Guest guest Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: john laghlin <johnnyelaughlin@...> Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...> Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 10:42:03 AM Subject: Re: (wonderful) Railroad Sorry to hear of your loss, Lottie. Glad you had safe trip and saw much family. Love the train and terrain, perplexed a tad bit over the like'ness of Lincoln on Rushmore,  looks more like Dick circa 1970, thankyou, Oregon (PS) I still do not have a diagnosis,other than, it is a luekemia, but undiagnosed yet, Not Cml, Jak-2 Test Negative, OHSU has not found the type yet, oncologist says very rare, trying to arrange for me to go to OHSU for a possible trial. Says there may be some hope there, I am considering trying to see Dr Drucker my self, as locally I have brain and bone scans scheduled for next week by local oncologist, Iam considering skipping those and trying to get focused on diagnosis, as to see if I can get a treatment, specific. Hoping to hear from you You and C. And 's possible feedback, Iam stilll taking 3000 ml of Hydrox each day ,Off of gleevec after 6-weeks, Hope all are well and moving forward, Oregon  ________________________________ From: Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...> Undisclosed recipient <lotajam@...> Sent: Fri, November 20, 2009 11:31:06 PM Subject: Fw: (wonderful) Railroad   What you can buy your kids or grandkids (or me) for Christmas  > >This is the world's biggest model railroad layout which covers 1,150 square meters (12,380 square feet), features almost six miles of track -- and is still not complete! > > >Twin brothers Frederick and Gerrit Braun (41) began work on the 'Miniatur Wunderland' in 2000 > > >The set covers six regions including America, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Germany and the Austrian Alps > > >The American section features giant models of the Rocky Mountains, Everglades, Grand Canyon ... > > >...and Mount Rushmore > > >The Swiss section has a mini-Matterhorn > > >The Scandinavian part has a 4ft long passenger ship floating in a fjord > > >It is expected to be finished in 2014, when the layout will cover more than 1,800 square meters (19, 376 sq ft) and feature almost 13 miles of track, by which time detailed models of parts of France, Italy and the UK will have been added > > >It comprises 700 trains with more than 10,000 carriages and wagons > > >The longest train is 46ft long > > >The scenery includes 900 signals, 2,800 buildings, 4,000 cars -- many with illuminated headlights... > > >...and 160,000 individually designed figures > > >Thousands of kilograms of steel and wood was used to construct the scenery... > > >The 250,000 lights are rigged up to a system which mimics night and day by automatically turning them on and off > > >The whole system is controlled from a massive high-tech nerve centre > > >In total the set has taken 500,000 hours and more than 8 million euro to put together, the vast majority >of which has come from ticket sales > > >Gerrit said: " Our idea was to build a world that would amaze both children and adults... " > > >Frederik added: " Whether gambling in Las Vegas, hiking in the Alps or paddling in Norwegian fjords –in Wunderland everything is possible! " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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