Originally Posted by smoke

i'm buying a new bike. yesterday, my girl friend said "you've got more money invested in bikes than you do in the rest of your house". i laughed until i started thinking about it. she's right. do i feel bad about it? nah. it's about the only thing i spend my money on. a fisherman co-worker laughed at me a few months ago about the prices i've paid for three bikes; he couldn't believe i would be so stupid as to pay what i do for what he considers a toy, a kid's plaything. i told him he spent more than me for his bass boat and outboard, simply so he can sit around all day eating potato chips and drinking beer while trying to catch an animal with an i.q. of 2, and he fails 90% of the time. that pretty much shut him up. everyone has something they enjoy so much they spend most of their money on it. ours happens to be bikes. could be a lot worse. at least i don't smell like fish

smoke