>>Tell him to keep going, it's a blast. Have him take you for a ride. I haven't been up in a couple of years but am starting to consider getting current.
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>I was playing with the idea when I was about 14, started to do some learning... but like everything I planned about that age, it was soon replaced by more important things...

I'm glad I did it when I did cause I sure coiuldn't do it now. It's a lot easier when you're younger (before wife, kids, soccer, job, little league.......).