With the number of society members registered, I believe there are quite a few "recreational" and serious collectors in the world. I would think, however, that if you are a wacko, you are somehow connected to the internet/Harbourlights.com/this forum. Either directly (yourself) or indirectly (through others).

I know that I was just a casual collector until I found this forum (pre-HarbourLights.com) Now I check it out 2-3 times a day and plan my travels around H/L's dealer's list and lighthouse locations.

Although there are many very active members of this forum, I am sure there are substantially larger numbers that just read and are not interacting (but hopefully will).