Appear eccentric...
Well, lets see. I spend hours scouring nurseries looking for material. I drive hundreds of miles and spend days walking around in the woods only to dig a 10 pound tree and a 50 pound root ball, strap it to my back and hike 6 miles back to the car. Then I spend good money on just the right soil, hours on building a perfect grow-box, and visit the tree everyday noting its every move for a year. Then I spend countless hours planning how to style this tree. Then I finally get around to repotting the tree (more time and money for soil) only to let it sit for months before ever thinking about styling. More planning, more daily visits. Then I spend more money to buy wire, spend hours wiring, styling, and taking pictures. On to more daily visits, watering, fertilizing, trimming and monitoring for any sign of new bud growth, change in color of foliage, etc. Then when Im not visiting, watering, repotting, wiring, planning, etc. I get on here and read about others who are visiting, watering, repoting, wiring, planning, etc.
Ive only started my collection a year ago and I already have about 25 trees (5-10 of decent quality, 10-15 in progress and 10 or so experiments) not to mention all the cuttings.
I dont know about anyone else, but personally I think the general population might be right...