Do you have other hobbies?

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Aside from audio, my longest running hobby, I also love guns and motorcyles. I used to shoot competition handgun, and trained personnel in the military on M1911A1 (.45acp) and M-9 (9mm) marksmanship. I've also been a motorcycle nut for about 11 years, and though I rode sportbikes for the first 8 years, I now have a cruiser.

The gun collection used to be huge, now I'm down to 3:

1. AR15A2 .223, my build, Eagle Arms lower/RRA Upper
2. Glock 17 9mm, (12yrs old and still looks/shoots like a dream)
3. Ruger KMK-678 .22LR target pistol

Motorcycle:

1. Honda Magna, 2002 750 V4


What other hobbies do you enjoy?
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  • Steve@3dai
    Steve@3dai Posts: 983
    edited January 2004
    I do some Autocross racing.

    Video games.

    I'm really into music, and plan on learning how to compose and play an instrument.

    *cough* street racing *cough*
    LSi 9/C/FX
    Arcam AVR-200
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2004
    Hmmm...I also like to play on the computer, Raven Shield is the game of the month. I wish Ubisoft would work the bugs out, so I could play online again.

    Mountain Biking - Men ride Hardtails :D

    Audi Club of America - I like playing with the Audi, tho' I do not autocross anymore. The Track is where all racing should be, wannabee's do stop light running.

    Good on you Steve@3Dai for the autocrossing!
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited January 2004
    I like to ****. I'm so good I can switch hands and gain a stroke.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2004
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    Hmmm...I also like to play on the computer, Raven Shield is the game of the month. I wish Ubisoft would work the bugs out, so I could play online again.

    What problems are you having?

    I just started playing this game again after like 4 months off from it and I installed the latest patches today. The gameplay seems choppy now...Is this the problem you're having? :confused:
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited January 2004
    Motorcycling
    Hunting/Varminting
    Long Range Shooting
    ATV & 4x4 - Off Roading
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • jeremie
    jeremie Posts: 246
    edited January 2004
    Race Mountain and Road Bikes. Smart men ride full suspensions.

    2002 Giant NRS Air
    2003 Cannondale R2000
    Receiver Yamaha 3070 *Emotiva xpa5 * Behringer iNuke 6000dsp *Monster Cable HTS 3500 -- line conditioner * Panamax 5300 * Apple 4K * Panasonic UB820 * JVC NX5 * Silver Ticket thin bezel 120”
    LSIM - Fronts 707 * Center 706c * Sides 702 * Rear 703 *FP RC85i * RP RC65i * Sub (2) SI HT18
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited January 2004
    golf
    astronomy (although I've been slacking on this one lately)
    Ford Mustang 5.0s
    Attending LSU football games and the whole tailgating experience
    cooking
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2004
    Well racing bikes is certainly different from normal citizen riding...and the men who started this certainly didnt have that luxury. Real men go bare bones...but then again, I am not in that category either, with a front suspension :P

    Demi - I will email you more about it. I am having some stupid friends list load all the time...ugh...but I have HAD that problem, the choppy video framing issue.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • wlrandall
    wlrandall Posts: 440
    edited January 2004
    Home Theater
    Pro Audio
    Former cyclist (nice choice, Jeremie, on the Cannondale)
    Woodworking
    Guitar
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2004
    Carjacking and inhaling nitrous oxide are things I like to do in my spare time. I also collect shrunken heads, and like to stay proficient with my blow gun and flame thrower. Trying to have my way with Troy D's wife keeps me occupied as well.

    I know, it's boring, but that's just who "I" am.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2004
    You know George, it takes a big man to admit to collecting shrunken heads, but now that theres 2 of us, i feel alot better.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited January 2004
    You don't know HALF the story Steve. It's not so much the shrunken heads, but what he does with them.

    There's a picture floating around somewhere, Mr. Grand at his finest, wearing nothing but ladies undergarments, with a half-smoked Lucky hanging out of his mouth, JUGGLING three or four shrunken heads.

    Hell of sight. I haven't been the same since I first saw it.

    You have been WARNED.

    Cheers,
    Russ (of the non-juggling shrunken heads in ladies unmentionables Russ's)
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited January 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    I like to ****. I'm so good I can switch hands and gain a stroke.

    Cheers,
    Russ

    I'm so good I can gain a stroke and chug a beer!... Sheeeeesh I thought you were etter than that Russ!

    HBomb
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2004
    Personally, I think I look okay with the bottoms on. The fact that I can't really "fill out" the tops troubles me to no end. But hey, that's what money AND doctors are for!! Someday......... my prince will come.

    Steveinaz,

    If I'm not mistaken, you once mentioned that you reside in Sierra Vista. You want to meet an A-One, top of the charts, absolute stone looney, you look up my Uncle Benny Lojo over on East Choctaw Drive. He is my late Mom's brother, and hands down the biggest wack job I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. It's a "whole wheat" kind of nuts too, because he is not a product of the 60's or anything like that. No chemical additives you know. He once told me that if I ever wanted "anything" from my Aunt Elaine (his wife), all I had to do was rub her t!ts a little. Didn't seem to bother him that she was sitting right across the Thanksgiving dinner table from me when he said it. Nor the fact that the ENTIRE rest of our family was sitting at same table. He didn't exactly whisper it in my ear either. I was about 16 when this occurred. Just a great, all-around guy, and a standout in his field.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited January 2004
    Hunting, gun collecting, shooting
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  • jarros
    jarros Posts: 84
    edited January 2004
    Hey guys! I've been looking around on these boards for a few days, but this is my first post. I'm looking at picking up some RM6005 satellites as my first set of decent surrounds on a VERY tight budget (it's tough being a student), and I thought I'd check out the rest of the polk world.

    Anyways, other than being interested in home audio, I also enjoy mountain biking. It's good to see a few other bikers on these boards. Right now I'm riding a Rocky Mountain RM6. I'm about an hours drive from the famous "North Shore" here in B.C., so freeriders have a lot of places to ride. Another thing I enjoy is music. I'm a bassist in a band with two friends. We're sorta like Radiohead, most like "The Bends" album. I can let you guys know when we get our demo recorded if you'd like.
    HT Setup:
    Pioneer VSX-D912K
    Polk CSi30 Center
    RM6005 Satellites (Fronts/Surrounds/Rear Center)
    Nameless 10" Sub
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2004
    George, I'm about a 1/4 mile from Choctaw--man its a small world...
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,088
    edited January 2004
    Personally, I like golf and reading.

    Look, the thing between Wendi and George, you know, I deal with it. I mean, I don't blame George because, well, he can't help this curse he has. I don't blame Wendi because, well, she can't help it. I can deal with the rum ( I like good rum), I can deal with the Lucky Strikes (the have a certain panache), I can deal with her wanting a mid-80's Chevy Caprice. What I REFUSE to deal with any longer is the Brylcreme and the damn George-size clothes. Christ, my head sticks to everything and I look like a friggin' sausage. What a nightmare.

    BD (greasy and constricted too) T
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2004
    Where have you bing meng? You blow your **** up or what? Tell the truth.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited January 2004
    Mountain Biking (guys who care about having kids ride suspension of some sort :-P)
    Computers
    R/C Cars (have a T-Maxx and just aquired an Ofna 1/8th scale buggy, haven't run it yet)

    I'm also a mild hiking enthusiast, if there is such a thing. Ricketts Glen is right around my area, I can get there inside of 40mins. Lots of nice hiking trails around there. The Falls Trail is the best. took me around 3hrs 20mins to hike it, tho....
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • GuitarheadCA
    GuitarheadCA Posts: 400
    edited January 2004
    Urban Biking (mountain biking - all suspension + picnic tables and other concrete stuff)

    RAVEN SHELD
    You guys are just getting into this game? I've had it since the week it came out. I need to get your online handles, and run some maps w/ ya.

    Oh yeah, and I'm a full time student, I sometimes forget about that one :rolleyes:
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,781
    edited January 2004
    Transformers
    Computer Repair (Kinda)
    Building Houses
    Detailing Cars
    Home Theater Setup ;)
    Basketball, Soccer, Football
    Audio
    School
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2004
    Originally posted by GuitarheadCA
    Urban Biking (mountain biking - all suspension + picnic tables and other concrete stuff)

    RAVEN SHELD
    You guys are just getting into this game? I've had it since the week it came out. I need to get your online handles, and run some maps w/ ya.

    Oh yeah, and I'm a full time student, I sometimes forget about that one :rolleyes:

    Athena Sword is out in February.

    My name is |SP|Se7en in game.
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  • Big Dan R
    Big Dan R Posts: 131
    edited January 2004
    One of my hobbies is reading all of the great humor in this club, and my wife and kids asking me why im laughing so effin much while "staring" at the computer, and I tell them that they wouldn't understand!!!! Meanwhile Im crankin tunes via the 1.2TL's......
    Dan
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,088
    edited January 2004
    Originally posted by George Grand
    Where have you bing meng? You blow your **** up or what? Tell the truth.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)

    Oh, I been here and there.....sick mostly.

    Nope, nothing blown up yet. Been playing with the rig, switching between the CJ and Carver C-16 pre to see which one I like bettah.

    You give those Dynaco's a listen?

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2004
    Not yet. I've been getting my **** kicked this week, and in about ten minutes, I have to go breakdown both Tiff and Stephies rigs, so the housepainters don't dick them up tomorrow. Their rigs will be stored in front of my He-Man Rig, negating any listening to ANYTHING for the next few days.

    Get well man! **** around with the wife of an ailing man is in poor taste, and I'll have none of it!

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,088
    edited January 2004
    Will do, and, I'm happy to report.....the C-16 is one ultra-neat, cool man item. One set of main outputs is voiced exactly like the C-1 and the other is voiced to sound like a tube preamp. VERY cool. I MIGHT be mistaken but the sweetspot, while still small, seems larger than it did on the C-1.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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