71 Truck--

Trident Jewels in St. Thomas by chance?!

Tim

This year i took up hunting and reloading. I am now as poor as a church mouse.

Before that it was guns and shooting on their own, together with man toys for the yard.

Not sure which’s is worse. Shooting, model trains or the camping/riding. Might be the riding as we just bought a new RZR.

SCUBA diving by far. I have extras for extras....then you buy a scooter....uggg.

Traveling that includes wintering in the south. About $20,000 annually. Ain't gonna change.

My wife says my life is my most expensive hobby.

Motorcycles, woodworking, camping, hunting, fishing, shooting, working on old cars, etc... where do you want to start.

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Originally posted by BlackAgnes:
71 Truck--

Trident Jewels in St. Thomas by chance?!

Tim

My wife and have been averaging 2 Disney cruises a year. We go mostly on Western Caribbean cruises however we were just on an Eastern this month for the first time in 18 years.
It was not Trident Jewels. When we are in St Thomas some time next year will have to look them up.
No one I talked with wanted to deal in Tortola or St Thomas. I ended up buying a watch on the boat. They can't deal however it was a very very hard to get watch back in the US. Being it was duty free on the boat I saved around 6% plus not having to pay sales tax.

If you want the name of the jeweler I use on Western Caribbean cruises I can email his information to you.

Motorcycles and traveling on them are probably my most expensive hobby, especially if I add in the shop/motorcycle room I had to build to house them!

Playing guitar.

It only takes first place since I've also become something of a collector. Once I get a guitar, I hold on to it, it seems. Currently, I have 23.

Second to that, I'd have to say photography -- only because of the travel involved. Every trip I take (and I take several a year), the photo opportunities are the driving force. Cruises, tours, day trips, you name it. The first thing I pack is my camera gear (I have three cameras, four tripods and multiple lenses -- no, I don't take everything!).

Guns take a distant third. I supposed I could move that up a notch if I spent more time at the range, but these days I'm slacking in that department. However, with two new guns (and a possible third), that could change.

High end audio and record collecting. Also fly fishing, if you include the travel costs to obscure destinations.

Boat. Going to upgrade my smallish sportfishing boat this year to a larger one. However the costs are offset by me doing all the maintenance and upgrades, friends always share the fuel expenses, and taking high quality food home for the table.

Also when you do things for friends, like take them out in the ocean to fish for salmon, tuna, crab, etc, they very much appreciate it. In return, they often give back in their own way.

Elk hunting I can’t remember tossing so much money into one thing. Equipment, Tags, Outfitters, Travel, dare we throw a reliable truck into the mix?

I do it happily. Truth be known I’d quit my job and find one I like were it not for those mountain hunts.

71 Truck,

What club are you active in if you if don't mind me asking?

I'd love to get my eldest daughter to a competition. (She's 16 and has only ever plinked on indoor ranges.)

Oh, I suppose I should also contribute to the thread!

Children and traveling with children have to be number 1.

My hobbies all seem to grab $ in intervals. Lately it has been shooting and reloading as I purchased a couple of NFA items

Shooting. guns, gear, reloading equipment, components, time...

I don't know whether to call it shooting or gun collecting, but at the point that you have to have a building for it, it's expensive.

Toss up between shooting and woodworking.

Motorsports.
I tried airplanes a few decades ago and that could have been pretty expensive but had an added danger level and periods of boredom for me.

For a while I was making gold and silver bangles and cuffs. Working with 18k pale yellow flat wire and some 22k thick foil ... I made a lot of expensive scrap.

oh man...

Ferrari's - on my second one

Astronomy - I have a 12" mounted scope with a 10' motorized dome, soon to be remote controlled from the comfort of my computer

Airplanes - converts high cost fuel to noise but its how I relax

Guns - all over the map