How long have you been in the hobby

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I have been in the hobby for about 2-3 years.

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Oh god. Wow. Whats the reason of this poll? Are you writing a Model railroader book because if you are I am willing to help out your study, but if not, well no answer from me.

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I will answer this the way I intend to answer all polls from now on:

BEER!

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My answer would be the same for all of the reasons below:

  1. Since teething on a pre-WWII Lionel box car.

  2. Since first observing that all the interesting things ran on steel rails.

  3. Since starting to operate Lionel as a transportation link, not a loop, even though it was still set up on the living room rug.

  4. Since buying my first copy of Model Railroader, which I still have.

  5. Since starting my first layout.

Only exception - since starting to collect Social Security.

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LMAO

That is hilarious kchronister
All I think of is Homer Simpson " Mmmmmm beer".

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30 years this coming december…chuck

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since 1965 and have enjoyed every minute of it.

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I’d say since I was nine months old, but that is really the date of my first reported positive response to trains. I have been in the hobby as long as I have been hooking cars together to form a train.

Regards
Peter
conford

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Received a Lionel in 1959, switched to HO in 1966.

I vote BEER as well.

S&R.

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No model railroader book. Just curious[;)]

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I’ve been in the hobby for about twenty years off and on.

TL

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I see a ripple wave in the responses. Seems most old teens, young adults have other interests that override the train gene for a while. No surprises there.

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4 years!

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???[%-)]

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i wuld go for wut a lame poll and 1 year… im new to this hobby. since the poll has no units(yrs, months,ect.) i could go for 1 year or month…LOL!

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Don’t worry, nothing against you personally. I’m one of the anti-polls guys, and was taking a page out of Bob B.'s book, by using the [tdn]

But, let’s not let this turn into another one of those threads.

Matt

[Edit: I took that out, as this really isn’t a bad poll. I should also re-phrase my description: I’m an anti-uselesspollist.]

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I see I see. It’s not totally useless. It’s nice to know.[:D]

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To answer your question, I’ve been in the hobby around 10 years. Funny, though, as I haven’t been a railfan but for 7 or so years.

Matt

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Exactly.

Again, please forgive me.