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Sounds just like me.

<><>Have you found, as I have, that once you get interested in a topic, it’ll lead to other topics that one just HAS TO also learn about? <><>

Yep, all the time. I start into a topic that grabs my attention, and it leads to something else, usually related, that I have to check out.

I got into Archaeology a while back. That led to Paleontology and Anthropology, which led to Geology. All are inter related. I ended up with books about each, spent about 3 or 4 years trying to find out all I could about them.

Computers...same there, I had an old 486, needed more drive space so I finally found a small drive, none of the new ones would work, the 486 had a 540MB drive limit. Original hard drive crashed, we spent half the night getting it to work again, reinstalled Windows, the whole 9 yards. I decided if I had to work on it again I would not ask any questions. Started picking up books and old computers at resale shops to tinker with. 3 years later I was opening a computer repair shop with someone else, then moved and opened my own, built and repaired them for 15 years.

Got into photography..boy did that turn out to be interesting...I wanted to find out what bird that was...so now I have field guides on birds, flowers, mushrooms, trees, mammals, animals in general, butterflies...just because I wanted to know what I just took a picture of...

It’s crazy...but it is what it is, I just roll with it.

LOL....out side of the computer tech stuff ( and re that, good for you and ALL that you did with that knowledge! ), yes, we have a whole LOT of common interests and we do get very involved in something, which then leads us off to a related topic, which then leads us off to something else we just HAVE TO know about.

I've always said, that the more I know, the more I know that I need to learn a lot more. It's all just NEVER enough for me.So many of the interests I've had since childhood, I still have, because there is still so much more, still to learn about ancient civilizations, Robin Hood, the history of England, Hungary, America, religions, food, fairy tales, and oh so many other topics.

Okay, you have me laughing my socks of. Like you, I started off with the bird books, went to trees, wild flowers, which led to herbs, ancient to modern medicines and treatments, cultivated flowers, shrubs, garden layouts, and good and bad bugs/insects. It really does sound as though we took mostly the same road on this one. LOL