Thread: Hobbies (Other than this one)

Originally Posted by Milton Man

1852? I thought they used horses then?

(You mean 1952, Ford 8N, right?)

Mark

Yes/ color me embarrassed

1940 would be a 9n

Rubik's cubes. I can't get enough of them. I carry one with my most places now, works great to pass the time when waiting in line and such. I also like other twisty/permutation puzzles. I can only speed solve the Rubik's cube though, any other puzzle I do pretty slowly by comparison.

I'm also a PC/Console gamer, and have been since I was 5. Always loved em.

Programming, I usually have some side project going. 3D programming is probably my favourite.

Photography, but it's not too often that I see a shot I like.

Quantum mechanics, though it's not as much of a hobby, as I don't know the math behind it.

Camping in the summer. Collecting and shooting guns. I don't have any guns I cannot shoot.

My hobbies (random order): working on my salt water fish tank, smoking cigars, playing golf.

Not to mention, spending time with my friends and family.

! play guitar (1972 Gibson SG, 2003 Blonde Fender Strat with Bill Callaham pickups and other bits, 1962 Hofner Verithin, Hohner Gruhn acoustic, Fender Tweed Deluxe Amp, Zvex Nano Amp)
I also make Fuzz Face pedals which work just like the good ones they made by accident!! Hendrix liked them!!
I enjoy local, social and my families history. One of my ancestors was a disadent of Cardinal Woolsey - my fella won! And never ever follow my folks into a war, we get into the worst conflicts.
Fishing,hunting shooting,walking, metal detecing, moaning about life, collecting Welsh and Chinese pottery, pre 1850 oak furnature, snuff, swearing (US= cursing) so my wife says and music.
M

I mess around with guitars; I have several but can't claim to "play" them, it's more like play with them. I also collect, and do some fountain pen repair. R/c modeling (airplanes) also takes up a bunch of my time.
Lots more interests, but those are the ones that get most of my time.
Ken.

- I'm pretty hardcore cyclist, I ride a recumbent bike, which is a whole other niche in cycling. I enjoy fixing and building up bikes, I used to race mountain bikes and built all my race bikes from scratch.
- I mess around with airguns, I have a Baikal IZH-46M target pistol and a Beeman rifle. Not really a good shot, but killing cans is always fun.
- Fish and soon to be boating, my Dad gave me his little rowboat, which will hit the water as soon as the ice melts.
- Most winters I like to do some cross-country skiing, the more challenging the trails the better.

That's about all I can think of right now.

I like walking a lot - not hardcore trekking but a 7/8 hour walk over the kind of peat moors you get along the Pennines in northern England suits me fine. I have a border-collie dog - not sure if you can count having a dog as a hobby as such but she's a massive part of my life and walking seems a bit pointless when there's no hound scouting out the path ahead. Apart from walking and hounds, I'm really into comics/graphic novels (but not really superhero stuff,anything from Krazy Kat to Lost Girls via Joe Sacco and Love & Rockets), folk/traditional music, twiddling the handlebars of my moustache, amateur theatre, art/illustration with dip pen and gouache. The two things I don't do but must do before I die are sailing (just something like a dinghy or laser would be fine) and bee keeping.

EDIT - oh and I'm an armchair fan of many sports but especially football (soccer) and cricket.

Originally Posted by guildofghostwriters

EDIT - oh and I'm an armchair fan of many sports but especially football (soccer) and cricket.

Did someone say football? I'm watching my favorite team right now!

Originally Posted by bpave777

Did someone say football? I'm watching my favorite team right now!

Aye - well I was watching them. I thought they played pretty well after conceding two early but it's not a good result! Not my team but I live here so I'm gonna be surrounded by miserable reds all Christmas (including my missus), especially if my team don't do you a highly unlikely favour tomorrow at the Bridge.