QUOTE: Originally posted by TA462 I'm a huge fan of car racing games. I play Nascar 2005 and Grand Turismo 4 on my Playstation all the time.
QUOTE: Originally posted by BRAKIE Dave,Adults play video games as well.. Some spend hours playing computer games..Then there is Pogo..One can spend hours there playing games and chatting with other game players.
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QUOTE: i have noticed one thing, the people that have stayed with the hobby have all had "mentors", people that keep you going. and ,i know this might sound wierd, but i think it has to be in you
QUOTE: Originally posted by CNJ831 QUOTE: Originally posted by gbailey Actually, there is no proof that having a train set as a kid will lead folk to MRRing as an adult hobby. Exposure to trains during ones lifetime is a bigger factor, I think. That is what got me into the hobby - not the toy set I had as a kid. If AMTRAK shutsdown, the impact on the hobby will be far greater than the price of train sets, IMHO !!! George - MR have done endless surveys of its readship over the past five decades and these clearly indicate that interest in the hobby for the pre-Boomer and Baby Boomer crowd (the vast majority of today's hobbyists) stemmed from having Lionel or Flyer train sets as kids. Virtually every author's bio accompanying an MR article in the last decade indicates they got their start as kids with toy train sets. CNJ831
QUOTE: Originally posted by gbailey Actually, there is no proof that having a train set as a kid will lead folk to MRRing as an adult hobby. Exposure to trains during ones lifetime is a bigger factor, I think. That is what got me into the hobby - not the toy set I had as a kid. If AMTRAK shutsdown, the impact on the hobby will be far greater than the price of train sets, IMHO !!!
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