UAS Rationalization

You can't sell your used rounds of golf on Craigslist when you decide you want to try a more expensive course.
 
I get your point, but...If you shop around you can play for $40-50 a round. I live in a golf community and play 2-3 times a week and that amounts to 60-70 rounds a year and spend $1000-$1500 on green fees. Equipment, balls, cart not included, of course the cart also serves as transportation. And there's also a new club around the corner, CAS is about as bad as UAS! :shaka:
 
Hey, ukuleles are cheap. You could be into horses. (I'm not thankfully, terrified of the things).
 
I’m a retired guy who had a moderately successful working career. As I’ve often pointed out to my wife, most of my contemporaries who are in similar circumstances spend a lot of time on the golf course. Golf has never interested me. But, if it did, I would certainly play at least twice a week. I mean, I can’t see having an avid interest like that without going out to do it at least every few days. So, out of curiosity, I checked on the rates for 18 holes of golf in my area. I was looking at the course where I live, and the closest public course to where I live. I see the rates fluctuate during the year, and range from $90.00 to $230.00 per round of golf. Just using rough figuring, it looks like I would be spending something in the neighborhood of $16,000.00 a year if I played golf and paid the standard green fees. Of course, there are memberships with discounts, etc. But I think it’s fair to use the standard fees for the purpose of this estimate. So, as I’ve told my wife, that should be my “Gee it’s great to be retired!”, play money allowance. Now, I can’t actually see myself spending $16,000.00 a year on Ukuleles, but if I wanted to …. I think you can get my drift here. I suddenly have a much greater appreciation for the entire golfing industry. Keep up the good work, guys!

Good rationalization. Mine is that I limit myself to K brands. Love them. They sound and play awesome and, up to this point, have been easy enough to move when wanting to try something new and different.
 
Aw, let's not knock collectors so much. If we didn't keep buying them, luthiers have less incentive to keep making them and hence would not improve their skills as much with less practice.
 
VegasGeorge, you didn't figure in the cost of clubs ($$$) and shoes ($$) and those loud clothes! And Golfers have GEAS too. And all that beer and brat sandwiches! :cheers:
 
Don't forget, you can play ukulele every day, rain or shine, whenever and for as long as you want, so that's gotta have some multiplier effect in the comparative cost equation.

Plus, no one gets impatient or "plays through". You can play the same "hole" over and over till you get it right, and your score is whatever you make it. You can play on any course, from your favorite armchair to a bench in the park to a mountaintop. You can get together with other people and all play at once. And only occasionally do you get upset and break an ukulele over your knee. You can resell a uke for not much less (and sometimes more) than you paid for it—try that with a golf club; no serious golfer wants your golf cooties. And ukes are decorative: if you start hanging your golf clubs on the wall, a padded room has got your name on it.

Green fees are but for hours, a bevy of ukes is for a lifetime.
 
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