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I know what you mean, Willy. It is VERY frustraing, but it is human nature. Its because you know and understand the hard work that goes into MRing, but imagine if you didn't, the first thing we'd all probably do is fall back to our 3 year old thinking and...touch. I was in an old ma and pop hobby shop that I frequent awhile back. Its basically run by a retired (70+) teacher who sells model railroad supplies as well as RC cars and planes. In his RR section he has a 4' x 8' layout. Its an oval with sidings and a few small scenics. This guy comes in with his 4 year old kid. This kid was a major terror in that he was repeatedly touching EVERYTHING. His dad told him maybe twice to stop inside of 10 minutes. This kid goes over to the layout and cranks the throttle wide open and then powers it up. I turned when I heard the train start speeding up and saw the train fly around the curve and rear-end some parked cars loaded with coal. Pieces, trains, and cars flew everywhere[:(!]. Those with kids know its hard to be on top of everything your kid is doing but I was angry at the dad and his kid and felt bad for the old man at the same time. It does happen, is frustrating, but is also the natural curious tendancy for those who don't understand the work that goes into layout building to reach out and touch...something. I have a sign posted on the edge of my layout visible to all who enter that says Just like at the real railroad, keep your hands off or something may get hurt". It always causes a chuckle but gets the point across right away. When someone entering my room ususally read it and chuckles, Ill then add in that "It takes so much work so I don't want things broken" and that does the trick.
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