In the meantime, I'll be out in the real world enjoying multi-day canoe/camping trips, very long hikes, photographing wild flowers and mountain scenes. I'll also enjoy building rockets, including the solid propellant motors from scratch. Then, of course, I get a kick out of building nice furniture in my considerable wood shop and scratch building firearms in my metalworking shop. Of course, I just have to work in some time for that durn HO gauge railroad system. Did I mention that I also design, build, and program electronic instrumentation for several clients? Oh, I also work extensively with Photoshop. I enjoy rifle and pistol marksmanship.
I can tell my grandchildren about real adventures I have had. You will be able to tell yours all about your simulations.
You are the one who attracts actual pity, not a simulation of such.
Oh no! Slowly step away from the model train.. Hehehe. d;^)
Had a bout with those one time and they seemed like they could get addictive in short order! So many towns and tracks to build.
One of our properties had the old railbed for the WBS from "The Old Man and the Boy" on it. Felt compelled to build a depiction of it to Wilmington, but got too nice of an offer for the place before it got too far along.
Used to love working on varmint gear as well. Had a mini shop in the basement with a 1/2 size Rockwell Knee mill and an old Southbend lathe with other such truck that goes with makin chips-n-shavings. But found out quickly that cuttin on a $2-300 piece of SS tubing from Mssrs. Hart, Lilja and Shilen was not the place for someone with a slight attention deficit.
But I had a grande time making nice x axis adjustable pedestal rests and tripods for the field.
I still had time to game back then as well. It's fun being multi-faceted, eh? d;^)
For all your indefference, you certainly talk a lot.