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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randy Abercrombie, post: 7502541, member: 92655&quot;]We grew up in a different generation. If we needed knowledge, we collected up enough change for bus fare, rode to the library and checked out the book that we hoped contained the knowledge we seek. And along the way, if we saw a dime that had been run over, we picked it up and hoped the pay phone would still accept it... Learning took effort.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward fifty years and we have replaced the encyclopedia with Google. We have replaced walking to the bus stop with vegitating behind a computer screen. We have come to expect instant information. When our Google search doesn&#039;t bring up dimes that have been run over in the road, in desperation we do another search and come up with CT.... Now, give me my instant information.</p><p><br /></p><p>I paint this picture because I believe this is the mindset we have with many of these new folks. We can hope that there is a spark inside them that makes them want to gravitate toward the hobby, but in most cases they just want to know that they have a valuable coin so they can go buy the latest video game. So it then becomes incumbent on us to either attempt to spark some numismatic interest while we have them as a captive audience. If not, then so be it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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