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There are a lot of factors, but if I had to boil it all downt to one, I would say that Model Railroaders are the biggest cause of people not joining the hobby.[:0] Whether you are a geek, or you are old, or you are young doesnt matter. We do some pretty damn amazing things with our hobby, and we will spend hours expounding on how we did it, or how difficult it was. Thats fine for the guys in the club but not for "outsiders". Do we mention the fun? Do we mention that at one time, we ourselves didn't know how to do this or that? Did we mention that, once we did something for the first time, how easy it was to do? Do we offer to a "newbie", "try this, if you have any problems with it, call me"? Do we try to answer questions with phrases that the layman would understand, and not use things like " points, trailing frogs, hogger, truss rods, varnish, decoders, throttle bus"and others? The way to grow more model railroaders is to gently plant seeds. You dont hard sell or "wow" most folks into the hobby. Remember that they dont know much about the hobby, and that noone was born that way either! Foster an appreciation for the hobby and the enjoyment it brings 1st.[^] Remember, the old saying, "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink". Very true. There is nothing saying you cant tell him how cool and refreshing the water is![:D]
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