Bonsai Addiction Counselling!!

[Jester]

Hi guys, you know, I have nothing against a Bonsai addiction but what happens when it gets out of hand? Spring it seems, has arrived early this year (at least where I live) and the addiction is severe. I'm buying accessories I don't need, sniffing Charlie Carp before AND after I pour, thinking about Propagation Techniques when I'm sleeping, going out to dinner with non-bonsai growing friends(aliens) and asking them to give me the botanical name of a particular species, telling Bonsai vendors at markets how to do their job...................

Even one of my eyes is starting to twitch!!

Is this normal for a Bonsai addict? should I seek help?

P.S. Please.....if you have a peculiar bonsai symptom please share it, so I know I am not alone!!

[Petra]

Its a seasonal thing i have it too.Only im not spending money. Im telling myself its ok, so long as no one gets hurt . Unfortunate I havent a solution , luckily we have ausbonsai to confess to. Here everyone understands exactly what we are going through.
I dont know where id be without ausbonsai ,do you ( sounds like an add) cheers mate!

[Jester]

Nope I don't!!!

[Pup]

Just take two more till it passes. It will when you are old and grumpy like me. You then just offer useless advice to all and sundry.
Then you get used abused and then some. If your spouse likes what you do coz it keeps you out of the pub.
Off the streets and stops you paying with the opposite SEX I meant playing.
Then what's the worry. You can always join AB-Cers anonimouse and hide in the corner with the other little anonimouses
You can also put plenty of emoticons in your posts so you P#*s of a certain somebody who shall remain nameless in the out back parkes
Bet you cant guess who posted this OH1 bugger my avatar gave me away

[Bretts]

I just new I was going to get a mention in there somewhere

[bodhidharma]

I traded my wife and child for a really, really, really nice old Japanese black pine that i just had to have. I now regret my decision but, bloody hell its a really, really really nice tree.

[SteveT]

Can we see a picture of said JBP then?

Please


Steve

[kcpoole]

Hey Bodi, I bet the tree gives you less grief and doesn't argue back

Checkiong out neighbours yards for trees you can dig up is a sure sign of affliction. YHou know you really have when you offer to dig them up and renovate the garden for them

Ken

[Chris]

The addiction is with us all , who would wake up at 7am on there only day off to drive 100km to meet 20 other mad ppl all serching for olives on the side of a hill in the middle of nowhere . dig the olives and then drive back another 100km thank goodness today was nice. hey bodhidharma can i have the link to where one can sell the wife and kids.

[bodhidharma]

well, the sorry story is the tree has died. but to stop my grieving i have purchased two dogs from the lost dogs home. I am happy to say they are really happy. You need to go to www/trade your missus.com

[Pup]

Now I know why you moved from Nollamara. She still hangs around the nursery there asking for a bloke with a tree coming out of his whoopsy

[MelaQuin]

I don't want to lose the addiction [has to be cleaner, neater, better and more smile-making than gambling] but I want to know how to stop saying 'I have too many trees' - just before I buy the next one. I am trying to improve on that by not buying the cheapies [oh just gotta have one of those sticks] but spending more and getting better. Now this is a better tact, you don't get nearly as many... but I keep getting them.

Happily I don't have any wives or husbands to list on MateBay but I can't plan on any additional income that way... Well, I guess the upside of that is the fact there is less to spend.

[anttal63]

GO HARD OR GO HOME!!!

[sreeve]

Hi Jester,
If you are only buying accessories that you don't need and sniffing Charlie Carp before AND after you pour, then I have good news for you...............


You are no worse than the rest of us

The only time that you need to worry is when you drink Charlie Carp, and then sniff it to check that no one has switched it for a beer.....

Regards from the patient in the next room

[Andrew Ward]

A wonderful addiction it is too. An addiction that does not judge us, an addiction that responds with a terrific display that directly correlates to the attention and love we give it!

Have to agree ... nothing wrong with a good sniff of the Charlie Carp or the Seasol ... tis all organic! Worm wee good too

There is a name for the bonsai compulsivity disorder ... but as there is happiness, good friends and decent yarns to be had amongst us ... why bother to cure it. The compulsive propagation disorder which many of us suffer ... not a problem either. We generally have annual club shows and are able to sell off our excess plants to others who can also gain enjoyment from them, supplement our spending with a bit of returned income, and our clubs generally benefit with a cut in the takings!

I see it as a win all round!

Best thing for the Bonsai Addiction ... DO NOT fight it under any circumstance!!!

PS Nor fight the emoticon addiciton either!