Do you have any hobbies that your friends just don't get?

[DeltaAir423]

Besides DE and straight edge shaving?

I have two, my firearms collection, and my Little British Car. If the weekend is nice, I can be found in the driveway, working on my little Spitfire, and working on getting it back in shape to be on the road.

[thejamus]

Drinking tea, obsession over music, and shaving in the very near future.

[herbnerd]

I spend my days designing pills for a pharmaceutical company. An odd-job, but someone has to do it. Studying cosmetic science too.

So basically my hobbies are work, studying and reading.

[norman931]

Reading. :001_rolle

[thejamus]

I spend my days designing pills for a pharmaceutical company. An odd-job, but someone has to do it. Studying cosmetic science too.

So basically my hobbies are work, studying and reading.

That's an interesting line of work. Also, it seems like one of those ninja-jobs. You're there doing your thing, but nobody knows it. You affect the consumer, but nobody realizes just how much. What made you lock down on that as a discipline?

[rabidpotatochip]

Music: A lot of what I listen to, most people just hear a strange jumble of noises that make no sense. Usually my relaxation music runs around 100-120bpm, but I throw in some classical to balance it out. heh

Hacking: Like, breaking (into) systems. It's not something I do outside my own domain without permission, but I find it so interesting how one can break a system or find a hole in it. I love the challenge of finding that one thing that's going to bend the system to my will. This isn't strictly limited to computers, mind you. I also try to find loopholes in rules, laws, etc. Just for the helluvit, really.

Making everything from scratch: If I could, I would smash two atoms together with my bare hands to see what happens. I love baking, cooking, building computers, writing business plans, it's all good. I especially love the challenge of building a completely secure system; it's my unattainable goal.

I also enjoy being as... interesting as possible on the Internet. :biggrin:

[TimmyBoston]

Pretty much everything I've learned here.

[SRock]

This one! No one understands it. Except the rest of the crazies here on the B&B of course!

[Unknownsoldier]

Medal Collecting, as per my avatar.... my friends think it's super boring....

Tom

[TSWebster]

Reading. :001_rolle

+1 most of my friends don't read for recreation at all.

Actually buying all of my movies and music on disc is another one people seem to think is odd, they all say why not just torrent it? I've given up arguing with them on that point.

[btheath294]

Skydiving and areobatic flying. Enough said.

[Confuzius]

Linux and FOSS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS), hobby electronics like arduino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino).

[gunner6477]

I spend my days designing pills for a pharmaceutical company. An odd-job, but someone has to do it. Studying cosmetic science too.

So basically my hobbies are work, studying and reading.

Here's a hint...make them smaller:biggrin:

[thirdeye]

OK not DE shaving......Collecting Razors....:w00t:

[galopede]

Morris Dancing

Try telling non morris friends that it's like a Rugby tour without the fighting but they don't understand...

Gareth

[rabidpotatochip]

OK not DE shaving......Collecting Razors....:w00t:

You're right. I don't get it at all. :biggrin:

[thirdeye]

You're right. I don't get it at all. :biggrin:

I was going to say collecting coffee and water on my keyboard but then only you would have gotten it....:biggrin:

[rabidpotatochip]

I was going to say collecting coffee and water on my keyboard but then only you would have gotten it....:biggrin:

:lol:

If I had the money, I seriously would have bought you a waterproof keyboard for Christmas. :tongue:

[Mainecanefan]

+1 most of my friends don't read for recreation at all.

Actually buying all of my movies and music on disc is another one people seem to think is odd, they all say why not just torrent it? I've given up arguing with them on that point.

Most of my friends don't understand how I can spend so much time in a record/CD store in this day and age. I Love it. I can spend hours flipping through racks. I'll pop into a shop when I walk by one while travelling. I'm constantly in search of the latest, greatest and most evil metal out there. Who the hell knows how much time I would disappear for if I get the opportunity to go to Sweden or Norway and find a good record store there. Oh the glory!!

[Lynchmeister]

Most of my friends don't understand how I can spend so much time in a record/CD store in this day and age. I Love it. I can spend hours flipping through racks. I'll pop into a shop when I walk by one while travelling. I'm constantly in search of the latest, greatest and most evil metal out there. Who the hell knows how much time I would disappear for if I get the opportunity to go to Sweden or Norway and find a good record store there. Oh the glory!!

I suffer from this blessing affliction as well, only when walking/driving past a motorsports shop. I could sit and daydream on shiny new motorcycles and dirtbikes all day long.

[markb]

Not really a 'hobby' but I'd have to say Freemasonry (also York Rite/Knight Templar).. I currently serve as the Lodge Secretary (Northern 278, New Hope Alabama).. My friends just don't get it but unless you're a member you wont... :wink:

http://www.nehp.net/~coe1/sq-cp-simple.gif

[Wishoot]

Drumming. I've been a drummer for the better part of 35 years. When my friends see just how many sets I have (4) they kind of roll their eyes.

[Shane]

I have so many hobbies that hobbies are now a hobby.

[Evbo]

Reading, but most especially reading ghost story fiction. Old stories, mostly. I've been collecting them since I was a kid.

[wolffie]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Very few people understand a sport where you roll around on the floor and try to hurt each other. On the plus side, no one will make fun of you for doing it because they realize you can inflict a lot of pain.

[KarthVader]

Reading. Being a science major in college and now in med school, my friends don't get how I can still like to read, what with all the books I have to get through just for school.

Along with that, I like hot chocolate/green tea/coffee tasting and comparing. I'm starting to hone my skills on this with my Dad's help.

And by far the weirdest: Dress shirt, tie and suit shopping (not necessarily buying). I don't wear a suit often, but I am somewhat of a fiend for various colors, patterns, styles and cuts of these three garments that are the quintessential attire for men that want to make a statement. In the words of Barney Stinson, "SUIT UP!" :lol:

[markb]

It's disturbing to see so many instances where reading is considered to be a 'strange hobby'..:blink:

[KarthVader]

It's disturbing to see so many instances where reading is considered to be a 'strange hobby'..:blink:

Totally agree. I always encourage reading. It increases reading speed, vocabulary, and most of all it adds to your overall knowledge. Books never need an electrical outlet, recharging or any sort of programming to make it work. Just open and read!

[sirahren]

Reading, but I do it obsessively, I can hardly finish a book in more than 2 or 3 sittings unless its really dull or dense. (i tend to prefer fiction.)

Knives, guns, watches, razors, coffee's ('why do you need kona' whats wrong with folgers?' but really I like to try all of them not just fancy stuff.) also i have an odd fixation with jackets... I really cant get very far in any of those hobby's with all my other ones competing. But I'm only 26, so I still have some time.

[GarageBoy]

Fountain Pen collecting
Watch collecting
Flashlight modding

[MouldyCrow360]

Put me down for reading as well.

[waitasecun]

I am a Tea fanatic, a health fanatic..(my closest looks like a pharmacy with all my vitamins), I am a wine connoisseur in my own right, I love the outdoors and love to fish and scuba dive, I have a skin obsession...(I shouldn't admit this but between my shaving stuff and my face creams I probably have more facial products than 90% of most women), I love to work out and exercise though with school I haven't been doing enough of that lately..., and lastly I have THIS obsession of course like all you crazies out here on B&B!!!!!

just to mention it...it's my skin obsession that allowed me to really get into wetshaving...because it is just so much better for your skin...

[Confilo]

Knives, mostly Spyderco; reading, movies and art

[dloyd9999]

Being a canadian - I love outdoors and hiking. weirdest aspect: attacking category III trails in the winter. This weekend they forecast -40F/-40C and I will be out on snowshoes with my buddy...

D

[expatCanuck]

Being a canadian - I love outdoors and hiking. weirdest aspect: attacking category III trails in the winter. This weekend they forecast -40F/-40C and I will be out on snowshoes with my buddy...

D♫♫ Well, it's forty below ... ♫♫

+++++

Mrs. expat doesn't understand why anyone would want a half dozen or more guitars. :frown:

But she does get the tea ... even pu-erh. And the coffee. :biggrin:

[dloyd9999]

♫♫ Well, it's forty below ... ♫♫




dammit - that is now running through my head and likely will for about 48 hours. You are truly a cruel man....:biggrin:

[Bluestaco]

I guess my few non-musician friends always seem to have trouble understanding why me and my musician friends always want to get another guitar when we already have three (...four...five...):wink: Even some of the musician friends can't understand why I like to get equipment and immediately modify it.

[herbnerd]

That's an interesting line of work. Also, it seems like one of those ninja-jobs. You're there doing your thing, but nobody knows it. You affect the consumer, but nobody realizes just how much. What made you lock down on that as a discipline?

I guess I just fell into it - and the more I do it the more I enjoy it and want to learn even more. I actually trained as a medical herbalist (or naturopath) but now I prefer to do this.

[norman931]

Drumming. I've been a drummer for the better part of 35 years. When my friends see just how many sets I have (4) they kind of roll their eyes.

Now that you mention it, I own two 60s vintage Ludwig drum kits, and have been drumming since 1975. I've toyed with the thought of selling one of the sets, but can't bring myself to do it. :smile:

[Wishoot]

Now that you mention it, I own two 60s vintage Ludwig drum kits, and have been drumming since 1975. I've toyed with the thought of selling one of the sets, but can't bring myself to do it. :smile:

DON'T DO IT!!!

Take it from me, you will regret it. I made the mistake of selling my vintage Roger Tower Series to help defray some of the cost of my wedding almost 15 years ago. While I certainly do not regret getting married, I wish I would of found a different way of getting money to cover the cost of the photographer.

I miss that set like crazy.

Now I play a Roland, a Pintech, a Tama and a DW set (love the DW's).

[Wishoot]

I guess my few non-musician friends always seem to have trouble understanding why me and my musician friends always want to get another guitar when we already have three (...four...five...):wink: Even some of the musician friends can't understand why I like to get equipment and immediately modify it.

The guitar player in my band just dropped another $1,000 on a brand new Martin. This would be his 6th guitar (4 electric’s and 2 acoustics). Seven if you count the Bass he plays once in a while.

[Evbo]

DON'T DO IT!!!

Take it from me, you will regret it. I made the mistake of selling my vintage Roger Tower Series to help defray some of the cost of my wedding almost 15 years ago. While I certainly do not regret getting married, I wish I would of found a different way of getting money to cover the cost of the photographer.

I miss that set like crazy.

Now I play a Roland, a Pintech, a Tama and a DW set (love the DW's).

Ditto that. Don't sell either of the vintage kits, esp. if they're in good condition. If they're quality drums they probably still sound great.

I've been playing since 1969 :eek:! and only got a kit for myself within the last few years (all of my old stuff was stolen from a storage space years ago). Living in a NYC apartment isn't exactly conducive to collecting drum gear, much less playing it. But I still manage to find time to play. It helps keep me sane. :biggrin:

[Evbo]

The guitar player in my band just dropped another $1,000 on a brand new Martin. This would be his 6th guitar (4 electric’s and 2 acoustics). Seven if you count the Bass he plays once in a while.

I have a friend who collects vintage guitars. I don't know exactly how many he has but I know it's a LOT more than 7. :biggrin:

[Wishoot]

Ditto that. Don't sell either of the vintage kits, esp. if they're in good condition. If they're quality drums they probably still sound great.

I've been playing since 1969 :eek:! and only got a kit for myself within the last few years (all of my old stuff was stolen from a storage space years ago). Living in a NYC apartment isn't exactly conducive to collecting drum gear, much less playing it. But I still manage to find time to play. It helps keep me sane. :biggrin:

Those old Ludwigs, Rogers and Slingerlands are worth their weight in gold. You have to spend some serious $$$ to get a set built to the same quality standards as those vintage beauties. DW's are pretty darn close.

Living in an apartment makes you a perfect candidate for a set of Roland's.

[Evbo]

Those old Ludwigs, Rogers and Slingerlands are worth their weight in gold. You have to spend some serious $$$ to get a set built to the same quality standards as those vintage beauties. DW's are pretty darn close.

So are GMS drums (http://www.gmsdrums.com/index.php).


Living in an apartment makes you a perfect candidate for a set of Roland's.

You know, I've screwed around on those electronic kits. And while they're cool & versatile (& quiet!) it's just not the same. I can't get into it. It's like playing on a set made of practice pads. Nothing beats the real thing.

Then again, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. :wink:

And even tho I'm in an apartment, I live here w/my wife & 2 kids. We have a decently-sized space (well, by twisted NYC standards anyway) but even so there's no room for me to have even an electronic kit. Unless I get rid of all my shaving soaps.

And THAT'S not gonna happen. :biggrin:

[Wishoot]

So are GMS drums (http://www.gmsdrums.com/index.php).



You know, I've screwed around on those electronic kits. And while they're cool & versatile (& quiet!) it's just not the same. I can't get into it. It's like playing on a set made of practice pads. Nothing beats the real thing.

Then again, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. :wink:

And even tho I'm in an apartment, I live here w/my wife & 2 kids. We have a decently-sized space (well, by twisted NYC standards anyway) but even so there's no room for me to have even an electronic kit. Unless I get rid of all my shaving soaps.

And THAT'S not gonna happen. :biggrin:

I couldn't agree more. There's nothing like a good, loud acoustic set with a bunch of cymbals. I play in a church with lousy acoustics however and the only way to get a good mix is by using the Roland's.

I have an electronic set at home too (the Pintech's) that are great for my kids. Both are aspiring percussionists.

[SRock]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Very few people understand a sport where you roll around on the floor and try to hurt each other. On the plus side, no one will make fun of you for doing it because they realize you can inflict a lot of pain.

I feel ya on this one. My brother and I are both huge into MMA. When I was younger I studied Judo and Jiu Jitsu. As I got older I started boxing and BJJ. During my past deployment I participated in an MMA contest and won at 185. Bringing my amateur record to 5-0.

[Artytheparty90]

I collect Zippo lighters, but I'm sure a lot of people do that, but I also collect business cards. I lay them all out sometimes and I remember what day I was at what place, and it's a cool feeling.

[SILVERBACK]

cleaning my car.no automatic car wash nonsense for me.i use a degreaser for the bottom half of the car and the wheel arches followed by a snow foaming,then rinse,then a two bucket method with grit guards and a noodle mitt,then another rinse,then i go round the entire car with drying towels and finish off with the door sills.

the car is also clayed and 3 layers of waxed every 4 months.and to keep on top of it i use duragloss aquawax to keep my wax topped up.my friends think im absolutely bonkers and dont understand why i spend an hour plus evertime i wash my car lol.

[blade08]

For me it is 35mm film photography with a Leica rangfinder. My friends don't understand why I don't use digital cameras and don't even understand what a rangefinder is :eek:

Another hobby is hunting for fine beers, for that I travel to Belgium at least once a month, it's only a one hour drive from where I live in NL. I also try to find the original glassware for a certain beer. My friends only drink pilseners from a can or bottle and don't understand that a good beer is very much like a good wine and that it should be treated as such.

[Donnie Brasco]

Tattoos...lots and lots of tattoos...
most of my friends have them too, but some people just don't understand..

[Zanzibarstar]

Definitely Boxing...its a rare occasion that I'll find someone who gives a damn, or knows anything about this sport that was once just 2nd place beneath Baseball in the Social Context of this country. Its the only sport that I follow, and I'm passionate about it, and no one I know gets it.

[netsurfr]

People pretty much look at me like I am crazy when I mention that I shave with straight razors. Then when they hear that I have more than one and some of them are 150 years old, they often raise the eyebrow. Of course, I play it up for effect and make them really uncomfortable. Then there are the Chinese pu-erh teas; most folks do not comprehend why you would want to drink a tea that is 10 or 20 years old. Heck, some of them are barely over the age of a good tea. Then there is fly fishing and fly tying. Folks are more acceptable of this because it is something they have heard of before but love to make jokes about tying bits of feathers, string and other stuff on hooks to emulate something found in real life.

Ah well, that's life.

[markb]

Another one of mine would be movie soundtracks.. I love listening to them.. I have about 300.. I gotta say, Bernard Herrmann was a genius!!

Some of my other all-time fave composers..

Ennio Morriconi
Philip Glass
John Williams (naturally)
James Newton Howard
Michael Giacchino

[Scentronic]

...try explaining your obsession with ballet to a bunch of semi-homophobic friends in their late 20's. :biggrin:

[Wishoot]

Another one of mine would be movie soundtracks.. I love listening to them.. I have about 300.. I gotta say, Bernard Herrmann was a genius!!

Some of my other all-time fave composers..

Ennio Morriconi
Philip Glass
John Williams (naturally)
James Newton Howard
Michael Giacchino

No Elmer Bernstein? The guy had a truly amazing career.

[Morbo]

All this "misunderstood reading" stuff reminds me of Bill Hicks in the waffle house, you know, "What are you reading for?". Genius.

People definitely don't get my interest in poetry, and especially not English poetry (as in the language). My first language is French, and as I learned English I watched an episode of The Simpsons in which James Earl Jones reads Poe's The Raven. I loved it. I went on to read William Blake, John Milton, Shakespeare, Robert Frost, etc. People have a hard time to get my fascination with the English language but poetry? Not a chance.

I've had more chance "selling" A Song of Ice and Fire to people, but man, a 1000+ pages fantasy book is a tough sell, even though it's just incredibly good.

I might start (if I'm accepted) a doctoral program in Forensic Psychology next year. My girlfriend (who studies criminal law) and I both have a passion for antisocial behavior and criminality. Let me tell you, when we're in a restaurant casually talking about murders and body disposal over dinner, we get great looks from people who suddenly regret eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

[kraigory]

Probably a tie between linux and loose leaf tea, with DE shaving as a close second.

For linux, they question why I stick with it even when I get frustrated at stuff not working properly.

For loose leaf tea, they question how it can taste any better than bagged tea, or why I wouldn't want the simplicity of a bag

For the DE, they simply can't understand why I would go through all the trouble to try different soaps, creams, blades, and razors when I can just go to walmart and get the latest and greatest stuff without having to order it online. My girlfriend understands though :)

[kraigory]

I love philip glass!

[kraigory]

"music with changing parts" changed the way I think about music.

[Scentronic]

I occasionally listen to Philip Glass as well. I have Glassworks.

[NFlames]

Heh, straight shaving. I don't go around touting that it's a hobby but just the other day I was involved in a discussion regarding vegans and I mentioned the vegan offerings to wet shavers, and how I was the anti-vegan using leather strops, tallow based soaps, badger hair brushes :biggrin: To which someone replied, "you shave with a straight razor? What are you, crazy?" To which I replied "No, just a BAMF." :lol:

[Bluestaco]

Heh, straight shaving. I don't go around touting that it's a hobby but just the other day I was involved in a discussion regarding vegans and I mentioned the vegan offerings to wet shavers, and how I was the anti-vegan using leather strops, tallow based soaps, badger hair brushes :biggrin: To which someone replied, "you shave with a straight razor? What are you, crazy?" To which I replied "No, just a BAMF." :lol:

:lol:
I have fun with that question, too. I usually look at them like THEY're the ones that are crazy and say, "Well, yeah" as if I were going to ask, "What else would one shave with?"
I sometimes continue with "How many blades you you need to shave with? Four? You wussy!" :biggrin:

[Marknm76]

I know next to nothing about Blues, but I could listen (and have listened) to Pandora's Chicago Blues station all day long.

Probably the oddest hobby that I have that virtually no one understands is roleplaying (ala Dungeons & Dragons). In fact, so few get it that I can't seem to get more than one other person interested in playing at any given time. Somewhat frustrating...

If that doesn't up my nerd cred, I'm not certain what will... ;)

--Mark

[rabidpotatochip]

I know next to nothing about Blues, but I could listen (and have listened) to Pandora's Chicago Blues station all day long.

Probably the oddest hobby that I have that virtually no one understands is roleplaying (ala Dungeons & Dragons). In fact, so few get it that I can't seem to get more than one other person interested in playing at any given time. Somewhat frustrating...

If that doesn't up my nerd cred, I'm not certain what will... ;)

--Mark

Ah, roleplaying. I put on my robe and wizard hat. Oh, wait, wrong site. :redface:

I play(ed) D&D with the old rules. Go THAC0!

[markb]

Ah, roleplaying. I put on my robe and wizard hat. Oh, wait, wrong site. :redface:
:lol:

I always liked Call of Cthulhu myself..

[rabidpotatochip]

:lol:

I always liked Call of Cthulhu myself..

Sounds interesting, but possibly a little too creepy for me. I'm more into puzzles when I do pen and paper gaming.

[Coyotebd]

Painting miniatures, wargaming, reading.
http://tyler.provick.ca to see my miniatures.

The biggest one is writing. I think because it's not a hobby. I hate when people ask "what are you writing?"

[SRock]

I know next to nothing about Blues, but I could listen (and have listened) to Pandora's Chicago Blues station all day long.

Probably the oddest hobby that I have that virtually no one understands is roleplaying (ala Dungeons & Dragons). In fact, so few get it that I can't seem to get more than one other person interested in playing at any given time. Somewhat frustrating...

If that doesn't up my nerd cred, I'm not certain what will... ;)

--Mark

So are you a LARPer? I just couldn't do it. I never heard of that until my wife was flipping channels one night and passed by "Beauty and the Geek." One of the guys was big into LARPing.

[rabidpotatochip]

So are you a LARPer? I just couldn't do it. I never heard of that until my wife was flipping channels one night and passed by "Beauty and the Geek." One of the guys was big into LARPing.

Urgh... I had a roommate that collected and actively used swords.

There's something so weird about a guy cutting up pizza boxes in the back yard.

[SRock]

Urgh... I had a roommate that collected and actively used swords.

There's something so weird about a guy cutting up pizza boxes in the back yard.

I certainly don't/didn't mean any disrespect towards Mark, but I just can't figure out an adults desire to dress up like an elf, troll, wizard etc. and act out fantasy. And I'd have to agree, there is something very strange about a grown man cutting up pizza boxes with a sword.

[Mr. RazorBurns]

What, are there no other geocachers here? It is a great way to get some exercise, fresh air, and fun. Also, I like to find new micro-breweries and try to drink them dry. :biggrin: But my friends do understand that one...

[SRock]

What, are there no other geocachers here? It is a great way to get some exercise, fresh air, and fun. Also, I like to find new micro-breweries and try to drink them dry. :biggrin: But my friends do understand that one...

I used to Geocache all of the time. That is until my GPS died. :mad3:

[DVDTracker]

Shooting is about the only hobby I have, and either my friends shoot too or I met them through shooting.

[rabidpotatochip]

What, are there no other geocachers here? It is a great way to get some exercise, fresh air, and fun. Also, I like to find new micro-breweries and try to drink them dry. :biggrin: But my friends do understand that one...


I used to Geocache all of the time. That is until my GPS died. :mad3:

+1. :mad:

Ironically, it wouldn't turn on and you needed to turn it on to get the serial number before they would acknowledge the warranty.

[paul.c]

I wish I had time for a hobby right now.

[Coyotebd]

I certainly don't/didn't mean any disrespect towards Mark, but I just can't figure out an adults desire to dress up like an elf, troll, wizard etc. and act out fantasy. And I'd have to agree, there is something very strange about a grown man cutting up pizza boxes with a sword.

So you find actors weird?

LARPing is acting out a fantasy. So is sports. Nobody mocks the guy who puts on a Joe Montana jersey and throws a football around with his friends. There's an element of fantasy there as well, though to a different degree.

[galopede]

What, are there no other geocachers here? It is a great way to get some exercise, fresh air, and fun.

Geocaching. Let me think, when did I last go geocaching. Ah, I remember, yesterday afternoon! Got wet and covered in mud. Love it!

Gareth

[Taipei Personality]

Morris Dancing

Try telling non morris friends that it's like a Rugby tour without the fighting but they don't understand...

Gareth

Wow, I thought that was just a fiction from The Black Adder. Very neat!

Mine is amateur radio. I tell relatives, friends, and co-workers and co-workers that I talked to a fellow in Lithuania or Brazil or the like and I get blank stares or "why don't you just ring him?"

I also geocache, which usually takes some 'splainin.

[rabidpotatochip]

So you find actors weird?

LARPing is acting out a fantasy. So is sports. Nobody mocks the guy who puts on a Joe Montana jersey and throws a football around with his friends. There's an element of fantasy there as well, though to a different degree.

Your post reminds me of a UserFriendly (web comic) I can't find at the moment. Basically, it was captioned "the average Joe's view on computer geeks". It was a picture of a guy sitting in a recliner with his team jersey, team hat, little flag (I don't even know what they're called anymore) in one hand, can of beer in the other saying "Buncha freaks, get a life!"

Anyway, I find actors weird, but I find it weirder that I watch someone act out a fantasy for entertainment.


Geocaching. Let me think, when did I last go geocaching. Ah, I remember, yesterday afternoon! Got wet and covered in mud. Love it!

Gareth

One does find it difficult to get muddy without getting wet. :biggrin:

[Lynchmeister]

Your post reminds me of a UserFriendly (web comic) I can't find at the moment. Basically, it was captioned "the average Joe's view on computer geeks". It was a picture of a guy sitting in a recliner with his team jersey, team hat, little flag (I don't even know what they're called anymore) in one hand, can of beer in the other saying "Buncha freaks, get a life!"

Anyway, I find actors weird, but I find it weirder that I watch someone act out a fantasy for entertainment.



One does find it difficult to get muddy without getting wet. :biggrin:

Pennant. :lol:

[rabidpotatochip]

Pennant. :lol:

Thanks. :lol:

[BarberRonny]

Freemasonry
Travelling particular in Middle east countries (I JUST got back from Egypt (4th time), Jordan, Syria and Yemen)
Learning Arabic (beginner)
Geocaching
Collecting classical music (now 700 cd's) and ripping them to the PC (my younger friends don't understand this)
Besides that also listening much to hardrock and metal (my older friends don't understand this)
Fighting against tinnitus (not a hobby but it occupies alot of my time)
Keeping up with FREEBSD/UNIX
Wine making

[rabidpotatochip]

Freemasonry
Travelling particular in Middle east countries (I JUST got back from Egypt (4th time), Jordan, Syria and Yemen)
Learning Arabic (beginner)
Geocaching
Collecting classical music (now 700 cd's) and ripping them to the PC (my younger friends don't understand this)
Besides that also listening much to hardrock and metal (my older friends don't understand this)
Fighting against tinnitus (not a hobby but it occupies alot of my time)
Keeping up with FREEBSD/UNIX
Wine making

I also keep up with Unix and compile Wine regularly. :tongue:

[Ru4scuba?]

Swiss Watches. I can't stop looking at them and wanting to buy! But, this site has given me a cure for that addiction.

[revrat]

Tournament bass fishing. My wife does not get it, but she rides dressage, and I don't get that, so it works out. I just wish I could get her hobby to occasionally pay back some of her investment like mine does. The only friends I have that get it are the ones that do it. It turned a tidy profit last year, augmenting my real income by about $7k.

[flabajaba2213]

Recreational reading (I love reading works in other languages and translating them, like Heidegger's Sein und Zeit (Being and Time) ).

I collect PEZ dispensers. I never go anywhere without my Gonzo the Great PEZ dispenser in my pocket, loaded with grape PEZ.

I also collect empty beer bottles from any microbrew I come across. Of course, the fact that I usually have to buy and drink several beers to get the bottle is a plus...a completely unintentional plus....:tongue:

[Doug]

Backpacking. When my friends find out what I’ve spent on gear they freak.

[flabajaba2213]

Backpacking. When my friends find out what I’ve spent on gear they freak.

I feel yah mate.

"What? You spent $350 on a (relatively cheap, in my opinion) backpack!"

[MCsommerreid]

Antique Restoration
Music Collecting (~750 GB and counting. No idea how much physical media)
Video Gaming (Xbox 360 these days, PC before that)
Table Top Gaming (Battletech, WH40k, Infinity, Warmachine)
RPGing (D&D, Dark Heresy, D20 Modern/Cthulhu, Shadowrun)
Languages (German, Arabic, Farsi, Spanish, Hindi, Italian, French)
Wet Shaving (A given, I suppose)
Bookbinding (I make all my own notebooks)
Fountain Pens (Making, collecting, and using)
Math & Science (Hate the classes, love the subjects)
Anthropology (I have a large collection of casts of human ancestor skulls)
Cooking (This one surprises me that so few people really do it)
Tobacco (Snuff, snus, cigars, pipes, etc)
Alcohol (Home brewing, obscure beers, particularly high shelf liquors)
Ceramics (I pot, quite regularly)

I'm sure there's other things I've missed. I LARP, but not in the traditional sense: there is no costuming, funny voices, or names; just myself in a fantastical setting.

It sort of astounds me how some of these are considered weird by other people, particularly ones like cooking, high quality alcohol, and good music. Some I get, like table top gaming, language collecting, etc.

Perhaps I just need to get wealthy enough that instead of having weird hobbies I just am an eccentric.

[blades]

Apnea

[Mr. RazorBurns]

Apnea

Is this a hobby or an affliction???

[rabidpotatochip]

Is this a hobby or an affliction???

Probably a hobby, since it's not sleep apnea he probably just likes holding his breath. :wink:

[Blades67]

Pocket knives, tactical gear(that I don't need at all), flashlights, fountain pens.

[john.crissman]

Even though I have not bought any in the past few years, I still have a large Hot Wheels collection. Some errors, some rares, some htf, some Type 3. But I never got into the real high dollar ones.

[xdkeys]

Not really a 'hobby' but I'd have to say Freemasonry (also York Rite/Knight Templar).. I currently serve as the Lodge Secretary (Northern 278, New Hope Alabama).. My friends just don't get it but unless you're a member you wont... :wink:

http://www.nehp.net/~coe1/sq-cp-simple.gif

I am Treasurer for my lodge in Moseley, VA, hence the name xdkeys (crossed keys).

[xdkeys]

I also enjoy listening to bluegrass music, and playing the resophonic guitar (dobro).

[dmnall]

Well let's see besides this hobby here, my family and friends do not understand my other hobby!

Music *playing and listening* to metal *all types*, rock, jazz, jap metal, jap rock and other shiznit.. Playing music, I just dropped $ 600 on a new guitar *a used 2006 Gibson Les Paul Studio*, $ 200 on a new Line6 Spider 3 *30 watts for a practice amp*, and I am about to lay out 800 - 1200 to get my 71 *1978 model* Marshall Major back into full time playable shape! I was considering selling the amp and getting either a JCM800 or 900 100 watt but after playing it today *no hum at all after I pulled all tubes out and reseated them* I realized why I love this amp over all other Marshalls I have played! It's clean, fat bodied warm sound!

Cars, trucks and motorcycles.. People look at me strange because I have a shiznit load of information on 1967 - 72 Chevrolet/GMC Pickups, blazers and Suburbans. I know a lot about 4th Gen F-Bodys *Camaro and Firebirds*, 04 - 06 Pontiac GTO *Love this car* and I am just a car nut in general.. As for motorcycles I love Triumphs *My favorite is the Pre Units*, Harleys *Dyna Lowrider my favorite* but I don't own a triumph or hd yet!. I do own an 87 Honda CR250R *one of the most powerful CR250 stock years even compared the the latest year of these*, and 90 Honda CBR600 *F1*!

I can walk into any Guitar Shop, Motorcycle/motorsports shop, music *cd* shop and even the restoration of the classic trucks and spend literally hours with out getting bored at all!

Cheers,

[blades]

Is this a hobby or an affliction???

The sport of "freediving" or more correctly Apnea, see how far you can go underwater with lungs only.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-diving

and yes apneasts do practise on land, :eek:

[Mr. RazorBurns]

The sport of "freediving" or more correctly Apnea, see how far you can go underwater with lungs only.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-diving

and yes apneasts do practise on land, :eek:

Cool, I've heard about this but didn't know that's what it was called. At my age apnea is a whole different ball game. :biggrin: Since I've learned something new, I'm ready for my nap now....

[infotech]

Playing disc golf. Not only do my friends not get it, most people don't.

[adamant]

I row, nice sleek shells, not big clunkers. (I just bought an erg (rowing machine), which to rowers is basically an implement of pain, and none would really know why you'd want one in your home, I just want to get back in shape to race).

I cook quite a bit with my girlfriend (Salmon baked in Olive oil, lemon juice, basil, pepper, salt, garlic (35-45 min at 375), last night). I get most of my recipes online, but I usually modify them. Sometimes I'll come up with an original. I also like to bake bread. They usually taste good, but the appearance is something to be desired.

What I really want to get into, but don't think I have the time or space right now is welding. I'd love to build some little sculptures, or even something practical. Along with this, I usually have lots of ideas for little inventions, but never have the skills to implement them, perhaps being able to fabricate some of them would be nice.

[kzoo1]

Flyfishing, camping, and Freemasonry.

Of course, I now have to add wet shaving, but even weirder to my friends is the fact that I use razors that are 53 and over 70 years old.

My brother asked why I couldn't buy new...

[FLTiger]

Politics--SOMEbody has to keep an eye on those folks in Washington!

:a32: :a31:

[Tom Pike]

It's vintage fountain pen restoration and collecting for me. My friends think I'm nuts. I don't dare tell them about DE shaving and my desires to use a straight...:eek:


Cheers,
Tom

[OneRand]

Vintage hawaiian shirts and classic cocktails

[masonjarjar]

Mix tapes and cds.

From the age of 8 or 9, I've been compelled to make my own mixes. Started with tapes from childhood through the time I got my first cd burner (2001).

I really can't count how many mix tapes I've made over the years. The funny thing is, I still have most of them. I guess I've always thought that I knew better than the artists how to sequence songs. Most of the time I think I do pretty well, some combinations have lasted so well though the years that I've used them over and over. I used to also love to make mixes for people. You spend upwards of 3 hours putting a tape together that you may never see again just hoping to make someone's life a little brighter. Then you think, in many cases, it's going right in their top desk drawer.. :lol:

There just was something about sitting down with a stack of vinyl and my tape deck..

Once I got going on cds, I was pretty obsessed for a few years (better fades, more control - with a tape, it was more of a one-shot deal, which had its own charm too)..

Marriage and kids have slowed down this hobby considerably, though I do find time to make a mix here and there... sadly most of my vinyl sits in a closet and most of my cds are in the attic. happily, I still have my mixes for the car.. :biggrin:

[masonjarjar]

The sport of "freediving" or more correctly Apnea, see how far you can go underwater with lungs only.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-diving

and yes apneasts do practise on land, :eek:

I know this is silly. But, I felt it was a great personal accomplishment.

I took swimming lessons from a young age, so I've always been good in the water, can tread for long periods of time, can even swim in a non-elegant manner.. but.. I always had to hold my nose underwater.

Never could figure out how to swim underwater without holding my nose.

We swim at the local public pool, which happily is down the street from our house. Summer of '07 I finally taught myself how to swim for short lengths underwater, but didn't really push it too much. This past summer ('08), I started pushing myself and was finally able to swim across the pool (side-to-side) underwater and also, to surface dive in the 12' end and touch the bottom. All without holding my nose. Never imagined I would be able to do that.. but I finally did at the age of 38!

This summer, I'm going to teach myself to dive properly.. better late than never!

:biggrin:

[michael.scheller]

I've a couple of hobbies --

1. :a24: Horses -- Wife bought #3 and #4 while I've been in Iraq. The friends, mostly military guys who have small yards don't get that one at all; especially after I tell them the costs of:
a. Vet Bills
b. Farrier
c. Grain
d. Hay
e. 4 Horse Trailer

2. Homebrewing -- Oh, the friends all LIKE that I do this and love to sample my wares but none of them have the patience to do it themselves. I actually spend time with my kids when I brew up a new batch.

[olps]

I've a couple of hobbies --

1. :a24: Horses -- Wife bought #3 and #4 while I've been in Iraq. The friends, mostly military guys who have small yards don't get that one at all; especially after I tell them the costs of:
a. Vet Bills
b. Farrier
c. Grain
d. Hay
e. 4 Horse Trailer

2. Homebrewing -- Oh, the friends all LIKE that I do this and love to sample my wares but none of them have the patience to do it themselves. I actually spend time with my kids when I brew up a new batch.

I'm curious, what is the cost of keeping a horse or horses? How much land do they usually need?

For me I like to make my own wine and mead, many think just because it's homemade it won't be very good- I'm out to prove them wrong! I also enjoy making cheese, although I just started that one.

[Razor Burn]

A few hobbies of mine...

1. Collecting Morrissey memorabilia
2. Long rides on my Vespa GTV
3. Fashion Photography
4. Fantasy sports
5. Ice skating

:001_smile

[The Nid Hog]

I'm into reading and collecting books, MMA, sea kayaking, traveling, cooking and crossfit training. I played the piano for a long time, but took an equally long time off--now, along with getting into shaving, I'm starting to play again.

[michael.scheller]

I'm curious, what is the cost of keeping a horse or horses? How much land do they usually need?

For me I like to make my own wine and mead, many think just because it's homemade it won't be very good- I'm out to prove them wrong! I also enjoy making cheese, although I just started that one.


http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_management/cost_of_keeping_a_horse.htm

Your questions are difficult to answer because of some many variations... but I don't pay quite what the author above does because I get my hay a little cheaper, do my own worming, do not shoe all of my horses year round, etc.

The land question is difficult also because it matters where you live and whether or not you'll have a barn or stalls to put the horse in also. But there is another Cherry Hill book entitled Horse Keeping on a Small Acreage that suggests that you can keep a horse on 1 1/2 acres pretty successfully.

http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_books/Horsekeeping_on_a_Small_Acreage.htm

[olps]

http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_management/cost_of_keeping_a_horse.htm

Your questions are difficult to answer because of some many variations... but I don't pay quite what the author above does because I get my hay a little cheaper, do my own worming, do not shoe all of my horses year round, etc.

The land question is difficult also because it matters where you live and whether or not you'll have a barn or stalls to put the horse in also. But there is another Cherry Hill book entitled Horse Keeping on a Small Acreage that suggests that you can keep a horse on 1 1/2 acres pretty successfully.

http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_books/Horsekeeping_on_a_Small_Acreage.htm

Thanks for the links, very interesting! Sounds like some work, but must be extremely rewarding.

I also forgot to mention that many of my friends don't get why I'm so happy when it snows so much here in Canada, makes for great cross-country skiing. Many of those people also much prefer down-hill...

[General Burnside]

Firearms and shooting
Disc golf (not too misunderstood, because I live in Santa Cruz, CA, but I am the only guy out there not smoking weed, which people think is weird)
Old record collecting, mostly folk and hillbilly music on 78s, plus some race music
Used to homebrew, but haven't in a while
Reading 40's and 50's pulp mysteries and (occasional) historical bodice rippers if they are set well

GB

[thatguy1807]

Most of my friends don't understand how I can spend so much time in a record/CD store in this day and age. I Love it. I can spend hours flipping through racks. I'll pop into a shop when I walk by one while travelling. I'm constantly in search of the latest, greatest and most evil metal out there. Who the hell knows how much time I would disappear for if I get the opportunity to go to Sweden or Norway and find a good record store there. Oh the glory!!

FINALLY someone else who likes Norwegian Black Metal.

[blades]

I know this is silly. But, I felt it was a great personal accomplishment.

I took swimming lessons from a young age, so I've always been good in the water, can tread for long periods of time, can even swim in a non-elegant manner.. but.. I always had to hold my nose underwater.

Never could figure out how to swim underwater without holding my nose.

We swim at the local public pool, which happily is down the street from our house. Summer of '07 I finally taught myself how to swim for short lengths underwater, but didn't really push it too much. This past summer ('08), I started pushing myself and was finally able to swim across the pool (side-to-side) underwater and also, to surface dive in the 12' end and touch the bottom. All without holding my nose. Never imagined I would be able to do that.. but I finally did at the age of 38!

This summer, I'm going to teach myself to dive properly.. better late than never!

:biggrin:
For your own safety please follow the rules for freediving, link below

http://www.spearfishingworld.net/News/article/sid=8.html

The three most important one's are,
1). Don't freedive alone, ever.
2). Don't practise dry or wet Apnea alone.
3). NEVER ride the elasticity of your eardrums, going to 12' without equalising is riding your eardrum, equalise at regular intervals to ensure that your eardrums remain intact and for a pain free dive. When I dive I always have one hand on my nose to frequently equalise, (approx every 2 meters), if during a dive I fail to equalise I abort the dive as the subsequent equalising will be to stressful for my eardrums and my rhythm is broken, good equalising technique is important to establish a good rhythm and a stress-less dive.
There are some freedivers that utilise advanced techniques for equalising which doesn't entail pinching their noses, these are difficult to master but they do enable one to freedive without having a hand on one's nose.


I do apologise if my advise appears condescending, but begginers should apply those few rules as a absolute bare minimum, I highly recommend a proffessional course which will help you learn the correct procedures and commit the appropriate techniques to muscle memory.

I completed my freediving course with the nice folks below.
http://www.freedivers.net/

[Julius Caesar]

This one! No one understands it. Except the rest of the crazies here on the B&B of course!

+1

So True!

[smalltownlegend]

My hobbies are few but here they are. Saving every spare penny I earn, sparring with my cat, and spending quality time with my punching bag.

[Stubblefield]

I collect crack pipes.

:biggrin:

Seriously, Mountain biking. Jumps and stuff.

Used to do DanzanRyu JuJitsu, but haven't in a while.

[prewt]

wow, I feel like I'm home. People like to read, bake, drink tea, play disc golf.... tons of stuff that I am into. I am like comics, tarantulas and plastic models. I like to build and modify them, the models not the tarantulas.

[HoosierHacker]

Shaving. They don't get it.

[Live2Ride]

Geocaching, mountain biking, and long distance cycling. Riding centuries, you get the same kind of glassy-eyed stare as when people find you shave with a straight razor. I've finished the Tour of the California Alps 3x, and lots of local centuries. For the first couple years, I used my hard-tail mountain bike in "road mode": slicks and aero-bar - really annoys roadies when you pass them on a mountain bike!

It's very easy to find scenery and solitude on a mountain bike.

[allawd]

I'm 26 and my hobbies include cars(F1 and rally), motorcycles(motogp), guns, cooking/baking, and smoking pipes. I'm not interested in sports, clothes, getting drunk, or going to clubs. You might say I don't really fit in with the DC 20-something crowd.

[senorsignor]

firearms, flyfishing, trumpet, and shaving.

[rabidpotatochip]

I have a new hobby to add to the list: macrame.

I've been making some pretty interesting stuff with some paracord I bought a while back. I told people it's a handy skill to have; now if I ever encounter a venomous snake in the woods I can tie it into a stylish belt.

You know, maybe it's me my friends don't get rather than my hobbies. :biggrin:

[joto]

I'm a Cincinnati Bengals fan. No one understands. They've had one real season since the last super bowl in '88, and the best player on the team is nicknamed 'Ocho pshyco' by the coach. The Cardinals give me hope that crappily run franchises can turn it around, and it could be worse. I could be a Lions fan. I feel their pain, I really do, but they keep signing Bengals castoffs. Not the best recipe for success.

[Morbo]

wow, I feel like I'm home. People like to read, bake, drink tea, play disc golf.... tons of stuff that I am into. I am like comics, tarantulas and plastic models. I like to build and modify them, the models not the tarantulas.

Don't dismiss modifying the tarantulas! I'm thinking lasers... on their heads...

[in the know]

Training with kettlebells.
"why don't you just go to the gym?"

Watching Ice Hockey
"you're English, why don't you like football?"

Bending stuff (6" nails and bolts mainly)
"what? why?"

I have just started to get into viking / pagan / folk metal with a touch of pirate thrown in so am steadily building up my iTunes library but will very likely end up buying a ton of CDs.
"what is that racket? they're not even singing"

[rsvossen]

- Shaving
- Reading
- Music preference (Classic Jazz, Dixieland, Bossa Nova, Classical etc.)
- Films: I watch vintage films (20's, 30's and 40's) as well as modern ones!
- Hiking, walking etc.: They told me I was crazy to walk about 35 kilometers (about 20 miles) through some hills and coast in England, in 8 hours :lol:!

[brodster]

no one really gets these quirks of mine: paranormal research, infomercials (seriously) and recently M*A*S*H.

[Stubblefield]

Training with kettlebells.
"why don't you just go to the gym?"
KBs are both fun and painful. I personally prefer Oly Weighlifting (snatch, clean and jerk).

I have a closetfull of weightlifting/gymnastic gear at home (bumper plates and bar, medicine balls, parallettes, and rings) and a squat stand, so no need for the gym.


For the first couple years, I used my hard-tail mountain bike in "road mode": slicks and aero-bar - really annoys roadies when you pass them on a mountain bike!

It's very easy to find scenery and solitude on a mountain bike.I have done that a few times with a MTB when I didn't have a roadbike to ride. I'ts amazing how fast you can go on a 30lb bike with slicks.

[Duggo]

Back in college, I took a Multi-Band Radio (AM/FM/Weather/TV/Air/) with me before class. I must have told him I liked to listen to the Air band and his comment about that was:

"What do you have to do, drop acid?" (to listen to that)

[ImaRobot]

An obsession with hunter gatherers and 'primitive' technology (eg. flint knapping, archery, atlatl, construction techniques). I like to think that if the world falls apart I could get by with what was available to me in a natural setting for a bit.

[waterbear]

hobbies that my friends and family don't understand include:
soapmaking
reading tarot cards
studying kabbalah
sighted Braille.

[sparkchaser]

no one really gets these quirks of mine: paranormal research, infomercials (seriously) and recently M*A*S*H.

Explain.

Also, what can you tell me about that annoying Shamwow guy?

[masonjarjar]

I have just started to get into viking / pagan / folk metal with a touch of pirate thrown in so am steadily building up my iTunes library but will very likely end up buying a ton of CDs.
"what is that racket? they're not even singing"

like Finntroll?

[masonjarjar]

I like going on Wikipedia and elsewhere and reading about:

Obscure wars
World War II (Pacific Theatre)
Natural disasters
Tallest Skyscrapers
Ancient civilizations (China, Ancient America)
90's Pro-Wrestling (WWF vs. WCW, Montreal Screwjob)
Cryptozoology

[rjv71]

kids...two of them. Love 'em till death though :lol:

[blackfoot]

Hobbies are a hobby as mentioned by someone.
Hiking, camping shooting, canoe/kayaking, scuba diving, reading non-fiction, James Bond, leather craft, any native skill I can find, ect, ect.
The one that seems isn't understood is I collect weapons, especially swords. A fairly small collection at the moment, but growing.

[K9DVM]

geocaching

[Lynchmeister]

geocaching

What exactly is this?

[blackfoot]

It is deceptively addicting. You use a GPS device to find hidden caches. The website gives you the coordinates. Once you arrive at said coordinates, you search for it's hidden location. They are usually in some kind of container and have several little things in it. It reminds me of a "Time Capsule" me and some neighbor kids buried once. We just put trinkets in it. If you find something you want to keep, you are supposed to replace it with something else. You can just add to it also. That's my take on it anyhow. My Uncle is into this. It's basically treasure hunting. I did it once with him. It was kind of fun.

[jrcrow79]

Computer Engineer..PC/Windows Tech..love it!!..hell if I had it my way..shaving accessories would NEVER be enough just as computers n cellphone talk would EVER end!!..;0-)

[rabidpotatochip]

It is deceptively addicting. You use a GPS device to find hidden caches. The website gives you the coordinates. Once you arrive at said coordinates, you search for it's hidden location. They are usually in some kind of container and have several little things in it. It reminds me of a "Time Capsule" me and some neighbor kids buried once. We just put trinkets in it. If you find something you want to keep, you are supposed to replace it with something else. You can just add to it also. That's my take on it anyhow. My Uncle is into this. It's basically treasure hunting. I did it once with him. It was kind of fun.

That's the gist of it. You don't need a GPS receiver, but it sure makes things easier. I've found a few caches just using Google Earth and some deductive reasoning in the area. Some of the caches include a puzzle or multiple parts, in which case the coordinates are either for the first part or need to be figured out.

If participating in a semi-secret worldwide treasure hunt sounds fun, you'll love geocaching. :biggrin:

[K9DVM]

Trust me, geocaching is every bit as addictive as RAD. Now, you have been warned. If you go beyond this point you only have yourself to blame.

[rabidpotatochip]

Trust me, geocaching is every bit as addictive as RAD. Now, you have been warned. If you go beyond this point you only have yourself to blame.

The perk of geocaching is that you only need one GPSr. :biggrin:

Mrs. Chip is very supportive of me dragging her through the bush looking for treasure. Her only stipulation was to avoid said treasure hunting during wood tick season.

[blackfoot]

I just recently got a phone with a built-in GPS receiver. Once I figure out how to use it, I may start geocaching myself. :001_rolle

[Mr. RazorBurns]

The perk of geocaching is that you only need one GPSr. :biggrin:

Mrs. Chip is very supportive of me dragging her through the bush looking for treasure. Her only stipulation was to avoid said treasure hunting during wood tick season.

Well we got tired of passing the GPSr back and forth, so we now have two of them. Mrs RazorBurns pretty much takes the whole summer off from caching because of ticks. Last year she had several bites and several more just on her. It freaks her. I've only had one bite, must be my after shave:biggrin:

[Mr. RazorBurns]

I just recently got a phone with a built-in GPS receiver. Once I figure out how to use it, I may start geocaching myself. :001_rolle

Indiana has a great group of cachers, check facebook or the events in your area on the web site. Remember k9dmv warned you about this addition. In a couple of weeks you'll be leaving the house in the middle of the night to try and score a first to find :lol:

[Duggo]

The perk of geocaching is that you only need one GPSr. :biggrin:

Mrs. Chip is very supportive of me dragging her through the bush looking for treasure. Her only stipulation was to avoid said treasure hunting during wood tick season.

Warning Stupid Question Alert Warning

I tried to warn ya.. :lol:

You play this "geocache" on real earth? It's not a computer game? You find real time capsules?...:confused:

[blackfoot]

Indiana has a great group of cachers, check facebook or the events in your area on the web site. Remember k9dmv warned you about this addition. In a couple of weeks you'll be leaving the house in the middle of the night to try and score a first to find :lol:

That is what scares me. All I need is another hobby! :biggrin:

[blackfoot]

Warning Stupid Question Alert Warning

I tried to warn ya.. :lol:

You play this "geocache" on real earth? It's not a computer game? You find real time capsules?...:confused:

If someone else is on here they may explain better. But it is on real earth. The one time I went with my Uncle was on a hill above a Civil War era cemetery. Another time was along some creek. It isn't actually a time capsule. The one we found was a mason jar with some things in in it and I don't remeber what the other one was.

[Duggo]

If someone else is on here they may explain better. But it is on real earth. The one time I went with my Uncle was on a hill above a Civil War era cemetery. Another time was along some creek. It isn't actually a time capsule. The one we found was a mason jar with some things in in it and I don't remeber what the other one was.

Ok, Thanks for the clarification, and information. I never heard of geocaching before.

If that's the case, I'm not going anywhere near it. You'd never see me again. Way too addictive for me. I'm out.

[SouthpawShavr]

Drumming. I've been a drummer for the better part of 35 years. When my friends see just how many sets I have (4) they kind of roll their eyes.

Awesome! Oddly enough, even though I'm 39, I've been playing since I was 3, so I'm close. There is a picture of me taken in 1972 at my birthday party of me playing a snare drum somebody got me. Although, technically, I could make the argument that I've been playing over 40 years, if you count in utero. :eek: The readers digest of the story is that when my mom was pregnant with me, she and my dad (who was a drummer too) went to see either Jesus Christ Superstar, or the Woodstock movie, or something like that, I forget, and that I was kicking along to the beat of the music. Freaked them both out.

But as far as drums, my friends and family think I'm nuts! I have 7 acoustic kits- vintage Ludwig vistalites, vintage ludwig maple, vintage Sonor, a newer Ludwig, Newer DW, Pacific, Remo Legero (a cool portable kit where the drums "nest" in each other and fit in a gig bag) and various snares and enough cymbals to open a store. Also, 2 electronic kits, roland and pintech.

I do plan on selling some, as they don't get so much play anymore.

But, the hobby that really freaks my friends out is my gun and knife collection. My favorite, and one the chicks seem to like is the Muay Thai boxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Fun, good exercise, and actually works in a fight if you need it.

I'm gonna "try" to not get too carried away with the shaving hobby, but we'll see. It's early, and I've still got that stimulus check burning a hole in my paypal acct. :rolleyes:

[in the know]

like Finntroll?

Finntroll, Ensiferum, Enslaved, Bathory, Amon Amarth, Alestorm (yo ho ho shiver me timbers and all that) and many more. Some good, some not so good.

[profsaffel]

Can anyone else say they've built a wickiup? :tongue_sm

[masonjarjar]

Finntroll, Ensiferum, Enslaved, Bathory, Amon Amarth, Alestorm (yo ho ho shiver me timbers and all that) and many more. Some good, some not so good.

I love Opeth. They seem to throw in every style but the kitchen sink. That's what I like about 'em.

[in the know]

I love Opeth. They seem to throw in every style but the kitchen sink. That's what I like about 'em.

They are on my 'to try' list.

[rabidpotatochip]

Ok, Thanks for the clarification, and information. I never heard of geocaching before.

If that's the case, I'm not going anywhere near it. You'd never see me again. Way too addictive for me. I'm out.

http://www.geocaching.com/ - You know you want to. :devil:

You're just finding hidden caches (hence geocaching). Most of the prizes are from the dollar store, it's just the fun of finding them. I usually leave a rubber ball or plastic lizard since I can get six for a dollar.

[petr]

I love this thread. You fellows are so cool. Misunderstood maybe.

Mrs. Petr says my hobby focus is like a raybeam of energy. ZAM!

Weird, sometimes. Keeps me alive you know?

I've made a few blades, liner locks. Now, canon EOS systems have my attention. Love long range shooting also.
http://usera.ImageCave.com/petr/filework.jpg
http://usera.ImageCave.com/petr/t2.jpg

[richmondesi]

this one! No one understands it. Except the rest of the crazies here on the b&b of course!

+1 & add firearms collecting... But most of my friends in Texas have a pretty impressive collection as well

[D.Irving79]

- collecting tan tips.

- shill bidding.

- replating razors and selling them as new.

- selling the same razor in 3 different auctions. dosent matter, they all look the same anyway.

- selling AV, but replacing it with anti freeze.

[jfd]

Coffee roasting, and old tractors!

[blackfoot]

Coffee roasting, and old tractors!

Coffee roasting is a new one to me. :001_huh: I don't knock anyone's hobbies though. That actually sounds interesting. :001_smile

[Lynchmeister]

RE: Geocaching

Oh, no kidding? I thought you just walked around with a GPS "plotting points" as you go just to say, "I've been there." This sounds much cooler. :biggrin:

[blackfoot]

RE: Geocaching

Oh, no kidding? I thought you just walked around with a GPS "plotting points" as you go just to say, "I've been there." This sounds much cooler. :biggrin:

Kilroy Was Here! :lol::lol:

[rabidpotatochip]

RE: Geocaching

Oh, no kidding? I thought you just walked around with a GPS "plotting points" as you go just to say, "I've been there." This sounds much cooler. :biggrin:

No offense, but your thing doesn't sound fun at all. :lol:

My best geocaching stories include finding a completely white 50ft tall tree and subsequently nearly falling in the river, dangling from a bridge at The Forks trying to get to a magnetic cache, and pretending my GPSr was a camera when I met other people on a trail in the woods. :biggrin:

[Lynchmeister]

No offense, but your thing doesn't sound fun at all. :lol:

My best geocaching stories include finding a completely white 50ft tall tree and subsequently nearly falling in the river, dangling from a bridge at The Forks trying to get to a magnetic cache, and pretending my GPSr was a camera when I met other people on a trail in the woods. :biggrin:

:lol:

I've been guilty of something similar and by "similar," I mean if you use a healthy dose of imagination.

My buddy lived on a lake and long story short, we were stupid kids playing around with fire and bug spray. Yes...we burned the entire island down(hey, it was a small island) and, yes, I did pretend I was deaf and used my own interpretation of sign language with my friends in an attempt to prevent the neighbors (who paddled out in their canoe to help put out the flames) from calling the cops on us out of pity for the poor deaf kid.

Like I said, stupid kids. :rolleyes:

[blackfoot]

:lol:

I've been guilty of something similar and by "similar," I mean if you use a healthy dose of imagination.

My buddy lived on a lake and long story short, we were stupid kids playing around with fire and bug spray. Yes...we burned the entire island down(hey, it was a small island) and, yes, I did pretend I was deaf and used my own interpretation of sign language with my friends in an attempt to prevent the neighbors (who paddled out in their canoe to help put out the flames) from calling the cops on us out of pity for the poor deaf kid.

Like I said, stupid kids. :rolleyes:

I think that story beats the time I caught the kitchen table on fire with mom home. :lol::lol:

[rabidpotatochip]

:lol:

I've been guilty of something similar and by "similar," I mean if you use a healthy dose of imagination.

My buddy lived on a lake and long story short, we were stupid kids playing around with fire and bug spray. Yes...we burned the entire island down(hey, it was a small island) and, yes, I did pretend I was deaf and used my own interpretation of sign language with my friends in an attempt to prevent the neighbors (who paddled out in their canoe to help put out the flames) from calling the cops on us out of pity for the poor deaf kid.

Like I said, stupid kids. :rolleyes:

Cory, I've never said this to anyone before... but you live Seinfeld. :lol:


I think that story beats the time I caught the kitchen table on fire with mom home. :lol::lol:

That's probably one of those "better off not knowing stories". :lol:

[blackfoot]

That's probably one of those "better off not knowing stories". :lol:[/QUOTE]

Mom walked in, saw the fire and walked out. She never said a word. My mom was not known to not speak. When she was upset, people across the pond knew it. When I got the fire out, I found mom in the living room. She looked up ad asked"I it out?" I said yes and she never said another word. I was around fourteen at the time. Sixteen years later, I am still afraid she will blow up about it. It is coming, I know it! :crying:

[Lynchmeister]

Cory, I've never said this to anyone before... but you live Seinfeld. :lol:


:w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[SouthpawShavr]

[QUOTE=petr;1022712]I love this thread. You fellows are so cool. Misunderstood maybe.

Mrs. Petr says my hobby focus is like a raybeam of energy. ZAM!

Weird, sometimes. Keeps me alive you know?

I've made a few blades, liner locks. Now, canon EOS systems have my attention. Love long range shooting also.
http://usera.ImageCave.com/petr/filework.jpg


Wow, nice filework on that folder. Love the damascus too. Is the handle ivory?

Have any more pics of that, or other knives you've done? I'd (and others I'm sure) love to see more. Also, some more details on the specs would be interesting. Feel free to direct me to a link, or another thread, or hell, start a new one with your blades!

[blackfoot]

[QUOTE=petr;1022712]I love this thread. You fellows are so cool. Misunderstood maybe.

Mrs. Petr says my hobby focus is like a raybeam of energy. ZAM!

Weird, sometimes. Keeps me alive you know?

I've made a few blades, liner locks. Now, canon EOS systems have my attention. Love long range shooting also.
http://usera.ImageCave.com/petr/filework.jpg


Wow, nice filework on that folder. Love the damascus too. Is the handle ivory?

Have any more pics of that, or other knives you've done? I'd (and others I'm sure) love to see more. Also, some more details on the specs would be interesting. Feel free to direct me to a link, or another thread, or hell, start a new one with your blades!

I second that. I am interested in your work. It is beautiful. :001_smile

[petr]

liners 6-AL-4-V titanium
gold lip pearl handle
eggerling damascus blade and bolsters.

thanks for the comments. the file pattern is a classic "rose and vine" alteration that I like.

I have a few more, but am a part timer for sure.

[netsurfr]

OK, I guess you mean besides straight razor shaving and DE shaving...
Well, there is:
being the best partner that I can be to my wife of 31 years,
cooking (especially bbq and smoking),
fly fishing to include tying own flies,
grooming my two standard poodles,
chess,
photography,
nutrition,
entomology,
psychology,
fine teas with recent obsession with pu-erh,
history of tea and relationship to other historical events,
great coffee to include roasting the green beans and grinding,
human physiology,
alternative medicine and the medicinal effect of herbs,
chinese medicine,
meditation,
yoga,
tai chi,
gardening,
landscaping,

and, probably a few other things that don't come immediately to mind...

[Aneurysm]

This is a great thread. I thought I was the only one with "strange" hobbies.

My friends and my wife thinks I'm nuts with my hobbies as follows
a bit of background about myself. I'm 31 and married with 2 kids.

1) Coffee roasting
2) Shaving with Straights and safeties ("why not use a normal shaver?")
3) Listening to SHortwave radio and QSLs ("dude there's the internet"
4) Photography ("well ok that's more normal")
5) Watching Westerns (John Wayne), Akira Kurosawa movies ("Kuro-what? dump that secret fortress and watch Starwars instead")

Yeah I am one of them weird ones

[blackfoot]

Of all my hobbies I love photography the most. My wife says it is great because it can incorporate all of my other hobbies. :001_smile

[Masterofsparks]

Well my wife certainly does not understand this hobby! She thinks shaving is a chore!
She also hates the fact that I dissapear into my little room every afternoon for a hour or more and fire up my Fender Blues DeVille Amp and pick up my Epiphone 1965 Casino and practice for an hour or more! I have to say she doesn't get it! Working on "Rockin' in the free world" right now!

[Dustinl]

My wife was just recently told that her husband has weird hobbies. I really take that as a compliment. I don't want to be normal. I want to be cutting edge. My hobbies are few, they may be strange to others, but they are what define me.

1) Wet-shaving
2) collecting vintage Gillette razors
3) cigar smoking and collecting (currently running 6 humidors)
4) churchwarden and calabash pipes
5) arrowhead digging
6) shallow, salt water, bay fishing on the Texas coast (I loathe fresh water fishing)
7) vintage automatic watches
8) microbrew beers
9) chess
10) reading
11) video games


I have no local friends that smoke cigars, or wet-shave. No one understands why I dig for arrowheads in 100 degree, 100% humidity, Texas summers. But as stated, I dont want to be like everyone else.


DL

[Masterofsparks]

My wife was just recently told that her husband has weird hobbies. I really take that as a compliment. I don't want to be normal. I want to be cutting edge. My hobbies are few, they may be strange to others, but they are what define me.

4) churchwarden and calabash pipes


DL

Man what is it about a nice churchwarden that just feels so darn right! I love the cool smoke these deliver! Nice choice!

[Lynchmeister]

My wife was just recently told that her husband has weird hobbies. I really take that as a compliment. I don't want to be normal. I want to be cutting edge. My hobbies are few, they may be strange to others, but they are what define me.

1) Wet-shaving
2) collecting vintage Gillette razors
3) cigar smoking and collecting (currently running 6 humidors)
4) churchwarden and calabash pipes
5) arrowhead digging
6) shallow, salt water, bay fishing on the Texas coast (I loathe fresh water fishing)
7) vintage automatic watches
8) microbrew beers
9) chess
10) reading
11) video games


I have no local friends that smoke cigars, or wet-shave. No one understands why I dig for arrowheads in 100 degree, 100% humidity, Texas summers. But as stated, I dont want to be like everyone else.


DL

In Wisconsin we call this "rain." :lol:

[don.putnick]

Mine is amateur radio.

FBOM de NA6Z

[american lockpicker]

I'm into lockpicking and flashlights.

[blackfoot]

I'm into lockpicking and flashlights.

Um, that sounds normal and legal. Completely on the up and up. :whistling::ninja:

[Taipei Personality]

FBOM de NA6Z

NA6Z de AE4PC
GL es GD DX
73 de AE4PC

[citizensoldierny]

Mind you this is all a matter of perspective thing so here are the ones that I think a majority of people I know don't get. First and foremost the whole wet shaving thing, apparently 99% of the populace thinks that the crap that is mass marketed to us is just great. And my knife collecting , I think most people figure one or two is ok but just don't get having dozens.

[tweedcab]

Lately it is most certainly shaving. It's like I'm a freak for looking forward to a shave. I may be a freak, but let me tell you sir, shaving has NOTHING to do with it!!! I think...

[rsvossen]

- Shaving
- Reading
- Music preference (Classic Jazz, Dixieland, Bossa Nova, Classical etc.)
- Films: I watch vintage films (20's, 30's and 40's) as well as modern ones!
- Hiking, walking etc.: They told me I was crazy to walk about 35 kilometers (about 20 miles) through some hills and coast in England, in 8 hours :lol:!

My great fiancée was looking on the boards the other day and she noticed the quoted post. I have to credit her as well on the 20 mile walk, as we did it together. She had done it before with a friend of hers, so she still knew the way!
Anyway we had a great walk of 20 miles and a great day!

[MattPadgett]

I have a small fascination with the Rubik's Cube. I can solve one in under a minute.

[SRock]

+1 & add firearms collecting... But most of my friends in Texas have a pretty impressive collection as well

Naturally as a gunsmith I feel ya on this one as well. I love to build long range precision rifles.

[thruster]

Wet Shaving
Firearms
Cigars
Collecting BMX bikes from the 80's and 90's

[blackfoot]

I notice firearms seems to be developing a recurring role here. It waarms the heart! :gunsmilie:

[wetshavewonder]

black smithing,leather crafting, fasting(not really a hobby but my friends don't understand it)

[blackfoot]

black smithing,leather crafting, fasting(not really a hobby but my friends don't understand it)

I have a great interest in blacksmithing. I have read up a lot on it and would attempt it if I had a forge. That is very cool.

[Frowzy]

Writing poetry.

Not drinking or doing drugs. Not really a hobby but I'm sure anyone in college can relate.

[GreatDane]

Oh lordy... I rarely invite people to my apartment anymore, and the wife knows to let me know someone's coming well in advance so I can put all my "hobby" stuff away.

I shoot and reload. That has it's own table in our office.

I cook. A lot. There's always something going in the kitchen.

I read. Again, a lot. Even working full-time and going to school, I managed a book a week if not more. I hate libraries, and get all my books at used bookstores. I like to re-read books, too, so I've never sold any back. The last time we moved, I filled my Ford Expedition up with nothing but my library.

I'm a computer geek. There're currently three computers on the "dining" room table that I'm working on for friends/family. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

DE shaving.

Camping/hiking/survivalism. Whatever you wanna call it. People are always a bit stunned when they open my cabinets and see just how much food I have in there.

I'm a metal head. Clean-shaven, clean cut, no tattoos or piercings. My iPod is full of Hatebreed, Dimmu Borgir, Sepultura, Tool, Zyklon, Laibach, Rammstein, Fear Factory, Lomb of God... You name it.

Edit: One of the funniest moments of my life was when the maintenance guy at our apartment complex let himself in without knocking, right as I finished cleaning/reassembling my shotgun. Never seen someone's eyes get that big, that quick.

[rabidpotatochip]

Oh lordy... I rarely invite people to my apartment anymore, and the wife knows to let me know someone's coming well in advance so I can put all my "hobby" stuff away.

I shoot and reload. That has it's own table in our office.

I cook. A lot. There's always something going in the kitchen.

I read. Again, a lot. Even working full-time and going to school, I managed a book a week if not more. I hate libraries, and get all my books at used bookstores. I like to re-read books, too, so I've never sold any back. The last time we moved, I filled my Ford Expedition up with nothing but my library.

I'm a computer geek. There're currently three computers on the "dining" room table that I'm working on for friends/family. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

DE shaving.

Camping/hiking/survivalism. Whatever you wanna call it. People are always a bit stunned when they open my cabinets and see just how much food I have in there.

I'm a metal head. Clean-shaven, clean cut, no tattoos or piercings. My iPod is full of Hatebreed, Dimmu Borgir, Sepultura, Tool, Zyklon, Laibach, Rammstein, Fear Factory, Lomb of God... You name it.

Edit: One of the funniest moments of my life was when the maintenance guy at our apartment complex let himself in without knocking, right as I finished cleaning/reassembling my shotgun. Never seen someone's eyes get that big, that quick.

Oh crap! You just reminded me I have one on my dining room table too! I promised I'd clean it up three days ago! :lol:

[sapito318]

People dont understand why I would spend 20-30 minutes shaving every day. What's the point, when you can hack yourself up in under 3?
Most dont understand how I can play video games that are complicated and lengthy, or why I enjoy reading so much

[millertime150]

Every Coffee isn't the same.---They are fine with folgers and powdered cream.

I like fine Scotches.---They rather drink Jack Daniels than any scotch.

I appreciate Wet Shaving.---They look at shaving as a chore and buy cheapest disposables they can find.

I love fine niche fragrances.---They think it can't get any better than Curve or Issey Miyake .

[Not4you]

driving my Mustang on the weekends. No destination, no timeline, just driving around on backroads exploring. I commute 1 hour each way in heavy traffic all week for work in a 10 year old Honda Civic. By the weekend I just love to let the Mustang roar and strech its legs. I also race it some weekends and so people think I'm crazy.

I also love to browse in bookstores for hours on end often never buying a new book.

[ancora imparo]

1. Shaving
2. My love for history
3. Cooking (most guys are comfortable with grilling, but not much else)

[millertime150]

Also I enjoy working out not just for health reasons or to have a nice physique but because I am addicted to the pump :) Just joking about the pump but I do enjoy working out. I alot of people I know either don't work out or if they do it is a chore to them and they are only doing it in hopes of getting bigger muscles.

[dreadpirate]

My wife does not understand why I would want to collect old Gillette razors.

[antipatros24]

1. I enjoy collecting and painting miniatures, although lately I have not much time for it.
2. I enjoy straight razor shaving and all of my friends and family think that I am a whacko.

[rabidpotatochip]

One more hobby to add: modding computers.

"You just put down $120 for a new case, why the heck would you want to drill holes in it?!"

Again, Mrs. Chip is very supportive despite not getting it. :biggrin:

[jadam318]

I enjoy modifying practically everything I own. It seems that stock is never quite good enough for me, especially when it comes to cars. I know that every part on a car sacrificed performance for cost, comfort, or some other ridiculous engineering constraint at some point. My mission with my vehicles is to find the most detrimental sacrifices and correct them. I am so performance oriented, it is nuts. Too bad it is so expensive...and I drive a Toyota pickup :blushing:.

Come to think of it, I don't even understand this...

[thunderball]

I'm only 35 so I sometimes get hassled by friends for wandering around the beaches and hillsides with my metal detector. That of course changes to a sort of awe and respect when I pull out the bag of coins and gold rings I've found! :biggrin: "Can I have that one...?"

[Mordecai]

I enjoy modifying practically everything I own. It seems that stock is never quite good enough for me, especially when it comes to cars. I know that every part on a car sacrificed performance for cost, comfort, or some other ridiculous engineering constraint at some point. My mission with my vehicles is to find the most detrimental sacrifices and correct them. I am so performance oriented, it is nuts. Too bad it is so expensive...and I drive a Toyota pickup :blushing:.

Come to think of it, I don't even understand this...

+1 Except almost all my friends get it, they're all gear heads too. I bought a truck so I wouldn't be as tempted to mod it.

[blackfoot]

+1 Except almost all my friends get it, they're all gear heads too. I bought a truck so I wouldn't be as tempted to mod it.

How did that work out for you? :blush:

[Jcof3474]

Besides this new wet shaving hobby here are my other hobbies:
I love fly fishing for trout, and just fishing in general, but there is nothing like wading out there in the water with a fly rod in a stream and it's quiet and you have nature surrounding you. I now really want to go fishing really bad.
I also love playing acoustic guitar. I have a Tacoma acoustic guitar that just sounds amazing.

J.

[JimBow]

Besides DE? Well....let's see. Reading, watching every movie I can, listening to classic music (from Mozart to Elvis), and my dogs.

[jadam318]

+1 Except almost all my friends get it, they're all gear heads too. I bought a truck so I wouldn't be as tempted to mod it.

Mine is worse with a truck, I think. (see www.yotatech.com) The off-road world is amazing! :w00t:

[bluepunk18]

I'm guilty of collecting yo-yos and Zippos, even though I don't smoke. I did briefly smoke a pipe, but gave that up. Now, I'm sticking to collections of razors, fountain pens and spare parts for my motorcycle.

[tantousha]

My problem is that when something piques my interest, I like to research everything there is about it and I always end up gathering an unfathomable amount of knowledge on the topic.

That said, being a student, I'm kinda in between hobbies...

When I was younger I had a model trainset... but it was Z-scale (the smallest possible scale) and entirely Marklin from Germany... cost me an arm and a leg, but my first job financed most of it.

I had a short fascination with Nixie Tubes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tubes) and even went as far as buying some on eBay from a guy in Lithuania and building a Nixie clock myself...

I sadly had to give up both of those hobbies as I moved away for my post-secondary schooling, but will probably revive them down the road. I've been passively looking for a new hobby that's cheap and interesting.... and I think I just found one...

[Mordecai]

How did that work out for you? :blush:

Not bad actually, I've only tried 2 different cold air intakes, and had some computer tuning done. It's still hard fighting the urge to build the motor and throw a blower on it though. :lol:

[Mordecai]

Mine is worse with a truck, I think. (see www.yotatech.com) The off-road world is amazing! :w00t:

Eh, lifted trucks and knobby tires never did anything for me. I'm more interested in going fast, which is why a truck worked for me. It's much more difficult to build a fast truck.

[rabidpotatochip]

My problem is that when something piques my interest, I like to research everything there is about it and I always end up gathering an unfathomable amount of knowledge on the topic.

That said, being a student, I'm kinda in between hobbies...

When I was younger I had a model trainset... but it was Z-scale (the smallest possible scale) and entirely Marklin from Germany... cost me an arm and a leg, but my first job financed most of it.

I had a short fascination with Nixie Tubes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tubes) and even went as far as buying some on eBay from a guy in Lithuania and building a Nixie clock myself...

I sadly had to give up both of those hobbies as I moved away for my post-secondary schooling, but will probably revive them down the road. I've been passively looking for a new hobby that's cheap and interesting.... and I think I just found one...

Try macrame. All you need is string, and you can make some useful stuff. I'm working on a belt that's approx. 100 feet of paracord.

[blackfoot]

Try macrame. All you need is string, and you can make some useful stuff. I'm working on a belt that's approx. 100 feet of paracord.

Now that is odd. :w00t:

[rabidpotatochip]

Now that is odd. :w00t:

Fun too. :biggrin:

1 inch of bracelet or belt = ~1 foot of cord. Of course, I'm going over the finished product a second time, so 1 inch is more like 1.5 - 2 feet.

[blackfoot]

Fun too. :biggrin:

1 inch of bracelet or belt = ~1 foot of cord. Of course, I'm going over the finished product a second time, so 1 inch is more like 1.5 - 2 feet.

Where do you go about learning this?

[Tony Miller]

In addition to my "normal" hobbies of woodworking, leatherworking and photography I have what my friends consider the "nerd" hobbies.

I have a collection of 60+ vintage slide rules and always have at least a small pocket sized one on my for simple calculations.

I have nearly 30 vintage, manual typewriters I used simply to type out thoughts and to journal with. I wanted just one interesting older model but like with razors each one I find looks even more interesting than the one I own. I do actively sell these as well on eBay and via the web in an effort to reduce the stupid large collection.

Vintage and facsimile bibles. I enjoy reading the bible but only like the oldest translations....Wycliffe 1385, Tyndales 1526, Whittingham, Geneva Bible, etc....that the King James version was based on. I have both original typestyle and modern spelling facsimiles of each translation as well as an original 1608 Geneva Bible and a 1631 King James.

Tony

[rabidpotatochip]

Where do you go about learning this?

haha I couldn't tell you exactly... I pick up so much information it's hard to keep the sources straight.

The knot I'm using is originally called a Solomon bar, but these days a lot of people call it a cobra stitch. Either way, I found the best tutorial on Youtube when searching for a Solomon bar. In fact, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvr4rb0X8rQ&feature=channel_page) is the video I used to learn. Here (http://www.youtube.com/user/TyingItAllTogether) is the link to their channel. I find their videos the easiest to follow. Anyhow, once you get the hang of it you can make an 8 inch bracelet in under half an hour. Here's (http://www.instructables.com/id/Paracord-bracelet-with-a-side-release-buckle/) an instructable for it too.

If you want macrame specifically, I've been using this site (http://www.free-macrame-patterns.com/learn-macrame.html).

[RHVette]

Besides DE shaving, most of my other hobbies are somewhat normal, I think. Tea tasting, firearms, books, music, reloading, working on my car, home repair, woodworking, metalwork, cooking, etc. All things a real man should know how to do or appreciate. Shame none of my friends feel the same way. I think my only other "weird" hobby is a bit like rabidpotatochip's. I did fire and security work for the last couple of summers, so now I start analyzing the fire and security systems whenever I go into a building. Actually, considering my other obscure hobby is lock-picking, some people get a little nervous around me. I guess they think I'm going to steal their prized plastic silverware or something.

[blackfoot]

Besides DE shaving, most of my other hobbies are somewhat normal, I think. Tea tasting, firearms, books, music, reloading, working on my car, home repair, woodworking, metalwork, cooking, etc. All things a real man should know how to do or appreciate. Shame none of my friends feel the same way. I think my only other "weird" hobby is a bit like rabidpotatochip's. I did fire and security work for the last couple of summers, so now I start analyzing the fire and security systems whenever I go into a building. Actually, considering my other obscure hobby is lock-picking, some people get a little nervous around me. I guess they think I'm going to steal their prized plastic silverware or something.

After joining the volunteer fire department and working security, I do the same thing.

[RHVette]

After joining the volunteer fire department and working security, I do the same thing.

Have you ever stopped going to some place because of it? I can't step foot in one of the nearby Wal-Marts because the security sucks so bad. I just know something is going to happen there because no one will have any proof afterwards.

[blackfoot]

Have you ever stopped going to some place because of it? I can't step foot in one of the nearby Wal-Marts because the security sucks so bad. I just know something is going to happen there because no one will have any proof afterwards.

This is where I get weird. I plan how I would go about doing something evil, if I were so inclined. Then, I start thinking about how I would react to that situation. I can keep myself amused for quite a while sometimes. :blush:

[gregs656]

I guess reading is a hobby I have that some people just don't get. I consume books, especially if I'm on holiday.

Some of my friends don't get why I ride a motorcycle, and even some of those that do don't understand why I maintain it my self.

My parents, espcially, have no idea why I love classic cars and bikes and how I came to know so much about them.

Knives and guns, well, lots of people don't understand that, in this country at least.

Not many of my friends understand why I enjoy a smoke every now and then, i think though, like wet shaving I guess - it's so refreshing to be able to sit down in the sun and with no other intention that to have a smoke, it lets you absorb so much of the world around you.

Oddly enough, I guess the last one would be forums.

[blackfoot]

I guess reading is a hobby I have that some people just don't get. I consume books, especially if I'm on holiday.

Some of my friends don't get why I ride a motorcycle, and even some of those that do don't understand why I maintain it my self.

My parents, espcially, have no idea why I love classic cars and bikes and how I came to know so much about them.

Knives and guns, well, lots of people don't understand that, in this country at least.

Not many of my friends understand why I enjoy a smoke every now and then, i think though, like wet shaving I guess - it's so refreshing to be able to sit down in the sun and with no other intention that to have a smoke, it lets you absorb so much of the world around you.

Oddly enough, I guess the last one would be forums.

Now that I don't understand. :lol:

[Joshua Da Silva]

I read about geocaching a few years ago and have yet to try but it sounds like something I would love to do, my girl friend would probably be really into it to so long as the trek is too long (she has sleep issues and low energy levels unfortunately). D&D is also something I would love to try as well, but don't really know any players :( Historical re-enacting is great fun as well. I used to date a girl who's family was REALLY into it, her father basically led the group of re-enacters and I got to go with them a few times and even got to be in biggest one they do up at Fort Erie and it was great fun.

As to what I am in now, I like to fiddle with computers a lot, and I used to dabble in some programming and website construction back in middle school. A while back me and friend built a computer which was a lot of fun.

I'm also into weaponry, especially older things. Everyone is always shocked that the first substantial thing I bought after I got my first job was a Japanese Katana. When I did the re-enacting I got to fire a working flintlock rifle and it was pretty amazing. I want one of those hanging over my fireplace one day.

I find fire fun, as an extension of that is fireworks. I love fireworks but I don't just set them off at random. Last summer for either canada or victoria day (don't remember which) I got a bunch of my friends to pitch in money and I got over $200 of fireworks and put on a proper show for them. I researched all the different kinds and what they did and chose what I wanted and had a firing order set up and everything. Everyone thought I was crazy. They would have just grabbed whatever they saw in the store and set it off any which way. I also love watching professional firework displays and trying to capture them on camera (then again, who doesn't like watching).

Speaking of photography, I'm also into that and people don't really get why I love using a Canon F1. It may be full manual but man is that thing sweet to use. You can stick to your cheap point and shoots :)

I love musicals, theater, Shakespeare, classical literature, all those fun things. While that isn't all that out there, a lot of people still think it's a bit odd. "Why would you want to read Don Quixote when you can be playing Halo 3?" they ask me. Also, I find that some people see the theater and musical as something feminine and so they think it is weird that a guy would be interested.

That's all I can think of for now

[blackfoot]

Ditto on the reenacting, weaponry, fire and fireworks.

As a volunteer firefighter, our department puts on the town's firework display on the 4th of July. There is nothing in the world like firing professional fireworks and having them going off straight above your head. You can feel them more than hear them. The odd thing is, you can't really see them. you have to look straight up into the possibly falling sparks. Plus, you really have to keep moving. It was a lot harder work than I realized.

[Joshua Da Silva]

It really is hard work, it was certainly harder then I thought even on that small scale. Doing professional hard ones would be nuts. It would be really interesting to try to make my own one day.

[nrek619]

new hobby.........making walking staffs..........finding them,cutting and sanding, and staining with various shades of stain/poly sealant. then I wrap the upper part with 550 cord for grip and use black cane tips for the ends..... going to try graphics or wood burning later....... will post some finished staffs.......

[Dustinl]

new hobby.........making walking staffs..........finding them,cutting and sanding, and staining with various shades of stain/poly sealant. then I wrap the upper part with 550 cord for grip and use black cane tips for the ends..... going to try graphics or wood burning later....... will post some finished staffs.......

Very nice! I would like to see those!


DL

[VR6ofpain]

cleaning my car.no automatic car wash nonsense for me.i use a degreaser for the bottom half of the car and the wheel arches followed by a snow foaming,then rinse,then a two bucket method with grit guards and a noodle mitt,then another rinse,then i go round the entire car with drying towels and finish off with the door sills.

the car is also clayed and 3 layers of waxed every 4 months.and to keep on top of it i use duragloss aquawax to keep my wax topped up.my friends think im absolutely bonkers and dont understand why i spend an hour plus evertime i wash my car lol.What kind of car is this you are washing?

Another one of mine would be movie soundtracks.. I love listening to them.. I have about 300.. I gotta say, Bernard Herrmann was a genius!!The Taxi Driver soundtrack was very good. Worked perfectly for the images and feel.

[nrek619]

Very nice! I would like to see those!


DLcool.....about to finish my first one. I have a few in various stages.....

[Razor&Pens]

Fountain pens. I only hope that I never start accumulating as many razors, creams, soaps and aftershaves as I have pens and ink. But I've started pretty well for as short a time since I've started with a brush and DE.

[Joshua Da Silva]

Fountain pens. I only hope that I never start accumulating as many razors, creams, soaps and aftershaves as I have pens and ink. But I've started pretty well for as short a time since I've started with a brush and DE.

I've always wanted a fountain pen and I'm getting one this summer, I've already started looking around.

I forgot to add that in addition to reading I also like collecting old books. I've got some pretty sweet ones, mostly picked up at garage sales and such. I'm not sure if they are even worth anything but they are interesting none the less. Maybe I'll throw some pics up sometime. I also have a decent DVD collection, and I'm collecting 2 manga series, Hellsing and Get Backers

[the beav]

Beekeeping - but around here it could be anything that doesn't involve golfballs or a football.

[ctt1wbw]

I collect spores, molds, and fungus. :biggrin:

[rabidpotatochip]

I collect spores, molds, and fungus. :biggrin:

You haven't cleaned the fridge either, I take it?

[Stubblefield]

I have a collection of 60+ vintage slide rules and always have at least a small pocket sized one on my for simple calculations.
You sir, are a nerd's nerd. :biggrin:

I do miss my sliderule.

[waterbear]

You sir, are a nerd's nerd. :biggrin:



And this is in some way a bad thing?:confused::cool:

[Yushiro]

I uh..collect toys. Mostly transformers. I have a strange music taste that none of my friends have (mostly blues, stranger cause its not popular here in Malaysia) and I'm 35.

[chfair]

i collect anime, custom build my computer(s) and because of that i am getting all kinds of new parts for it and have a stockpile of older parts just in case something breaks. have a few chess sets that are unique in their own ways and very few people i know like to play.

[SRock]

i collect anime, custom build my computer(s) and because of that i am getting all kinds of new parts for it and have a stockpile of older parts just in case something breaks. have a few chess sets that are unique in their own ways and very few people i know like to play.

+1 on chess. I have chess sets from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Turkey and most importantly I have one that was totally hand made by a great friend who passed while I was deployed in 2003.

[OldSaw]

I collect spores, molds, and fungus. :biggrin:

You too! I have two adult children who do the same.

[Ceezer]

Very nice! I would like to see those!


+1. My grandpa uses & collects walking sticks (perfect for this thread! And his primary hobby is stained glass) and I've always wanted to make one for him. I'd like to know what kind of wood you start with and what you look for in a stick. I even have a wad of 550 cord at home already!

[blackfoot]

You too! I have two adult children who do the same.

You collect adult children?