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Old 9th Feb 2017, 4:27 pm   #13
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Default Re: Attracting younger members to Vintage Equipment

In the broader picture I think it is about understanding (even at a top level) of how things work. Lots of people rely on others to do it all for them (take your average 'smart 'phone) if there isn't a next generation of thinkers there will be no new stuff to enjoy and use. On the bright side it now seems to be OK to be a geek ('orible word for the technically savant). Once you understand something, anything (I was asked today how to put in and use a rawl plug, I said how it works and the chap was willing to give it a go) then it escalates to wanting to know lots more, all for the good!

I don't mind ignorance but an unwillingness to learn...

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