"The Balancing Act" on Lifetime TV did a bathroom make over show at our house. I was the comic relief part of the show. While my wife and the host worked I played with my trains. Anyway you can see some of my layout on the show. http://www.thebalancingact.com..._segment.php?id=1032
It was a win, win deal, they hired our production company to film the show.


Don

Very cool.

We need a whole show on his layout! Expand it to full screen and then you can rewind and pause the train part!

Super!

Very cool!

Mike

Thanks for sharing that bit.
By the way, a dark brown or black skirting on the bottom of your layout will really make the layout stand out and pop.
Who knew you could get great advice from a bathroom make-over show!

Andrew

That is so cool!

I'm sending the link to my wife so she'll believe me when I tell her she can re-decorate her bathroom without putting me through hoops.

Nice layout and bathroom.

I might have made a mistake by showing it to my wife. She doesn't like the bathroom color in the house that we bought recently.

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Originally posted by WwWebFlyer:
Nice layout and bathroom.

I might have made a mistake by showing it to my wife. She doesn't like the bathroom color in the house that we bought recently.

Well Roger, from the video it appears the remedy to that is to have her paint it while you run the railroad!

Thanks guys. I must say I have a job I never get tired of. We filmed Tigers all morning. Thanks again everyone. Don

Very nice piece!

She paints while he plays trains. That's a delicate Balancing Act.

I will be showing this to the wifey, If you do hear from me again. . .




John P

WOW!!! What a great level of understanding and relationship. Wife says, "I don't think so, he's in the train room." This is total clarity and wisdom.

How did you do that?!?!?!?!?

Congratulations. Can't beat playing with trains while your wife paints the bathroom.
I showed the video to my wife and she assured me that that's not going to happen at our house.

Andy

Wow, I'm waiting for some info on that cat picture. I thought they don't like water. I see that I was wrong. It looks like they don't like soundmen! Uh,ohh, that's me too! Joe

Hi Joe, Tigers love water, most cats don't. We have been filming these cats for year. Their trainer and I were in the cage with this cat's grandmother when she was born. The film is really something to see. It was amazing that she wasn't bothered by us being in the small cage with her when she gave birth to four tiny cubs. Thanks Don

Don, that's a breathtaking shot!!! WOWOWOWOW!!, nice kitty, Joe

The reason my wife is so understanding about my railroad is her Dad worked for Southern Pacific most of his life. It helps to marry a railroad gal. Don

Don:

You have opened a whole new career opportunity for yourself, wife training for the model railroad enthusiast. Just kidding. Very nice feature and I wish we had seen more of your layout.

Don, great trains too! Joe

Lovely home, lovely (and handy) spouse, varied and interesting career, and trains to play with on a great layout. Life doesn't get much better than that, does it, Don?

Now get working on getting that layout in our magazine!

Yes Sir, your Editor-in-Chief ship. I just need to finish my ice house and reefer service area. Then it will happen. Thanks for the kind words.


My layout video, watch in HD please: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8__pRxVSyyw

Sounds like a good plan to me, Don! Always great to see your work--videos of the real thing and the 1:48 stuff on that excellent layout.

Tell your wife that's one first class reading room she created for you!

Cool!

Allan, why aren't you sipping a beer and waiting for the fireworks?



He almost snagged me!



Don

Don:

I will be sipping a beer shortly, and munching on a bowl of popcorn. Fireworks are not part of my holiday celebrations here since I have a dog who is not at all fond of fireworks and other sharp noises (thunder, for example). She sticks to me like glue whenever she hears fireworks and has been a bit of a nervous wreck for the past two days. Fortunately, she's not the size of that cat you're playing with in that photo.

Lucy the black lab (the one that likes to read OGR) is on our bed every night when she hears fireworks. Have a great 4th. Can't wait for the next issue. Don

Hi Don, great post and wonderful work with your camera. I always loved tigers, they are my favorite stop at the zoo.

Boy your one lucky guy, great job, nice home and a lovely lady who dose home repairs so you can be free to play with trains.

I'm blessed with all of the above except my lovely lady would wont to supervise me doing the bathroom.