Tag: birthdays

• Buying Your Own Birthday Gifts

  

  And being reimbursed the cost – then presented with the ” surprise ” boxes on the day – is one of the most satisfying forms of gift giving/getting there is. It doesn’t do to be petty about it, or get bashful. Ask directly how much the giver wishes to spend and then go spend it.…

  Dick Stein

  April 12, 2025

  Collecting, damage control, finances, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling Supplies, Organisation, Uncategorized

  birthdays, hobby shopping, Self Reliance

• The Birthday Money

  

  I got my birthday money and went to the hobby shops to spend it. I went to three different ones in my city, and enjoyed myself in each…though not as much as you might expect. It was like being a fussy kid in candy stores that either did not have any fresh lollies…or had priced…

  Dick Stein

  April 14, 2024

  1:72 scale, frugality, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Uncategorized

  birthdays, frugality, hobby money

• Boeing Fortress Mk III – Part One – Happy Birthday, You Old Kid…

  

  Okay. Put on your retro panties and pull them up. Now wander back to your childhood and the time you were given birthday money and were let off for the Saturday to visit every hobby shop in town. a. DId you visit every shop in town? Yes you did. b. Were you tired out? No, you weren’t.…

  Dick Stein

  July 1, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, finances, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Airfix, birthdays, Boeing, nostalgia, Sex