Hobbies & Other interests

.22hustler · 04-12-2008, 06:54 PM

Besides guns, hunting, and fishing, what are you're other hobbies? Mine include drag racing, restoring older cars, collecting, restoring, operating, repairing American Flyer toy trains, and collecting 1/18 die-cast cars.

Big Dog · 04-12-2008, 07:10 PM

I have some die-cast cars too - mostly 1/25th and Matchbox/Johnny Lightning types. The little ones store and display a lot easier!

I'm into "Adventure Motorcycling" with my Dual Sport KLR-650. A couple buddies and I usually ride a hundred-mile circle route each Sunday, lunching in one of several good eateries up in south Georgia.
We have a couple big meets each year - 50 or more riders together at a campground, with guided road and off-road rides.
My buddies and I also do local rides and camping. I'm always trying new gear.

I also have an on-again/off again interest in photography - first in 35mm and now in digital. I love being able to do my own digital work and printing now. It's not any cheaper, but a lot more fun!

Cyrille · 04-12-2008, 07:11 PM

I don't fish! But I do practice target archery, bicycle riding, reading, and until recently writing poetry!

Chris · 04-12-2008, 07:41 PM

I love tennis...

I love a convertible car, full tank of gas, ipod full of music, beautiful girl and open road to the beach.

I'm starting to get into riding motorcycles...going to take a rider's safety class sometime soon.

Oxford · 04-12-2008, 08:00 PM

Guns, deer hunting, turkey hunting, woodworking, fishing, boat renovation, philately(collect stamps), watch most sports, an avid tennis player, international travel, lawn and garden, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.

billy · 04-12-2008, 08:17 PM

i love to read.
collect obscure films and books
vintage bicycles
odd toys

this is a new copy of an old bike.
i really like it.
i bought it because it was so classy looking.

genwinters · 04-12-2008, 08:28 PM

i am big into movies, military anything ( i am joining the marines in two years), reading, i am also a bit of an adrenaline junkie.

Brother Bob · 04-12-2008, 08:33 PM

Skydiving, diving, drag racing, numismatics, H.O. scale trains, and long range shooting(1,000 yds.)

CalifgirlinOk · 04-12-2008, 08:39 PM

I love to sew,read,gardening and I have been writing poetry for about 30 years now.It a great outlet to put my thoughts and feelings down on paper.I also love road trips !!!!

ArkansasHunter · 04-12-2008, 08:49 PM

I collect dust and my Interests are Guns, Hunting, Reading, Hot Rods, Fixing things and hand and power tools.

MrsS · 04-12-2008, 09:10 PM

I like to read, write, bowl and ski.

lefty o · 04-12-2008, 09:27 PM

im also a drag racer. someday guns will quit eating up my toy budget, and i'll put the car back on the track.

Seabeescotty · 04-12-2008, 09:29 PM

I REALLY like to have fun!!! I also ride motorcycles(on-road) when the weather permits, and enjoy horseback riding, when the weather permits, and I'm trying to get some oldtimers to start waterskiing again, when the weather permits. The weathers hasn't been cooperating much, lately. and did I say I love firearms of all types? I guess that's why I decided to get my certificate, and dealers license. The best perk is I get to shoot the guns, after I'm finished, to check and make sure my repair is a proper fix. Talk about fun!! Someday, I might even try fishing again.

Midas · 04-12-2008, 10:37 PM

Besides my obvious hobbies of guns and hunting, I enjoy 4-wheeling, hiking, and most of all, cave exploring.

ShotInTheDark · 04-12-2008, 10:47 PM

I currently master music and edit short films for income. Love music and film. Also been playing acoustic guitar for about 6 years, and now I think I can consider myself actually able to "play" guitar-Man, that's tough. It used to get me sooo frustrated at times. Also like to take the dogs runnin' on these Pennsylvania hills.

mitch_mckee · 04-12-2008, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by .22hustler

Besides guns, hunting, and fishing, what are you're other hobbies? Mine include drag racing, restoring older cars, collecting, restoring, operating, repairing American Flyer toy trains, and collecting 1/18 die-cast cars.

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bigbuddy21 · 04-12-2008, 10:56 PM

with 6 kids who has time for a hobby?
i do like to play golf.
oh and shoot any kind of gun.

Coeloptera · 04-12-2008, 11:00 PM

Oh goodness...lots.

Currently, I'm getting into weight-lifting as a hobby and have made some good progress. I also take a Krav Maga class.

Geeky stuff: I collect a few comic books and every so play or run an RPG (less than once a a week). I'm also a console gamer.

I'm into the sciences in a hobbyist sense, with a particular emphasis on zoology (with an even tighter emphasis on entomology) and astronomy and astrophysics.

I do costuming for fun and for my yearly seasonal Halloween work. Less sewing (though I can do that) and more of the craft-building and engineering type costuming. Lot of plastics, leather, and metal, leg extensions, costumes that hide the human shape beneath, that sort of stuff.

I also sing. 2.5 years classical training (countertenor), some performing, but it's something I've let slack off a bit since coming to Vegas again. Really need to see what I can do with it here, since I'm not limited to Baroque Opera only (singing is singing), when I get some time.

Also a voracious reader and movie buff, though it's sometimes hard to find the time...

- Coeloptera

Mooseman684 · 04-12-2008, 11:06 PM

Besides collecting guns, Reloading, shooting and hunting, I do both fresh and Saltwater fishing, Ham radio and Communications, Gold Prospecting and Treasure Hunting, Gourmet Cooking, 4-wheeling, Computers, Collecting Knives and Military gear, and Dumpster diving ! LOL I'm a busy guy....

Seabeescotty · 04-13-2008, 04:11 AM

Didn't know they had dumpsters in the Alaska Wilderness!!!

04-12-2008, 07:10 PM	#2
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	I have some die-cast cars too - mostly 1/25th and Matchbox/Johnny Lightning types. The little ones store and display a lot easier! I'm into "Adventure Motorcycling" with my Dual Sport KLR-650. A couple buddies and I usually ride a hundred-mile circle route each Sunday, lunching in one of several good eateries up in south Georgia. We have a couple big meets each year - 50 or more riders together at a campground, with guided road and off-road rides. My buddies and I also do local rides and camping. I'm always trying new gear. I also have an on-again/off again interest in photography - first in 35mm and now in digital. I love being able to do my own digital work and printing now. It's not any cheaper, but a lot more fun! __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

04-12-2008, 07:41 PM	#4
Chris HMFIC Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,834,170 Images: 19 Blog Entries: 18	I love tennis... I love a convertible car, full tank of gas, ipod full of music, beautiful girl and open road to the beach. I'm starting to get into riding motorcycles...going to take a rider's safety class sometime soon. __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members No one has the right to deny my personal safety Please be descriptive in your thread titles!

04-12-2008, 08:00 PM	#5
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,023 Blog Entries: 4	Guns, deer hunting, turkey hunting, woodworking, fishing, boat renovation, philately(collect stamps), watch most sports, an avid tennis player, international travel, lawn and garden, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

04-12-2008, 08:17 PM	#6
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,193 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	i love to read. collect obscure films and books vintage bicycles odd toys this is a new copy of an old bike. i really like it. i bought it because it was so classy looking. __________________ Last edited by billy; 04-12-2008 at 08:22 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

04-12-2008, 08:33 PM	#8
Brother Bob The Mayor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Olive Branch, MS. Posts: 2,691 Blog Entries: 3	Skydiving, diving, drag racing, numismatics, H.O. scale trains, and long range shooting(1,000 yds.) __________________ The Most Expensive Commodity In This Country Is Ignorance!

04-12-2008, 07:11 PM	#3
Cyrille Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 1,851	I don't fish! But I do practice target archery, bicycle riding, reading, and until recently writing poetry!

04-12-2008, 08:28 PM	#7
genwinters Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Plymouth, MI Posts: 309	i am big into movies, military anything ( i am joining the marines in two years), reading, i am also a bit of an adrenaline junkie.

04-12-2008, 08:39 PM	#9
CalifgirlinOk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,803	I love to sew,read,gardening and I have been writing poetry for about 30 years now.It a great outlet to put my thoughts and feelings down on paper.I also love road trips !!!! __________________ "Most of the troubles in the world is caused by people wanting to be important". T.S.Eliot

04-12-2008, 08:49 PM	#10
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,716	I collect dust and my Interests are Guns, Hunting, Reading, Hot Rods, Fixing things and hand and power tools.

04-12-2008, 09:10 PM	#11
MrsS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Originally from the 26th state of the union; now living in the 16th. Posts: 1,422	I like to read, write, bowl and ski. __________________ Gun Control...is the ability to hit your target.

04-12-2008, 09:27 PM	#12
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,811	im also a drag racer. someday guns will quit eating up my toy budget, and i'll put the car back on the track.

04-12-2008, 09:29 PM	#13
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 4,050 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	I REALLY like to have fun!!! I also ride motorcycles(on-road) when the weather permits, and enjoy horseback riding, when the weather permits, and I'm trying to get some oldtimers to start waterskiing again, when the weather permits. The weathers hasn't been cooperating much, lately. and did I say I love firearms of all types? I guess that's why I decided to get my certificate, and dealers license. The best perk is I get to shoot the guns, after I'm finished, to check and make sure my repair is a proper fix. Talk about fun!! Someday, I might even try fishing again. __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

04-12-2008, 10:37 PM	#14
Midas Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 3,810 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	Besides my obvious hobbies of guns and hunting, I enjoy 4-wheeling, hiking, and most of all, cave exploring. __________________ "Recoil lasts for a second, gravity lasts forever"

04-12-2008, 10:47 PM	#15
ShotInTheDark Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 28	I currently master music and edit short films for income. Love music and film. Also been playing acoustic guitar for about 6 years, and now I think I can consider myself actually able to "play" guitar-Man, that's tough. It used to get me sooo frustrated at times. Also like to take the dogs runnin' on these Pennsylvania hills.

04-12-2008, 10:56 PM	#17
bigbuddy21 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: new albany in. Posts: 976 Images: 5	with 6 kids who has time for a hobby? i do like to play golf. oh and shoot any kind of gun. __________________ LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!

04-12-2008, 11:00 PM	#18
Coeloptera Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,894	Oh goodness...lots. Currently, I'm getting into weight-lifting as a hobby and have made some good progress. I also take a Krav Maga class. Geeky stuff: I collect a few comic books and every so play or run an RPG (less than once a a week). I'm also a console gamer. I'm into the sciences in a hobbyist sense, with a particular emphasis on zoology (with an even tighter emphasis on entomology) and astronomy and astrophysics. I do costuming for fun and for my yearly seasonal Halloween work. Less sewing (though I can do that) and more of the craft-building and engineering type costuming. Lot of plastics, leather, and metal, leg extensions, costumes that hide the human shape beneath, that sort of stuff. I also sing. 2.5 years classical training (countertenor), some performing, but it's something I've let slack off a bit since coming to Vegas again. Really need to see what I can do with it here, since I'm not limited to Baroque Opera only (singing is singing), when I get some time. Also a voracious reader and movie buff, though it's sometimes hard to find the time... - Coeloptera

04-12-2008, 11:06 PM	#19
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,689 Images: 2	Besides collecting guns, Reloading, shooting and hunting, I do both fresh and Saltwater fishing, Ham radio and Communications, Gold Prospecting and Treasure Hunting, Gourmet Cooking, 4-wheeling, Computers, Collecting Knives and Military gear, and Dumpster diving ! LOL I'm a busy guy.... __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

04-13-2008, 04:11 AM	#20
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 4,050 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	Didn't know they had dumpsters in the Alaska Wilderness!!! __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge