Is your Hobby starting to take over ??

BryFlyinBy · 06-03-12, 11:09 PM

Evening People

I was going through my latest photo's to do a bit of an update on my build thread, when I realised how much this build is following me round the house - I'm trying my very best to get the car finished, so i thought if I spread the work around the house too, I couldnt fail to get a little bit done where ever I am

Case in point:

Obviously the Garage:

But now the Dining room is filling up and its where I'm rebuilding the Quadlamps

Ive now since moved the other set of Quadlamps up to my office so they can stripped and cleaned while I'm on the phone to the Boss or customers

I was wondering......hoping - is everyone the same as me on here, or is my hobby starting to take over a little bit????

Sabre75 · 06-03-12, 11:50 PM

You're not alone. I've currently filled a garage, 2 sheds, and am still managing to block the drive. Then there's bits of the stereo in the office and the hall ... And the headlights in the lounge ... and the suspension kit and another full set of lights in my bedroom.
...
This is normal, right?!

Coxy · 06-03-12, 11:55 PM

You could walk in to my house tomorrow and spend an hour looking round and you won't see a single reference at all for anything to do with cars!
(well, apart from the Octane mags on the toilet floor!)

Work however is a slightly different kettle of fish!!

Acidburn · 07-03-12, 04:55 AM

don't ask

Audi100C2 · 07-03-12, 08:22 AM

Well, a part of the living room is under Audi parts waiting to be installed when the snow melts and weather gets warmer.

Also Audi parts inside a van that i currently have...

And of course the wife factor has occasionally made me make more room for moving around, furniture etc.

90Quattro · 07-03-12, 08:36 AM

I have taken up my garage and work space! Constantly getting told move stuff at work.

dandan · 07-03-12, 08:41 AM

well its not just cars for me my hobby is hoarding, much to the dismay of the wife, currently my dining table has 400 branded pint and half pint glasses-grolsch, carling, coors, worthingtons, etc etc most still boxed never used, 90 polystyrene gliders in boxes, my gararage i cant get in got everything from singer sewing machine, merc parts, aircraft spares!! i got out of a skip at the airport! im basically a hoarder/skip rummager/bargain finder. oh a 1950's rudge ulster tourist bike, galvanised 3 gal watering cans, 70 year old small terracotta plant pots x 40? the front door from the greyhound pub in derby-the one on the mile. a box of sharps doombar glasses never opened, a victorian sideboard, pine mantle piece, 70's glass internal doors, aircraft amenity kits-you know with little toothbrush in etc x400+ erm.......honest there things in there i forget ive got. the walls of my garage have prints and paintings in frames hanging on the wall as theres no space on the floor, ooh yea about 5 pub mirrors on the garage wall, monolith stone water feature with pump and well, brand new chimnea, cast iron bbq still in box, 2 gas bbqs, 2 sets of disco lights, large collection of pedestal drill bits used for engineering (no i dont own a drill or done any engineering, got them from a house clearance) old metal tool box 60+ yr old. 3 bags of sand 3 bags of cement, a box of old stubbs files theres loads of them, erm....honest theres still loads of stuff i cant think of it all. lol please not anything of the above interest you shout up as i need rid lol breakfast bar and stools, old kenwood stack system, coving, wrought iron fire gaurd, calour gas bottle wood burner (im keeping i think?) that burner is on an ornate base quite nice really, a pine window sill never fitted, 4 matching 1930s stained glass windows, 4 odd chairs, a collection 1900s ink pots, and theres 20 odd boxes of mixed car boot stuff, ooh and a box of 30 russ teddies all brand new in wrappers. theres loads more stuff honest will upload a pic

Coxy · 07-03-12, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dandan

well its not just cars for me my hobby is hoarding, much to the dismay of the wife, currently my dining table has 400 branded pint and half pint glasses-grolsch, carling, coors, worthingtons, etc etc most still boxed never used, 90 polystyrene gliders in boxes, my gararage i cant get in got everything from singer sewing machine, merc parts, aircraft spares!! i got out of a skip at the airport! im basically a hoarder/skip rummager/bargain finder. oh a 1950's rudge ulster tourist bike, galvanised 3 gal watering cans, 70 year old small terracotta plant pots x 40? the front door from the greyhound pub in derby-the one on the mile. a box of sharps doombar glasses never opened, a victorian sideboard, pine mantle piece, 70's glass internal doors, aircraft amenity kits-you know with little toothbrush in etc x400+ erm.......honest there things in there i forget ive got. the walls of my garage have prints and paintings in frames hanging on the wall as theres no space on the floor, ooh yea about 5 pub mirrors on the garage wall, monolith stone water feature with pump and well, brand new chimnea, cast iron bbq still in box, 2 gas bbqs, 2 sets of disco lights, large collection of pedestal drill bits used for engineering (no i dont own a drill or done any engineering, got them from a house clearance) old metal tool box 60+ yr old. 3 bags of sand 3 bags of cement, a box of old stubbs files theres loads of them, erm....honest theres still loads of stuff i cant think of it all. lol please not anything of the above interest you shout up as i need rid lol breakfast bar and stools, old kenwood stack system, coving, wrought iron fire gaurd, calour gas bottle wood burner (im keeping i think?) that burner is on an ornate base quite nice really, a pine window sill never fitted, 4 matching 1930s stained glass windows, 4 odd chairs, a collection 1900s ink pots, and theres 20 odd boxes of mixed car boot stuff, ooh and a box of 30 russ teddies all brand new in wrappers. theres loads more stuff honest will upload a pic

I've read about people like you!!!

dandan · 07-03-12, 08:53 AM

lol i know its a condition im well known for it on my street my neighbour had a skip and half filled it then offered the street to fill it with their rubbish, i was in that skip 4 times when one day he knocked on and asked if id seen anyone in his skip i said yes me, lol i made £40 on the stuff i removed and sold on ebay, there was block paving, edging stones, half log boarder rolls, childs bucket, a trolley, lol so now everone kow what im like and knock on either to ask if i want something before they skip it, ive had swings, a slide, half a ton of sand, cement, chicken pellets for the garden etc etc also if people need anything they knock on lol just last week someone wanted a length dowel rod, and someone borrowed my bow saw.

dandan · 07-03-12, 09:03 AM

over the back the garden was overgrown and my neighbour got permission to go over and cut it back as it was over hanging his garden, while helping i found a mint dolly tub, the house owner said take it its no good to me lol on the bay of thieves it went and i was £30 up. i hate going to the tip as i stand there in disbelief as people throw complete and working bikes or golf bags etc i could never work at the tip as id be bring alsorts home, thats why i ask about the scrapyard as i love rummaging and unscrewing bits, makes me feel content, there was an A reg mk3 escort down there, i spent 2 hours yesterday removing a rotten sunroof and door panels just so i knew what was behind mine and how they take a part so i dont damage mine when i do any work on it, thats when i have a walk around, yea plent of ford ka's and usual daily crap but then theres a 1990 jag, mk1 mr2, scimitar, the audi 80, a mk2 polo breadvan, people have said before i have a gift of making cash from junk. like the victorian sideboard in the garage cost me a tenner from a house clearance, looking on ebay no lie one exactly the same £400 so thats sat ready for stripping and waxing, just with work, jobs around the house and 2 kids these 'projects' get stored along with other stuff i stumble across. sometime i do have a blitz and list 40 things on ebay and straight up always end up with a grand in my pocket, when the wife moans about the rubbish in the garage i say looks theres easy over a grand in there and start pulling things out and im like thats worth 50 notes, id get 40 quid for this, ive seen these sell for £20 etc etc

07-03-12, 04:55 AM	#4
Acidburn The original sin Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Swindon wiltshire Posts: 2,354	don't ask __________________ 80 tdi avant

07-03-12, 08:36 AM	#6
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07-03-12, 08:41 AM	#7
dandan big gimping Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: derby Posts: 1,105	well its not just cars for me my hobby is hoarding, much to the dismay of the wife, currently my dining table has 400 branded pint and half pint glasses-grolsch, carling, coors, worthingtons, etc etc most still boxed never used, 90 polystyrene gliders in boxes, my gararage i cant get in got everything from singer sewing machine, merc parts, aircraft spares!! i got out of a skip at the airport! im basically a hoarder/skip rummager/bargain finder. oh a 1950's rudge ulster tourist bike, galvanised 3 gal watering cans, 70 year old small terracotta plant pots x 40? the front door from the greyhound pub in derby-the one on the mile. a box of sharps doombar glasses never opened, a victorian sideboard, pine mantle piece, 70's glass internal doors, aircraft amenity kits-you know with little toothbrush in etc x400+ erm.......honest there things in there i forget ive got. the walls of my garage have prints and paintings in frames hanging on the wall as theres no space on the floor, ooh yea about 5 pub mirrors on the garage wall, monolith stone water feature with pump and well, brand new chimnea, cast iron bbq still in box, 2 gas bbqs, 2 sets of disco lights, large collection of pedestal drill bits used for engineering (no i dont own a drill or done any engineering, got them from a house clearance) old metal tool box 60+ yr old. 3 bags of sand 3 bags of cement, a box of old stubbs files theres loads of them, erm....honest theres still loads of stuff i cant think of it all. lol please not anything of the above interest you shout up as i need rid lol breakfast bar and stools, old kenwood stack system, coving, wrought iron fire gaurd, calour gas bottle wood burner (im keeping i think?) that burner is on an ornate base quite nice really, a pine window sill never fitted, 4 matching 1930s stained glass windows, 4 odd chairs, a collection 1900s ink pots, and theres 20 odd boxes of mixed car boot stuff, ooh and a box of 30 russ teddies all brand new in wrappers. theres loads more stuff honest will upload a pic __________________

07-03-12, 08:53 AM	#9
dandan big gimping Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: derby Posts: 1,105	lol i know its a condition im well known for it on my street my neighbour had a skip and half filled it then offered the street to fill it with their rubbish, i was in that skip 4 times when one day he knocked on and asked if id seen anyone in his skip i said yes me, lol i made £40 on the stuff i removed and sold on ebay, there was block paving, edging stones, half log boarder rolls, childs bucket, a trolley, lol so now everone kow what im like and knock on either to ask if i want something before they skip it, ive had swings, a slide, half a ton of sand, cement, chicken pellets for the garden etc etc also if people need anything they knock on lol just last week someone wanted a length dowel rod, and someone borrowed my bow saw. __________________

07-03-12, 09:03 AM	#10
dandan big gimping Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: derby Posts: 1,105	over the back the garden was overgrown and my neighbour got permission to go over and cut it back as it was over hanging his garden, while helping i found a mint dolly tub, the house owner said take it its no good to me lol on the bay of thieves it went and i was £30 up. i hate going to the tip as i stand there in disbelief as people throw complete and working bikes or golf bags etc i could never work at the tip as id be bring alsorts home, thats why i ask about the scrapyard as i love rummaging and unscrewing bits, makes me feel content, there was an A reg mk3 escort down there, i spent 2 hours yesterday removing a rotten sunroof and door panels just so i knew what was behind mine and how they take a part so i dont damage mine when i do any work on it, thats when i have a walk around, yea plent of ford ka's and usual daily crap but then theres a 1990 jag, mk1 mr2, scimitar, the audi 80, a mk2 polo breadvan, people have said before i have a gift of making cash from junk. like the victorian sideboard in the garage cost me a tenner from a house clearance, looking on ebay no lie one exactly the same £400 so thats sat ready for stripping and waxing, just with work, jobs around the house and 2 kids these 'projects' get stored along with other stuff i stumble across. sometime i do have a blitz and list 40 things on ebay and straight up always end up with a grand in my pocket, when the wife moans about the rubbish in the garage i say looks theres easy over a grand in there and start pulling things out and im like thats worth 50 notes, id get 40 quid for this, ive seen these sell for £20 etc etc __________________

06-03-12, 11:50 PM	#2
Sabre75 Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: East Knoyle, nr. Salisbury Posts: 134	You're not alone. I've currently filled a garage, 2 sheds, and am still managing to block the drive. Then there's bits of the stereo in the office and the hall ... And the headlights in the lounge ... and the suspension kit and another full set of lights in my bedroom. ... This is normal, right?!

06-03-12, 11:55 PM	#3
Coxy 4 Ring Mafia Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: on the side of a hill in Shropshire! Posts: 28,215	You could walk in to my house tomorrow and spend an hour looking round and you won't see a single reference at all for anything to do with cars! (well, apart from the Octane mags on the toilet floor!) Work however is a slightly different kettle of fish!!

07-03-12, 08:22 AM	#5
Audi100C2 Grown up member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Estonia Posts: 194	Well, a part of the living room is under Audi parts waiting to be installed when the snow melts and weather gets warmer. Also Audi parts inside a van that i currently have... And of course the wife factor has occasionally made me make more room for moving around, furniture etc.