1. You've complained about hobby prices at least 10 times on this very forum.
2. You've lamented the death of "craftsmanship" at least 20 times on this very forum.
3. You've assembled a Bowser engine including the valve gear. Points get added for superdetailing. Points get subtracted if you can't get it to run.
4. You can correctly identify at least 4 of the following: Jack Work, Wally Moore. Watty House, Terry Walsh, Gib Kennedy, Gonpher Coughie, Don Reschenberg, Bill Schopp, Mal Vordenbaum, Bob Darwin, John Page.
5. You've predicted the imminent demise of the hobby at least 30 times on this very forum.
6.You've trashed Model Railroader and its staff at least 5 times on this very forum.
7. You finally admit that the 1950's were the "Golden Age" of the hobby and it's been a downhill slide ever since.
Andre
It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.