You don't need a warehouse to scratch that itch. You can run an O-scale GG1 or Big Boy in the living room of a modest Manhattan apartment. They look great on a bookshelf too.
The vast majority is probably rent/property taxes. With a distant second benchwork (lumber).
Half a mile of 2-rail O-scale track (3-4 mainlines in a 200 foot loop) at today's pricing is under $8 a foot retail. In bulk and pre-pandemic well under $10k total. Considering the budget his roster of engines and rolling stock seems questionable.
Outside of collectable Lionel. Even the high end, magnificent museum quality KOHS brass compounded steam engine will run you ~$8,500. While he is running diesel.
I can understand the appeal of mainline/realistic operations. O-scale has its limitations (normally space) but an NTRAK meet up shows more creativity.
Bump for the Miniatur Wunderland - reason enough for anyone into to trains to visit Germany/Hamburg. You can easily spend two half days there. Their behind the scenes tour will give anyone with or thinking of building a layout enough ideas to keep them busy for years.
Their attention to detail, not only on the front end but also the backend is incredible. My wow moment was their staging. Since the trains run for the duration of the hours they are open - they get hot so they switch between two trains for each line so the motors don't burn out. Underneath each 12-18 inch riser section in the staging area is a separate smoke detector. (~20 smoke detectors in each staging area.)
The article says it wasn't touched since ~ the 1960's. I see an old MRC TECH II powerpack (two button as compared to three - on/off, direction only.)
>> This out dates me but didn't those come to market in the 80's? Too new to be old but too old to be new.
>> Also pretty sure I saw a blue Conrail GP-40-2 in the background of the Youtube clip. (Not too up on diesel. Know more about steam.) but either way Conrail wasn't formed until the late 1970's?
About 10-12 years ago there was a car rental company on Nantucket that offered either model T or model A cars for rent. From what I can remember it was slightly more affordable than renting a Jeep Wrangler during peak season. I believe they might have limited you to around town/no further than the mid island Stop & Shop.
We were staying about 1/2 mile from the The Wauwinet on the bay. It would have been a real adventure driving from there or Siasonset to get lunch at Provisions. Single lane, driving with other cars doing 45+ miles an hour on Milestone/Poipis Road. Not to mention Wauwinet Road has a number of twists, turns and grade changes.
MJML is better than most but remember every templating language has a footprint.
When possible reduce your html code weight to the bare bones minimum. Nothing too fancy. Keep it logical. After a bit of practice it’s actually easy and in my opinion often faster than MJML (For example MailJet. Don’t even get me started on Klaviyo.)
Even with minimal coding/hmtl experience you can run your code through GPT-4/Bard.
Bonus for including custom instructions such as “transactional intent”, Bayesian/heuristic filtering, coded for users with poor digital accessibility, under-served internet users, etc.
Even with the best domain domain/ip reputation without a positive engagement history specific to that user you will often land in promotions/other tab and not the primary tab for new users with a heavily weighted creative.
Remember you want to mimic “an email from Grandma” while maintaining some degree of control of visual design.
Or if that’s too complicated just keep your subject line under three words and all lowercase.
For anyone even remotely interested in model trains I highly suggest checking out their YouTube channel if not a trip to Hamburg to see it in person.
I had the fortune to visit The Miniature Wunderland back in 2014. Spent a good day and a half there. The behind the scenes tour was great. Particularly how they handled the airplanes after landing and their system for charging the hundreds of trucks and automobiles on the layout.
The planning behind things is really incredible. One example each mainline has two trains. One running and one on a siding. This is because the motors of the engines can over heat. In the staging area every 24 inches or so they had a separate smoke detector. At the time they had around 300 full time employees and they have grown a good deal since.
My wife's first language is not English. (Though US citizen for well over 12+ years.) The hospital brought in someone who spoke both languages to bring up the concern while I was in the room.
Friends suggested bringing in a Doula. They are really good at patient advocating for patient's rights.
Modern medicine is great, but sadly they push C-sections a lot. My understanding is they can bill at least 50% more than a natural birth. This skews even higher if you don't have the best insurance.
Also once you have one c-Section, the chances of a second increase significantly. It is not suggested to have more than two c-Sections, so if you want three kids you are out of luck.
When in doubt try the "God" opt-out. I have found they usually either do not have a scripted rebuttal to this or they are legally not allowed to go against one's religious views. This can also be useful when feeling pressured to make an immediate decision by asking for a moment to "pray".
Examples:
1- "God told me to..."
While canceling Time Warner Cable I tried cancelling a few times prior. Always met with rebuttals, put on hold to research the account. Either waited on hold for 20 minutes or the call was disconnected. Tried again and gave the reason for cancelling "God told me to" account cancelled immediately. (I have also heard simply saying you're moving out of the service area works too.)
2- "Moment to pray" - Buying time or dissuade an aggressive salesperson.
My wife just recently gave birth to our first child. When her water broke she wanted to go to the nearest hospital which was within walking distance instead of getting a cab across town to the hospital where she was originally being seen. She remained adamant that she wanted a natural birth unless it would potentially endanger her health or our daughters. She has two friends who were pushed into C-sections both of which ended up having complications due to the procedure.
After six or seven hours after her water broke an administrative nurse came in with a shot and said she was going to start inducing labor. My wife pushed against this as she was worried about complications from a C-section. The administrator had a rebuttal to everything, to the point she even started crying. When I continued to hold ground they brought up concerns of spousal abuse.
This registered an immediate red flag and luckily I defaulted to "God mode"
I asked if we could have a moment to "pray". This bought us enough time to speak with the doctor face-to-face who agreed to wait a few more hours before inducing labor to avoid a C-section. We had a successful natural birth with no side effects.
(Hospitals' make 2-3x from a C-section as they do from a natural birth.)
(*When asked if it was medically necessary the administrative nurse would only say it was hospital policy and they do the same for everyone else who was on the floor.)
How is this going to help one migrate from Universal Analytics to GA4? Declining ROI? Nerfed dashboard/targeting? We understand. Strum a guitar and strike a yoga pose.
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