Freaks and geeks
We have had a very interesting outing today. We went to the model railway show at the Kennel Club in Porirua.
It was all good. It started well with the sign at the entrance which said "No fouling in the building". I was reassured by this, knowing how overexcited people can become by model railway.
The exhibition was huge. There were two large rooms, and 10s of model railways. Some were pretty boring, realistic representations of American rail. Yawn. Desert with train. We saw one display of a railway in Germany we have travelled on (between Freiburg and Basel if you're really interested).
There were a couple of pretty cool displays. One had a working gondola, flashing fire-engines, a merry-go-round and lots of bright pretty colours.
Thomas the Tank Engine appeared a few times. Given that we were there for Finn, this was great.
The crowds were - ahem- a varied and fascinating crew. I think there were probably quite a lot of people there who work in mail-rooms. I myself have some experience in a mail room, so I feel well qualified to comment.
Entrance for the family was $10. Total bargain. I'm planning to return there to see a dog show one of these days too. The whole place was fascinating.
4 comments:
It's like Caescescu era Romania... they want to encourage people to have children.
Public outings often remind me why education is so important.
But I guess we need the place fillers - pity they use up the oxygen.
At least no-one fouled in the exhibition. Or did they? Model train enthusiasts can be so tricky...
Did the Train Spotters sniff each others bums?
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