When I add up everything I've spent acquiring and fixing up my bikes, it gets pretty obscene. Thankfully I've been able to offset it through repairs and flipping a large number of bikes, but the arithmetic shows that I do it for the hobby and not for the money.
Spookeay, there are few things in life where money actually can buy a little happiness: Your bubbly 'dale is one of them, and it makes me smile to look at it, as I am sure it does you!