and he notes -
Yes a lot of kids have cell phones and some grownups act like kids
with them, especially the call signal. But one railfan I know has a
steam locomotive whistle announcing his.
In a sense you were preaching to the choir when you gave the student
the book on CNR colors. He's already hooked but the vast majority of
kids today want what other kids have and unlike the toys of my youth,
toy trains ain't a hot item. Give one a Gundam game or a Harry Potter
book and you've got a happy kid.
But sometimes it takes a generation to spark the interest. My
son-in-law built and HO layout for my grandson. He played with a
while and lost interest. My son-in-law has it back and has been
working on it. Maybe the kid'll be interested again when he's in his 30's.
A spark today, a flame tomorrow - so the old bromide goes...
Raleigh in Maine where it's spitting snow...
At 07:41 PM 1/25/2006, Andrew_Malette wrote:
> > If the trend continues, kids won't be playing with electric trains
> > and growing up to be model railroaders. That means old farts like us
> > will go the way of the dinosaurs...
Raleigh in snowy Maine!
>What they got for Christmas were the new cell phones with Swiss knife
>accessories and MP3 players like IPods. But I gave Chris Caines, the leader
>in the student MR Club, John Riddell's CNR Colour Guide Part 1. He was
>thrilled. The rest got similar items.
>
>cheers,
>
>Andy Malette
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