I was thinking about this last night in fact. I wonder how many people have had the same thought...
I was thinking that there have been times in my life where I haven't done any programming at all.
I sold my C64 to buy a BMX and went cycling instead as a child and never got back into computing for a few years. Then the next significant thing was the Amiga, which again I left behind, only to pick up again progamming on the PS2 with Yabasic! Then I moved straight to the PC and threw in the towel yet again, and now the demo scene has reclaimed me.