Originally Posted by Hydro Junkie

I would disagree on one point, Speed. I don't think we have less recreational time, we just have many more things that we can do in that time. The problem is that the father/child time has pretty much gone the way of the cannon, that being most children would rather spend their time on Facebook, Twitter or playing video games than learning to build and fly airplanes. Then again, most fathers don't have to ability to build them either due to other "priorities. I see how little mechanical ability many have and it's another reason to see why our hobby, among many, is fading