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Reply to "Blackwater Canyon Line - April 2, 2025, Brick Street Extension Planning"

Mark, the layout looks awesome!  The part where wires are getting pulled is my least favorite.  I was doing plenty of crawling around on my hands and knees on the concrete floor last weekend.  I'm not "old" in the "model railroader" sense, but I'm definitely feeling that concrete floor for a couple days after.  And I still have lots to do.

Jeff

Jeff, Thank you!!!   I bought a new adjustable roll around stool with a nice padded seat this past summer.  I sat on it pulling all the wire.  I did have to twist my neck and use my reading glasses, bifocals, and even got out my old trifocals from before my cataract surgeries; and still sometimes I was going by touch more than sight.  Those Wago connectors with the lever action were a really good thing when I couldn't get the right lens and focal length to see well enough to make a connection!    Now I can sit on the stool with my regular glasses and do the work on my double sided board! 

With losing weight in 2012 I am always sore in the keister.  No padding at all.  With one knee replaced last year, I can only kneel on one knee, and I don't want to blow it out either.  I had trouble in the attic getting Christmas decorations out.  The rolling seat isn't low enough, so I am thinking of finding a small padded creeper to sit on and just leave up there.  My wife has two fake knees, so she can't kneel either.

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