Steve Lusardi wrote:
The manual model
shops and short run ma & pa operations are long gone. They only exist
with the hobbiest and we are dying out as well. Just look at this NG.
What do we have, 2 dozen regulars left? If you survey those, I'll bet
there are not many below the age of 60. I'll be 66 this Wed.

That is more a function of usenet and a function of the political bickering
that has driven knowledgeable people away from this (and other usenet
groups) in droves.

As much as I loathe webforums, they do have the advantage of moderating out
the political B.S., and the community of HSM's there is thriving.

Reaping, sowing, and all of that.

Jon