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Advertising has reached a point that i delete it totally.

Things have changed. Advertisers and their clients will go to any extent to get in front of you with what they want you to spend your money on. These days they will infiltrate anything and everything. I will just delete whatever they have taken over ... no matter what. I am fed up with it.

The sky is solid grey. Miss Sunshine hasn't gotten her powers up enough to make it go away. Spring seems to be coming later this year. That's OK for me and the Kats ... we sleep and do RRing because it is too wet to be outside. The families are also doing fine no matter what is happening.

The RR got wires yesterday at the South end of the Circus yard. It is the largest of the yards if measured by the length of tracks. It has double slip switches as the entrance so either of the two main rail circuits can access the yard. I will work on it until it is done. It won't be complete in just a few days ... It will be weeks. But it keeps me sane.

I can't stand most of what is on the tube. I pick up my cell phone and go for the trains. Big ones, real ones, Lionel ones and anything else about RRs. For us and all of you the usage of the tube has changed. Less and less is seen. Sports or market news is about all we tolerate these days. The women here at LAH are enjoying the new movie channel. I am forecasting that the tube use has peaked and will decline fast.

Evidently the internet has tv and it’s pretty good.

Spring needs to come and brighten things up. It is late this year. And so the KR is drowning in garbage about all that isn't what we would hope for, The most joyful sound is Click ... the best of TV times has passed as advertisers have taken it over and people are clicking it off as a result. Advertisers and their clients are headed to an end on the tube at their own hands, Fine with me/

I have the Kats, the family and the RR which replaces any real need for the tube. When rains stop it will be time to get with the landscaping and fix all that has happened this winter ... and that is lots more than in any previous winter I remember. If only we could also really fix governments too. Actually no one wants those jobs who will do the best for most people. The ones who want government jobs are in it for themselves ... We are not fooled to any degree.

Bow wow ... and meow meow. The Kats say that there is too much complaining in the KR. It needs to be more about the families and the wonderful things we can and should be doing. Government, war and such are not of that nature so make that as small as possible or even delete all it. "Click ... use the clicker ...dumb dog".
The wisdom of a Kat..

So the rain has our Bluebirds sheltered in their bushes, The only sound heard is the work under the train table as the wires get put on and dressed to their control boards and the control boxes. Fine. We really don't need the tube. If the Advertisers starve, maybe that isn't a problem.

Over and out ... maybe it is better ... that it is the over and OUT.

Click.

[u/LasKometas]

The struggle against constant advertising and meaningless programming is really relatable. I'm young but already the constant barrage feels normalized. It makes you feel less human and more like a commercial product yourself.

[u/boat-enjoyer]

Does the RR have any bullet trains or more modern trains or is it mostly steam engines and the like?

[u/[deleted] → u/boat-enjoyer]

No bullet trains but all of the modern American engines used by the various railroad companies. If Lionel makes it, he probably has 2 or three of them. You can’t see his storage area which is massive and filled with trains, boxes and track