I had to chuckle at myself a bit this morning, and put some things in perspective. We all are painfully aware of the quantities of dollars that we throw at our hobby, and sacrifices that we make in other areas for that. There is something intangibly "different" though, about spending money on our hobby than spending the same amount of money on other life stuff.
I twitch a little when I sign the bill for a $100 steak dinner on a night out with my wife, but I don't even bat an eyelash at buying $100 of 100LL fuel. We don't even think about paying for a chart subscription, but we turn off all the lights in the house because electricity costs money. I'm sure a lot of you guys are grinning and nodding already on that one. Last night my wife mentioned that she wanted to buy a particular piece of furniture, not a big deal, price was $560. I almost had a conniption fit about that, until I stopped to think about the fact that just two weeks ago Dynon introduced their new GPS-2020 receiver puck for Skyview at a price of $590, and my reaction to that was "Oh good, yes I need that" and I ordered it immediately without hesitation. I felt zero emotional pain about the GPS expenditure, but the same price for the furniture my wife wants might put me on blood-pressure meds.
What is it about this crazy game we play?
I twitch a little when I sign the bill for a $100 steak dinner on a night out with my wife, but I don't even bat an eyelash at buying $100 of 100LL fuel. We don't even think about paying for a chart subscription, but we turn off all the lights in the house because electricity costs money. I'm sure a lot of you guys are grinning and nodding already on that one. Last night my wife mentioned that she wanted to buy a particular piece of furniture, not a big deal, price was $560. I almost had a conniption fit about that, until I stopped to think about the fact that just two weeks ago Dynon introduced their new GPS-2020 receiver puck for Skyview at a price of $590, and my reaction to that was "Oh good, yes I need that" and I ordered it immediately without hesitation. I felt zero emotional pain about the GPS expenditure, but the same price for the furniture my wife wants might put me on blood-pressure meds.
What is it about this crazy game we play?