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I am pushing 40. Climbing the mountain as they say. I think sometimes I am a very big kid who wont grow up. But advancing age and needing a magnifying glass to install parts on a Blue Box kit kinds of reminds me of how far I have gotten. I appreciate the courage of many of the younger folks who come on to these forums to "Play with the big boys" I think back to my younger days which was mostly "Dont touch this" "Dont reach for the train" or.. "Dont bump the models" and train running was with the father who hooked up the track, transformer and did a few test runs before letting me have the throttle. Of course I would open it up full bore and stand on that lionel whistle until one of the parents expressed "That whistle is enough to last a week." If the internet was around back then... who knows what could have happened? But it was a different time and place. I think because of the internet and the particpation of all ages, the hobby has benefited greatly. However on the flip side of the coin we have seen some of the worst in folks. Usually we either settled it ourselves or Bergie settled it for all. Because of that I think there will be more young people involved in the hobby due to the technology involved (QSI, DCC, TMCC etc etc etc) which will probably get deeper and deeper in the really thick wiring under the layout or... wireless frequency bands.. who knows? Good luck y'all.
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