[modeleng] Re: Thoughts on future projects....
- From: "kenny macdougall" <kenny.macdougall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:08:48 -0000
Hi Eric,
I really enjoyed looking at your website,you put a lot of work into all the
nice locos you built. I liked the glass fibre Minis, i hope you continue
enjoying your railway for years to come.
Regards
Kenny
Skye
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric.Walker" <ericwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 4:54 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Thoughts on future projects....
> Kenny, you are still young. I was 69 & a half when I bought my first
> lathe.
> 2 years later I had built a garden railway & was starting my second steam
> engine, I'm just finishing No. 13 & have 3 more to build, then I can get
> on
> with other projects. I still grow all our veg & soft fruit & have a 40ft
> greenhouse. I have slowed down mainly due to my wife being frail &
> assisting
> her.As Phill says train the family, an essential requirement is a
> daughter.
> To see some of the things we have done look at my website. steeeeem.co.uk
>
> E.W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kenny macdougall" <kenny.macdougall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 3:00 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Thoughts on future projects....
>
>
>>I better get my skates on i am 60 on July 3.
>> Kenny
>> Skye
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:49 PM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Thoughts on future projects....
>>
>>
>>> Given reasonable luck, most people are OK until they are around 60-ish
>>> or so.
>>> From then onwards, it is anybodys guess, but at some point, jobs will
>>> take longer and energy decrease.
>>> Everything gets heavier, and small parts shrink in size (or appear to).
>>>
>>> In your specific case, you might be fine until you are much older, but
>>> that is unknown, so for things that require energy etc, doing them as
>>> early as possible makes sense.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16/03/2012 06:16, Phill Smith wrote:
>>>> Hmmmm ....Too Old.....
>>>>
>>>> To old is when you no longer have the drive or physical strength to do
>>>> something any more..... :-) Does that sound right?
>>>
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