Golf. I play a lot.

If it is time and money as an expense, then Amateur Radio is it. HO scale model railroading is nearly equal.

Pickleball! The equipment is not that expensive but I don't dare try to look at how much I spend on travel to tournaments (e.g., a month in FL right now and two weeks in England & Scotland next summer). Plan on 6-10 a year and it gets up there. On the other hand, being competitively active at 73 does have it's rewards.

For a number of years it was golf. Starting five years ago, I've been fulfilling a childhood fantasy of becoming a drummer. I began taking a one hour lesson a week. I just recently purchased my second, 7-piece drum kit. That has now overtaken golf as my most expensive hobby.

Side note - It was pure luck that the music store I went into had a drum teacher and it is Ron Hurst (drummer Steppenwolf). In the last five years he's become a great friend too.

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Originally posted by Hay2bale:
Horses.

A dozen lovely draft horses. Some folks say that a dog is man's best friend, but I am not one of those folks.

I bought the oldest (25 years old) and the youngest (1 year old), and raised the rest. But then there is the maintenance cost....

And the time involved shoveling shit. I dated a gal some years ago who owned a horse. I was OK with that. I owned a motorcycle - she disliked motorcycles.

I always liked to remind her: a motorcycle will never bite you or step on your foot...and you don't have to shovel shit.

Interesting, not one hooker and blow response.

I would say guns and ammo.

We live well within our means and getting ready to retire in a year.

It just may be raising Kids. Love it. We have offered our youngest $25K for her schooling. I surely do not have anything like that in my firearm Collection.

My most expensive/longest hobby. Others have come and gone, this one has been around the longest and just never went away. Interestingly, I did not want red, and did not want a GT. But its always been a good car.

Clem, what year is your car and what color interior did it come with? I had a red GT just like that (minus the cowl hood). It was running 11.80's on NOS when I sold it around 1995 in FL and it went to Colorado back then.

its a 93, with opal grey leather..or it did. I took the original seats out. I need to put the new carpet in it and mount the seats I am going to use. the stock seat frames are so notorious for bending i didnt want to tear them up. The car has been in the family since new. I got my hands on it in 1997.



I had to put the hood on it so the windsor would fit in it. It had a turbo technology kit on it for a few years, back in the late 90s/early 2000s. Then it sat, but the current build is just a carbureted small block ford that i put together.



fits pretty good though

Mine is SIG pistols, for sure my most expensive hobby. Anything else is miniscule in comparison.

Good memories seeing that Mustang GT - I had a 1990 ( ? ) I think, matching red with grey interior. Only negative was it was an automatic and I was looking for the 5 speed.

Most expensive hobby ? Probably boats, cars, and motorcyles - I'd hate to know what I've spent on each

MDS

Well seeing as how I can't buy any more guns, iive-steam model trains.

Guns,gun accessories & cigars.

Farming. Granted we live on the farm but it’s ridiculous the work (which I don’t count my time as it’s my gym and stress reliever) and equipment (tractors, implements, trucks, excavator, trailers, feed, fencing etc) I “need” in order to maintain this place and make some small improvements here and there. However it does offer some tax benefit and the experiences I get to share with my son who will soon be 3 makes up for it plus he will likely inherit this place someday and it will hopefully provide him a home or a good chunk of change to get him started in life.
Clearly my son is not a hobby but my wife considers his toys as such and she seems to have created a large collection for him. She also has a makeup addiction which I didn’t know existed but apparently they’re putting a combination of gold dust and cocaine in that stuff these days and before someone asks she’s not a hooker or stripper. I do indulge in a firearm purchase from time to time. One of the few things that doesn’t eat on the farm and typically holds its value.

Boating by a bit over guitars. I have a roughly equal amount of money in my Ranger Fish and Ski and my guitar collection. Boating may actually be more expensive as maintenance and gas for a boat are way more than strings and tubes for guitar playing.

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Guns, ammo and training. I'm still not where I would like to be after four decades. My "needs" keep changing!

I have had many hobbies come and go over my life but the only one that has been with me since I was old enough to pick up a stick and say "bang" has been firearms.
Hunting, collecting, tactical/self defense, mil surp, and just about any other category.
I've spent more to date on that one interest than any of the rest combined.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Children... lol.

word, my friend.

Guns and motorcycles for official answer. But kids are WAAAAY more expensive.

Don't have it now, but my daughter showed quarter horses as a child and teen. Cost of the horse (over time she had 4, last one cost more than a new car at that time) was just the start. Boarding was $500 a month if you did all the feeding, plus feed, vet supplies, shoeing/farrier, trainer fees, trailer cost, showing outfits, tack, show fees, gas/diesel, hotels and meals... Yeah, that was a huge money pit.

My standard joke was that God invented horses to make boats look like a good investment.