On 2019-04-16 4:27 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>> One could call anyone else's hobby a money toss, I suppose.
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> Sure for some. The payoff is in enjoyable time.
>
> I built a lot of furniture that is in regular use.Â* Some could have been
> bought cheaper.
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> I built this about 15 years ago and is still used on my front porch
> https://i.postimg.cc/L4LNMw4B/Tudor-Bench-1.jpg
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> I built two and gave one to a friend.

Nice stuff. Some people have expensive hobbies. Thanks to my years of
horse back riding I know a number of people who have the horse bug.
Boarding a horse in a barn with an indoor arena runs you around $500-600
a month these days. Then there is the vet bills, the farrier, tack,
trailering to shows. The option is to buy a large and expensive piece
of property with a barn and spend all your spare time mending fences and
shoveling shit.

My friend's breeds show dogs. They currently have four dogs. They spend
at least $500 a month on dog food. Then there are the vet bills, travel
to shows, grooming etch. The had a litter last year, sold 6 for a lot
of money and did not even break even. Never mind the full time job
looking after them.