Lessons Learned - The Hard Way, Naturally Part 2

(This is a large post) I wanted to test my rolling stock and locos on code55 rail. Been designing a test track with XTrkCad. Remember I'd bought some track. I'd designed a few things. First there was... Then there was... And thirdly there was... I was also asking questions on the Model Railroader forums. Also a site called NScale.org (They got hacked pretty bad and moved to MyNScale.com). And the Nscale forums on Trainboard.com. Some of the folks probably thought I was some kind of idiot. Having taken a hiatus from the hobby for a number of years I decided to Use the KISS principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid! With that in mind, I came up with this design: It is 3-1/2" X 68-3/4" What is the deal with lumber sizes? When they sell you a 1X4, why can't it be 1X4? I came up with this design because: I want to test my skills, but not too heavily(!) I have the materials on hand. It is as simple as it gets. So I cut my pink board to fit (so I thought - Ha Ha!) my length of plank. Can a 1X4 be a plank? Semantics...You figure it out. Any way I bonded the stuff to my plank. And it fits - Almost (sigh). So what is the lesson learned here you might ask. Well, after studying my two sets of printouts from the CAD program last night. On the way home from work this evening, it dawned on me... Why didn't I glue the freakin' track plan to the pinkboard BEFORE I cut it?!? (sigh) I must really be out of practice. (sigh) Apparently my brain needs some exercise. So now I've got 3 choices: Try and scrape the pinkboard off my existing piece of 1 by and do it right. I used Liquid Nails so this may not be an option. Go get a new piece of wood and trash the other. Keep going... crap! Oh and by the way, thanks Guppyman! You've lead me down another technological gardenpath - Blogrolling - neat stuff. I had heard of it. Just never investigated. Put a roll on Sound Off by Texas T's