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You guys are a barrel of laughs. David...those photos of your 2-8-0 are super!! From what I can see you have a really nice start on your layout. Take you time with it and don't rush. If you get frustrated with it walk away and come back to it another day. Yes, I am having all kinds of fun with my new Bachman. Yes, I will post more photos of my layout. About the little old Polish lady thing...yes, I am pure Polish. My mom was streight off the boat and I suppose I picked a lot of that up from her. One thing I say all the time that makes my wife crazy is that I say, "I barrowed him the money." Instead of saying, "I loaned him the money." She is constantly correcting me....it really drives her crazy. She always says, "NO, you LOANED him the money, he BARROWED the money."
(Slow's wife: Yes, it is true, it makes me nuts when he says that. I'm constantly correcting him. When Mike's mom was alive and we'd go visit her, I'd spend an hour with her and walk out talking like a little old polish lady. I'd walk out and open my mouth to speak and it with come out all Polish. I'd be like, "Who said that? That couldn't have come out of my mouth!! I don't talk like that!!..it's really contagious so I can understand how growing up in his home could influence the way that he speaks greatly. And his dad was streight off the boat as well so I guess he couldn't help picking it up.)
Yeah, it was impossible not to pick it up. My friends used to make fun of me all the time. But that don't mean I'm stupid. At least I never got my tounge stuck to a flag pole during the winter.
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