[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by thatkidfromjerrymaguire

I'm guessing the majority of us took a break around that 16 - 21 age.

We got hooked as 10 year olds, got distracted by more exciting things in high school/college, and then eventually found our way back due to the nostalgia of our 10 year old selves. I definitely took that path.

Yep. Describes me to a T. I found some of the first online auctions (pre-eBay, think dial-up AOL...) in college in the late 90's. I saw the vintage cards I had cherished as a kid in the late 80's and was immediately smitten again.