An observation - a prediction - somewhat off-topic

[JIMRPT@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/21/2000 8:06:29 AM, you wrote:

<<It's true though, some of us took a while deciding what we wanted to be
when we grew up, some decided fairly early, some still haven't decided, and
the rest simply refuse to consider growing up altogether (hands?).
Ron N>>

Phil;
  My hand is held high on Rons last point...............For some reason 
tuning has always seemd to draw a 'large' proportion of latter day job 
seekers to its fold...why I don't know but some reasons might be: hunting for 
something to supplement an expense or savings plan for the future, it is seen 
as somethng that can be started realtively inexpensively equipment wise, not 
suited to the stressful atmosphere of Corporate life or just fed up with it, 
unable to work under supervision (don't laugh at this one y'all), seeking 
after many years to find something that is more rewarding than just punching 
the time clock, etc., etc................ It seems sometimes that the most 
popular ages to get into tuning are between thirty-five and fourty-five (do I 
hear midlife crisis folk?)  Also there is a goodly number of folk who are 
continuing their present real-life job while working their way into tuning 
and some of these decide that tuning is what they want to do exclusively and 
the rest continue tuning after retirement................
 So I guess what I am saying is that 'new' tuners, in my experience, have  
been mostly in the middle aged or later category so it isn't surprising at 
all to me that there appears to be a huge bulge in the thirty-five to 
fifty-five year ranges.......
My thoughts.
Jim Bryant (FL)