sorry i got up on my soap box a little long there. i just see that the
average age of participants in car shows and racing is slowly going up! as
fewer and fewer people are being exposed to racing and shows. i notice that
at the races the stands are a ghost town. i see at car shows very few
younger individuals. even at hillclimbs that in the 50's and 60's drew as
many as 150-200 entrants are overjoyed to see 50-75 entrants. where have we
gone? in spite of outings (caravaning / meetings etc.) there is just no
contact with the general public. it has become an underground kind of
affair. i see the same thing in my train (ho scale) hobby. you never
tell someone you collect (concieved as play with) toy trains for fear of
being acused of being a child/baby by associates and friends. so you never
discuss it! untill you bump into an old friend at a show remarking" i
didn't know you......". car shows are the same thing and so is racing.
in a sleeping society how do you wake someone up?
chuck.
burning my soap box!
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