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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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Cheap until you break something.
Ever try model railroading? Half the cost to start is getting a large enough space to set up your track and leave it there! (You need a separate building really)
 
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by husker
Cheap until you break something.
Nah, that is why you have an identical spare vehicle laying around
 
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 05:58 AM
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or in Justins case... more?
 
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 07:17 AM
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Never more than 1 spare at a time is my philosophy
 
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 08:31 AM
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Now I'm thinking that having a separate wheeling vehicle is not a bad idea after all.
Yep-- but who says this hobby is "quite affordable?" That kind of depends on where you wheel-- and what you break doing it. Driving 3-4 hours to wheel ends up costing a prety penny if you do it several times a year. Then the week long- weekend long trips even further-- I bet i spend 8-10% of my total income wheeling each year. ANd I try NOT to tear my truck up-- just kinda happens.

Hobby-- what constitues a hobby? Something you do occasinally? (once every 5 years) or something you do as often as you can-- your life is geared around it-- everything you do is someway revolved around it. Earning extra cash just to support a hobby.

Getting a pay raise makes you think "Cool more truck parts".
 
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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Hobby is something one does more than once every few years, unless it is something you have to work on consistently for a big event every few years. Going to Africa on a safari could be a hobby that one spends several years getting ready for, but only able to do once in a great while. So much for the philosophy part.

I have spare parts laying around. Unfortunately, they are probably not the ones that I will break.
 
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