Thread: Other Hobbies?

Magic
Sideshow Stunts
reading
Con games
cooking

I backpack, contact juggle, read quite a bit, help my wife out with the scrapbooking, cook, and really, really want to start restoring razors and rescaling them. I also enjoy working on motorcycles, but money for motorcycles is currently in short supply

My main other hobby is brewing, and I also like sleeping (when I have the time and am not under a bout of insomnia)

Originally Posted by peas_and_corn

My main other hobby is brewing, and I also like sleeping (when I have the time and am not under a bout of insomnia)

Sleeping is an excellent hobby that requires little apparatus, and which I never seem to have quite enough time for.

I've added one since I originally posted.

fountain pens, can't say I have a collection yet, as I only have 3 with 1 on the way. My best pen is a Parker 51 vacumatic in Cedar Blue, which I found on ebay for a whole 35.00.

On the walking cane front, I've got the bug to make another one or two. The one I'm currently working on is a 36 inch staff with a gear shift knob for the grip. It was too plain for me, so I've been using it and thinking about what I could do to finish it up. My idea is a combination walking stick and fishing pole. Imagine walking down to the river bank,and the only thing you have to carry is your tackle. Tie on a hook and fish away with your cane lol. Plus it will be a good conversation starter.

I've also gotten the itch to get back into photography. I picked up a Yashica LM for 10.00 at a local Garage Sale, pictured below, and I'm itching to try it out. Before I lost the eye, I had a nice 35mm set-up, a Cannon A-1, with 70-210 zoom, a 2x extender, a 50 mm lens and a ton of filters. It was stolen out of my apartment, which is probably why I lost interest for so long.

My hobbies don't generally last as hobbies. I will start one with high interest and then settle into satisfaction somewhere and only continue it on as a practicality or occasional enjoyment. (As a reflective side note, I've discovered that hobbies can sneak up on me whereas the few passions I have were deliberate choices I made. And yet they continually change my life since they are part of me)

In the past at different times I have been particularly fascinated with astronomy, tennis, historical research, card tricks, coin collecting, golf, bowling, traveling, table tennis, Garfield junk, dice & card games, miniature electronics, magic squares, programming, strategy games of all sorts, puzzles- I just realized I am a nerd. I've always tried to deny it, but now I've admitted it. I'll have fun with a hobby for several months and then lost interest and find another. Oh yeah and now straight razors. It'll pass after awhile like the others and I will simply use a straight out of practicality with occasional flare-ups of research and/or purchases & trades.

Originally Posted by freebird

I've added one since I originally posted.

fountain pens, can't say I have a collection yet, as I only have 3 with 1 on the way. My best pen is a Parker 51 vacumatic in Cedar Blue, which I found on ebay for a whole 35.00.

There's a good fountain pen shop that does repairs in Dallas, I think they're called "penwright".

Originally Posted by icedog

I collect dust. I have a dust collection that would be the envy of any collector anywhere. I have many fine examples of modern dust but I also have some very ancient dust. I have quite a bit of what I am certain is pre-cambrian dust. I have Napoleonic dust in absolutely mint condition! I have just located a perfect sample of paleocene era dust, if only this stuff could talk!

I'll swap you some dust for some vintage gothic cobwebs I've been saving for Halloween, spider may or may not be included!

Originally Posted by GollyMrScience

hmmmmm
I too have too many hobbies for my own good. Here are a few in no particular order:
Archery (longbow mostly)
Flint Knapping

the list goes on and on and then add my experiments and studies on top.
Its a wonder I get time to shave!

Flint knapping is something Spike wants to know more about. He has loads of pieces collected ready. Any chance you could PM him please?

I used to do Archery many years ago, it is something I'd like to get back into one day. I guess my main hobby at the moment is digital editing, if you've seen the PCR thread you know what I mean.

Originally Posted by foundlingofdollar

I backpack, contact juggle, read quite a bit, help my wife out with the scrapbooking, cook, and really, really want to start restoring razors and rescaling them. I also enjoy working on motorcycles, but money for motorcycles is currently in short supply

I'm trying contact juggling myself too now. I've been juggling for a few years just to relax. But contacting is harder than it looks

Originally Posted by Basch

I'm trying contact juggling myself too now. I've been juggling for a few years just to relax. But contacting is harder than it looks

If you haven't yet, visit ContactJuggling.org :: Home There's a great forum there and the wiki has a lot of great instructional videos.