22 Mar 2014, 5:03 am
GivePeaceAChance wrote:
GregCav wrote:
I've been involved in classic car loving and restoring. That can easily suck up every dime you earn.
I know people who are yachties. Any craft that floats on salt water can be crazy expensive.
Motor racing is fun as hell, it's hard to resist spending more money
But I don't agree with their inclusion of Model Railroading. A single train worth $300 is woopdy-do compared to working your 455 cu engine again.
I know people who are yachties. Any craft that floats on salt water can be crazy expensive.
Motor racing is fun as hell, it's hard to resist spending more money
But I don't agree with their inclusion of Model Railroading. A single train worth $300 is woopdy-do compared to working your 455 cu engine again.
you must be quite wealthy - for some people $300 is way out of reach - that is 3 months grocery budget to me
Thats not wealthy. I remember my dad had a friend who lived in a Section 8 apartment. He spent every bit of his social security check on his model railroad set up. He didn't have much money to spend on it, but eventually his layout filled his entire apartment. He had to get rid of most of his furniture, to make room for it. He had dozens of trains, and I don't even know how much track. I believe he sold it all off shortly before he died, and used the money to travel around the country and visit all of his grandchildren. In the end it probably didn't cost him much of anything.
22 Mar 2014, 6:01 pm
Max000 wrote:
GivePeaceAChance wrote:
GregCav wrote:
I've been involved in classic car loving and restoring. That can easily suck up every dime you earn.
I know people who are yachties. Any craft that floats on salt water can be crazy expensive.
Motor racing is fun as hell, it's hard to resist spending more money
But I don't agree with their inclusion of Model Railroading. A single train worth $300 is woopdy-do compared to working your 455 cu engine again.
I know people who are yachties. Any craft that floats on salt water can be crazy expensive.
Motor racing is fun as hell, it's hard to resist spending more money
But I don't agree with their inclusion of Model Railroading. A single train worth $300 is woopdy-do compared to working your 455 cu engine again.
you must be quite wealthy - for some people $300 is way out of reach - that is 3 months grocery budget to me
Thats not wealthy. I remember my dad had a friend who lived in a Section 8 apartment. He spent every bit of his social security check on his model railroad set up. He didn't have much money to spend on it, but eventually his layout filled his entire apartment. He had to get rid of most of his furniture, to make room for it. He had dozens of trains, and I don't even know how much track. I believe he sold it all off shortly before he died, and used the money to travel around the country and visit all of his grandchildren. In the end it probably didn't cost him much of anything.
I agree with Max000. Any hobby can be done over time, and it simply builds over time. That doesn't make it "expensive" like owning a yacht.
I'm rich compared to many here, I accept that. But to the rest of society, I'm just a fraction above average wage.
I'm in engineering, and I work hard for my money.
I bought a 1959 Pontiac when i was 21, and I owned that car for 27 years.
In that time I pulled out the old 6 cyl and put in a 455 V8, drove it all over the place, replaced all of the suspension and loved it bits.
I estimate I spent $40,000 on repairs over a 27 year span. Which, when you work it out to a yearly cost isn't so much after all.
For all the enjoyment the car gave me, I think it was great value.
09 Sep 2020, 5:42 pm
GregCav wrote:
I've been involved in classic car loving and restoring. That can easily suck up every dime you earn.
I know people who are yachties. Any craft that floats on salt water can be crazy expensive.
Motor racing is fun as hell, it's hard to resist spending more money
But I don't agree with their inclusion of Model Railroading. A single train worth $300 is woopdy-do compared to working your 455 cu engine again.
I know people who are yachties. Any craft that floats on salt water can be crazy expensive.
Motor racing is fun as hell, it's hard to resist spending more money
But I don't agree with their inclusion of Model Railroading. A single train worth $300 is woopdy-do compared to working your 455 cu engine again.
In the past I have spent a fortune in model railways, but not now.
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Autographs , real ones that is :
Beatles/Elvis/Monroe/Dean/Hendrix......many many 1000s
Cobain/Mercury/Marley
Arnold 400$
Stallone 400
Chase 400 (or more to sign poster)
Hogan sgd wrestling belt 600
Weathers 300
Ford 800 
Norris 130
Sinatra/Liz Taylor
Brando (he was a notoriously difficult signer)
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Music is the language of the soul (I think)
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