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By Jan Wolter (jan)

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#1: Mark Conger (aruba) on Apr 4, 2004

Choo!
#2: theo van emmen (theo) on Dec 22, 2004
nice picture, but too easy
#3: Isabella Ambrey (izzy.1) on Jul 2, 2007
A very nice train. well done!
#4: Gypso (Gypso) on Aug 1, 2007
Nice finished image. Thanks Jan!
#5: J.C. Anderson (jc.noserdna) on Aug 23, 2007
Always loved trains from the little wooden ones as a child to riding the big ones today. But not haveing kids, I'm a bit ignorant of the Stepney fellow. Is that a character from the Thomas show?
#6: Jan Wolter (jan) on Aug 25, 2007 [SPOILER]
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#7: Gypso (Gypso) on Aug 25, 2007
Isn't it interesting what parenthood does to your memory?
#8: Mary Sim (Cinderella) on Mar 11, 2008
Thanks for the puzzle :o)
#9: Corey Beaudoin (red) on Mar 24, 2008
Stepney is actually a real engine. It is currently running on the Bluebell Railway in England. Therefore he was only in about four or five stories.
#10: Gypso (Gypso) on Mar 24, 2008
Cool Corey. :)
#11: Jan Wolter (jan) on Mar 25, 2008
I knew that. In fact, I once wrote an essay on the subject.
#12: Gypso (Gypso) on Mar 25, 2008 [SPOILER]
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#13: Scott C (estray98) on Sep 19, 2008 [HINT]
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#14: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on May 12, 2009 [SPOILER]
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#15: Jan Wolter (jan) on May 13, 2009
I try to engage with the subjects my kids are interested in, so my eyes don't completely glaze over whenever they start talking about them, hence the research. I like to write, hence the essay.
#16: Bionerd (nieboo) on May 13, 2009
I think it's awesome you take the time to gain knowledge wherever possible. It's a very admirable trait. It's better than dads/people who just don't care enough to learn about other people's interests.
#17: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on May 13, 2009
To each his own. Anything in excess is bad, even knowledge. I would rather play with my kids and roll the trains around on the floor or on a track for hours and hours, rather than read about trains for hours and hours, and then write for hours and hours just to be able to explain how a train works, with all the parts, how they work, and the different names for the different parts based on what country you live in. Kids don't care about that. They just want to play. So therefore Nicole, I hope you understand my point of view, and not just your own.
#18: Jan Wolter (jan) on May 13, 2009 [SPOILER]
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#19: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on May 13, 2009
Yep; everyone is different. I love to read, too. Most children like to be read to as well.
#20: Twillis (twillis) on May 14, 2009
Jan, have you every tried any of Terry Pratchett's kids books? You guys might like the "Wee Free Men".
#21: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on May 14, 2009
Or the one, "Wee Free Kings..." LOL
#22: Rea Aksglæde Karlsen (Rea) on May 14, 2009
no the other one is call wintersmith...

sorry adam couldn't resist.

Hes one of my favorite authors btw.
#23: Jan Wolter (jan) on May 14, 2009
I did read him "Mort". I like the Discworld books better than "Wee Free Men".
#24: Twillis (twillis) on May 15, 2009
Well, technically Wee Free Men is a Discworld book, but I know what you mean.

He wrote some other non-Discworld series that are kind of fun, "Truckers" "Diggers" and "Wings".

"The Carpet People" was pretty fun, mostly because the idea of microscopic people living in my carpet cracks me up.

I also like the Johnny books (Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead, Johnny and The Bomb).
#25: Jan Wolter (jan) on May 15, 2009
I don't think the Trucker's series is sold in the US. I bought it while visiting New Zealand, but I donated the whole set to a charity auction, where it went for a ridiculous amount of money.

Just recently read "Nation." Kind of liked it, and it certainly is a book that never quite goes where you'd expect it to. The main characters are a young man and a young woman, but instead of being the story about a romance between them, as anyone would expect, it's the story of a nation. Odd.
#26: Twillis (twillis) on May 15, 2009
Haven't read that one yet, but it's on my ever-growing "to do" list.

I think I got the truckers series via ebay or amazon or something.
#27: Jan Wolter (jan) on May 15, 2009
Hmmm...I see it has finally come out in the US. It is certainly on Amazon. Guess no more chances to sell sets of these for $150.
#28: Diana W (aeris) on Feb 3, 2011 [SPOILER]
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#29: Jan Wolter (jan) on Feb 4, 2011 [SPOILER]
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#30: Kadou (Kadou) on Jun 17, 2012
Really good easy puzzle!
#31: Ruby Hammer (rubyqhammer) on Jul 17, 2013
Interesting discussion in this thread.
#32: Linda Martin (ilovethispuzzle123) on Sep 15, 2013
yes - comments very interesting
#33: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Sep 16, 2013
I don't know how I missed the comments the first time around.
#34: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Oct 30, 2013
I'm glad you featured this oldie. Somehow I missed this puzzle.
#35: Jan Wolter (jan) on Oct 30, 2013
Just in case anyone has the wrong idea, "Featured Puzzles" are selected entirely at random from among the more highly rated puzzles at each difficulty level. No human is involved in the selection, except for all the good humans who rate the puzzles they solve. The idea is to do exactly what it did for you: draw attention to good old puzzles that people might not have seen.
#36: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Oct 30, 2013
This was a great idea. My ability to log on to the internet has been a kind of on again off again thing, so enjoy this section very much and look forward to it every day.
#37: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Jan 20, 2020
An interesting read in the comments--and yes I agree the Bromeliad trilogy is a good way to start with Pratchett! I bought the trilogy as a 3-in-1 book, used, cheap. A search on Amazon indicates they were reprinted in 2012.

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