Have You Done Any Downsizing?

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  1. Von Jones

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    I'm certain there are a lot of train enthusiasts around that would love your trains especially with the holiday season creeping up. What a fantastic gift they would make. You are going to make someone very happy.
     
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  2. Hal Pollner

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    No, Von...you don't understand!

    Everybody wants HO scale trains, which are 1/87 normal size. This is the most popular scale in the world.

    My trains are O scale, which are 1/48 normal size, almost twice the size and 6 times the weight of HO Scale. Total incompatibility!

    The availability of O scale 2 Rail trains is almost nonexistent, which is why there is no demand for them.

    I could GIVE my trains away and nobody could use them because they are a bastard scale. I chose O Scale 2 Rail because it was the most authentic in appearance.

    Hal
     
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  3. Von Jones

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    I understand vintage though, @Hal Pollner. Even if you gave it away someone is going to enjoy it just as much as you have.
     
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  4. Tony Page

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    The only thing we downsized was our clothing we donated three large leaf bags Of new and slightly used clothes to charity.
    With a attic, basement, garage and barn full of stuff we talked about downsizing, so far it's only been talk. About the only thing I downsized is my hair..... I got a haircut.
     
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    Yes, several times.
     
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  6. Hal Pollner

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    How odd, nope not standard frames. The avatar is cropped from one of our wedding photos and the original looks OK. Wonder how it got so distorted? I hadn't noticed till you mentioned it, must be because of my lousy eyesight. Have to try and upload it again and see what happens.
     
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    Have you considered eBay Hal? There seems to be some O scale stuff for sale there.
     
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    Yes we have downsized allot of large possessions since Feb 2020 it stated with our cars ( we had one for towing the caravan and one for using for most of our other running around ) The Rodeo was super thirsty fuel wise so it only got used when we used the caravan .
    So we traded both cars in on a new car. We love to travel so we had great plans to drive to Queensland( about 2200 km each way ) during winter instead of flying up there each July ( Winter here ) for a month …but we all know why that didn’t happen .

    During the worst of Covid in Australia we decided to sell the caravan ( as many were looking for caravans to live in )

    We sold many of the extras we’d accumulated after buying the caravan 20 + years ago ,extras like generator / mini washing machine / portable fridge freezer .

    We let many things go with the caravan to make things easy on ourselves trying to sell latter.
    A 35 year old single man purchased it to live in .

    When things improved and many Covid rules were relaxed we had a garage sale of unwanted goods
    which was hugely successful $$ wise for what we considered as good gear but like all used goods not worth allot of
    $$
    Since then I’ve had a good clean out of clothing and the linen press I still had sheets from when my youngest child
    was young he’s 47 this month .
    I’ve recently had a clean out ( downsize ) of the size and the amount of Tupperware I had in my walk in pantry
    I still had square Tupperware containers that helped 3 kg of flour / sugar …so now I have decor brand containers that hold 1kg flour ect so I have a box the size of a large microwave full of Tupperware waiting to go to the Op shop (they would have had it long ago if it wasn’t for Covid )

    As well as a huge bag of mixed things like books / clothing / bags / fabric sewing stuff I’ve downsized / laces / crafty stuff / brand new bedding that was for a single bed that was in-my sewing room ( sold bed ) as op shops won’t take beds now days even if that are as new as the single bed was .
    So yes I’ve done quite allot of downsizing .
     
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    Downsized from a 4 bedroom, 3 bath colonial to a 2 bedroom, 2 bath carriage house.
     
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    Bibbi, eBay is the worst choice for trying to find specific model railroad equipment.

    For months they have been offering me opportunities to bid on O-Scale 3-Rail Brass locomotives, when I have told them several times I need O-Scale 2-Rail locomotives, and not Brass models!

    I have recently tried to tell them to take me off their mailing list, yet they continue to offer me locomotives that are all wrong for my needs!

    Hal
     
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    Lon, here's the floor plan of the apartment I'll be moving into at Solstice Senior Living.

    It's on the 2nd level, 975 sq. ft.

    Hal
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  14. Hal Pollner

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    YESS!
    Hal
     
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    @Hal Pollner - just a thought if your trains will not sell, you could donate them to a university or toy store. Something along those lines. I hope though you can sell them. I miss our little trains and the town of Mitchellville we created years ago.:(
     
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