Shocked. SHOCKED I Say!!
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If ever I go broke, I might take up golf. I have a 50* foot sailboat in the local marina. Mooring fees $4k p.a. Insurance $3k p.a. Annual haul-out + anti-fouling $2k p.a. General maintenance $2k p.a. Incidental costs (outboard petrol, water-maker filters etc. etc. ad infinitum) $1k p.a. This winter I flushed the diesel tanks, so they will have to be refilled - one thousand litres - about $2k nm.p.g under power = 2 I only mention this because I am just now recommissioning her for the summer season, and the bills are rolling in! X| * This is an exaggeration - she is actually only 49 feet 7 inches. :-\
Give us some pictures. Sailing is my other passion, but I can afford photography more than a boat. I used to have a 27 footer and loved it.
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Running is not a hobby, it is a chore :) I swore the day I left the Army that I would never run again, and so far I haven't. I used to run marathon distances, but usually in boots and 'Greens', so I was fit as elephant, but in the intervening years I have slothed my way to middle aged unfitness, and very happy I am too.
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I swore the day I left the Army that I would never run again, and so far I haven't.
Amen, we did enough running in the service to last a lifetime.
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Wait till you take up golf! £300 for a driver, £300 for a set of decet irons. £150 for a bag, then add in the balls, tees and towels. Of course the shoes aren't cheap, my Footjoys were £115. So maybe £1000 and you haven't stepped onto a golf course yet! Membership is £800 a year, plus £25 green fees per round. Then we go to other courses and that can be expensive. I played the Celtic Manor 2010 Championship course, and that is £75 for a round. On the other hand, as any other member who plays golf will tell you, you don't even notice the expense when you are listening to the ping of the driver as your ball sweeps away from you in a dead straight line and finishes 300 yards away. There is no feeling like sinking that 30ft putt for a birdie or pitch from 50 yards that ends up a foot from the hole.
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I just added up all the money I've spend on the car. NOT counting the car itself, I'm less than $50 shy of $10K - so far.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997If I wanted that car with these changes I would have to pay double but only if the importer was family. Otherwise double and a half. Perspective :)
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Give us some pictures. Sailing is my other passion, but I can afford photography more than a boat. I used to have a 27 footer and loved it.
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I used to have a 27 footer and loved it.
It was then surgically shortened to an useful length? :)
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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If ever I go broke, I might take up golf. I have a 50* foot sailboat in the local marina. Mooring fees $4k p.a. Insurance $3k p.a. Annual haul-out + anti-fouling $2k p.a. General maintenance $2k p.a. Incidental costs (outboard petrol, water-maker filters etc. etc. ad infinitum) $1k p.a. This winter I flushed the diesel tanks, so they will have to be refilled - one thousand litres - about $2k nm.p.g under power = 2 I only mention this because I am just now recommissioning her for the summer season, and the bills are rolling in! X| * This is an exaggeration - she is actually only 49 feet 7 inches. :-\
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Wait till you take up golf! £300 for a driver, £300 for a set of decet irons. £150 for a bag, then add in the balls, tees and towels. Of course the shoes aren't cheap, my Footjoys were £115. So maybe £1000 and you haven't stepped onto a golf course yet! Membership is £800 a year, plus £25 green fees per round. Then we go to other courses and that can be expensive. I played the Celtic Manor 2010 Championship course, and that is £75 for a round. On the other hand, as any other member who plays golf will tell you, you don't even notice the expense when you are listening to the ping of the driver as your ball sweeps away from you in a dead straight line and finishes 300 yards away. There is no feeling like sinking that 30ft putt for a birdie or pitch from 50 yards that ends up a foot from the hole.
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You're being overcharged, good sir (or you like to play the Best Courses). With a membership fee like that there's no way you should be paying to play as well.
No, on my course I pay £10 Green Fee per game, but when I go to my Brother's club I have to pay the visitor's fee. Likewise when he comes to my club, it is reversed.
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The only reason to pay 300 for a driver is if your name's tiger woods or your a fool with too much cash and a small you know what. My clubs and buggy were less than half that second hand and a round costs about $30 at a suburban course.
I started cheap, but as it went on I started upping the equipment. Habit forming, but you see some nice shiny stuff and you want it!
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I started cheap, but as it went on I started upping the equipment. Habit forming, but you see some nice shiny stuff and you want it!
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Mike Hankey wrote:
I used to have a 27 footer and loved it.
It was then surgically shortened to an useful length? :)
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Please learn to use your entire keyboard. Text-speak is considered rude here.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
