Model Railroading Hobby

A hobby interest that has been in my blood since my age was in the single digits. My parents bought me an American Flyer (brand) train set at that age. I still have that train set today. I like it because it had two rails rather than the non-prototype 3 rail (and larger size) popular Lionel (brand) train sets of that era. Much later I discovered it is considered “S” scale and gage. That was...

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Bad Science

The public knowledge is being overrun and polluted by bad science in the name of entertainment. I am seeing it everywhere and although I can recognize it for what it is, I believe there may be a great number of people, especially our developing youth who don’t recognize it. The entertainment almost always starts out with a “what if?” or “perhaps” and then a “maybe then…” The producers are very careful to not say what...

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SEO Search Engine Optimization

There are a bunch of Bozo’s (the clown) who think being first in a search engine review, to make the top of the list in a search. is the most important objective in writing a blog. They pound me with Spam posts and emails to “help” me obtain that superior status. Guess what? I have no intention or need to style my writing to a bunch of cockamamie format rules because some search engine will...

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Terms and Conditions

I had a customer complain to me because I sent him his order with signature required. He was upset because he would have to go to the post office to sign for the parts. I can understand his dismay. It is a royal PITA when what you expect is to just have it arrive. I had a terms and conditions page that said I would ship with this requirement whenever possible. But somewhere along the...

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