Any other hobbies compete for your pipe/tobacco dollars?

[dmkerr]

I'm curious if any of you have other hobbies that chew up your discretionary income besides pipes and tobaccos? Any other obsessions or compulsions?

I'm a serious recorded music collector. I own about 8000 CD's, about 3000 LP's and several hundred other mediums (78 RPM's, cassettes, etc). I'm way more compulsive about that than I am about pipes. I just spent a small fortune on two rare Nurse With Wound CD's - "A Handjob From The Laughing Policeman" and "The Musty Odor Of Pierced Rectums" - and NOT just because the titles are cool.

If you have other things you amass, I'm curious if it follows any pattern. Do you like rare pipes and rare books? Common guitars and basket pipes? Harleys and Bo Nordhs only, all other need not apply?

[Requiem]

Comic books. No ultra expensive/rare/mint editions, just a big collection.
I estimate over $25.000 spent over 15 years.

[Pugsley]

When I was married and the kids were still at home I did most of the cooking. My wife could only cook two things, one was tuna casserole and the other wasn't. I enjoyed the creativity that cooking allowed and began to collect cookbooks. Even though I'm now divorced, the kids are grown and I rarely cook, I still continue to buy cookbooks and have hundreds of them now. I don't know if that qualifies as a hobby or if it's just a peculiar obsession.

[Hawnted]

Originally Posted by dmkerr

I'm curious if any of you have other hobbies that chew up your discretionary income besides pipes and tobaccos? Any other obsessions or compulsions?

I'm a serious recorded music collector. I own about 8000 CD's, about 3000 LP's and several hundred other mediums (78 RPM's, cassettes, etc). I'm way more compulsive about that than I am about pipes. I just spent a small fortune on two rare Nurse With Wound CD's - "A Handjob From The Laughing Policeman" and "The Musty Odor Of Pierced Rectums" - and NOT just because the titles are cool.

If you have other things you amass, I'm curious if it follows any pattern. Do you like rare pipes and rare books? Common guitars and basket pipes? Harleys and Bo Nordhs only, all other need not apply?

Oh man, great question. I have a lot of hobbies that compete. To name a few, I own a motorcycle and am always adding something to it, and I am a hobbyist woodworker. My wife and I also do A LOT of backpacking with our 2 dogs. Cigar and pipe smoking is going to add a whole new dimension to our nights by the campfire!

[Mad Hatter]

I have a mix of things. Mostly I think its about spending money more than anything else. Tools, CDs, surplus rifles, books, an occasional trip and other odds and ends. Anymore though I'm just so freaking busy (or feel that way) and I don't have time or energy for much so when I do get some freetime its spent working with my dogs or more often watching TV or just taking a nap, none of which cost me anything.

[Vrbas]

food

[bfox]

Firearms !
I like target shooting , Mostly Pistol .

[drastic_quench]

Hiking, craft beer, brewing, caving, hunting and fishing

[Davetopay]

I have been seen drag racing, playing with old trucks, playing in bands, collecting some records, fly fishing, camping, collecting/drinking good whiskey, and brewing beer.

I am a busy boy.

[Earley]

Fishing and booze. Thankfully my guitar buying has waned over the past few years.

[Davetopay]

Originally Posted by Earley

Fishing and booze. Thankfully my guitar buying has waned over the past few years.

I haven't bought any guitar gear in ages either...and my wallet thanks me every day.

[brianv]

My friends and family all can speak to the fact that I have ADD and while I'm focused on cigars this year in the past it has been: Fly Fishing, Skiing, Hiking, Hunting, Mountain Biking, Motocross, Guitars, Etc.

(and somehow I can incorporate puffing on a nice stogie into all of the above mentioned hobbies haha)

[MarkC]

Other than books and a cat or two, which are always around me, I seem to go through just one obsession at a time. I've done coins, stamps, recordings (both rock vinyl and jazz CDs), comic books to an extreme obsession, and various other things over the course of time. Right now, it looks like pipes are the coming thing...

[kellzey]

It's seasona.

Firearms... I have a new walk-in saferoom at the new house



Fishing... Good bass fishing here in Florida (even this tiny 1 pounder)



Banjo... I have no musical talent, no rhythm, but I'm fascinated with the banjo. I have a 1926 Gibson flat-top conversion and a custom-built 5-string



Mid-engined sports cars... I've been restoring an old Porsche for years

Now Cigars...

[Hawnted]

Originally Posted by brianv

My friends and family all can speak to the fact that I have ADD and while I'm focused on cigars this year in the past it has been: Fly Fishing, Skiing, Hiking, Hunting, Mountain Biking, Motocross, Guitars, Etc.

(and somehow I can incorporate puffing on a nice stogie into all of the above mentioned hobbies haha)

Glad to know I am not the only one with the problem!