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25-07-07, 06:16 PM
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Cheap hobbies
Why do my ‘cheap’ hobbies always end up in me getting carried away and me spending a small fortune on them?!?!
 Most recent case in point … karting … mate at work was into karting, little 2-stroke race karts … I am a bit of a petrol head so it didn’t take much to get me keen in the idea when he said they were good for about a ton … “sounds a bit of a laugh” I said … “you can buy 2nd hand kart for <£300 that will do the job” he said … “go on, I’ll give it a crack, I’d spend about that all in on taking part in one bike trackday … at least there are several kart tracks in a sensible radius … Besides, if I don’t like karting, I can always just sell it on” … So that is how it all started … Sure enough I bought a kart for <£300 … and went out for my first drive … it was fun ... I have been like 3 times now and with all the extra bits and spares I have bought since, (including a new engine, then a full engine rebuild where it blew up last time  ) … I am running at >£1k already … and still have about a million and one things I wanna buy, so can see that doubling in the next few months … Now how did that happen?!!? It was the same with my minimoto .. started off as a ‘cheap’ idea … spent ~£100 on my first bike … I must have spent >£2k on minimoto now!! Its bad!!
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25-07-07, 06:24 PM
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Re: Cheap hobbies
The phrase "more money than sense" springs to mind...
 
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25-07-07, 06:34 PM
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I sometimes wonder if it'd be cheaper to start snorting cocaine to get my kicks than take up the sort of hobbies I do!!!!
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25-07-07, 06:39 PM
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Re: Cheap hobbies
How do you fund it all!?
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25-07-07, 07:00 PM
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25-07-07, 07:23 PM
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My hobbies seem to end up costing a fortune too...it used to be cars, then it was my chickens (it's amazing how expensive pets can be )and now it's bikes...
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25-07-07, 07:30 PM
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Is 'chickens' a euphemism for something more sinister??? I can't believe chuck-chuck chickens can cost much in seed ... or did you start loosing lots of them to the big bad wolf?!!?
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25-07-07, 07:35 PM
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25-07-07, 07:35 PM
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Well I've got 9 atm and they're spoiled lol...it's the housing that's cost a fortune. I've had the little buggers for about 2 years now and I've spent about a grand on housing and fencing so far  yes I know it's not normal but I love them to bits lol 
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25-07-07, 07:37 PM
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ps. sorry for derail |
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