RE: Believe it or not this is the culprit that got me started.
I got interested in it back when I was about 15 (11 years ago). I can't remember how I got interested in it then, but that's not important because I was never able to get into the hobby at that age.
What I did was go get my hair cut last year (around January 2005) and see a couple Model Aviation mags at the stylist (yeah, she's a stylist not a barber, but that's my wife's fault, I'd be fine with a barber). Anyway, she said I could have the magazines since she was going to refresh the ones she had out with up-to-date mags and I took them home and started reading. That re-ignited the RC bug for me and I flew for the first time at a Fun Fly in February. Then I flew my own plane for the first time in March '05.
Now I'm up to my third plane and ready for my fourth (SIG Hog Bipe, I'm thinking)!