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Ken, I've been ready to quit a few times. I walk away from it for a bit and come back to it when I can. This time of the year for me is the worst. I hardly ever set foot in the basement due to too many projects in the house or outside. I've never sold any of my stuff. I have some very very nice N Guage stuff my wife bought me after I came back from the Gulf in 1991. I dropped out of the hobby from 1995-1999, and then got back into HO scale. My son has requested the N Scale stuff and he may just get it. I look at some of the folks here and their layout and I am amazed at the detail and love they have for the Hobby. I then see the folks like tstage and his shots on his foam top layout with the Dow Corning clearly seen in the shots and it make my old 4x8 Homasote top layout seem acceptable to me. I like to RUN my trains. My mind does not wander off to make trees, sculpt mountains, and build bridges. I want to do that some day, and I plan to start by adding little modules to my lay out. With the internet and forums like this, I can dream, I can see what others have done and I can plan. I dream for a Challenger but know my layout is not worthy of such. I love my little diesel switchers in the yard because I know I've got that laid right and it's in the middle of the layout. No chance one of them is coming off track and being damaged. I have to throw all my switches by hand, and that's alright with me. I've fallen in love with intermodal containers and the 48 foot RTR wellcars by Athearn. Why? I have NO IDEA! But they look so nice being pulled by either my dual lashup GP40's or the single dash8-40CW. I have another dash 8 coming later this year, so I'll be adding another set of well cars too! LOL! How STUPID is that? I almost have enough to go all the way around my 4x8 main line! But the detail of the wellcars and the different colors of the containers really get me going! Plus it's what my Grand Son and I see going through on the line through town. I guess what you need to find Ken is that niche in this hobby that you enjoy and get pleasure in. Find that and see if you can stretch to other aspects of the Hobby. I've been in and out of this hobby now since I was a kid. I am more active now than anytime before at the age of 50. It's still something I have a great deal of pleasure in. I hope you can find your comfort place in this hobby. Chris
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