37 - 2 kids age 2 and 4 - work full time and travel 2-3 days a week - make decent money and still have no time and very little money for pinball - kids, as wonderful as they are, absorb the majority of disposable income. What really gets me are the guys who seem to be able to drop everything at a moments notice - leave work, leave family, etc for a multi-hour or all day round trip to score a deal. Even if I have money to burn, all the good deals seem to get snapped up by guys who can literally walk out on their families or work with no repercussions and go score a deal. I am too new to the hobby (3 years or so) to have scored all the deals of yesteryear and build collections of 2k-4k "A list" titles so that's another strike against me and the rest of us new guys haha. still love the hobby, love doing the repair / restoration work, love playing with others and meeting other hobbyists - just wish it was easier to sustain without putting myself in the poor house.