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[BRAKIE]

Fred says:It's pretty obvious to me, without doing the surveys, that if a kid is not exposed to model trains, he/she is not likely to enter model railroading. There just is no pleasant memory to incline a person in that direction. Especially when you realize how little exposure most kids have to real railroads. Ask the parents who are buying today's train sets for their kids if they had a train set as a kid. I'm willing to bet my AHM Heisler (my most expensive locomotive) the answer is over 80% yes.
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Well,yes and no..My son was expose to the hobby but never took interest..My daughter collects Chessie the cat items.My youngest Grandson(11)could care less,my 10 year old granddaughter just rolls her eyes when ever the subject of trains come up.Now my oldest grandson(15) reminds me of me when I was younger and he's quite the modeler..[:D]
As I mention before my Dad was a modeler and railroader..Plus I come from a family of railroaders.In-fact,both Grandpas,all my uncles on both side of the family,my dad,my mother(a clerk-typist) and one aunt,a secretary.At the age of 18 I followed my family's foot steps and went railroadin'..Today,I have 2 cousins that are railroaders..My other cousins went after other jobs from office workers to construction workers.I have one cousin that is a model railroader and that is out of 27.
So,in my case its in the blood.[:D]

[davekelly]

It's not just kids that are the victims of the "Nintendo" thing. How many parents spend the weekend surfing the 200 channels on satellite? How many dad's spend the entire weekend watching game after game after game?

[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.

[Anonymous]

I have to say that I was one of the lucky ones entering the hobby. At our LHS, I got a good reliable CP Anthearn train set without doing any reasearch, for about $100 canadian at a 20% discount.
Like I said Lucky.

[Anonymous]

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.

And don't forget spending hours at the computer on MRR forums ... er .... I better get back to work on that P40 !!! [;)]

[Anonymous]

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.

Cool, another GT4 player. My favoured car has to be the Jaguar XJR9 LM racer. After an upgraded turbo and a few adjustments I have a 240MPH supercar that will drift sideways through slow bends!