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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 657742, member: 8033&quot;]Yo T$ that&#039;s called life and you&#039;ll be just fine dude. First take care of your health but I don&#039;t think you need anyone to tell you that. Popularity may seem&nbsp; important now but it really does tend to even out as the years pass.</p><p>I spent my 20th High School Reunion basically BSing with a guy that collects GI Joe stuff. Had anyone predicted that when we were in school I would have said &quot;yeah right&quot;. I was &quot;cool&quot; he was not. Heck of a nice guy actually.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wasn&#039;t like I knew a lot of YN collectors when I was your age. I belonged to a club. Four of us were YNs. One was the best man at my wedding. He no longer collects and I have no clue where the others ended up.</p><p>I did the &quot;kid growing up thing&quot;. Girls, peer pressure then early adulthood. One day I came back to coins. It was in my blood and I&#039;m the only family member that ever had it in me.</p><p><br /></p><p>YNs are out there believe me. Sure the modern &quot;crap&quot; has lured them in but it&#039;s the same with adults. Someone that has never been to a coin shop tends to look around. Some of those people get &quot;bit by the bug&quot; - young or old.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I had a guy come in that wanted to upgrade his Kennedy halves. It was a circulated collection but the &quot;bug&quot; bit him. I spent a lot of time with him to upgrade. Also taught him a few things. He was grateful and will be back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later I had a kid of about 10 in with his mom. Tougher case (for me anyway). Going through the World paper AND coin &quot;bargain&quot; bins. Not my strong point. </p><p>I spent over an hour&nbsp; with them and sold $5 worth of stuff.</p><p>The kid&#039;s got it in his blood. Luckily I had the time to spend with him for this. He&#039;ll be back as well - just hope I&#039;m not real busy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line here is there are still probably just as many YNs out there. I know I&#039;ve talked about the advantages they have with the internet in the past but sometimes just talking to an old dog like myelf keeps them &quot;focused&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>It really is in your blood and nobody knows where those genes come from. YNs are out there in strong numbers. Numismatics is not a dying hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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