Audiogoners Anonymous?

I've got it bad. I need a 12 step program, but I am in denial. I just bought another DL103R cartridge, as a spare. And the one I already have only has 100 hours on it. I press the refresh button every few minutes to see if another new forum post appears. I answer obvious "trolling" posts. I read the classifieds several times a day, even though I don't plan to buy anything. During my spare time, I look through all the virtual systems, to see what everybody else has. I do have some contact with the outside world(I email other Audiogon members and have e-conversations). Luckily, I am semi-retired, and don't have to do much work to live. But now I want to get more money to support my audio habit. I sometimes have nightmares that my computer broke, and I have to spend my audio money to replace the computer, so I can read about more audio stuff. Could my computer benefit from a hospital grade outlet and a high-end power cord? Sometimes I go grocery shopping and stop off at the pawn shops looking for used records and spend my grocery money, and come home with records. I keep some canned beans on hand for such emergencies. My Rottweiler views such behavior with much disdain. Some people reading this will think I am exaggerating.

Go easy on yourselves. Life is but a one time occurance and this type of activity isn't harmful to anyone. At least we have an opportunity to learn valuable information without paying the high price of admission. Even though this is an expensive hobby consider the bucks saved by learning what does work versus finding out on your own.

I log onto Audiogon by 7 am each morning and recheck the forums throughout the day. Sometimes I feel I have something to contribute and other times I don't. It's the people that bring me back. No guilt here.

Boy, oh-boy! I’m there too, maybe not as addicted as the above Audiogoner’s (my wife would disagree) but only because my job does not allow me the time to hook up with the computer more than twice during working hours for a short time. But later in the evening after dinner, Oh-boy it’s Audiogon, music and me!

suggestion to reduce time spent on audiogon purchase a audio aero Capitol Mark 2 CD player it's reduced my time spent here by 2-3 hours each day makes me listen instead of surfing.

I have a solution to your problem -get rid of the girlfriend. I am a bachelor and have no one to tell me that I have a problem, so I think this means that I don't have one, doesn't it? Maybe I'm just still in the denial stage.