tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post1647021338829820197..comments2024-03-28T12:59:29.903+00:00Comments on Vraie fiction: Questions about electric trainsGuillaumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-66257492252314530372009-12-24T21:22:55.672+00:002009-12-24T21:22:55.672+00:00I desperately wanted a train set when I was young....I desperately wanted a train set when I was young. I don't think anyone took me seriously, even though I kept making little towns and stations from my Lego. My father seemed to be constantly suprised that I played with it so much! (Holly's sister and I could have had loads of fun together!)<br /><br />I think I liked it because it moved by itself, unlike the Matchbox cars I also played with.<br /><br />I never got into the sound effects, though. Now, <i>that</i> is very much a male thing!VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-57338070836584334522009-12-24T14:21:33.475+00:002009-12-24T14:21:33.475+00:00Not sure I have any great insight, but I do agree ...Not sure I have any great insight, but I do agree with the above commenters in some of their answers. I will say, though, that my sister's favorite toy for YEARS was an electric train set she got for Christmas when she was really young. And she didn't stop there--she added to it and ended up with a pretty impressive pastoral scene for the train to wind through.<br /><br />I'm not so much for electric trains myself, but I do have romantic notions attached to trains in general.holly wynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08667113630829157468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-74345568692103913272009-12-17T08:18:25.513+00:002009-12-17T08:18:25.513+00:00There's a strong tradition of train sets (and ...There's a strong tradition of train sets (and admiration of still-running steam railways) among (the boys in) my family. Maybe you should hook up sometime?<br /><br />And yesterday there was an item on French TV lunchtime news about some Frenchman's fantastic model train collection. Some of those babies are worth four thousand euros.Frankofilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735463685466184020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-85625436467538230862009-12-14T20:21:30.905+00:002009-12-14T20:21:30.905+00:00... men are mechanically minded..
They love to k...... men are mechanically minded.. <br /><br />They love to know how something works...<br /><br />They love toys... and playing games<br /><br />Trains have historical significance and history is a common interest to men... <br /><br />they make a loud noise... men like that...<br /><br />and most of all, All men are still little boys deep down inside... <br />I could go on....Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592307094236206281.post-13864000045160041292009-12-13T22:21:45.580+00:002009-12-13T22:21:45.580+00:00Pourquoi les trains....
C'est fascinant !
On ...Pourquoi les trains....<br />C'est fascinant !<br /><br />On jouait au cowboy le train attaqué par les indiens, ou à la guerre, ou encore il servait a construire un base de lancement de fusée. <br /><br />Même grandeur nature..<br /> et le TGV!<br />et sous la Manche !<br /> et on en trouve encore au centre d'achat pour promener les enfants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com