What are your OTHER expensive hobbies besides guns?
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(in fact I sold this car a couple of years ago and recently bought it back by trading my Saiga 12 and a Bushmaster carbine).
Why can't I have a cheap hobby like knitting or wood carving or origami
rero360
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women, guitars and computer stuff, and motorcycle stuff.
Winchester 73
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Electronics.
Right now I'm hungering for a Sony 60" HDTV.Lcos split screen,incredible.
But guns will always come first.(Remington 870 HD 18" shotgun on the horizon.)
Right now I'm hungering for a Sony 60" HDTV.Lcos split screen,incredible.
But guns will always come first.(Remington 870 HD 18" shotgun on the horizon.)
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my life revolves around:
chicks
trucks
guns
but hey im 17 i got no kids
chicks
trucks
guns
but hey im 17 i got no kids
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escort services
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yongxingfreesty
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this the most expensive, followed by billiards/pool cues
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Inherently expensive: Fountain pens, nice paper, ink.
Potentially expensive: camping/backpacking, kite-flying, babywearing (don't ask unless you really want to know), parenting, sewing, judo, homebrewing
I'm poor at least until I finish school and work for a couple years, so I'm pretty cheap on even the inherently expensive stuff. I'm limited to 6-8 boxes of shells at the most per week, and right now I'm only doing about 2 boxes/week. That's *nothing* in trapshooting. Starting to reload 9mm, on a friend's equipment. Got a line on a used shotshell reloading, which won't save me much, if any money, but will buy me consistency at a cheaper price.
With pens, I'm limited to the low end stuff--maybe one sub-$100 pen per year. I do go through about ten or so Clairefontaine writing pads per year at $7 each. I sometimes pick up a low end vintage pen. Got a transitional series Esterbrook for $30 a couple months ago. Lately I assuage my pen desires by buying ink. A lot of fun to experiment with and under $10/bottle, many under $5.
The other multitude of hobbies I can do on very little money but sometimes it is fun to get some new, pricy gear. Mostly not until I'm done with school. Haven't gotten an expensive kite in over four years. I buy fabric on clearance, and sewing for a toddler uses less fabric than sewing for adults. A friend gave me a whole bunch of honey a couple years ago and that is satsfying my mead-brewing needs for a while. Did have to go real cheap in the last batch. Despite my top-of-the-line corker, I "bottled" it in Mason jars--didn't have the cash for bottles and corks. I like having a zillion hobbies and find that there are corners to be cut in most of them. There's always .22lr, there's always PR inks, there's always basic delta kites and dollar flannel and mason jars.
Potentially expensive: camping/backpacking, kite-flying, babywearing (don't ask unless you really want to know), parenting, sewing, judo, homebrewing
I'm poor at least until I finish school and work for a couple years, so I'm pretty cheap on even the inherently expensive stuff. I'm limited to 6-8 boxes of shells at the most per week, and right now I'm only doing about 2 boxes/week. That's *nothing* in trapshooting. Starting to reload 9mm, on a friend's equipment. Got a line on a used shotshell reloading, which won't save me much, if any money, but will buy me consistency at a cheaper price.
With pens, I'm limited to the low end stuff--maybe one sub-$100 pen per year. I do go through about ten or so Clairefontaine writing pads per year at $7 each. I sometimes pick up a low end vintage pen. Got a transitional series Esterbrook for $30 a couple months ago. Lately I assuage my pen desires by buying ink. A lot of fun to experiment with and under $10/bottle, many under $5.
The other multitude of hobbies I can do on very little money but sometimes it is fun to get some new, pricy gear. Mostly not until I'm done with school. Haven't gotten an expensive kite in over four years. I buy fabric on clearance, and sewing for a toddler uses less fabric than sewing for adults. A friend gave me a whole bunch of honey a couple years ago and that is satsfying my mead-brewing needs for a while. Did have to go real cheap in the last batch. Despite my top-of-the-line corker, I "bottled" it in Mason jars--didn't have the cash for bottles and corks. I like having a zillion hobbies and find that there are corners to be cut in most of them. There's always .22lr, there's always PR inks, there's always basic delta kites and dollar flannel and mason jars.
dcal
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more customizable than a 1911...
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leather and chrome...'nuff said
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Flying.
After retiring I bought these little birds to get in the air once in a while.
No, it doesn't actually have a mounted BAR.
Vicious-Peanut
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Hmm, High power rocketry (H motors+) and nitro and electric rc cars. I need to find another job.....
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it used to be horses, but i ran out of money.
"how do you make a small fortune with horses? Start with a large fortune" - mike sharp (my former riding instructor)
now i just have ski's and guns left.
"how do you make a small fortune with horses? Start with a large fortune" - mike sharp (my former riding instructor)
now i just have ski's and guns left.
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Guns are easily my most expensive "hobby", although I don't really think of it as a hobby.
I drive a cheap car, live in a cheap apartment, and live pretty cheaply. I don't even like shelling out cash for new books (paperbacks run $8 a pop, new, these days). I'm a casual gamer, not hardcore.
Actually, after guns, drinking is probably my most expensive "hobby", although I don't drink much. I like good whiskey; single malt scotch and bourbon. I don't care for cheap blended scotch, but I'm looking into better blends. Heard good things about Johnny Walker Black Label, Famous Grouse, even Crown Royal.
With my expensive taste in whiskey, it's a good thing I smoke cheap cigars. Those two, plus guns, can bankrupt a man.
I drive a cheap car, live in a cheap apartment, and live pretty cheaply. I don't even like shelling out cash for new books (paperbacks run $8 a pop, new, these days). I'm a casual gamer, not hardcore.
Actually, after guns, drinking is probably my most expensive "hobby", although I don't drink much. I like good whiskey; single malt scotch and bourbon. I don't care for cheap blended scotch, but I'm looking into better blends. Heard good things about Johnny Walker Black Label, Famous Grouse, even Crown Royal.
With my expensive taste in whiskey, it's a good thing I smoke cheap cigars. Those two, plus guns, can bankrupt a man.
dmftoy1
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Wife, kids, scuba diving. (in that order)
CountGlockula
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Opening a $6 basketball trading card pack to pull out a $400+ value autographed card of Kobe Bryant. Also...
Chris Kunitz, Anaheim Ducks Left Wing
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
Jango Fett
Tony Hawk
James Toney
Big Game James Worthy
Jabbar baby!
Showtime!
Chris Kunitz, Anaheim Ducks Left Wing
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
Jango Fett
Tony Hawk
James Toney
Big Game James Worthy
Jabbar baby!
Showtime!
Lurp
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Well fishing is by far my most expensive hobby followed by firearms and knife collecting. I have way to many other hobbies, but none come near my fishing gear/tackle collection.
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