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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 7h

Pieces and parts. Like wheels,pipes, etc were loaded onto “carts” (often from warehouses) and “trundled”to turntable,spun to the closest track and pushed in.. and some tracks into same stall are not long enough for box car nor easy unloading…

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 2d

Soon Pynchon's hurrah?
I read again and again.
I’m a slow learner.

Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 3d

I’d like to think smart reasonable people work toward goals to make the world a better place NOT to receive (note I did not write:win) a Nobel Prize. The object of the Nobel is not to ask for recognition.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 5d

This solar farm on the Tibetan Plateau covers 162 square miles — seven times the size of Manhattan.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 3d

Freecad continues to BEFUDDLE ME. After too much time today.. I saved the file. Closed the file and started all over. I’m TRYING to start with a floor plan and the use that to build a wall that can then be used to create details such as windows,doors, details etc. Today’s “gotcha” auto constraints!

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 3d

Today:

look in the forest
Trees overhead, breeze and sky
Stop. Too much thinking.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

This Is Fascism

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 5d

I transplanted more than 50 strawberry plants today..it would be a lot easier to just buy strawberries … or something else. Sitting on the ground is not as much fun at 70+ years.

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 6d

A squirrel tried to gnaw into a blue bird box. Replaced the destroyed wood and made and added a steel plate with a proper sized hole. If a squirrel chews through steel I give up.

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 6d

#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak

To the best of my knowledge… there are no Nscale Southern Railway train order boards. Murphy Branch was “dark” so each depot had train order boards. I made one using drawings and made a mold. I cast others in epoxy.So far no luck on automating.😭😭

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 9d

Ahhhh flatbread made from milled chickpeas…cold or warm makes no difference. By the way no style…just abject bland😝😝😝

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 11d

Printers etc typically have tariffs…as for longevity the tariffs are going to be around until citizens vote out those who allowed the tariffs.. my hobby lasted along time and the demographics shifted. When I started 3 channels of B&W with no net.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 12d

Motion to start referring to tariffs as "the war on Christmas"

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 12d

Been doing woodworking and home maintenance for decades.. but I do even more..I don’t recommend doing your own ysrd. aeration on slopes after age 70. 😏

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 12d

Unless you have access to a “MedBed” 😜

“This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end”
—The Doors (maybe before your time 🧐🥳

Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 12d

A question some are beginning to ask: will tariffs kill the hobby of model railroading? I’ve (personally) seen it change/slowdown over the last 50+ years.

Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 12d

I’d already decided on resin. But with tariffs etc I’ll get the printed after I create a file to send.. IF I wanted to sell even then the tariffs can be a problem.. honestly.. over time the hobby will decline.

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks. Blender must have improved since I last tested it. I’m in N scale and try to make models that are accurate.. sometimes..even I have to modify🤫🤫

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 12d

At my age:
I now expect to live in a third world country (USA) for the rest of my life.

The GOP and the worst POTUS ever don’t care about the majority of USA citizens. They want power and money.

They certainly do not reflect Christian values nor morality.

My generation failed.

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 13d

Just read old magazines.. there are many famous model railroaders …Some even wrote books and articles..

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 13d

So no John Allen?

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 13d

What scale, software,printer?

Now to go “wrestle with” Freecad. I miss my old Autodesk Inventor2016.🤫

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 13d

#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak

Nscale bash.

A SRY Caboose.
Two ROCO cabooses becoming one.

SRY did not have end windows. Fill.
It did have grabs on end. Add.
Door windows were not correct. Fix.
Paint was removed.
Two halves will make a whole.

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 14d

As I vaguely recall.. Lin Wescott “invented” the word “prototype”.. without him and others.. the hobby might not have survived this long…

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Tompkins Mill @tompkinmill.bsky.social · 14d

You do realize protocol does not allow applause, right? Military leaders took an oath to protect and defend Constitution AND THEY DO… so far.