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Anyone else have ridiculously expensive hobbies?

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guitar guitar guitar

gotta have more acoustics

i tried the electric thing but didn't like it

now i wanna return my electric and BUY ANOTHER ACOUSTIC BUT I CANNOT AFFORD THIS ******!@
 
i like coach purses but traveling is my expensive hobby. Call me high maitnence but when we do travel, i make sure to get the best hotel possible! 🙂 (I swear, thats my one downfall 😀 )
 
Headphones and computers. I'm glad I have a hard time spending money because I would be dead broke by now.
 
Outlaw 2-stroke race karting. Just recieved a new $285.00 clutch, $250.00 billet jack shaft assembly, and $75.00 for misc. assesories. I have about $5000 invested in the kart. The cost to race averages about $200 to $400 per month.
 
Cars for sure. I've spent 5000 dollars already on the car and Im not even done with it...all I originally planned to do was replace the engine. It's quite addicting.
 
Originally posted by: Aflac
Headphones and computers. I'm glad I have a hard time spending money because I would be dead broke by now.
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SR-60's and...Dell? Hmm...give it a few years man.
 
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: Aflac
Headphones and computers. I'm glad I have a hard time spending money because I would be dead broke by now.
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SR-60's and...Dell? Hmm...give it a few years man.
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Yeah, if I could spend my money as I wanted I would have a LOT more than that.
 
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
i like coach purses but traveling is my expensive hobby. Call me high maitnence but when we do travel, i make sure to get the best hotel possible! 🙂 (I swear, thats my one downfall 😀 )
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Haha, that's how my family rolls too.

Sometimes, just sometimes, I feel a little spoiled 😉
 
Originally posted by: Platypus
For me it's guitar stuff.. I half considered just pulling the trigger on 600 dollars worth of stomp boxen.. I had to stop myself and get part now and part later.
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Me too, hence the username

I've gotten better, I actually sold🙁 a few guitars in the last 2 or three years. My wife tells me thats a good thing🙁, But I was kinda outta hand😱 I was considering adding on to the house to accomadate my collection. Plus my wife pointed out to me that the value of my collection was roughly double the total contents coverage on our homeowners policy:brokenheart:
 
My father-in-laws: boats.

They are money pits. He has 3 for deep-sea and 1 for the lake/fresh water.

You have to maintain them regularly even though you only take them out once in a while. They hardly get used during cold months and you have to dewinterize them to get them ready again. Unless you brave the cold waters for tuna off the gulfstream.

Gas is expensive. He replaces motors to make them faster. You have to maintain your captain's license and hire at least one crew/first mate. The list goes on.....
 
Cycling still amazes me concerning how dang expensive every little thing is.

But that's nothing compared to my $1500 a day habit. I'd like another fabergé egg, please.
 
Originally posted by: weadjust
A sea doo, yamaha waverunner, and pontoon boat.

A weekend at the lake house will run about $150 bucks for just the gas.
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which is why you need water buddies like me.

You take me out, I give you 60 bucks in gas money and all the beer you can drink. I'll even pull you guys skiing.

😉

I are good boat buddy.

man, I miss my buddy's 26' Donzi. Good times.
 
I have quite a collection of hobbies actually...

I have 12 guns...3 surfboards...2 Nitro RC cars...1 RC heli...1 RC airplane...2 really nice road bikes...oh, and I'm looking into getting a motorcycle. We won't get into the computer hardware or the DVD collection. 😛
 
If I splurged, I'd prolly spend 1k on a "nice" sound system.
"Nice" is all relative, esp. regarding audio.😀
A HD camcorder and Hitachi plasma would be very nice indeed.:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I have quite a collection of hobbies actually...

I have 12 guns...3 surfboards...2 Nitro RC cars...1 RC heli...1 RC airplane...2 really nice road bikes...oh, and I'm looking into getting a motorcycle. We won't get into the computer hardware or the DVD collection. 😛
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Are RC cars and planes and stuff expensive? For a uh..."decent" setup, what price range are we looking at?

<---not interested in getting into it, just curious.
 
I don't but my wife does... she has about $10,000 worth of photography equipment.

But if she turns it into a career when we have kids, it'll be worth way more than that.
 
Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion

Conversations can go like this:
"Let's have the best chicken curry. Let's go to Thailand!", "I want to ski on a glacier, let's go to New Zealand!", "Let's get a nice apothecary for our east coast house, let's go to Shanghai!"
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Heh, doesn't sound like your hurting. 😛
 
Originally posted by: mugs
I don't but my wife does... she has about $10,000 worth of photography equipment.

But if she turns it into a career when we have kids, it'll be worth way more than that.
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That's what sucks about being a guy (well, a straight guy)...I know I'll never be able to turn photography into a career, I wouldn't have a husband with a well paying office job to back me up 🙁
 
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
i like coach purses but traveling is my expensive hobby. Call me high maitnence but when we do travel, i make sure to get the best hotel possible! 🙂 (I swear, thats my one downfall 😀 )
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I think coach purse acquisition is a disease.. my sister and mother are also infected with it.
 
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