I overheard another person discussing electrical ground the other day, and they said something along the lines of 'ground is ground'.  What he was referring to is the electrical ground in reference to another electrical ground shouldn't be different.  I shook my head and silently walked away.

It all started for me with Operation Flashpoint, Cold War Crisis.  I even wrote about it before on a previous article,  in fact one of the first dozen articles I wrote on this blog!  This was a game, based on a military simulator which also uses the same game engine, called VBS1.  Seeming that this engine is utilized by the USMC and other forces world wide to offer unit level training on the battlefield, it might be a pretty good representation of a real battle, rig

My model railroad project has been on hold for over a year now.  While this was one of the major factors in purchasing my home, it seems to have taken a back seat to bills and the realities of life.  This winter however, I do hope to begin building the framework for the model railroad room.  A 30 foot wall must be constructed, and the rest of the room needs to be drywalled and finished before construction on the model railway may commence.  Dry wall is actually kinda expensive, and I likely will not be able to get anywhere close to finishing the room before this time next year.  But I can r