Bad Bob's "Thought for the Week"

[RAM]

Comparative analysis of the cost of a hobby:

Reel Collecting-Assumption:Outlay in one year for reel purchases=$2,000
Nomimal expenses=$500/year (e.g. attend one regional meet, local mileage to garage sales, flea markets)
If required by emergency need for cash to sell all these reels [at]25% loss, unrecoverable cost that year=$1000
Hazards:Wife may try to equal your outlay for reels at her favorite mall

Golf-Assumption:Green fees range from $25 to $100/round
One round/week at minimum fee=$1,200/year
Outlay for equipment, balls=$500 (minimum)
Nomimal expenses=$300/year (gambling losses, mileage to/from golf course and to pub)
If required by threat of loss of sanity to quit and sell clubs at loss of 50%,
unrecoverable cost that year=$1,750
Hazards:May be hit in head by golf ball or struck by lightning

Mistress-Assumptions:None
Costs:Sky is the limit
Hazards:Divorce or death (either may be worse than lightning strike)

Anyone with experience with either golf or a mistress or both who wishes to comment is encouraged to do so to provide clarifying guidance to undecided potential new reel collectors

[Ron Mc]

but honey, I have several associates whose hobbies are 28-y-o women

[RAM]

But honey, we just went and looked for reels together. Strictly a platonic thing. No more! Honest!

[Steve]

When considering hobbies, poor souls,
You should not think just of the tolls.
Find that Pflueger you're missin',
Sink a putt, start the kissin':
All three will involve fillin' holes.

[Brian F.]

[rogue]

Just overspent to finally win my elusive quest, a Fin Nor #3 spinning reel.

The wife will never know. Oh wait, she handles all the finances.

Doh!

[RAM]

Rogue-That may eventually be a new record price you will have paid for a Fin Nor #3

Steve-You may have set into play a new series of limericks. But that one was so good it would be difficult to top! More difficult at least than a mistress!

[RAM]

A platonic thing? That whore!
You can have her and what's more
Your clubs are at Goodwill
Your reels in the landfill
And you don't live here anymore!

Bad Bob

[Teal]

Golf and women both have their appeal
From Tiger to Jessica Biel
But they can't hold a candle
To a counter-balanced handle
On a Montague Kentucky-style reel

-- Dr. Todd

[Teal]

The fashionista who became my girl
Has glares that could neuter a squirrel
But she can't get my attention
When somebody mentions
A side plate with double-rope knurls

A fisherman got married last June
But took his reels on his long Honeymoon
He cuddled with his Kopf
While he spooned his Vom Hofe
So his dish ran away with a goon

-- Dr. Todd

[RAM]

Darn good Todd. Give me a few minutes! Bad Bob

[RAM]

Do knurls on a reel have appeal,
And is a hole-in-one a golfer's ideal?
Yes, but for others it seems
The thing of real dreams
Wears jeans with a fit thats unreal!

Bad Bob

[Jim Wiegner]

Bob:

For as many times as I have read, and re read (and loved) Willow Creek and Other Stories, I've never so much as once detected a hint of the rascal you've become in your golden years. Jim

[RAM]

Jim, there is a bit of rascal in all of us. We just need some impetus to bring it out at times. Good to let the the pressure off. Collect reels, joke with friends, stay away from too much booze and shifty-eyed women. Above all, don't spend reel money on lottery tickets. You lose twice! Ciao! Bob

[john elder]

Hey, Bob..it's funny you should use the comparison with golf...I've been away for two weekends and i used the fact that I didn't pay green fees, gas, bets, food, etc on two golf outings to justify buying a Seagate NIB, bamboo salt pole, tackle box, and three other reels, including a nice Perez I figure if i skip golf for two months, i'll have another nice Zwarg or Vom Hofe for "free"


An added thought:

ODE TO A LOST A-WEDGE

My golf game is so Schizophrenic,
Not even 5 books by Harv Pennick,
Can keep me from saying
Words rarely used praying,
As i chase that white ball with a stick.

Now with reels it's so easy to think,
That it's cheaper than seeing a Shrink,
And with fishing you reel in,
for later on feelin',
what you toss with a loft
in the Drink.

[RAM]

Neat ode writing John. As to using 'no golf' as justification for buying all that cool tackle, you are hinting at a repressed guilt complex. These sort of things can eventually develop into a serious neurosis with resulting complications eventually requiring that you seek psychiatric consultation. Now that could REALLY cut into your reel-buying budget! Bad Bob

[Brian F.]

Actually, the quickest and only real cure for that ailment is to give away all your reels to your reel collecting buddies

[RAM]

It is of interest to note that after over 200 views and 16 responses, no one has yet made any comments about their adventures with a mistress and the attendant expense. How else can this comparative analysis of hobby costs be completed? Golf stories won't arouse much attention, but a confession before the brotherhood of reel collectors would probably do that someone's soul good-and it surely be thoroughly enjoyed by all! Bad Bob

[Reel Geezer]

OK Bob, I must confess. Back in 2001 you told me that you had a mistress, and it cost you half your Pflueger collection to keep her quiet. I noted that she sold the reels you bribed her with on eBay. They were decorating her boobs in the auction photos. To analyze this correctly we need to look up the eBay results.

Just kidding - it was actually only 1/4 of your collection.

[RAM]

The dumb--- never realized they were the the cheapest 1/4 of my collection! Bad Bob
PS Never have figured how she covered those things so well with two 40 yd Atlases!

[ABUBO]

A while back I noticed a red headed boob seller on ebay - female of course that had all her items pictured between her boobs. Yeah I just had to look *he-he*.
Just wondering... was that Bad Boob's...! I don't think so OH - sorry, I ment was that Bad Bob's ?

Bo(obs)