OldPoleBurner Wrote:
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> > The current editorial staff seems to be (or act
> like) kids who get to play loud and hard
> > with expensive toys - which they describe
> sometimes as 'hooning'.
>
> From Wiki:
> "Hoon is a term used in Australia and New Zealand,
> to refer to anyone who engages in loutish,
> anti-social behaviours. In particular, it is used
> to refer to one who drives a car or boat in a
> manner which is anti-social by the standards of
> contemporary society, i.e. too fast, too noisily
> or too dangerously."
>
> Antisocial behaviors while pursuing a hobby
> interest - eh?
> Could hooning be akin to boorish FOAMING!
> Certainly sounds a lot like some foamers we all
> know and love to hate!
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>
> As to magazines, especially Trains and Model
> Railroader; they have had no soul for a long
> time, because Kalmbach Publishing sold its soul
> years ago. Have you noticed how devoid of any
> controversy their letters to the editor really
> are. They won't publish anything that might annoy
> an advertiser, hobby manufacturer, or heaven
> forbid - any big railroad. It's strictly party
> line all the way. But of course, they are
> trying to turn Trains into just another trade
> journal. And those are all very one-sided too.


Amen OPB. Since Linn and DPM died, neither Trains or MR were ever the same.