Spending money buying stuff is not a measure of how committed one is to thier "passion". It just means they have a lot of disposable income to allow it, and choose to do so. Some guys may not have spent a dine the last 30 days, but logged miles on foot scouting or climbed 50 trees trimming lanes and evaluating them for next year. Many people on here have it bad, its just a matter of how thier time and/or funds allow them to express it.