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Nothing to be embarrased about. In the '60s our hobby was looked down upon my many, but now, as I speak to different groups, and involve myself with the mainstream I find that many people external of railroading and railfandom are really quite fasinated by it all. But here are a few more of my personal passions that cause a bigger furror than railroads. I'm intrigued by old barbershops. I've had this interest as long as railroading. So, at age 15, in '65, I learned how to shave with a straight razor. I still do. People think that one is whack-a-do. Once, when I worked an Amtrak job from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities, I noticed that both the conductor and head brakeman (I was the flagman) had beautifuly laundered white shirts with shiny, stiff collars. The next morning when we all met back at the trainmen's room at the depot, I saw the brakeman sitting with his shirt on, but it had no collar. He got up, went to his locker, and pulled out a box that contained about 6 stiff, starched collars. He selected one, attached it to his shirt with his tie, and finished dressing. That was it for me. The whole trip back the conductor and brakeman explained the old-time ritual of wearing detachable collars. I still wear them much to the dismay of my laundry guy. I have a Yahoo group devoted to this as there are men out there that still wear them as well. Passions are just that, and I think they're healthy. Otherwise we all would be sitting still at green lights with our super-sized bundle of curly fries blabbing on our cell-phones about nothing. Mitch
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