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I have way too many hobbies, but boating is the big one. We spend 30 weekends a year on the water plus a full week or two. This takes up a lot of free time so Autocross/DE (PCA) and homebrewing are currently on the back burner. Espresso/coffee/home roasting are nice for when I'm home (winter and weekdays) and I am a bit of a fountain pen and watch geek.

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I need a hobby that makes money instead of costing money.

Guns were my second expensive hobby. Skiing was the first. But there are literally 100s you can do on a shoestring. 

 

With this in mind, nine months after earning my General Class amateur radio licence I'm still on the fence about investing in serious equipment. The money is not a significant issue but I'd be embarrassed to spend $2-3k and then be disappointed, to have the crap sitting around collecting dust.

 

The real cost of hobbies is TIME. I've played about 700 rated games of chess, which is a relatively cheap hobby based on cost and equipment. I use the same board, plastic pieces, and clock that I bought 20 years ago.

 

700 games x (4 hours + .75 travel hours) = 3325 hours. Divide that by 40 hours, a normal work week, and you get 83 f-ing weeks. 

 

Multiply that by whatever annual income you like:

 

$40,000 per year = $64,000

$60,000 per year = $96,000

$100,000 per year = $160,000

 

You get the picture. So chess was a lot more expensive for me than the $50 equipment bag, the $30-40 per year I spend in books, the $12 entry fees -- geez even the $100 entries.

 

On the other hand you can work work work and die rich.

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Oenophile.

 

(Now I know you guys are wondering if that was something different that got auto corrected. Ha. )

 

 

Is it porn?

 

Porn in a glass.

 

I'd left that off my list. I realized long ago that my collection exceeds what I could ever utilize appropriately. No more purchases until I don't have to worry about keeping them "too long." I did get a kick out of the way you phrased it, especially since I'd decided against using the word "horology" on my previous post.

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Oenophile.

 

(Now I know you guys are wondering if that was something different that got auto corrected. Ha. )

He's a wine connoisseur, and no, I didn't cheat and Google it. LOL

 

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Porn in a glass.

 

I'd left that off my list. I realized long ago that my collection exceeds what I could ever utilize appropriately. No more purchases until I don't have to worry about keeping them "too long." I did get a kick out of the way you phrased it, especially since I'd decided against using the word "horology" on my previous post.

I love the term horology. The study of time. I'm a bit of a watch guy myself.

 

Aside from that: skiing, hiking, gadgets (I like electronic things) to name a few.

 

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Porn in a glass.

 

I'd left that off my list. I realized long ago that my collection exceeds what I could ever utilize appropriately. No more purchases until I don't have to worry about keeping them "too long." I did get a kick out of the way you phrased it, especially since I'd decided against using the word "horology" on my previous post.

 

I thought it was porn. 

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Gee willikers, maybe we could find a forum member close to all of us who would host a pajama party sleepover, where we can stay up

all night and talk about our feelings and our hobbies while we eat s'mores and drink hot cocoa!

 

I dunno....not all of us are into this "Glock" thing

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Gee willikers, maybe we could find a forum member close to all of us who would host a pajama party sleepover, where we can stay up

all night and talk about our feelings and our hobbies while we eat s'mores and drink hot cocoa!

 

I'm in, but only if you promise we can sing Kumbaya

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Gee willikers, maybe we could find a forum member close to all of us who would host a pajama party sleepover, where we can stay up

all night and talk about our feelings and our hobbies while we eat s'mores and drink hot cocoa!

If you were to wake up with a condom hanging out of your ass, would you tell anybody or keep it to yourself?

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Gee willikers, maybe we could find a forum member close to all of us who would host a pajama party sleepover, where we can stay up

all night and talk about our feelings and our hobbies while we eat s'mores and drink hot cocoa!

 

Can we watch porn as well?

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