tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051334984635732734.post5232421700613339977..comments2023-05-22T09:10:08.031-05:00Comments on Northwest to Southern Cross: My Modeling History - Part 1 - The BN YearsLancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599893908388954916noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051334984635732734.post-31272893156455101512009-11-25T02:10:13.977-06:002009-11-25T02:10:13.977-06:00Now it makes sense. About an hour after my last co...Now it makes sense. About an hour after my last comment I wondered if I was way 'off track' (sorry!)and it had nothing to do with operations whatsoever and was merely referring to that time when all great decisions are made...mostly??!! Not that much different from the Friday Night Ramblers really, often much rambling to be had and little modelling. thanks Lance.Gary Lakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827189280938138636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051334984635732734.post-24453369787711872952009-11-24T21:55:34.595-06:002009-11-24T21:55:34.595-06:00Ahhh...now I got it. Not a railroad term at all....Ahhh...now I got it. Not a railroad term at all...apparently a group that gets together, runs some trains and then sits around and has a few <br />"sips" of adult beverages (probably some of that good southern sippin' whiskey).....well I guess it could be considered a railroad term....all the rails I've known over the years have done their share of sipping.<br /><br />Blair and I belong to a loose group of modelers that call themselves the "Thursday Night Jazz and Pie Club"....after our meeting night, our background music and what we ate after we finished railroading for the night.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11599893908388954916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051334984635732734.post-46125555889334160222009-11-24T05:38:14.916-06:002009-11-24T05:38:14.916-06:00Not your mistake Lance, sorry if I caused a panic ...Not your mistake Lance, sorry if I caused a panic attack ;-). Was looking at a site the other day "The Sipping and Switching Society of North Carolina" A HO module club that get together at exhibitions and put together BIG layouts with the members own modules. Unless I misread it and it was 'shipping'???Gary Lakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827189280938138636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051334984635732734.post-92032897778128152582009-11-24T00:38:48.605-06:002009-11-24T00:38:48.605-06:00Hi Gary,
Don't remember ever hearing the term ...Hi Gary,<br />Don't remember ever hearing the term "sipping"....maybe if I knew the context in which it was used (I searched frantically to see If it was something I wrote and just misspelled...didn't find it)Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11599893908388954916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051334984635732734.post-3606503316960118922009-11-19T02:45:23.905-06:002009-11-19T02:45:23.905-06:00They may not look much Lance but they were the cat...They may not look much Lance but they were the catalyst for bigger things - NSW things!!! I would keep a special place for at least one of them in the train room to remind me of where it all started!!<br /><br />PS What is "sipping" in US railway speak???Gary Lakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827189280938138636noreply@blogger.com