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Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Re: Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Post by em-bee »

somewhereoutth wrote: post #81
FirmwareBurner wrote: post #66

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>Sounds like he was neuro divergent and his wife made him keep his obsession in the basement. Men do noting but chill: "They're losers, incels, etc". Men have cool hobbies that don't bother anyone: "They're neurodivergent". Men just can't catch a break these days.

If Men have the time and opportunity to do nothing but chill, or to have cool hobbies, then they are very definitely catching a break.

or maybe they are so overwhelmed that they are procrastinating. the problem here is expectations. you have the expectation that one should not chill or focus on a hobby when they should be looking for a job, or spend time with their children, or whatever else they could be doing when they don't chill or work on their hobby.

i know that feeling. i have been there. more than a year out of work, i could not focus on anything, whatever i did felt wrong because i thought i should use that time to apply to jobs. it was exhausting, and i was procrastinating a lot. i had to remind myself that i could not be writing job applications all day, and i used my hobbies to relax and get energy. so no, chilling or having cool hobbies are not a sign of someone catching a break. not without knowing more about their actual circumstances.

Re: Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Post by em-bee »

ByteDrifter wrote: post #84

Imagine buying a house and gaining not just a home, but someone else’s whole dream world beneath your feet. That’s more than real estate. That’s a time capsule.

a few years ago i spent a few months in the house of an old friend of the family who spent his last days in a retirement home. the house was a treasure of interesting things to find. he was running a business out of it, and there were shelves of left over products, books and old style clothes. the most interesting was a model train set that was at least half a century old. similar the home of my own grandparents.

Re: Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Post by pwdisswordfishz »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #66
tenuousemphasis wrote: post #50

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Sounds like he was neuro divergent and his wife made him keep his obsession in the basement.

>Sounds like he was neuro divergent and his wife made him keep his obsession in the basement. Men do noting but chill: "They're losers, incels, etc". Men have cool hobbies that don't bother anyone: "They're neurodivergent". Men just can't catch a break these days.

And my favourite, "Men will literally [do anything creative] instead of going to therapy". Apparently the proper way to to deal with your feelings is consumerism.

Re: Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Post by gadders »

Maybe he had to keep it a secret?

"A businessman who secretly built the UK’s biggest model railway feared his girlfriend would dump him if she learnt about his ‘dull’ hobby."

Train-mad Simon George, 53, spent £250,000 and a staggering eight years on his 200ft-long project.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/07/man-spent-250000-secretly-bui...

Re: Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Post by somewhereoutth »

em-bee wrote: post #91
somewhereoutth wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Men have the time and opportunity to do nothing but chill, or to have cool hobbies, then they are very definitely catching a break.

or maybe they are so overwhelmed that they are procrastinating. the problem here is expectations. you have the expectation that one should not chill or focus on a hobby when they should be looking for a job, or spend time with their children, or whatever else they could be doing when they don't chill or work on their hobby. i know that feeling. i have been there. more than a year out of work, i could not focus on any…

My point is that many people do not have the time and opportunity.

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Post by bluGill »

viraptor wrote: post #69
bluGill wrote: post #43

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It is fairly new, strarted inithe late 1990s. It doesn't apply to old houses.

No, a completely new house. No access is sealed/blocked in any way. If you know the specific regulation, please post it.

Codes are very regional, and I'm no longer in construction where I have the code handy.applies in Minnesota anyway

Re: Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Post by bluGill »

jfengel wrote: post #19
bluGill wrote: post #15

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In fact things like attic hatches are supposed to be sealed ane so even though seen the inspector is not allowed in the attic. (Unless there is other evedence of a problem, though they need to repair the seal in that case.

Why is that? That seems odd.

Air seal. If the hetch can open it leaks unconditioned air and the house is less energy efficient.

Re: Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Post by mensetmanusman »

lynx97 wrote: post #77
randomtoast wrote: post #70

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Cause of Death: Langley Collyer (born October 3, 1885 - died c. March 9, 1947): Langley died first. He was crushed by one of his own booby traps - a makeshift tunnel of newspapers and debris - while attempting to bring food to his paralyzed brother Homer. Langley was buried under a massive pile of junk and his body was not discovered until April 8, 1947, weeks after his death, due to the concealment caused by the deb…

> Without his brother to care for him, he perished in the same house. Great example why you always need to strive for independence as a disabled person. If your family tries to directly or indirectly slow that process down, they are a danger to your well being. -- signed, a blind man

Independent in the context of modern capitalism means attaching to more and more support nodes as everything that was serviced by family/clan in the past is replaced by individual entities that can be activated with cash transactions. (Everything except actually caring for you as a person, those require a strong third place).

Re: Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

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Post by Symbiote »

MrJagil wrote: post #58
alnwlsn wrote: post #45

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Side note, but if you're trying to sell off this stuff, you better do it soon. Train nuts like this are a dying breed. Probably will all be mostly worthless in a couple decades, along with commemorative plates, or the "good china" your parents never use. Market is hot(ish) now though, or was a few years ago. A friends dad died and he had trains. We helped ebay all of it. Owned a toy store or something, lots of rare s…

> Train nuts like this are a dying breed. Why? To me it seems there are more hobbyists than ever. It's finally "cool" to play DnD, Covid gave hobbies a big boost and people yearn to do something away from screens.

I think the period of the trains might go out of date, with a few exceptions — though it might return to fashion once it's beyond living memory.

So a collection of model steam trains might lose value, as fewer people have remember them in use, but the hobby can continue with high-speed electric trains etc.

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