Beam me up !!!!!

A friends recent post mentioning the new Star Trek movie brought back memories.....

Some good...some just ok. .. No real bad ones though....

I have to admit I never watched the series..or saw any of the movies.

Still I have probably spent more time and money pursuing these intergalactic people than almost anyone I know.

My daughter,at a very young age developed an interest ..or passion..or fascination.. or

obsession with the entire Star Trek thing. Even now I have a plastic bin in storage full of

everything from Blueprints of the Enterprise.. collector plates... phones..

you name it ! We have it .

Over the years she has had..Star Trek lamps, Star Trek Telephones, Star Trek dolls

..books..I believe every episode and movie ever made. not to mention various models..

shirts.. and the list goes on and on.

We also were lucky enough to attend several conventions, although that duty was usually

left to my wife. On one occasion I remember a I was nominated to make the 6 hr drive to Indiana to attend a convention that she just couldn't miss and her mother couldn't go to.

If I recall I also had the great pleasure of paying something on the lines of a hundred and

some odd dollars for a sixteen dollar figure that I wasn't smart enough to buy back when it was available. (wow.. that would have bought a train ) What was I thinking !

But I guess we all have our passions, I'm just glad we have the means and time to pursue the little things in life.. after all it's the hunt that means the most sometimes.

I have to admit though.. walking around those conventions seeing people with communicators and transporters on their belts parading around in Star Trek uniforms gave me a better understanding of why my daughter never goes to many train shows with me.

And 'NO' ..Before you ask...I don't wear bibs and an engineers hat to the train shows..