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Wow!  I wondered if anyone would even NOTICE my first post in here, or if there were actually other STILL ALIVE PEOPLE interested in model railroading as a hobby, anymore.  I came back to see FORTY-TWO replies to my rant about how I couldn't find a decent hobby shop in San Bernadino.  Such wildly different answers from all over the place, too.  I'm happy to hear that in many places, things are still going strong for small time retailers. When I signed back up for a Model Railroader Magazine subscription, after a long while without one, I also wondered if the news was bad, in terms of the magazine's circulation.  I remember learning back in the early sixties, that it was some mindboggling number like FIVE MILLION or whatever.  Blew me away, to think there were THAT many of us, stricken with what often feels like a DISEASE that will not allow us to live our lives purely in one-to-one scale.  I fear that big number has shrunk a lot, in the last little while...reflected by how so many hobby shops have disappeared. Anyway, one of the replies here, indicated I was NOT the first one to start in on this subject...I'll admit I only read a FEW of the "threads" in here, to get a quickie feel of what sort of thing gets talked about.  I would also like to post my stories of how I got hooked into this hobby...another subject that may have been beaten to death in here already.  BUT NOT BY ME, so you'll either have to bear with me on that, or not clik on the new thread I'll soon start. Thanks for the welcome wave from several of you...hope all is well with you all. --Roger (not really Oliver Sudden, of course)
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