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Is this hobby becoming too expensive?
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[quote user="One Track Mind"] <p>All this stuff is always a matter or priorities and perspective...</p><p>I'm not on this planet to judge anyone, but I have used this example many times:</p><p>In almost the same breath, I had a customer explain to me that he could not afford today's locomotives such as the Athearn RTR that is in the 65 - 75.00 range.</p><p>Then he complained about "having" to spend 80 bucks at Outback last night. For one meal.</p><p>My wife and I don't spend 80.00 <em>a week </em>on groceries.</p><p>Priorities and perspective. </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Hear Hear!</p><p>Another tidbit is workday coffee. That Starbucks is 3 bucks and one thermos from the home coffee pot works out to about 60 sents plus electricity to brew it yourself. But boy that Stanley Thermos is very expensive =)</p>
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