This forum is bad on the wallet.

[lazy river road]

My wife finally vetoed my first piece of gear that I wanted to purchase. It was a sad day. Now I have to sell some gear to buy new gear. Its a never ending vicious cycle of Gear Addiction.

[grouch]

I bought most of what I needed in a single shot that way the wife wouldn't get suspicious when packages started coming in the mail each week. Funny thing, the little $60 Warbonnet Traveler turned into a $600+ hanging Taj Mahal after the Hammock Gear goodies, OES tarp, Papa Smurf bug sock and Woopie Slings were factored in. How did that happen? **** forum!

[JohnSawyer]

Just wait until you catch DIY-itis....symptoms include excessive shoping at fabric stores and numerous conversations about sewing machines, thread tension, and fabric lengths. Along with a contributing factor to SAS, taking over at least one room in the house with bolts of fabric, thread and bobbin containers, down feathers, and miles of cordage.


WELCOME THE MADNESS!!!

I thought it was DIYOS DIY Obsession Syndrome. Where you are compelled to stop at every fabric store you see looking for lightweight ripstop, spend hours staring at items you can repurpose for hanging, buy beer and energy drinks with no intention of drinking the contents, and wake up at night with random ideas for new alky stoves, hammock ridgeline organizers... oh, and you forgot discuss the finer points of replacement needle types and sizes...

But really... I could stop at any time... I just don't want to!

[ice man]

Yeah. Yer hooked alright.

[Shug]

Consider a tank of gas......I fill up and always moan and whimper a bit. It is money that is no fun to spend. But we do it over and over and over.
At least this hammock stuff gives some fun.
Shug

[R00K]

GAD has had a hold of me real good. Doctors say the only cure is death, but Im thinking after my thru-hike I'll just be picking up one or two goodies a year. Going from casual backpacking to long-distance backpacking has been pricey.

And as far as stealing rooms in the house, I have my room, the "band room", the "gear room", a few closets and the garage haha. As little as one year ago it was just my room and the band room!

[bigbamaguy]

You are not an addict yet.........you have only seen the first sign do the affliction, an empty wallet. You have been warned of the second sign, SAS........the point at which you know that you actually have a problem is when your family calls a Hammock Intervention in on you. Of course you should also worry that you are only a carrier of the disease and your family may become infected and start taking your gear away from you!!!!!!

[wi1ecoyote]

LMAO a whole new family of diseases! we should add these to the lexicon!

[timabababaluka]

I've spent very little on my journey thus far; all it takes is a little self control... that and terror--pure, undiluted, unadulterated terror (SAS is a rain (reign?) of fire and brimstone, and the Missus starts looking serious everytime she sees me leafing through the Hancock Fabrics advertisements). I spend as much as I dare (which is precious little)--it keeps me safe, keeps food on the table, but comes at the cost of frequent sighs and increased scavengerial/cannibalistic behavior ("Have you seen my black polyester thread?" "Uh... No. No I have not." (kick empty spool under the sofa). "Honey, where did the rest of that quart of interior flat paint go?" "I dunno." (this said as I hide the latest diy bushbuddy stove behind my back).

Again, it can be done, but at great emotional cost and personal risk.

[Boomer]

Consider a tank of gas......I fill up and always moan and whimper a bit. It is money that is no fun to spend. But we do it over and over and over.
At least this hammock stuff gives some fun.
Shug

Yea, but my last spending spree could've bought gas for nine months!