Are you on OGR when you should be working on the layout.

Rockstars1989 Yes I should be working on the layout but I have an excuse. I just got my right foot operated on [I had A titanium piece down my leg and up my foot put in A week ago. this sugar is kicking my ***.] Where I am at on the layout I'm laying track in A tunnel area so I don't have the second level up yet in that area. It is hard to stand on one foot for to long and even harder to get the wheelchair in there I already got trains and buildings from the old layout on shelves under their. Lately I have been on here A lot getting [steeling] ha-ha A lot of good ideas from everyone to make my layout even better. Thank you everyone for sharing your pictures and advice. As they say [whoever they are] imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Take care and thanks everyone. Choo Choo Kenny

Why feel "guilty?"  This is a hobby not a compulsion.  Spend as little or as much time as you want on your layout.  Moderation is a healthy thing.

Peace, brother!

Some....maybe.....but I check the OGR Forum while I watch TV....so I'm multi-tasking!!!

My layout is right below the kids room so once they're in bed that's pretty much the end of running the trains or doing any work that involves a lot of noise. Good to have this and YouTube videos at those times. 

nope I work on the layout then post on here

 

I solved that Conundrum years ago….I invented the Forum Gondola.
With all the great information available on the Internet- no layout should be without  one…LOL




K.C.

If you HAVE to work on something it's no longer a hobby, but a job.

Sometimes yes. When I see some of these hi tech guys/gals post information on a subject that I'm interested in.  I will start a word folder and do a lot of copy and paste to keep the information handy. Even going back and doing a search for more posts on that subject. Sometimes I get a little carried away with that.

To me the OGR forums are another way to enjoy the hobby and get educated about its many facets.

 

Pete

I'm not on OGR while I should be working on my layout. I'm on OGR while I'm waiting for either of my two adult children to vacate the house so I can have a layout again. They are nice to have around however, so i'm OK either way......for now. 

I try to allocate time in first thing in the morning for the Forum. Never interferes with working on the layout.

Yes.

I don't see how you can be GUILTY of not working on a layout. Once it ceases to be fun, it shouldn't be your hobby. And almost a sure way to make something not be fun is to HAVE to do it.

 

Gerry

 

OR, are you on the OGR when you should be working, period!

I consider it part of the hobby.

What layout???

Would be working right along if we had one these days...

 

Well if you're retired, does it really matter? 

Amen to that..thinking of it as a nagging task leaves me cold. I may as well work as a greeter at Walmart. 

I usually check on OGR in the morning before leaving for work, on break and lunch, after leaving the first job while waiting to punch in at the second job, or when winding down to go to sleep so for me my answer is no, I'm not. Any free time I do get I try to work on it even it's only a half hour, any time less takes me too long to find everything to even get started on it, then I have to get it picked up so the pooch doesn't get into something he shouldn't.

I am on far too often but it is great to be retired and do what I want, when I want, and as often as I want.  Now off to mow the yard.

 

Art

Yup

I have learned so much on this forum about model/toy trains and related subjects over the past 13 years that I would have to say that the time I have spent here has been time well spent.  Everything I have learned has been incorporated into my layout or the trains that run on it. 

Sometimes, but most often its a break.  I like to "vary the menu" of my train hobby -work in the workshop on a project for a while, work on the layout for a while, run trains for a while, etc.  The forum is sort of one thing I just like to cycle through.  I do like to bookend the day with the forum now, and today is an example: I did some work on my fantasy ATSF 6-4-4-4 -- it is in primer now and drying overnight, and I'm done in the workshop for today.

On OGRF when I should be working period.

No . . . well sometimes . . . I won't be on long, I'm just going to read a few posts . . . Wow, where did the last hour go?   Maybe I'll work on the layout tomorrow.

 

Bob

Yes, way to much time. But I also don't want my layout to become a demanding chore. I want it to be fun and relaxing.

Just saw Jim Policastro's name on another forum and it reminded me of a sign he claims to have posted as you enter his railroad area...

 

"I did all this while you were watching TV"

 

...or such.

 

Pithy.....very pithy.

 

Sez it all.

 

KD