Overheard at the beach....

[fairybasslet]

Rich in adventure because I am a diver and poor in finance because I am a diver.

No other way to live.

Exploring God's creation one breath at a time.

OScar

I'll second that one.

I guess those two women eat Twinkies when they're bored.

 

[Joe-Diver]

Meh...rich is relative.....to some, having enough disposable income to pursue a hobby is considered "rich"....

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

I admit it... I'm rich!

 

[TheRedHead]

I'm never bored, even when I'm not scuba diving.

I think I would have responded: "Scuba divers aren't bored, but people who don't dive are boring."

 

[beester]

All is relative I guess.

Some sports are considered sport for rich people, if you then asking people pursuing these sports they 'll say.. no it's not that costly... if you do it this or that way...

I believe in the end it depends on disposable income, value of time, how equipment intensive the hobby is and then the relation to how serious you take that specific sport/hobby.

For diving, if you buy state of the art equipment, do some photography on the side, want everything in titanium... and then only dive 1 week a year on a tropic holiday... I would say yes it's an expensive hobby. If you dive 150 dives locally and on holiday then no... it's not expensive.. he's just serious about his hobby (at least that's what I'm saying my girlfriend )

I do believe that all pasttimes depending on specific specialized equipment are going to get expensive. The grossmargin on specialised leasure activity goods are incredibly large... and how bigger the toy how bigger the price

Take flying, yachting, car racing.. that's expensive

 

[Puffer Fish]

Cool, I'm in. BTW Who are those two HOT chicks on your arm?? I didn't know you had it in you.

Rich guy, he paid them to be there.

I'm all for that image, by the way... keeps the number of divers down.

 

[Puffer Fish]

All is relative I guess.

Some sports are considered sport for rich people, if you then asking people pursuing these sports they 'll say.. no it's not that costly... if you do it this or that way...

I believe in the end it depends on disposable income, value of time, how equipment intensive the hobby is and then the relation to how serious you take that specific sport/hobby.

For diving, if you buy state of the art equipment, do some photography on the side, want everything in titanium... and then only dive 1 week a year on a tropic holiday... I would say yes it's an expensive hobby. If you dive 150 dives locally and on holiday then no... it's not expensive.. he's just serious about his hobby (at least that's what I'm saying my girlfriend )

I do believe that all pasttimes depending on specific specialized equipment are going to get expensive. The grossmargin on specialised leasure activity goods are incredibly large... and how bigger the toy how bigger the price

Take flying, yachting, car racing.. that's expensive

Diving and yachting... and car racing. wow, we are in some fancy company... One bass boat and you are way past what anyone can spend on diving (for just the equipment).

 

[TSandM]

A good, competitive dressage horse costs more than I've spent on diving ALTOGETHER. And that's just the acquisition cost -- let's not get into the maintenance!

 

[Puffer Fish]

A good, competitive dressage horse costs more than I've spent on diving ALTOGETHER. And that's just the acquisition cost -- let's not get into the maintenance!

Rich person...

 

[mello-yellow]

Diving and yachting... and car racing. wow, we are in some fancy company... One bass boat and you are way past what anyone can spend on diving (for just the equipment).

"For just equipment" is the operative word. Go on a boat dive once a week, and see how much it will run you up.

Of course, Doc Harry was shore-diving, so it does not apply. And I rarely boat dive either.

Still, there was time in my life when I could not have afforded to dive at all (if it occured to me, which back then it did not). So I am relatively rich.