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Prolific poster 2,086 posts AzBaja Prolific poster 2,086 posts
AzBaja

Noting ever changes tell you look at the way back machine.

Looking at an old video of the layout I operate on from over 8 years ago,  I forgot how much has changed during that time.  Compared to what we have today it is a different animal.

Progress can be seen every place compared to over 8 years ago,  If anything it reminds us how important it is to document your progress to see what changed over time.

AzBaja
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ocalicreek Regular poster 419 posts
ocalicreek

slow changes

You're right - and sometimes the changes are so slow, and we're so close to the action, that we are unable to step back and see the bigger picture over a longer time period.  The incremental changes creep in until we're used to seeing them and forget what it looked like before.

Perhaps what's worse is looking back a few years and realizing that thing you've been meaning to get to "someday" is still sitting there gathering dust.

I recently watched one of those landscape transformation shows where the crew comes in and redoes the place in two days.  The owner saw it and exclaimed "Oh!  It has only taken 14 years!" to which I responded, "No, it only took two days - you waited 14 years to do something about it.".  How many of our hobby projects are like that?

Galen

Visit my blog, Gallimore Railroading, at ocalicreek.blogspot.com
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