that is a beautiful story! i also often go to the field just to look. when i moved back to taiwan i really wanted to see if i'd continue to hobby here so i went out to chat up some of the people that were at the flying sight. they were about as rude as they could be. they responded curtly often with one word responses. even the lhs owners seemed fed up with me even before i finished my first question! despite that, i ended up back in the addiction er... i meant hobby. They are far more cordial to me now since i have some very nice planes flying. but i can't get over the fact that they were so rude in the beginning. i know that if people ask about the hobby, i would be more than happy to give them all the information they need to get started. i ALWAYS bring a buddy box for my easystar so that anyone with remote interest can fly. two weekends ago i had a friend plow it into some trees. its fixed and looking for a new victim! i wish those people would've been half as nice as the ones at your field.