BS: Expensive hobbies

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: GUEST,ragdall
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 06:26 AM

"Sometimes the stuff we own begins to own us."

Very true. Still, it's sad to part with cherished possessions and the hopes and dreams they represent.

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: GUEST,freda underhill
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 07:17 AM

apart from folking and mudcatting

walking

buying & reading second hand books (there are heaps of second hand    bookshops where i live)

embroidering

soaking in a bath with lavender and tea tree oil in it, and reading!

having coffee and talking with friends

drawing

making my own body lotions - this has sort of happened without me planning it. I go to a herbal and homeopathic pharmacy in the city, where i get natural essences (peppermint, sandalwood, ylang ylang) and started combining the perfumes to see what they would be like. Then one day i had a lot of left over creams of various sorts.

I combined Vitamin E cream with lavender oil, rose hip oil, a bit of tea tree oil and aloe vera gel, whipped it all up with a fork, and it has become a wonderful & very absorbent & relaxing body lotion.

then i made another similar one with a few drops of bleach in it. this one I use on my arms, which have a lot of sun damage (i have spent too long in the australian sun, including in some desert locations) - it has been very good for my skin.

i have started buying ingredients for my next one, which will be an anti arthritic one with vitamin e cream as the base, and including rosemary oil, eucalyptus oil and some Tiger Balm!

as well i have made lip gloss, by simply microwaving the remains of a lipstick with vaseline. by heating it, the ingredients melt a little and its easier to blend them. a touch of peppermint oil also goes down well in this one - its very good for the lips, and when you smear it on, your lips tingle from the peppermint!

corny, but i love walking along the beach.

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 07:51 AM

Fibs, you are doing it wrong!

Play a cheap instrument, like a Penny Whistle.
Do not consider the pints as hobby, they are definitely food.
Therefore, trips to the pub for the pints do not count as hobby - it is essentially the same as going to the supermarket to buy other foodstuff.
The music in the pub is just a free extra you get ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: GUEST,Rapaire
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 09:42 AM

Well, I don't count tools. Tools include woodworking stuff, computers and computer stuff, the firearms I use for target shooting, the take-down recurve (Bear '76er) I use for archery, the camera(s) I have for sharing pictures, the lawn mower, the camping gear, my trumpet, the cooking stuff, the cross-country skis, the fencing equipment...hmmm...I guess I don't have any hobbies.

So I guess I don't spend any money on hobbies, but I do a lot of work.

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: GUEST,MudGuard/MudGuest
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 09:46 AM

Ups, sorry for anonymous posting, I forgot to put my name into the from field of the 13 Feb 05 - 7:51 AM posting.

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 09:52 AM

SRS said:

I'd convert the classes over to the Ph.D. program since I already have one MA (English).

And Fibula Mattock replied:

SRS - that's got to be one of the most expensive hobbies ever...

Oh, yes, but with a PhD you can get an up and coming job as a taxi driver!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: GUEST,Rapaire
Date: 13 Feb 05 - 10:02 AM

Wait, I forgot.

There's my wife....

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: Naemanson
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 06:29 AM

Hobbies? I'm retired. Life is my hobby. If I can't fit it into my annual income then I don't do it.

Having said that I am currently in Japan but flying back to Guam at the end of the month. Then in July I start my round-the-world trip so I guess you could say traveling is my hobby. Not too expensive if you can crash on the couches of friends. Any offers?

Subject: RE: BS: Expensive hobbies
From: Nick
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 08:29 AM

Theresa

I presume you have already come across/used the Gutenberg project
which should keep you in books for many many months? One of THE great free resources