NO! I’m way too mature for that! (yeah, RIGHT![:D])
I have to make a list for the hobby shop or I get lost and forget what I went in there for.
I don’t visually turn into a little kid, but on the inside I’m drooling whenever I step foot into my LHS. I love being in there and just browsing, lol. And then I alm sot literally start drooling looking at the locos on olnline websites, lol.
I act like a little kid no matter where I am or when it is, and I’m proud of it. I don’t like being a grown- up. Too many responsibilities and awareness of whats going wrong in the world. Thankfully I found a girl that will put up with it and to a lesser degree actually embraces it.
WOW. This guy is NUTS. Going that fast since he is so excited would cause me to wreck something.
Isn’t that why we all play with trains?
For me its just like Christmas when I pickup something new. It doesn’t matter if its a model railroad item, a new diecast car for my collection or some new performance parts for my Trans Am. They put a smile on my face and thats all that matters. I just bought some new rims and tires for my 4x4 and my wife says I giggle to myself everytime I start it up and she is watching me. Getting new stuff is great, it doesn’t matter if your a kid or not.
My standard response to anyone who may be a witness to my behavior is
" I may have to grow older but you can’t make me grow up"
That is a brilliant quote. I will have to remember that one.
Being a only 14, I still am a kid. Either way, I’m pretty sure i spent close to hour watching my brand new (OH MY GOODNESS!!! YES!!! YEEESSSSS!!!) Kato Pocket Line go round and round on a loop of track. I wouldn’t be suprised if i drooled too…
When I hit the LHS or Hobby Lobby I’m almost always like a kid let loose in a candy store!
I’ll pretty well second what everyone said on here. Yes, I do turn into a little kid when I get to get a new “toy”. Then again, I also turn into a kid whenever I go to an airshow, or even just go down to the local grade crossing (or better the parking lot adjacent to it) and watch trains come through. And well, since I’ve got one kid, and another on the way, someone’s got to act like them!
I like steam and diesels but lately I have gotten interested in cab or F-unit diesels again and kind of feel that little kid feeling again since I have fond memories of looking through train books at the library as a youngster and seeing those colorful, streamlined trains of the past. It is what really made me into a railfan. I envy the older individuals who were alive during the golden era of railroading and got to see it.
I treat the Walthers sale flyers like I used to treat the old Sears Christmas catalogs when they’d come!
I want that! I want that! I want those! I’ll take 3 of these![:D]
“The world is so full of wonderful things, that all of us should be as happy as kings…”
One accomplishment of which I am proud, is that seven decades of life hasn’t weakened my sense of wonder. There are new places to visit, new things to see, new friends to meet, and new things to do. Happiness is having some hare-brained scheme work against all odds. (Ever see a seven-axle articulated hopper car?) Model railroading is a great source of that feeling, but hardly the only one.
If I ever wake up and don’t feel certain that the new day will surprise me with some new experience, I’ll just go back to bed.
As for acting like a little kid, I usually act the way I did when I was a little kid - growing up in a military household under the Colonel’s iron fist.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - and loving every minute of it)
Hi once again!
After reading all the postings, its obvious that there are a lot of “older” folks out there (like me - age 65) who still have the joy in them that they had as a kid. How cool is that!
With that in mind, I think of all the folks I knew of the previous generations, and how the vast majority of them were “adults” in every sense of the word at a very early age. Obviously the big reasons for that - IMHO - is that they endured the Depression and WWII and had no time/money/enthusiasm to be kids.
As someone said earlier, “I may grown old, but I ain’t growing up”! Wow, that’s great!!!
ENJOY,
Mobilman44 - Proud son of a WWII combat Vet, son-in-law of a Pearl Harbor survivor, and grandson of an Italian Chicago brewery worker !
It’s funny when I tell my wife that I purchased something for my trains, she will just shake her head. Then she will proceed to go and buy some shoes so it all evens out. She is supportive of my hobby, I mean she did buy me a train set for Christmas which set the ball in motion.
I currently have three itme scoming from toytrainheaven.com and a loco from Ebay and I can not wait until they get here so I can try them out. So yes I do act like a kid in a candy store when I go into the LHS or when I shop online.
I recently made a trip down to the strasburg LHS and wow could I have blown some serious dollars in that store. I had to retrain myself from buying everything. It is a wonderful hobby that I am glad I re-found, looking forward to the day when I start my layout.
Will
Hey guys, I jsut remembered these two quotes from the comic strip Clavin & Hobbes by Bill Waterson:
“That’s a lot more mature than I care to be”-Calvin
“Childhood is short and maturity is forever”-Calvin
The reality is we are boys playing with toys, no matter the cost of the toy. Our wives think we look “cute” playing with our toys. Most of us have no idea on how a railroad works. We fantasize.
Rich
People that experience going to a LHS with me or waiting for me in the car never wanted again to repete the experience… even my own club members. 1 hour is like ten minutes for me in that kind of shop. Unfortunately, all interesting shop in the area closed and the remaining one doesn’t put much models in display which kills the customer experience.
Anyway, modelrailroading is a passion, don’t expect any rationality behind it!
Matt
There’s been more than a few times my wife has rolled her eyes at me and muttered “OK Calvin”