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 Posted - May 29 2014 : 09:26:26 AM
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Poll Question:
Folks:
How old are we here? I'm curious to see how this forum stacks up against the overall MR demographic (perceived and actual).
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 10:02:59 PM
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glad to know i'm in the majority 
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 10:58:20 PM
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me too Am 41
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 11:10:41 PM
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22 over here.
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
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Posted - May 29 2014 : 11:46:34 PM
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Good to see I'm not the only teenager here.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 12:18:32 AM
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47
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 12:32:19 AM
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quote:Good to see I'm not the only teenager here.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 29 2014Â :Â 11:46:34 PM
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Me three!
--CRC
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 08:49:13 AM
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One of the grand dads, 67.
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 09:27:24 AM
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Folks:
So far, the sample size is still too small to make much of it, but it is intriguing that the results look like a plot of a 'demographic echo' with an approximate 30-year period. And it cuts off dead center in Generation X. I seem to be the only person in the 31-40 age group that likes trains. 
But anyway, the 30-year period makes sense, as that is roughly the median age for having children. Is this limited survey evidence that the generation that grew up in the 'golden age of HO scale/tinplate trains' is passing its interest to a new generation?
Edited by - Autobus Prime on May 30 2014 09:34:54 AM
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 09:57:59 AM
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quote:Folks:
So far, the sample size is still too small to make much of it, but it is intriguing that the results look like a plot of a 'demographic echo' with an approximate 30-year period. And it cuts off dead center in Generation X. I seem to be the only person in the 31-40 age group that likes trains.
But anyway, the 30-year period makes sense, as that is roughly the median age for having children. Is this limited survey evidence that the generation that grew up in the 'golden age of HO scale/tinplate trains' is passing its interest to a new generation?
Originally posted by Autobus Prime - May 30 2014 : 09:27:24 AM
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You're not the only 30 year old who likes trains. My dad has liked trains since he was in his 30's when I got my first train set 10 years ago.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 10:04:24 AM
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quote:
You're not the only 30 year old who likes trains. My dad has liked trains since he was in his 30's when I got my first train set 10 years ago.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â May 30 2014Â :Â 09:57:59 AM
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k:
But so far, I'm the only one in that age bucket, here, and now, and that sort of thing means everything when we are talking demographics. ^_^
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 10:53:39 PM
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| 42 -24 forever
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Posted - June 02 2014 : 7:06:46 PM
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17. I know and do a lot for such age. Old HO steamers are what I know best next to VW's
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - June 04 2014 : 4:18:49 PM
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70 this month
That makes 65yrs of playing with my trains
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Posted - June 04 2014 : 4:36:55 PM
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quote:
Unspoken expectations are premeditated failures.
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Posted - June 04 2014 : 5:00:34 PM
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57 and counting. But only really into the hobby since 2009, so that makes me....6?
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - June 05 2014 : 08:46:05 AM
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Well, I am 18 with 40 years' experience.
Randy
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Posted - June 05 2014 : 2:03:20 PM
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57 for me. First train set (Tyco) at about 6. Had a 4 x 8 layout from about 7th to 10th grade and been an armchair model railroader since with a few small temporary n scale layouts over the years. My kids (girls) loved playing with "daddy's trains" when I had them up. The 10 year old will play but the teen could not care less. I know collect 50's Tyco and play with my n scale on Kato track.
rich p
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Posted - June 05 2014 : 6:21:39 PM
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quote:57 for me. First train set (Tyco) at about 6. Had a 4 x 8 layout from about 7th to 10th grade and been an armchair model railroader since with a few small temporary n scale layouts over the years. My kids (girls) loved playing with "daddy's trains" when I had them up. The 10 year old will play but the teen could not care less. I know collect 50's Tyco and play with my n scale on Kato track.
Originally posted by richard p - June 05 2014 : 2:03:20 PM
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I'm somewhat similar to that actually. I'm more of an armchair modeller too but I actually run the stuff I collect. I collect H0 and N, but I also have one 0 gauge item. which is a NYC Marx caboose.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 15 2014 : 11:31:42 PM
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38 here. Thank you for making me feel young:)
If you are not having fun, you are not doing it right.
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Posted - June 15 2014 : 11:59:11 PM
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I'm looking at 63, as for my body everything has either dried up or leaks. This earth suit is getting rather stiff, but it still works. So I will enjoy life, you guys and my trains for a little while longer. I have been doing trains since I was about 8.
Regards, John ************************
Old age is no place for sissies <> Katharine Hepburn
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Posted - June 16 2014 : 06:31:05 AM
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quote:38 here. Thank you for making me feel young:)
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - June 15 2014 : 11:31:42 PM
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Ray, at 38 you ARE young
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Posted - June 16 2014 : 07:16:50 AM
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| Count me in at 69.
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 Posted - June 16 2014 : 6:02:02 PM
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| I should mention I has S&P hair too
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