That does not justify it , did you hear me say 'model train people have good hobbies , you don't' ? I believe hobby should be cheap , and if you buy 1-2-5 or whatever less than 500 bucks , thats a hobby , thousands of dollars is not a hobby , if you are selfish enough to spend thousands of dollars for a toy train , you are jerk , spend that for good of people . On the other hand if you spend thousands of dollars with the intention of break even (ROI =/= BREAK EVEN) well kudos try that , otherwise I don't respect your choice of spending that type of money for a hobby.
Seansoutpost have a deal you could feed someone for 1 meal for 1.25 dollars , THOUSANDS mean lets say 2500 and thats what 2000 meal? Oh COME ON , you mean you rather spend 2500 on a toy train than feed people for 2000 meals?
4500 for a metal detector would mean 3600 meals for people , you are a gentleman and a scholar for selecting the right one.
Just because YOU believe hobbies should be cheap doesn't mean that the rest of the world does. Keep your beliefs.
I'd like to add to your response to Professor (HA!) James, if you don't mind?
Just because a person has expensive hobbies doesn't also mean that they don't give to charity too. Face it, some people have money they can frivolously spend. But I bet most of us also give to worthy causes.
And why on earth would you visit a forum for BTC (and a thread specifically about people's rigs) just to give them a lecture about wasting money? What did you fucking expect to see here?! Photos of us serving meals in a soup kitchen?
Btw, you must be the first 15 year old professor in the world. Congratulations on that great accomplishment! Now leave this thread and never return.