Nah Mark...ya didnt kill it....LOL. :tb-biggrin: I bought a pack of 100 "Good Cook" Bamboo Skewers today for $1.00 at Safeway. I measured them and they scale to about 20" in diameter. They are 10" in length. By cutting them in half and with some scrape fine flat stock wood for cross bars and bracing...I figure I can make at least 150 telephone poles with them to 'plant' on the layout and still have some flat or gon loads with whats left of them too. :tb-cool::thumbs_up: .