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Originally Posted by mfblume
...And while some collect thimbles, others have no interest in why people would spend money on such things. It's called collecting and hobbies, while understanding not every has the same hobby. 
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Exactly. I'm not knocking him for collecting them... it's just not something I'd want to do.
I spent a huge amount of money and invested hundreds of hours into a ceramic painting/collecting hobby several years ago. I purchased hummingbirds, and indian stuff and did all the handpainting and detailing myself. Now, I am cleaning out my house of most of it--except for what will fit into a couple of curio cabinets, because I hate to dust it all--and not dusting it would just make the allergies we have worse. It just makes me sick now to know that what I have possibly a few thousand dollars in, might bring $100 for the church thrift store when I donate the items.
The same could be said for my husband's aquarium hobby/business he's had for the last 20 years. Thousands of dollars invested, that he'll never recover now that he's ready to reduce the hobby down to one aquarium.