Denial...or how to live with a retro habit and love yourself

[ridevintagemtb]

I'm 27 too... what's a torch (in British terms)? In the US that'd be a propane powered flame used by plumbers.

 

[Augustus]

i spent 50 quid on a torch!

the problem is when you have lots of hobbies...

mine are

skateboarding
snowboarding
mountainbiking (retro)
torches

it starts getting a bit expensive - and im only 27

I bloody love that you have a torch hobby (torch is a flashlight AmeyB - and thanks for the kind words )

that's great...here comes a hobbies thread within a thread clearly!

 

[scant]

you guys think too much!

if you can afford + like bikes, then = buy bikes

 

[ridevintagemtb]

Well summed up, Scant.

 

[Ziggy]

i spent 50 quid on a torch!

the problem is when you have lots of hobbies...

mine are

skateboarding
snowboarding
mountainbiking (retro)
torches

it starts getting a bit expensive - and im only 27

Cars (retro)
Sailing (retro)
Mountainbiking (retro...!)
Golf
Martial arts
R/C cars
Mountain climbing
Guitars (playing, but also collecting, it seems!)

& they're just the ones that I manage to find the time (which is just as much of an issue as money) for! Part of the attraction of retrobiking is that it can be good value - I love being able to buy all the things I wanted when I was a teenager!

I'm forever getting snide comments about parcels of 'car bits' or 'bike bits' arriving, but sod em! All my retrobikes put together cost less than a decent modern bike, & my retrocar (which I'm forever spending money on), costs me a hell of a lot less than the repayments a lot of people make without considering it abnormal.

 

[Lid]

I am not in denial.
People keep saying "Your in denial" and I keep telling them "No I am not"
I refuse and refute this denial thing. Not listening LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAA.


OOOooooo look at the nice shiney things.

 

[scant]

I think this is turning into the "justification for retro expenditure thread"

 

[ridevintagemtb]

Justification? There is none. Retro madness is just that.

But in the words of Sheryl Crow, if it makes you happy, it cant be that bad.

 

[scant]

But in the words of Sheryl Crow, if it makes you happy, it cant be that bad.

lance?

 

[ridevintagemtb]

Yeah well, there's more to that story than what the press reported.