Justin,
I just did this. From 1988 to 1998... I was very heavy into building and
flying RC airplanes... regular size and some very sophisticated 1/4 scale
planes... club president... the whole nine yards. Since I moved here to
Groton, MA for my current job... I have not found the right group or club.
A little bit the "New England hard to make friends" thing I think.
Although I haven't found this thing anywhere else here... just the
opposite.
So I drifted away and found the time to explore my lifelong fantasy of
finding a 62 TR4 like the one I owned in my twenties. After finding and
buying my car and started buying parts.....I had about $6,000 plus in
airplanes, kits and engines that I sold for about $4500 and used to pay off
the TR4 parts credit card.
I kept 2 airplanes and a small amount of stuff that I can use when the
spirit moves me to fly. But I have no regrets. The equipment I sold was
valuable now.... in 10 years the technology would eclipse this stuff.
Before RC airplanes it was a sailboat for 8 years. Life is about toys
right. Don't look back.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Triumph.html (under construction)
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
To: Triumph Newsgroup <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, May 27, 1999 7:08 PM
Subject: Changing Hobbies
>
>Here's a question..
>
>Has anyone here sold out of one lifetime hobby in order to dive into
>another?
>
>Examples, your whole life was motorcycles since you were a teen, and you
>sold everything, right down to the last magazine article, that was
>related to that hobby, and then bought a Triumph and started a major
>restoration project, etc.?
>
>Or... You used to have Triumph cars on the brain... sold it all in your
>30's... and now, at retirement age... you've returned to the hobby,
>starting from scratch, perhaps purchasing a runner, etc?
>
>I am just curious to hear about the regrets people might have. And I'm
>also curious to hear the positive experiences.
>
>I know, it's sort of vague, but if this post applies to you, I'm sure
>you'll know it.
>
>
>
>--Justin
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