Other Hobbies

[Geddy2112]

Does anyone have other hobbies they care to mention other than sussing out Thatcher was JTR? (I blame her for everything bad...ever...)

I have one where I collect pressed pennies. I have a few thousand of them now and trying hard to collect all from the UK. Funny enough I found a penny which links into here.

[Steadmund Brand]

I am an autograph collector...Sports and early Hollywood/Television.. some musicians...got some great ones.. and some that I'm sure are only great to me

Pressed pennies eh? Where are you from? I live right near Niagara Falls... where every tourist trap has a pressed penny machine ( on the U.S and Canadian side)

Steadmund Brand

[Errata]

I probably spend the same amount of time arguing Shakespeare (Hamlet mostly) as I do Jack the Ripper.

I also crochet little Cthulhu's and sci fi winter accessories for friends.

[Geddy2112]

Pressed pennies eh? Where are you from? I live right near Niagara Falls... where every tourist trap has a pressed penny machine ( on the U.S and Canadian side)

Slap bang in the middle of the UK. I do have one of the sets from the Skylon tower and a Hippo penny from Calgary Zoo.... I also collect Hippos in various guises.

I also crochet little Cthulhu's and sci fi winter accessories for friends.

Cool.. My better half says pictures or it never happened as she has a love of crocheting.

[Patrick S]

Hobbies. Well, I've been over this with my wife a few times. She thinks that I'm 'too intense' to have hobbies, thus my hobbies become 'obsessions' and 'matters of life and death'. Anyway, I view these things as my "hobbies" or, more accurately, things that make up my life (outside of my job and taking care of my family).

1. Strength Training: I train (back squat, pressing variations, pull variations etc.) 5-6 times a week. (I competed in Olympic lifting for years but retired a few years ago).
2, Tabata: I do Tabata (stationary bike) training daily (5:30am)
3. I'm on the Board of Directors for the local Little League.
4. I coach a Spring Little League Baseball team.
5. I coach a Summer Youth Travel Baseball team.
6. I play in an adult tennis league.
7. I play in an adult basketball league.
8. I coach a winter Youth basketball team.
9. I play guitar. I own four guitars. I practice daily. I'm currently learning to play ZZ Top (Sharp Dressed Man, Tube Snake Boogie, Legs, Under Pressure, etc.). I play a lot of AC/DC, Stones, and Who).
10. I read a lot. Exclusively non-Fiction. I'm currently reading two books, "Antony and Cleopatra' by Goldsworthy and 'Light my Fire' by Ray Manzarek (I got this from the library. I read a page and found it was a pretentious stream of consciousness mess written by a spaced out, possibly drug addled hippie who - mentally - never left 1967....I can't put it down!).
11. Landscaping. I did it in college to make ends meet. Still enjoy it. Keep my certifications up. I like to make designs for people who ask and help them with planting, etc. I change my own landscape design in some way, shape or form about every year.
12. Koi - I have a Koi pond. I enjoy getting new fish and keeping up the pond, making sure it's balanced. I change the water feature every few years. Keep it mucked out.
13. I try to go to a new major or minor league baseball park (usually three or four if I can) every spring/summer (as time permits).

Things I no longer do but wish I could:

1. I played adult mens baseball for 6 years. No time anymore. I miss that.
2. Boxing. My wife wont let me.
3. Olympic lifting. Body can't take it anymore.
4. Running. On the bike now. Can't do heavy squats and run. Had to pick one. Not a touch choice.
5. Sleeping around. Been married for 14 years so. That ended.....a really long time ago.

That's about it.

I also really love shaving. Does that count?

[Errata]

Cool.. My better half says pictures or it never happened as she has a love of crocheting.

I did this for friend who is a little obsessed. Behold Cthuperman.

[Abby Normal]

I did this for friend who is a little obsessed. Behold Cthuperman.

HAHA! That's awesome!!

from Lovecraft correct?

[Errata]

HAHA! That's awesome!!

from Lovecraft correct?

Yup!

I started with regular green/black ones, but then I got a Harry Pottercraft request, then I did a Cthewbacca because I had furry yarn, and then I just lost my mind a little. They're wee little guys. Smaller than my hand.

Cthuperman comes with a black blazer and glasses so he can become Cthlark Kent.

Elder god, crawling horror, adorable toy.

[Abby Normal]

Hobbies:
MMA (watching only-but used to wrestle)
Tennis and basketball(play both still regular)
Coaching-my kids various teams
Reading-mainly non fiction-history and science-but huge Tolkien geek.
Writing-I'm a published author (a juvenile fiction book) but also write poetry.
Collect beer steins (and drink out of them)
Sampling fine wine ales and bourbons
Music all kinds (used to play bass)
Collect walking sticks and occasionaly make them-if I find a cool piece of wood.
Grilling/cooking-mainly grilling-I can grill anything!
Beach combing-LOOOVE this. take my dog out to the beach at sunrise and look for cool stuff like sea glass. Its amazing what Neptune will offer up.
Movies-I have an extensive movie library. I believe a well made movie is the highest art form there is.

[Abby Normal]

Hobbies. Well, I've been over this with my wife a few times. She thinks that I'm 'too intense' to have hobbies, thus my hobbies become 'obsessions' and 'matters of life and death'. Anyway, I view these things as my "hobbies" or, more accurately, things that make up my life (outside of my job and taking care of my family).

1. Strength Training: I train (back squat, pressing variations, pull variations etc.) 5-6 times a week. (I competed in Olympic lifting for years but retired a few years ago).
2, Tabata: I do Tabata (stationary bike) training daily (5:30am)
3. I'm on the Board of Directors for the local Little League.
4. I coach a Spring Little League Baseball team.
5. I coach a Summer Youth Travel Baseball team.
6. I play in an adult tennis league.
7. I play in an adult basketball league.
8. I coach a winter Youth basketball team.
9. I play guitar. I own four guitars. I practice daily. I'm currently learning to play ZZ Top (Sharp Dressed Man, Tube Snake Boogie, Legs, Under Pressure, etc.). I play a lot of AC/DC, Stones, and Who).
10. I read a lot. Exclusively non-Fiction. I'm currently reading two books, "Antony and Cleopatra' by Goldsworthy and 'Light my Fire' by Ray Manzarek (I got this from the library. I read a page and found it was a pretentious stream of consciousness mess written by a spaced out, possibly drug addled hippie who - mentally - never left 1967....I can't put it down!).
11. Landscaping. I did it in college to make ends meet. Still enjoy it. Keep my certifications up. I like to make designs for people who ask and help them with planting, etc. I change my own landscape design in some way, shape or form about every year.
12. Koi - I have a Koi pond. I enjoy getting new fish and keeping up the pond, making sure it's balanced. I change the water feature every few years. Keep it mucked out.
13. I try to go to a new major or minor league baseball park (usually three or four if I can) every spring/summer (as time permits).

Things I no longer do but wish I could:

1. I played adult mens baseball for 6 years. No time anymore. I miss that.
2. Boxing. My wife wont let me.
3. Olympic lifting. Body can't take it anymore.
4. Running. On the bike now. Can't do heavy squats and run. Had to pick one. Not a touch choice.
5. Sleeping around. Been married for 14 years so. That ended.....a really long time ago.

That's about it.

I also really love shaving. Does that count?

Hey Patrick
I'm a hUUUUUGe Doors fan. Have all their music and Morrisons poetry books and a ton of biographies including manzareks you mention.

I find the best one though is still No One Here Gets Out Alive.

I also used to build gold fish ponds. Dont have one now but perhaps that's a project Ill do with my son soon. Have a pretty cool fish tank though-we go down to the creek and catch minnows and critters and throw them in there.
waterbugs crayfish salamanders snails whatever we catch.
The coolest thing though is a foot long spiny eel we bought at the pet store when we first set it up-have him forever and he definitely rules the tank LOL.

[Elamarna]

My Hobbies:

Egyptology.
works of Stephen Sondheim.
History of Dark Age UK.
Drinking Dark beers
Quality Wne, collecting and drinking( mainly drinking)
Local Politics in UK.
Tolkien.

Steve

[Geddy2112]

Hobbies:
Beach combing-LOOOVE this. take my dog out to the beach at sunrise and look for cool stuff like sea glass.

Oooo I used to for forty years live 5 miles away from one of the coolest beaches in the world for sea glassing. I now have a 180 mile trip home to see my dad as often as possible but always go to the beach.

[Mayerling]

Slap bang in the middle of the UK. I do have one of the sets from the Skylon tower and a Hippo penny from Calgary Zoo.... I also collect Hippos in various guises.



Cool.. My better half says pictures or it never happened as she has a love of crocheting.

They also have such souvenir machines at the zoo in Central Park.

Jeff

[Mayerling]

Egyptology (as Steve knows)
American and British history
Criminal history
Stamp, coin, and autograph collecting.
Collecting models (all sizes) of classic and antique cars ("Models of Yesteryear", for example).

Jeff

[Harry D]

Does masturbation count as a hobby?