. . . is an extremely tolerant partner. I said to my wife "I need to upgrade the studio" "How much?" "$3500" (silence) "I could sell the Rogers set. I don't play it much. But selling a vintage drum kit for electronics is not exactly good business sense. The electronics will be worth almost nothing in 5 years time. What do you think?"
Today:
"Don't sell the Rogers. Do your tax and you can spend the $3500"
I really like those Clevelands. Didn't want to sell them. Now I don't have to. YAY!
Lucky guy Paul... My wife sees it that way too... I'd get that Tax form in right away... ( due soon anyway )..
Cheers
I love it when I say......... " That is a beautiful drum, but I cannot afford it"
And then I hear.............. " You should buy that. We can afford it."\\
Collecting vintage drums for me has been my "mid-life crisis" and my wife is fine with it because she says it's much better than chasing women, gambling or buying a Harley.
Collecting vintage drums for me has been my "mid-life crisis" and my wife is fine with it because she says it's much better than chasing women, gambling or buying a Harley.
My wife isn't concerned about me "chasing women". She mentioned that I wouldn't be able to catch them anyway (lol).
My wife says, "There's another one for your retirement fund!"
Mine always says "I trust your judgement as long as you think the price will appreciate". Tolerant wives are a must with the Aussie vintage market the way it is
My wife always say's "Buy it"! Than. "how much can you flip it for?"
My drum collecting began by acquiring a couple of vintage drum sets that I wish I had played back in the sixties. This began when I was about three years away from retiring, and thinking about how to spend my time. What has evolved is a ten year hobby that has finite limits. I had sufficient space for ten drum sets in the large house that we sold last year. Our new house has ample space for only eight sets. I stick to that number of vintage drum sets (no affection for anything newer than 1969), a few extra snares, all of my vintage A Zildjians that I have held on to since the mid 1950s through early 1970s, and a lot of older functional hardware. When I see a drum set that I want, I have to like it better than something that I already own if I want to acquire it. This is because my own house rules state that I must clear out one set before acquiring another one. I've been very fortunate that most of my drum sets came my way from trading something I own for the one I acquired.
My wife is very supportive of my hobby. I'm certainly no angel. But, I don't drink, don't golf, don't play with guns, don't do anything with motor vehicles except drive them, and have the routine maintenance on our two cars performed by professionals.
My wife of 46 years and I have a lot of together time compared to the thirty years before retirement when my job required much travel. My wife, my drums, our dog, and cooking keep me from getting bored. I have started to learn the game of disc golf because our 11,400 acre development has a championship disc golf course.
my wife is all for what ever makes me happy and making money, as in quite a few big profits on some kits, its the hi dollar amounts that come into play when i spend, and affects other debts as we are not I repeat not rich my any means so maybe I don't think clear at times but she loves me, and excepts the good and the bad in me, so its really my own conscious that need to be reflected on with a 13 year old to raise she cost 25 k a year for all her schools voice lessons tutors etc so plus house expenses another 25 k so if i don't generate 50 + a year we have issues at 63 it can be real tough at times so I am starting to rethink the importance of drums just sitting in my garage (heated) verses the bills that need payed ....
