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Well I'm pretty sure I'm less rich than Cory if he is a MS employee. I pay about $85/hour to fly and don't own a plane. If I lived in the USA it would be $68/h

• mpyne 13y ago
  There are high school students who drop thousands of $$$ into their hobbies. My hobby (computers and video games) was cheap in comparison to those getting tuned-up small cars as made famous in movies and racing games. $68/hr is a fairly inexpensive hobby indeed.
  • kamarupa 13y ago
    $68 an hour is not an inexpensive hobby by any objective measurement. I also have to wonder where high-school students who drop thousands of dollars into their hobbies are getting their money from. Parents?
    • mpyne 13y ago
      > I also have to wonder where high-school students who drop thousands of dollars into their hobbies are getting their money from. Parents? I often wondered the same thing, given that neither I nor my parents had anywhere near that much money to fritter away. I think it comes down to parents directly or indirectly though. You can make a fair amount of money with a summer job and part-time job the rest of the year, when you don't have to pay for rent, food, etc. It becomes harder to maintain a hobby once you have to move out and live on your own.
      • mc32 13y ago
        Depends on the age. I know when I was a teenager, I worked since I was allowed to (16). So, part time jobs, summer jobs and saving --that's where teenagers get the extra money. It's relatively easy to save money when you don't have to pay for room and board, as it were.