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What are your other “addictions?”

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It’s clear quite a few of the forum members have a bit of a watch addiction. I’m curious about what other “addictions” we’re all suffering from.

My current addictions:
* Vintage bar ware: the collection is growing faster than my storage space
* Whisk(e)y: single malt scotch, bourbon, rye...whatever. I love it all
* Quality shoes: I’m a little embarrassed by this one, but hey, it is what it is
* All things Steve McQueen

Past addictions I seem to have recovered from:
* Cameras and prime lenses: I’ve finally settled on one body and 2 lenses (or 3 depending on the circumstances)
* Electric guitars: I’ve finally realized my ability on the guitar does not warrant the number of guitars I have. While I can’t part with the ones I have, I’m not actively adding more

I’m sure I’ve forgotten something.

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Cars... I’ve owned multiple Corvettes, Jaguar F type, Acura NSX x2 and various others.

Racing ... very pricey weekend hobby. I should take up golf ...

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Apart from watches, the only thing I seem to have more of than I really need is wallets. I know a lovely leather shop in Cyprus and I usually buy a couple of wallets whenever I go. I keep them in a drawer and swap them every week or so. I have about 15 now so I probably shouldn't buy any more. I probably won't as they're certainly not an addiction.

I enjoy many things, but I'm not obsessive about any of them and I certainly do not have the collector's mentality. My interests are too eclectic.
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Aside from a vague desire to fill my garage with motorcycles I have no obsessive collection issues at all. Not a single one. I need to get addicted to exercise, but that doesn't seem to be happening...
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I'll take the 5th on that one......
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In no particular order:-

Jack Daniels (I’m a member of the Tennessee Squire Association, as was Frank Sinatra and other celebrities)

The Beatles

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A number of other interests but nothing I could describe as an addiction or anything I particularly collect.
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:Apart from watches, the only thing I seem to have more of than I really need is wallets. I know a lovely leather shop in Cyprus and I usually buy a couple of wallets whenever I go. I keep them in a drawer and swap them every week or so. I have about 15 now so I probably shouldn't buy any more. I probably won't as they're certainly not an addiction.

I enjoy many things, but I'm not obsessive about any of them and I certainly do not have the collector's mentality. My interests are too eclectic.
That's probably the equivalent to a woman having multiple handbags Steve, but isn't it all rather a faff changing over the contents?


I have one wallet, mid brown leather, a few years old and with glorious patination, without yet being in the getting dog eared stage. Oh, and Chr.WARD London and a Cw Steel button inside.

Addictions? Not really. Just a few vices and pleasures.

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Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:23 am That's probably the equivalent to a woman having multiple handbags Steve, but isn't it all rather a faff changing over the contents?
Faff? Debit card x1, Credit Card x1, AA card, gym card, driving licence, a few banknotes...seconds.
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:
Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:23 am That's probably the equivalent to a woman having multiple handbags Steve, but isn't it all rather a faff changing over the contents?
Faff? Debit card x1, Credit Card x1, AA card, gym card, driving licence, a few banknotes...seconds.
Hmm.

14 assorted plastic cards, driving license (including paper version in original DVLA plastic sleeve), bank notes (sometimes).

Maybe I have an addiction after all.


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^^^ I'm a simple soul at heart, Guy.

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Football scarves is my main one. It started with me buying them as souvenirs from European cities I had visited, then others started to bring them back for me as well.

I don’t collect English teams but do have a couple from non league sides bought as gifts. I have around 70 now but Mrs Iain insists they are kept hidden from visitors.
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Do you ever wear them, Iain?

The reason I ask is because I do wear/use all my watches and wallets, if only occasionally in some cases. I've known for a long time that I could never just "collect". Good job we're all different, eh?
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My watch addiction has stagnated for a couple of years, partly due to a change in lifestyle but mostly because I am more than content with what I have.

However, other addictions include:

Vintage Hi-Fi which, possibly contentiously, I think sounds a lot better than new stuff. I currently have 11 sets of speakers dating back to 1974 plus a turntable that I am trying to restore to it's former working glory. The hunt for some vintage electronics to go between them is ongoing as, unfortunately, realisation seems to have dawned on a wider audience that amplifiers of a previous era with transformers the weight of a concrete block sound far better than today's lightweight offerings.

Cars. For our relocation across the country I had to sell all but our two main 4 X 4 vehicles as moving five cars wasn't practical. I am now slowly building the collection back up, much to my wife's dismay :D
Plus the impending kit car build due to commence when it is warm enough to spend more than an hour in the barn.

Vintage tractors. I have wanted one for years and realised my ambition a few months ago with the acquisition of a Fordson Power Major. It needs light rejuvenation, which I have started, but I have already got my eye on the next one- a David Brown 880 that needs a lot more work. A friend of mine has around a dozen Pre seventees tractors, so I have a way to go yet!!

And finally the most important addiction............... Money to fund all of the above plus my wife's horse addiction so that I have free time while she is off playing ponies!!

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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:21 am Do you ever wear them, Iain?

The reason I ask is because I do wear/use all my watches and wallets, if only occasionally in some cases. I've known for a long time that I could never just "collect". Good job we're all different, eh?
I used to wear them quite regularly. This changed after I was in Belfast and went to a Glentoran match and bought a “smart” football scarf. While it is still in the team colours of red, green and black, doesn’t actually look like a football scarf. This is now the only one I wear.
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