Nice set up, I also have a 136 and I am very pleased with it, has alot of nice features, like clock, alarm clock, FM radio, Weather alert. and the receiver on it, is not that bad either.
Im 35 now married with a 1 year old daughter. I got into this hobby when i was 12 or 13 using my dads cb radio in his car then finding my first scanner at a garage sale when i was visiting my grandparents in Florida. I had no idea what a scanner was or what it did. No manual and no internet back then. The rest is many $$$ spent buying/trading and selling radios.