Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
Interesting question...
Most expensive hobby
- Thread starter Poink88
- Start date
Interesting question...
brewmeister83
Chumono
Yeah, happened to a lot of people back when the market crashed a few years ago, they got stuck with "investment" horses... You figure they probably had 3-4 horses (for sake of argument they were middle range - so 500k each) and they cost yearly about 100k upkeep if they're riding and showing, and heaven forbid they hurt themselves - depending on the clinic it's between 2000-4000 to observe a horse per day.
So you're talking about 2 mil of animal that costs 500k to keep per year. But if they spook and hurt themselves it could easily go over a million from vet costs. That's a huge liability to be holding onto. And the reality of it is - nobody may want to buy the horse off you - so now you've got millions of dollars just standing around eating grass and not earning you anything.
I think I'll stick with bonsai, at least if a tree dies I'm not out hundreds of thousands of dollars...
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
What also hurt the Equine industry was when they put a hold on Horse Meat. We know two breeders who really took a hit as "everything bred" is often not good stock to sell and they were/are stuck with a lot of "meat" until the FDA gets back onboard.
Grimmy
Grimmy
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Freshwater tournament bass fishing is nothing compared to salt water big game fishing and Im not even talking about salt water tournament fishing.
An adequate boat for a weekend warrior starts at 200K. Serious boats for the rich can go a million plus for the 60+ footers. Maintenance is constant so they must employ a full time, year round captain and crew to just run and take care of the boat. Add on to that 10-20 rods with reels at $1000 each. Add yearly dockage and insurance not to mention the 2000 gallon feul tank needed to keep twin engines that each burn 50 gallons an hour happy.
An adequate boat for a weekend warrior starts at 200K. Serious boats for the rich can go a million plus for the 60+ footers. Maintenance is constant so they must employ a full time, year round captain and crew to just run and take care of the boat. Add on to that 10-20 rods with reels at $1000 each. Add yearly dockage and insurance not to mention the 2000 gallon feul tank needed to keep twin engines that each burn 50 gallons an hour happy.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Thanks for posting a link to your trees. I wish everyone would do the same---but that's just me.
lordy
Omono
BOAT: a hole in the water into which one throws money.
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Bring Out Another Thousand
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
If and when I ever have trees worthy, Ill post more of them.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Yeah but I don't live near the ocean so saltwater fishing is out for me. I just stick to Bass and Bonsai. These two hobbies put together are expensive enough and not just in money either. My wife sometimes thinks I love fishing and or trees more than her. She knows it isn't true but I still hear it occasionally. And harmony in the home is pretty expensive at times.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
The only people who's cases I get on are those who come off as though they know everything but won't or can't offer up examples that they know what they are talking about.
Eric Group
Masterpiece
LOL. I am thinking of that too. NO; watering, fertilizing, cold protection, sun protection, etc. I can even make my own daiza. Hmmm....
See, that is what I don't get about it... Where is the fun? I like having things to do with my trees, that is the creative process and the fun of the hobby... When it gets to feeling like "work" I tend to believe it means I have over extended myself and should scale back or change some things. But suiseki... I see some interesting looking ones from time to time, but where is the hobby in that? Is it the construction of the bases they put them on or putting together the displays? I have never really gotten it... I know there are some very accomplished collectors who post here, perhaps someone could set me straight?
wireme
Masterpiece
Simple, just another way of appreciating the beauty of nature.
Then there's the treasure hunt aspect, whether it's hunting for yamadori, fossils, mushrooms, suiseki, whatever I get a lot of enjoyment from the hunt.
Also the evocative nature of a stone to create a feeling of being in the real natural world away from civilization, quite similar to a good bonsai. With this stone I can be hanging amongst the clouds on a mountain ridge watching the peaks slide in and out of view as the clouds roll by while sitting in my own living room!
Then there's the treasure hunt aspect, whether it's hunting for yamadori, fossils, mushrooms, suiseki, whatever I get a lot of enjoyment from the hunt.
Also the evocative nature of a stone to create a feeling of being in the real natural world away from civilization, quite similar to a good bonsai. With this stone I can be hanging amongst the clouds on a mountain ridge watching the peaks slide in and out of view as the clouds roll by while sitting in my own living room!
Attachments
coh
Imperial Masterpiece
People collect all kinds of things for all kinds of reasons. I knew one person who collected thimbles and another who collected those old glass electrical insulators (like you see on the utility poles). In comparison, suiseki makes a lot more sense to me, though at this point I don't really have much of an urge to collect suiseki either.
Chris
Now fossils, that's something I could see collecting...
Chris
Now fossils, that's something I could see collecting...
