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02-05-2014, 07:03 PM   #151
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Photography is more than likely my second most expensive hobby. My cars keep my wallet fairly thin. I have never been satisfied with stock vehicles. Even my nicer cars get tuned or upgraded in some fashion. The other problem is the more expensive the car the more expensive the upgrades are i.e. Audi....
There are few things more important than cars.

Breathing and eating come to mind.

And for me, Mrs. Racer.

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There are few things more important than cars.

Breathing and eating come to mind.

And for me, Mrs. Racer.
I share your sentiments sir.
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QuoteOriginally posted by j2photos Quote
Photography is more than likely my second most expensive hobby. My cars keep my wallet fairly thin. I have never been satisfied with stock vehicles. Even my nicer cars get tuned or upgraded in some fashion. The other problem is the more expensive the car the more expensive the upgrades are i.e. Audi....
I came very close to getting into an Audi. A hobby of mine for years was to buy VW turbo diesels and fix them up. We had some excellent vendors with great prices on very good parts. But, always wanted an Audi. I can very close to buying a salvage A4 that had been wrecked. The guy had all the parts to put it back together but lost interest. I'm glad I didn't go through with it now as I wouldn't have been able to afford any lenses for a very long time.......
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Ya I would have bought that...

My money pit


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Ya I would have bought that...

My money pit
That red car is blocking your pic of a money pit (my house was a money pit for the first 3 years of ownership, today it's cheap because the roof, kitchen, windows, siding are done).
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That house was a huge money pit, bought it as a "fixer upper" and sold it in November after I moved to California
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That red car is blocking your pic of a money pit (my house was a money pit for the first 3 years of ownership, today it's cheap because the roof, kitchen, windows, siding are done).
Yeah, houses can be ginormous sinkholes.

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Yeah, houses can be ginormous sinkholes.
I love my house.



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Beautiful Home. Mine is a bit more modest lol!
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Beautiful Home. Mine is a bit more modest lol!
But you have oranges!

All I have are pine cones.
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I am afraid not, I have many more expensive hobbies. That 9ft Schimmel grand piano, the 8ft harpsichord, the double organ . Home recording studio. Home theater. All these add up to close to 6 figures. The camera gear is barely on the radar price wise.
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is photography your most expensive hobby?
No, that prize would be Mrs Kerrowdown.
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I used to have hobbies, but then I got married and we bought a house.

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Beautiful Home. Mine is a bit more modest lol!
QuoteOriginally posted by Racer X 69 Quote
But you have oranges!

All I have are pine cones.
I wish our house had some kind of fruited trees or even pine cones. Instead, all I have are a bunch of stumps left behind when they removed whatever trees were here before they built the house...
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..geez, after reading through this thread I'm not feelin' guilty anymore about buying a few cameras & lenses
....now i'm thinking that I'm NOT spending enough money on my hobbies....
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Not my most expensive hobby in absolute terms, but generally the purchases are the highest cost and thus most visible. Of course, it's probably one of my more easily shared and satisfying hobbies.

Plus, I don't have the space for a real arbor saw...
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