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Freddie Woo tells us how he recently spent ages trying to open his front door with his Oyster Card before realising he actually needed things called "keys". Tell us of times you've done stupid things while on auto-pilot

(, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 12:20)
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50 Hurtz

When I were a lad, I was into model railways. My layout took over the whole room, to the point where I actually slept underneath it. One day I'd been wiring up a whole new section, and as I got ready for bed I was looking at the half-finished job, and wondering if I'd remembered to turn off the mains electricity when I'd stopped for the day.

So to check, I simply reached out and touched the bare terminals in the junction box. It turns out that I hadn't.

250 Volts, 50 Hertz: oh yes, they really do.
(, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 11:43, 4 replies)
was this layout
Attractive to the opposite sex?
(, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 12:04, closed)
I think, in general, Model Railways are instead of contact with the opposite sex
Of course, I was only 12 at the time.

When I got a bit older, I discovered that computers were a *much* better substitute for contact with the opposite sex.
(, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 12:35, closed)
^^^That^^^
Given that many permanent layouts are designed so the 'driver' stands in the middle surrounded/protected by their tracks.
(, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 12:41, closed)
I think you would like this
hotel room in Tokyo:
akihabara.washington-hotels.jp/train-room
(, Sun 24 Mar 2013, 18:17, closed)

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