Any Other Hobbies???

cmy330go

Thought it might be fun to find out what other hobbies our fellow members have.

I myself am into many different things. Such as: Photography, PCs, Biking, Snowboarding, Car Fanatic, R/C Cars & Planes, Beer Brewing, General DIY and tweaking.

So what does everyone else like to do when they aren't fine tuning or upgrading their systems? Don't be shy!

Shizelbs

Sports, beer drinking, headphones, running, video games, PCs and other nerdy assed electronics.

petrym

Singing in a Barbershop Quartet and Chorus, watching Formula 1 races, driving our goofy kids everywhere, reading about astronomy and physics, buying DVDs, and singing BARBERSHOP! :D:D:D

cmy330go

petrym wrote:

Singing in a Barbershop Quartet and Chorus.....

That's not a hobby you see everyday. Have any recordings to share?

michael_w

I've been doing a lot of snowboarding lately. I went up a couple times last year (for the first time) and had a good time so I bought a season's pass at an incredible price and have been going up about four times a week since the season started. Right now I'm working on a switch 180 but having a hard time because I can't really ride switch well... I can land the 180 going regular and landing switch fine but just can't ride switch without hitting the jump in a sketchy and painful manner

I'm a bit into photography and biking as well but they're not very high priority. I'd like to get back into archery because it's pretty fun but right now I just don't have enough time to commit to it. I used to be really into it (three nights a week) a couple years back shooting indoor recurve at 18 meters. I had the privilage of going to the same place as one of the top recurve archers in Canada who slowly became my coach. It's a really good way to relax and you meet some interesting people at tournaments or a local club.

swerve

Playing basketball when it's cold, running when it's moderate temperature, lifting weights, doing situps, listening to alot of music, playing madden 2006, reading whatever i feel like, analyzing newspaper articles and writing arguments against them.

Tour2ma

• Insomnia
• Golf - my "active" sports days are behind me.
• Wine - some collecting, but mostly drinking.
• Roller Coasters - riding (should ride my 100th this summer) and design (strickly amateur).
• ... and just recently, SOPA

MrBuhl

collecting, appreciating, and consuming alcohol in all it's fantastic forms...

Pretty heavy into amatuer photography, 35mm, digital, and 4x5 - develop my own black and white, do my own printing.

Used to do a lot of mountaineering, now I just collect the books mostly...

sda2mike

I used to be into flying. after 300+ hours and many price increases, i haven't flown in 3 years. now, i'm training for a marathon! :eek: it's coming up fast, too! 1/29 in miami. i figured, i'm 40 and i've always wanted to complete a marathon. on saturday my long run was 15 miles! it's hard work, but worth it! plus, it's cheeeeep! BTW, i refuse to change my habits or diet during my training. i'll be the guy with the beer belly and skinny legs, lumbering across the finish line. so, when i peel myself away from the sda's, that's what i do. aside from sleeping and other bedroom gymnastical activities

shack

Golf, tinkering (not restoring yet) with Mustangs, collecting 1:18 scale diecast cars (mainly musclecars).

steveinaz

I used to be into 35mm cameras, that was short-term though. I have 4 other diseases:

1. Audio
2. Shooting (primarily handguns, though I have a home built CAR-15)
3. Motorcycling
4. Hiking/Camping

Demiurge

Hmm...I love music as a first passion, seems to go hand in hand with the audio. I've been playing guitar for a very long time. I like to go hiking, in fact, I plan on trying to go on a out of town hike every weekend this next year. Fishing (Ice and Open Water), Hunting (Deer, Pheasant, Turkey (Bow)) and would love to go on a Big Game hunt sometime. Spending time at the range with the arsenal and buying new toys.

PolkThug

I used to race R/C cars competitively, but that was more expensive than regular cars. Now I just play with the big stuff.

audiobliss

PolkThug wrote:

I used to race R/C cars competitively, but that was more expensive than regular cars. Now I just play with the big stuff.

Haha, well I guess it's a good thing I never really got into the r/c cars, then.

Mostly my passion is music, both listening to and playing. Unfortunately I don't make time to play the piano like I want, but I love it when I do find time to do it.

Reading about cars. Thinking about cars. Drooling/dreaming about cars. Wishing I had money for cars. Wishing I had a huge garage in the backyard, a huge stack of cash, and bunch of time to spend working on (and then getting them fixed when I mess 'em up! ) cars.

I actively collected 1:18 or 1:24 (can't remember) die-cast cars a while back. The vast majority of them are Maisto that I bought from Sams Club (only ten bucks a pop!), ranging from a 1930's BMW to (two) '57 Belairs, to (two) C4 Corvettes, to (two) Ferrari F50's, to a Lamborghini Jotta SE, to a 1994 (I think?) McLaren, to a late 90's Mercedes Benz SL500. Pretty much anything if it was pretty. Oh, I also have a Mustang Mach 3 concept car. And Porsche 911. But all that's going on memory; haven't had 'em down out of the attic in at least two years. I have about 38 of them, so it's not a large collection, but it's a start. I'd love to display them in a HT room along with my car posters and models of engines (currently have a tricked out smallblock Chevy and Ford's SOHC 'Cammer' 427) whenever I get a nice big house of my own.

R/C cars were a 'hobby' for me for maybe a year, maybe less. Have a Traxxas Bandit, Traxxas TMaxx, two cheap (WalMart) R/Cs, and then an old (older than me) model 'Pumpkin' R/C that Dad got from work (Snap-On; even has a Snap-On box truck body on it). Planning on getting the TMaxx out next week when a friend comes over for Christmas break, assuming I can find some fuel for it.

Lifting weights, pushups, situps, (stationary) biking, etc. I wish those were some of my regular activities. Come to think of it, they are - if you only count about two days a month!

I also got into photography a few years ago, but that kind of fizzled out. Dad has a lot of Nikon film equipment since he was into it 'back in the day', so I had access to that. But I think half of my 'interest in photography' was an 'interest in gadgetry'.

As for sports, I love badminton. It's the only sport I'm truly addicted to, though due to my schedule I haven't played for about two months. Used to play two nights a week, at least three hours each.

BIZILL

sex
audio/video, obviously.
weight lifting, though i need a break.
mountain biking.
guns and shooting.
did a few parachute jumps.
tried snowboarding, was fun.
wanna get into some 4x4ing.
internet is fun.
teaching my oldest to ride his bicycle.
<font color="#dddddd">posting incognito like tour2ma said is now fun. viva sopa!</font>

petrym

cmy330go wrote:

That's not a hobby you see everyday. Have any recordings to share?

I do have some ripped tracks if you would like to hear some examples (none of my quartet yet) PM me your email addy and I'll send you a few.

wingnut4772

Running, working out, reading, piano, listening to talk radio (Phil Hendrie is God!), playing with my dogs and decorating my house.

Tour2ma

audiobliss wrote:

As for sports, I love badminton. It's the only sport I'm truly addicted to, though due to my schedule I haven't played for about two months. Used to play two nights a week, at least three hours each.

Most folks only think of the dink-dink backyard variety. I played against a former NY state Junior champion in college intramurals and ended up with a couple bruises.

thehaens@cox.net

PolkThug wrote:

I used to race R/C cars competitively, but that was more expensive than regular cars. Now I just play with the big stuff.

Me TOO, had the Kyosha Integra Vannning as a kid, actually was real fortunate my dad bought one for me, I can remember it was something like 500.00 or so back in the early 80's, but man was that thing fast...

Now......I strictly run pump gas

Scott

Demiurge

wingnut4772 wrote:

Running, working out, reading, piano, listening to talk radio (Phil Hendrie is God!), playing with my dogs and decorating my house.

Oooooh! ^_^

swerve

Crap... I forgot to add ****

Grimster74

I'm going to do it this way, starting at the top of my list is:

1) playing golf, just can't find the time to do enough of it because of the following:

2) spending time with the wife and kids

3) custom built handcrafted furniture (people just won't leave me alone, already 3 months behind)

4) remodeling the house in between building furniture

5) and of course, my Home theater room

Looking forward to my two weeks off after Christmas. Hopefully I get time to enjoy all the above hobbies.

BIZILL

swerve wrote:

Crap... I forgot to add ****

+1

audiobliss

Tour2ma wrote:

Most folks only think of the dink-dink backyard variety. I played against a former NY state Junior champion in college intramurals and ended up with a couple bruises.

I can believe it! We have had three injuries on the court that I can think of. The kind of badminton I play is most definitely not a 'social game'. We play hardcore! From finesse at the net to those almost-impossible-to-return 200mph smashes. Lemme see if I can post a few pics I've taken.

EDIT - You can see the birdie in the air as it's starting to come down. That guy is preparing to deliver a smash, and he smashes hard! I'm just glad I was taking the picture and not on the receiving end of that smash!

Mazeroth

These days I devote most of my free time to speaker design/building. During the summer I play a lot of golf, and take bike rides/rollerblade with my wife. I also play a lot of computer games and do my share of video gaming/movie viewing in my theater.

Over the last year I've collected quite a few woodworking tools and I hope to hone my skills to the point where I can build just about anything I want. My goal is to be able to build a kitchen, complete with hand-made cabinets, table, benches, the works. THAT would be awesome!

Skynut

I like the Home Theater hobby the most but I also am getting into my new Dmax.(GMC 2500)
I think I will be adding more power soon. (Right after I get a new 7 channel amp)
I also like guns, I have a few but not enough real nice ones.
Got a small collection of die-cast cars, only the ones I think are cool.
I have a huge Pez collection. Thats right PEZ the little candy things. I probably have over 200 of them now but as soon as I find a nice sealed display then the kids will figure out what I do not have and hook me up for presents. (can't wait)
I got into rc cars till I hit the $2000.00 limit and now they are in the rafters of the garage waiting for me to get into it again.
I have a Harley that rarely sees the street anymore but hopefully this summer.....
I also like to work as a Shadetree machinist. I have some good little machines in my shop and like to make stuff out of metal.

Thats all for now.

tryrrthg

1. audio/music
2. working out (although my stupid back prevents from doing a lot of things)
3. fixing up our old house.
4. woodworking - or at least I'd like to, I don't have the money to get really nice tools, but I've got a few. My current DIY sub is my first real test, it's coming along pretty well.

Demiurge

Oh, I guess I like badminton to, I like to smack the ole' shuttlecock around....

RuSsMaN

Audio, DIY Audio, 50's-60's Matchbox Toys, Lagers, Masturbation, Grilled meats, Vintage adverts/logos, Strippers, Weather Phenom/Storms, Tech/Mech history and acheivements in the past century, Space / time - string theory - the cosmos.

Skynut

Oh yea I forgot quantum physics.










Wait thats not me.

PolkThug

thehaens@cox.ne wrote:

Me TOO, had the Kyosha Integra Vannning as a kid, actually was real fortunate my dad bought one for me, I can remember it was something like 500.00 or so back in the early 80's, but man was that thing fast...

Cool, I had (still have) the Kyosho Ultima.