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Thread Number: 86943
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
N + 1 Principle: Collecting Appliances |
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| Post# 1115123 4/20/2021 at 07:51 (1,101 days old) by sprog (Boston) | ||
From a colleague:
For collecting old appliances: the correct number to own is n + 1, where "n" is the current number (i.e. there's always another). Caveat: the equation must be rewritten if one has a partner as s - 1, where "s" is the number of appliances that will result in separation from your partner. I have to admit, membership in AWORG has uncovered a whole new world of "+ 1" scenarios. Just this morning I saw Adam's wonderful post on his Westinghouse dryer and thought I would love to have one of those... "+ 1". I'm fortunate that my wife is extremely tolerant of my vintage appliance tinkering. | ||
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Post# 1115128 , Reply# 1 4/20/2021 at 09:41 (1,101 days old) by swestoyz  (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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I'm fortunate that my wife is extremely tolerant | ||
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Post# 1115166 , Reply# 4 4/20/2021 at 18:31 (1,101 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Mike; re trains
I love model trains ever since I got my first trainset when I was around 3 or 4. Had my little Triang setup on the ping pong table in the basement which I'd add to as I could with birthday and Xmas presents. Along with a Motoriffic roadway I begged for. In 1966 when I was 11 my mom took me and my sister to England to visit relatives and we stayed with an uncle just outside of London. One particular day he took us to Alton Towers and I'm thinking "oh another boring old grand estate sort of place. The surprise was that inside this grand mansion in the country held was at that time the worlds largest model train setup. It was wonderful. I'd never seen such a thing, dozens of trains running through this gigantic setup all controlled by some sort of electrical timing setup. You could view all the gears etc controlling everything like the switches, the lighting in the room, in all the little villages. The model trainset is gone now apparently and the all the lands surrounding the mansion is a huge theme park. There are youtube videos of it in its heyday if you haven't seen it. The other really memorable thing to me about that trip was when we left London for Newcastle to visit more relatives we were at the station and to my delight we were going on the Flying Scotsman. I was thrilled about. I still have a few pieces of my old Triang set left as I'd given most of it away to a neighbor kid before I left home.. Mom stopped me before it all went and kept them for me until we moved back here in 06.. Anyways I could go on and on... Perhaps you could post a few pics of your setup or email some to me. I'd love to see it. THe stuff today is amazing.
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Post# 1115245 , Reply# 6 4/21/2021 at 13:23 (1,100 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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The Motorific car set was made by Mattel in the 60s. The cars ran on two AA batteries with removeable body shells, motors, etc so you could mix and match. It was a single lane slot with chicanes, brickwalls etc..There were numerous different sized kits. Triang also made a somewhat similar thing called Minic Motorways but I never recall seeing it for sale over here. It had two electric slots and was more of an urban setting with cars, buses, trucks etc. Another interesting thing I found out was that when we lived in Vancouver there was a Siemens monorail built on the Expo 86 site. After the expo it was dismantled and sold to Alton Towers where it's still apparently running.
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Post# 1115298 , Reply# 7 4/22/2021 at 00:18 (1,100 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT) |
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Hey Thanks for the shout out Sprog | ||
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Post# 1115322 , Reply# 9 4/22/2021 at 08:33 (1,099 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Faller
The Faller set looks a bit like the Motorific set, but it was totally different. The Faller tracks had two power strips in the tracks and the whole set had to be connected to a transformer. We had a set more or less similar to the one in the picture. The tracks and the connectors in the cars had to be cleaned regularly and there were some reliability issues. My car was a Cadillac convertible I believe from 1964.
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| Post# 1115331 , Reply# 10 4/22/2021 at 12:50 (1,099 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Sweet Louis! You can see more like these on "Marklinusers.net" forum under the collection's subject threads. | ||
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Post# 1115333 , Reply# 11 4/22/2021 at 13:46 (1,099 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1115610 , Reply# 13 4/26/2021 at 05:50 (1,096 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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I haven't looked at model trains in ages, but when I was young my father found Fleischmann and Trix more natural looking than Märklin.
My older brother is the expert in the family. Here are a few examples of the things he has built in the past. These videos were filmed by someone else at conventions. My brother has won several prizes. These are replica's of historical sites. The small village in the second video never had a railway connection, but there were plans in the past. That video shows how it could have been. | ||
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