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Post by thebigcrabcake on Oct 21, 2019 17:32:27 GMT
Maybe it's just me, but I've found that a majority of the O Scale hobbyists I've met in person are very interesting and accomplished individuals. I had the chance to meet Jason (jdstucks57) this past week at the OGF dinner. Jason is 29ish years old and is a traveling accountant/auditor/analyst for a major company. He has enough hotel reward points to travel for a month without having to pay for a hotel, so he's on the road a lot. Even so he's found the time to build a beautiful layout and document much of it on his successful YouTube channel called JDStucks: www.youtube.com/channel/UC6C1PI96VLo3dwjumleZxPw. A graduate of Ohio State University, Jason is also an accomplished musician and a former member of the world famous Ohio State Marching Band. He will soon be transferring his layout to a new location as Jason has recently purchased his first house. It was a real pleasure to meet Jason. He could not have been any nicer and I recommend you meet him if you get the chance. Check out his layout update video from December 2018. Emile |
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Post by laz57 on Oct 21, 2019 17:48:37 GMT
WOW A very nice layout and lots o action. I saw JD at the OGF dinner but didn’t get a chance to speak with him. He is a CLEVELAND INDIAN Fan so we have that in common, GO TRIBE!!!!! And my saying for our team,”wait til next year”.  
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Post by nicky on Oct 21, 2019 18:14:59 GMT
Impressive layout, He produces some great videos to. Nice work, also nice to see younger hobbyists in the O gauge world.
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Post by dennym57 on Oct 21, 2019 19:13:04 GMT
Jason sat across the table from me at Olive Garden. After see his video I now know why I thought he looked familiar.
Jason, it was great talking to you. Hopefully I can get to your side of the state for a visit sometime.
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Post by dennym57 on Oct 21, 2019 19:13:27 GMT
Jason sat across the table from me at Olive Garden. After seeing his video I now know why I thought he looked familiar. Jason, it was great talking to you. Hopefully I can get to your side of the state for a visit sometime. I did it again. |
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Post by MichRR714 on Oct 21, 2019 19:21:14 GMT
I've met him
Jason now lives in the SE Michigan area and has been hanging out with the D3R gang!
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Post by Pennsy484 on Oct 21, 2019 19:27:06 GMT
Time flew by as usual. After the day ended, I thought, what happened, why didn't I work the room more thoroughly! Although, I must say, I met more people this time at York than any other time, I suppose because of the mutual interest in continuing to lift OGF off. Anyway, welcome aboard Jason!
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Post by ptc on Oct 21, 2019 20:14:26 GMT
I have followed him on another forum for a long time. I admired his terrific work on his layout and his informative videos. Nice to have him as part of the OGF and at his young age, he has lots to contibute in the future. |
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Post by Country Joe on Oct 21, 2019 23:54:36 GMT
Welcome aboard Jason.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 11:59:27 GMT
Thanks, Emile. Nice layout and nice to meet Jason. I do agree about meeting members. Wonderful, accomplished and successful people.
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Post by jdstucks57 on Oct 22, 2019 12:57:23 GMT
Wow! Thank you for those kind words, Emile! And thank you everyone for welcoming me to the O Gauge Forum. I had such a great time meeting other members of the OGF community at York. Honestly, meeting people was more of a highlight than buying trains. The hobby is significantly more enjoyable when you have people to share it with. That was the initial reason behind creating the Youtube channel. To share the layout with more people. I should have a new video update posted this week so stay tuned!
And I've got about 2 weeks left of being 28 years old so I'm going to milk that while I can. Hopefully we can get more of the younger generation involved in the hobby.
- Jason
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Post by ptc on Oct 22, 2019 13:02:49 GMT
"Honestly, meeting people was more of a highlight than buying trains. The hobby is significantly more enjoyable when you have people to share it with."
Your statement above JD strikes home for us. We started the OGF because we believe that without friendships and commuinty mixed in with our common thread of model trains, a lot is missing. Our super growth makes this point ring so true. |
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Post by dennym57 on Oct 22, 2019 13:43:43 GMT
Time flew by as usual. After the day ended, I thought, what happened, why didn't I work the room more thoroughly! Although, I must say, I met more people this time at York than any other time, I suppose because of the mutual interest in continuing to lift OGF off. Anyway, welcome aboard Jason! Time did fly by. We got there Tuesday and next thing you know we're leaving Sunday. |
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Post by laz57 on Oct 22, 2019 14:20:51 GMT
Time flew by as usual. After the day ended, I thought, what happened, why didn't I work the room more thoroughly! Although, I must say, I met more people this time at York than any other time, I suppose because of the mutual interest in continuing to lift OGF off. Anyway, welcome aboard Jason! Time did fly by. We got there Tuesday and next thing you know we're leaving Sunday. So true, and the older we get the faster it goes.... |
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Post by dennym57 on Oct 22, 2019 14:49:32 GMT
Time did fly by. We got there Tuesday and next thing you know we're leaving Sunday. So true, and the older we get the faster it goes.... Yeah, last week I was in my thirties. This week I'm in my sixties. |
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