Word: rennick
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...Dick Rennick, 60, and most others find, though, that a major benefit of such hobbies is stress relief. As a high schooler he cruised his town's hamburger stand in a roaring '53 Ford, juiced up with parts from the local junkyard. As a young man, with no money for a garage, he would jack up cars in his yard and tinker with them. Then, as his plumbing company grew successful, he found that cars offered an escape from work stress. "When you come home at 11 p.m., and you're wound up, you go in the garage, get your...
...Rennick's day job and hobby are closely related; it's not uncommon for hobbyists to choose pastimes similar to their work. Some even use hobbies as an excuse to put off retirement, like New Yorker Arnold Greenberg, 68. Eighteen years ago, the onetime lawyer bought a popular travel bookstore on New York City's Madison Avenue. Now he works five days a week, covering his acquisitions in clear Mylar covers and talking with buyers about Baedeker's guides. He has no thoughts of stopping. "I just signed a new lease. Let's just hope I live that long...
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