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  • HO Scale Model Railroading: Learning Through Mistakes

    HO Scale Model Railroading: Learning Through Mistakes

    One of the great things about HO scale model railroading is that the modeling never ends. I suppose that can be true of any scale, but for me, HO scale is a perfect example of a modelers dream. I started building the Maple Valley Short Line model railroad four years ago. My train room is Read more

  • Mistakes I Made on my HO Scale Model Railroad: The Maple Valley Short Line

    Mistakes I Made on my HO Scale Model Railroad: The Maple Valley Short Line

    One of the great things about HO scale model railroading is that the modeling never ends. I suppose that can be true of any scale, but for me, HO scale is a perfect example of a modelers dream. I started building the Maple Valley Short Line model railroad four years ago. My train room is Read more

  • Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 32: Quintin O’Dillmotte for Sheriff

    Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 32: Quintin O’Dillmotte for Sheriff

    It finally happened. Quintin O’Dillmotte has lost his marbles. The wheels fell off. The cows went to pasture. The dog left home. The last chicken’s been plucked. While Sheriff Pete Terkinberry works feverishly to solve the greatest mystery to ever grip the good folks of Maple Valley, Quintin O’Dillmotte, of O’Dillmotte Funeral Home, “Where we Read more

  • Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 31: Tongues are Wagging, Again

    Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 31: Tongues are Wagging, Again

    It really is amazing how great a firestorm a few bones can create. The good folks in Maple Valley are falling into old routines that have not been put aside in honor of Thanksgiving Day. Maple Valleyans are thankful for many things, please don’t misunderstand. They’re thankful for the Ya’ll Sit Cafe where they can Read more

  • Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 30: The Bones Investigation

    Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 30: The Bones Investigation

    It’s difficult to say what has become of our happy little community in Maple Valley. Gossip has always been one of our strongest characteristics, but it’s getting ridiculous. Last week, Vee Burthrap was convinced Shorty Cloverton was having an “uncommon relationship,” as she called it, with Wilomena Shermer, the good reverend’s wife. Vee Burthrap doesn’t Read more

  • Why Choose Dentistry? A Humorous Perspective

    How does someone choose to be a dentist? I mean no disrespect, I’ve spent plenty of time in the chair, but it’s a little like choosing to be a proctologist, just at the other end. Really. Now that I think about it, a proctologist just might have an edge. I can’t imagine staring into mouths Read more