I've read all of these with interest. I wish we were all more local, as so many of us on here seem to navigate to similar things, which is cool I think.
With that, my interests are varied, and unfortunately a lot of things I've been priced out of. I have a lot of things I collect, including vintage toys. Sometimes it's rather shotgun'ish as I collect what I like, and don't have to have it all in a particular line. I used to host local Toy Shows, did those for several years, and had to step back from that some when my kids were younger, as anyone the shows were a lot of work, as anyone can tell you. I probably should try to spin that back up, would help me get rid of all of these boxes of stuff in my garage.
Beyond toy and collectibles, I've always been a car guy, and enjoy old Fords, Mustangs in particular. I sold my last one that I had owned the past decade in October 2021. COVID had pushed prices up so high and I was able to sell it for more than I had paid for it, so it seemed ok to let it go. Plus my daughter was getting married (happened June 2022) and a little influx of money to help offset all of those costs was appreciated. Which has me without something to tinker with, and unfortunately costs are still high IMO, so replacing that probably isn't in the cards. My middle son is driving age, so most of my car interest is spent towards his interests, which unfortunately isn't Mustangs, he has a Dodge Charger 392 Daytona, so we go to car shows together and spent some time over Christmas brake on his car. Installed a new strut tower brace on it, which is functional and looks great.
I'm also a technology guy. My day job is network, Internet, connectivity etc(almost 24 years now) so I do spend a lot time in that field, both new stuff, and older vintage stuff as well. My youngest son enjoys vintage video game systems and luckily I had kept a lot of what I had when I was a kid so he uses that, and has been adding on to his collection, so that keeps me busy.
With that, my interests are varied, and unfortunately a lot of things I've been priced out of. I have a lot of things I collect, including vintage toys. Sometimes it's rather shotgun'ish as I collect what I like, and don't have to have it all in a particular line. I used to host local Toy Shows, did those for several years, and had to step back from that some when my kids were younger, as anyone the shows were a lot of work, as anyone can tell you. I probably should try to spin that back up, would help me get rid of all of these boxes of stuff in my garage.
Beyond toy and collectibles, I've always been a car guy, and enjoy old Fords, Mustangs in particular. I sold my last one that I had owned the past decade in October 2021. COVID had pushed prices up so high and I was able to sell it for more than I had paid for it, so it seemed ok to let it go. Plus my daughter was getting married (happened June 2022) and a little influx of money to help offset all of those costs was appreciated. Which has me without something to tinker with, and unfortunately costs are still high IMO, so replacing that probably isn't in the cards. My middle son is driving age, so most of my car interest is spent towards his interests, which unfortunately isn't Mustangs, he has a Dodge Charger 392 Daytona, so we go to car shows together and spent some time over Christmas brake on his car. Installed a new strut tower brace on it, which is functional and looks great.
I'm also a technology guy. My day job is network, Internet, connectivity etc(almost 24 years now) so I do spend a lot time in that field, both new stuff, and older vintage stuff as well. My youngest son enjoys vintage video game systems and luckily I had kept a lot of what I had when I was a kid so he uses that, and has been adding on to his collection, so that keeps me busy.
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