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i'm big into art. i paint these canvases that sell really really well around town. i also do some spraypaint work (mural type stuff - on walls). i've also done some logos here and there. i'm a computer programming major, but i'm pursuing a career in web design or something similar.
other than that, i'm a Lord of the Rings & Harry Potter fanatic, i like poker nights, Brain Trust meetings (where me and a few guys sit around, smoke pipes and talk books, theology, whatever), and good hibachi. also, i LOVE to shag. for you northerners, it doesn't mean what you think - it's a type of dance...mostly to beach music.
other than that, i'm a Lord of the Rings & Harry Potter fanatic, i like poker nights, Brain Trust meetings (where me and a few guys sit around, smoke pipes and talk books, theology, whatever), and good hibachi. also, i LOVE to shag. for you northerners, it doesn't mean what you think - it's a type of dance...mostly to beach music.
Reading, mostly history and biographies because you just can't make this stuff up.
Fly Fishing, it's sort of a zen activity for me.
Motorcycles, I now own a little BMW F650GS single cylinder (thumper). Just got a new Corbin seat for it. My next bike? Either the BMW GS1200 (because it goes anywhere) or the Ducati ST3 (because...it's a Ducati)Cost, as always, will be the deciding factor so I may be riding my little bike for some time.
Music, love jazz and classical but all types have some appeal for me (except rap). Lately I've had an urge to learn to play the ukulele, much to my wife's dismay.
Avoiding yard work (need I say more?)
Oh yeah, Pipes!
Fly Fishing, it's sort of a zen activity for me.
Motorcycles, I now own a little BMW F650GS single cylinder (thumper). Just got a new Corbin seat for it. My next bike? Either the BMW GS1200 (because it goes anywhere) or the Ducati ST3 (because...it's a Ducati)Cost, as always, will be the deciding factor so I may be riding my little bike for some time.
Music, love jazz and classical but all types have some appeal for me (except rap). Lately I've had an urge to learn to play the ukulele, much to my wife's dismay.
Avoiding yard work (need I say more?)
Oh yeah, Pipes!
Hey Caliguy,
Hobie and I both ride, I have an 03 Fat Boy and I'm not sure what his are.
Oh yeah its spelled crap music... the "C" is silent.
Hobie and I both ride, I have an 03 Fat Boy and I'm not sure what his are.
Oh yeah its spelled crap music... the "C" is silent.
pstlpkr> A Fat Boy is a sweet ride. Seems a few of us ride. We'll have to organize a pipe/bike rally somewhere smoke friendly.
Vegas, baby, Vegas! You can still smoke there, right? I mean it wouldn't be much of a sin city if you couldn't fire up the briar.
Vegas, baby, Vegas! You can still smoke there, right? I mean it wouldn't be much of a sin city if you couldn't fire up the briar.
I fix electronics on the side, I read more than I should with the time I have, I restore estate pipes (new hobby), I collect iPods, and I like to take the boat out on the lake!
i'm a pretty big geek myself, but i can't seem to fix my dad's ipod. completely bricked - won't turn on, etc. he thinks it's hard drive issue, i am thinking power. any ideas? i'm going to put it in freezer for a few to shrink HD and hopefully get data off. anythink else i should try?
Does it turn on when it is plugged in? If it was a hard drive issue it would turn on you would just see a sad ipod face. If it doesn't turn on when plugged in you probably have a loose or broken wire, and if it does than you need to replace the battery. Replacing the battery is easy, I can walk you through it. Hope this helps, message me with any other questions!
Lots of riders here!
In my college years I owned a Honda 500, a straight four. Nice ride and if I was going to get another bike I'd look for one like that. Later I had a Yamaha 750, two-stroke V (I don't remember model names or numbers) and though it was a larger bike and a decent ride, it never matched the Honda.
No more bikes. I also used to do a lot of backpacking and hiking and running and cycling and stuff like that. But I have two little kids now (and a wife!), so that takes a lot of time and energy with not much left over for hobbies. But... I do keep at the photography (not just of the kids). I prefer film, have a darkroom and love old-school and simple cameras. TLRs, rangefinders, Holgas, things like that. I also do a lot of pinhole photography and have built a number of my own cameras (nothing fancy, mind you). Pinhole is about as basic and simple as you can get.
I also enjoy backyard astronomy and have recently forayed into solar astronomy with a dedicated set-up. The Sun is dynanic - every day is different and beautiful and I just love it.
Other things - I read. A lot. Physics, philosophy, cosmology, neuroscience, etc. And I do some occasional woodworking. Built a boat several years ago, a lapstrake Merrimack skiff - just a small rowboat. Now I'm busted back to bookshelves and random house repairs.
One common thread is that I like to keep things simple and low-tech. Film, not digital. Rowboat, not a power boat. Manually operated telescopes, no motor-drives, no computerized object locators (not yet, anyway, I may cave on that score). Actual books, no e-readers. (These are all just personal preferences - no judgements, and I'm no purist.)
I like to keep the experiences as direct as possible and I think pipe-smoking dovetails in with that quite nicely.
Nice to meet some folks to share the puffing with, even if "virtually".
In my college years I owned a Honda 500, a straight four. Nice ride and if I was going to get another bike I'd look for one like that. Later I had a Yamaha 750, two-stroke V (I don't remember model names or numbers) and though it was a larger bike and a decent ride, it never matched the Honda.
No more bikes. I also used to do a lot of backpacking and hiking and running and cycling and stuff like that. But I have two little kids now (and a wife!), so that takes a lot of time and energy with not much left over for hobbies. But... I do keep at the photography (not just of the kids). I prefer film, have a darkroom and love old-school and simple cameras. TLRs, rangefinders, Holgas, things like that. I also do a lot of pinhole photography and have built a number of my own cameras (nothing fancy, mind you). Pinhole is about as basic and simple as you can get.
I also enjoy backyard astronomy and have recently forayed into solar astronomy with a dedicated set-up. The Sun is dynanic - every day is different and beautiful and I just love it.
Other things - I read. A lot. Physics, philosophy, cosmology, neuroscience, etc. And I do some occasional woodworking. Built a boat several years ago, a lapstrake Merrimack skiff - just a small rowboat. Now I'm busted back to bookshelves and random house repairs.
One common thread is that I like to keep things simple and low-tech. Film, not digital. Rowboat, not a power boat. Manually operated telescopes, no motor-drives, no computerized object locators (not yet, anyway, I may cave on that score). Actual books, no e-readers. (These are all just personal preferences - no judgements, and I'm no purist.)
I like to keep the experiences as direct as possible and I think pipe-smoking dovetails in with that quite nicely.
Nice to meet some folks to share the puffing with, even if "virtually".
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I'm an instrumental band director in high school
and am a professional musician so..
Playing gigs
Teaching jazz improvisation
Babysitting my grand dog Mingus,an 85lb 2 yr.old English Lab that belongs to my
acoustical bass playing son.
Playing trombone,acoustical bass,composing.
Concerts,primarily jazz.
Tea
Greatest joy is playing gigs w/my two sons,one plays trumpet and the other plays bass.
Funn
Reading
Cooking
I'm an instrumental band director in high school
and am a professional musician so..
Playing gigs
Teaching jazz improvisation
Babysitting my grand dog Mingus,an 85lb 2 yr.old English Lab that belongs to my
acoustical bass playing son.
Playing trombone,acoustical bass,composing.
Concerts,primarily jazz.
Tea
Greatest joy is playing gigs w/my two sons,one plays trumpet and the other plays bass.
Funn
Pictures are always welcome as all this text is BORING. My original intent was to get people to post up pictures of their hobby related items for us to see.
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