateur Radio and recreational aircraft flying. I suppose I could include automobile driving too, but that isn’t a hobby… or maybe it is? These activities existed before there were governmental controls. I only mention that bit of history because it is important to know how government controls are intended to maintain order out of developing chaos. These regulated activities owe their...
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