What's a great hobby that does not get more expensive the more you dive into it?

Collecting rocks that you find. Plus it keeps decorating costs down.

Who needs some fancy knick-knack to fill up a nook when I've got a large chunk of conglomerate or

pegmatite? That'll do. Magnet fishing. All you need is a strong magnet and some rope, really, and maybe a few other

things like gloves. Might even find something valuable one day if you're exceedingly lucky.

I pulled a 9mm out of a local river. Explaining magnet fishing to a cop you called yourself

on is an interesting conversation. In the Netherlands, people took up metal detecting during

lockdown. Lots of unexploded

World War II bombs were found. Some guy thought the safest thing to do was dig it up and drop it off

at the local police station. The police didn't agree with that. Smithing. It doesn't grow in cost

because it starts off astronomically expensive and just stays that way. Learning to mirror, sharpen a knife on wet stones like the ancient Japanese masters,

300 bucks.

Getting your hand stitched shut after touching the blade and losing a pint of blood,

priceless.

Extreme couponing.

If you're gonna do this, please don't be a jerk to the cashiers.

We know you spent hours figuring out how to buy 50 bucks of stuff for $1.63. But it's not our fault when our coupon machine doesn't work. The online coupons don't go through. Or if you're 80 cents short of the total needed for that $10 off online coupon you were banking on. Please don't get angry at cashiers. We're happy you're saving so much,

but when things go wrong, there's not much the non-managerial staff can do either. Also,

don't break up your one purchase into ten purchases when there's a line in the store. Either

wait until there's no line, or be willing to step aside until the line goes down. People don't

want to wait in line for 20

minutes while you finesse your purchases. I had one lady who got through three broken up purchases,

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