What other hobbies do you have?

dudeinaroom

I know there was a thread like this a while back, just curious as to what others do for fun/leisure.

I love tinkering with electronic stuff and building computers.

I have a .22 savage MKII rifle that I like to target shoot, and plink with.

Another thing I like to do is tinker with the kids power wheels. I think I might be making one of them 4 wheel drive this summer, if I can scavenge the right parts from curb sides.

I also LOVE radio controlled cars/trucks. I have 2 traxxas rustlers that the boys and I like to play with, and mu two boys together have 8 "toy" R/Cs. The Rustler the boys run is nearly stock, with an upgraded speed control and brushed motor. The one I bash has a few upgraded parts(as they break), and has a Castle Creations SV2 speed control and 4 pole 5700KV motor (5700 rpms/volt no load). This truck is just silly. Depending on gearing I range from about 20-50 REAL mph. With the right batteries and gearing I should be able to top 70. You might think I'm just blowing smoke, but with the right setup you can reach over 100 mph with these things. Just youtube fastest rustler.

So what else are you into?

BuckeyeTim

Slot cars, model cars, 35 yr collection of Hot Wheels

dudeinaroom

Cool cool. Forgot to mention, I am getting our boys into building models also. I had slot cars and built models when I was younger. All my hot wheels disappeared when my mom passed away. My boys have wayyyyy to many hot wheels lol.

organ

Planted aquariums, 1:400 diecast scale airplane models, and Flight Simulation.

dragon1952

Lots of fantasy football, I've got a couple guitars which I pick up occasionally, I dabble in electronics....I built a 4W tube guitar amp from kit and also an effects pedal, have modded/recapped a couple stereo tuners and have done some minor repairs to my own stuff, we do all of our own gardening and landscaping which is very seasonal around here and have 2 chihuahuas that take up lots of time. I've put together a pretty decent gym with treadmill, heavy bag, olympic and standard weight sets and various benches that I use a few times a week. I've got a couple bird feeders and like to watch and photograph the different birds.

mantis

Guitar , Mountian Biking , Video Games , Craft Beer.

brgman

I like travelling with the Secret Service and GSA.

codyc1ark

Canoeing, camping, disc golf, biking, smoking meat, and my yard.

George Grand

Nitrous oxide, shrunken heads, and carjacking.

Willow

Starting up my watch collection again, cooking, biking, gym, but most of all (not a hobby but it does take up most of my free time) spending time with my 11mth old son.

Dawgfish

Fly fishing, fly tying, fishing, college football, dogs, Dawgs, craft beer, and poon.

tonyb

Ya know it's kinda funny how your hobbies change over the years and for me the only one that has made the test of time has been audio. My younger years was consumed with audio, biking, building models of planes or boats, vintage cars, sports of all kinds, and probably a few more that escape me at the moment.

Now, it's audio, cooking, gardening,wine, and something I never had an interest in when I was younger....politics. One thing I wish I should have turned into a hobby as a youth was making money.....I'd be a frickin' Donald Trump by now.:cheesygrin:

Willow

tonyb wrote: »

Ya know it's kinda funny how your hobbies change over the years and for me the only one that has made the test of time has been audio. My younger years was consumed with audio, biking, building models of planes or boats, vintage cars, sports of all kinds, and probably a few more that escape me at the moment.

Now, it's audio, cooking, gardening,wine, and something I never had an interest in when I was younger....politics. One thing I wish I should have turned into a hobby as a youth was making money.....I'd be a frickin' Donald Trump by now.:cheesygrin:

You can get a really bad haircut or rug...it is not too late for that part!

Conradicles

Been Fishing since I was 4 years old.

EndersShadow

Fishing, Landscape Photography, playing with our dogs, Video games (Halo Reach online mostly), building computers, car audio, bowling, reading REAL books (not off a digital device), something about the feel of actual pages in my hand.....

tonyb

Willow wrote: »

You can get a really bad haircut or rug...it is not too late for that part!

Lol !! Yeah....hair is one of those things that says " I've had it with your sh&t ". Kinda like grass, it never grows where you want it to.

brgman

Conradicles wrote: »

Been Fishing since I was 4 years old.

Well don't quit now.you're bound to catch one soon!

Dawgfish

tonyb wrote: »

Lol !! Yeah....hair is one of those things that says " I've had it with your sh&t ". Kinda like grass, it never grows where you want it to.

I don't care who you are that is funny right there!

Joe08867

Drumming, Barbershop Singing (I am a lead), Video Games. Plan on starting a restore of a 67' 21 window VW Microbus this summer.

exalted512

I need to find a cheaper hobby...




-Cody

mystik610

Shooting stuff.....with cameras and guns

Toolfan66

Lately my hobby has been my house it has been in need of a paint job for the last few years, put in a new front door, storm door, new light fixtures, painted the deck, new gutters, having a new roof put on next week.

Yeah I know it's not much of a hobby so to speak but it has been fun watching it all take on a new look..

Out side of that it has been my Camaro. my rigs have been sleeping for a few weeks now it seems..

gce

Been playing my guitar since I was 15, we won't go into how old I am how. :razz: and I love taking pictures. Just got me a new Canon T3i and I just can't stop buying lenses...another rabbit hole you don't want to fall into!

breal74

Golf, baseball, fly fishing, hiking, skiing and my 2 1/2 year old daughter. Guess which hobby takes up most of my time....

PrazVT

I've been tinkering with computers since my summer job at NASA back when I was 13 ... so that's where all the $$ went prior to audio. Otherwise, video games, basketball, attempting to learn to play the guitar (and then giving up when I get to finger picking and then the guitar just sits there for 3 months), movies, etc.

I like to read spy novels - Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, James Rollins, Ted Bell, Brad Taylor, Marc Cameron are authors in that vein.

Of course there is audio ..but i'm taking a break from major purchases - especially after this coming weekend. More than likely, will be ordering a 2012 BMW 328i Sport Line (6mt) and perhaps doing the European delivery. It'll give me a chance to take a vacation (which I haven't done in the last 5 years).

I went indoor sky-diving recently ... it was fun! I've done paintballing & go-karting as well. Anything that seems fun, I'm usually up for

bobsauto49

Golfing,Drinkin beer! It seems one always goes with the other! Fine wine,and chasin my wife around the house! We've been tryin to get her pregnant for about 17 month's to no avail! But its been a fun hobby

Erik Tracy

Swords!
http://summerchild.com/photos_ETEngnath.htm

cnh

I used to play the guitar and and some woodwind instruments, now my daughter is playing most of my guitars and I have less time to.I also enjoy literature and writing (including fiction--an area outside my scope as an academic). My best friend is an Indie filmmaker, so I occasionally consult on scripts he writes (which is fun). I like collecting examples of "eccentric" personalities and behavior as inspiration for stories; and observing the farce called American Politics because there are a lot of absurdities one can mine from there, as well.

I've had an interest in Japanese and Chinese Philosophy since I was a Junior in H.S. Politics--well you can't get away from that. I am a bit of a News Junkie--spend more time than I should reading and watching cable news--we even have a small 15" LCD near the kitchen table so we can get our news fix when we eat. lol

I've enjoyed weightlifting, on and off since I was a H.S. student. I've always preferred activities where I can compete against myself rather than others; like weightlifting, boxing (because although you do compete against ONE other--you can only depend on yourself to succeed). Of sports: I find baseball slow and boring, basketball over-hyped and occasionally interesting; I guess football is really the only sport that I might follow regularly. Come from a region in Pa. where that was the "sport" and where we fielded a number of undefeated teams in H.S. class A, so "everyone" was into football, or at least played a year or two.

My favorite hobby, though, is "conversation". There is nothing like a good discussion over a few beers or distilled spirits with good friends. Shooting the Sxxt is a dying past-time, probably why this place attracts so many of us, besides our common interests in audio.

I love the ocean, many found memories of summer vacations--where, the Jersey shore (yeah I can hear some groans in the background, but it wasn't always what it has become today--used to be a very "family" friendly place.

There is NOTHING as calming as watching the waves pound the shoreline. Bet it lowers one's BP by 20+ points!

I like to travel, as does my wife. We've been to Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, England, Germany, Greece, China, Japan, Mexico, and all over Canada and the U.S. Much of that travel has been facilitated by scholarly conferences, papers, etc.

I also like to bike (the motor-less kind), I used to jog but the knees and back are speaking to me as I age!

Love the outdoors, sun and sky. I'd like to learn to be able to prepare more dishes as I seem to have a knack for producing a fairly edible cuisine but I have a limited repertoire. It goes without saying that growing up in a Mediterranean household (my parents were immigrants), I developed a LOVE for good food. And my mother was an excellent cook!

Like my father, I appreciate the finer cognacs and brandies. Starting with my ancestor's finest spirit: Metaxa: Private Reserve.

This is getting too long. It's been a rough semester and you're all making me remember all the things I haven't been able to do for months!

cnh

txcoastal1

Fishing coastal tournaments

brgman

cnh wrote: »

I used to play the guitar and and some woodwind instruments, now my daughter is playing most of my guitars and I have less time to.I also enjoy literature and writing (including fiction--an area outside my scope as an academic). My best friend is an Indie filmmaker, so I occasionally consult on scripts he writes (which is fun). I like collecting examples of "eccentric" personalities and behavior as inspiration for stories; and observing the farce called American Politics because there are a lot of absurdities one can mine from there, as well.

I've had an interest in Japanese and Chinese Philosophy since I was a Junior in H.S. Politics--well you can't get away from that. I am a bit of a News Junkie--spend more time than I should reading and watching cable news--we even have a small 15" LCD near the kitchen table so we can get our news fix when we eat. lol

I've enjoyed weightlifting, on and off since I was a H.S. student. I've always preferred activities where I can compete against myself rather than others; like weightlifting, boxing (because although you do compete against ONE other--you can only depend on yourself to succeed). Of sports: I find baseball slow and boring, basketball over-hyped and occasionally interesting; I guess football is really the only sport that I might follow regularly. Come from a region in Pa. where that was the "sport" and where we fielded a number of undefeated teams in H.S. class A, so "everyone" was into football, or at least played a year or two.

My favorite hobby, though, is "conversation". There is nothing like a good discussion over a few beers or distilled spirits with good friends. Shooting the Sxxt is a dying past-time, probably why this place attracts so many of us, besides our common interests in audio.

I love the ocean, many found memories of summer vacations--where, the Jersey shore (yeah I can hear some groans in the background, but it wasn't always what it has become today--used to be a very "family" friendly place.

There is NOTHING as calming as watching the waves pound the shoreline. Bet it lowers one's BP by 20+ points!

I like to travel, as does my wife. We've been to Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, England, Germany, Greece, China, Japan, Mexico, and all over Canada and the U.S. Much of that travel has been facilitated by scholarly conferences, papers, etc.

I also like to bike (the motor-less kind), I used to jog but the knees and back are speaking to me as I age!

Love the outdoors, sun and sky. I'd like to learn to be able to prepare more dishes as I seem to have a knack for producing a fairly edible cuisine but I have a limited repertoire. It goes without saying that growing up in a Mediterranean household (my parents were immigrants), I developed a LOVE for good food. And my mother was an excellent cook!

Like my father, I appreciate the finer cognacs and brandies. Starting with my ancestor's finest spirit: Metaxa: Private Reserve.

This is getting too long. It's been a rough semester and you're all making me remember all the things I haven't been able to do for months!

cnh

I think you mixed this post up with your match.com account

decal

Golf,guitar,wine making,kayaking,**** star cameos,carpentry,fishing,shooting,cooking,etc. etc. etc.