I'm curios; What other hobbies do you enjoy or participate in? Are you involved in any local activities? Please post your responses and pictures below.
Other Hobbies & Activities
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I’ve got three littles running around, so hobbies have definitely taken a backseat for the time being.
I do enjoy getting outside, hiking/backpacking, fishing, etc. I enjoy shooting and reloading ammo. Also really enjoy doing low n slow BBQ. And I read a lot.
I do enjoy getting outside, hiking/backpacking, fishing, etc. I enjoy shooting and reloading ammo. Also really enjoy doing low n slow BBQ. And I read a lot.
I’m woodworker, mechanic, baker and cook. I love cooking with fire and smoke and baking my own bread. I love keeping up my 78 f100 known as Norma Jade. I smoke pipe in my wood shop where I build furniture or cabinets and recently started playing with shaping predrilled pipes. I also paint a little. 
24/7 work schedule here for the past several years. Hobbies have been pushed to the back burner for the foreseeable future.
I see an All Day IPA sitting there. Good choice!
I used to do woodworking but, work (chasing wildlife) now consumes too much time. Post shooting takes a lot of time also. It's what I chose upon retiring so, it's my own damned fault. Good thing I love doing it.
All day during the day, bourbon by night!
Coding and playing guitar and of course my greatest passion, my daughter. Lately I’ve been studying classical music and I finally mastered playing Stanley Meyer’s Cavatina. It’s not a hard song to learn but it is difficult to play it with grace. Since I bought my new classical guitar, that’s all I want to play but I have a Fender Acoustic, Fender Strat, Gibson Classical and a Cordoba GK Studio Limited Edition. The grain on back is just stunning, I always forget what wood is used, I’d have to look at the specs (most people wouldn’t care), the front is Spruce, gives it that brighter sounds, it’s more of a Flamenco guitar than a traditional classical, hence the name, ‘GK’ - for Gipsy Kings. I long to play that guitar!
I also used to be really into wood turning but all of my equipment/tools are in storage until I can find a house that will be good for my daughter and I. Then I plan on getting back into turning, it can be such a thrill!
I also used to be really into wood turning but all of my equipment/tools are in storage until I can find a house that will be good for my daughter and I. Then I plan on getting back into turning, it can be such a thrill!
Reading books on history, politics, philosophy. I like gardening, cultivation and care of fruit trees and vegetables. Occasionally walks in the mountains..............
When I'm able I enjoy amateur astronomy and making attempts at restoring my 1951 Dodge pickup. I'm very involved with the local chapter of the DAV (Disabled American Veterans). When time permits, I like to write.
Like some of you... work and children sometimes get in the way of my personal activities.
Like some of you... work and children sometimes get in the way of my personal activities.
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Thats a personal activity that should take priority over all.
Volunteer fire/rescue for the past 7 years or so, though that’s likely coming to an end soon.
The time has quickly been being replaced with woodworking and other creative hobbies that can be done around home.
The time has quickly been being replaced with woodworking and other creative hobbies that can be done around home.
I used to play guitar quite a bit back in the day. Even played in a band for about 10 years. Got a Gibson Les Paul and Explorer and a Fender acoustic. Marshall half stack, of course. Haven’t touched them really since getting married and having the kiddos though.
That will be a awesome truck when done. Does that have a hemi!?
I got into time trial vacuuming a few months ago.
That’s awesome, I was in a band in college too, we actually had a pretty big following for a time. Ah the glory days! Though, I would say in the past 7 years I’ve been practicing guitar with more discipline than I ever have. I’ve been playing for close to 30 years but I am just now to the point where I feel comfortable calling myself a musician. Continuing to challenge myself and study hard has really paid off. Now I’m at the point where I have to at least get some guitar time in each day just because I love it. I hope that you eventually get back into it!
Fly fishing, competitive shooting, cutting horses.
I used to read a book a week (without pictures, thank you) and infuse my own alcohol. Movies, music, and playing Nintendo game systems helped to keep me same while I cooked in two parts of the state 7 days a week.
On weekends, I would head to a local dive bar that was walking distance from where I crashed. Knocking back some bourbon and diet cokes while aimlessly watching sports highlights and avoiding conversations helped me get my head on straight.
I didn't have time for much else, but was able to payoff my student loans in under 5 years while becoming more established in my current profession.
I stopped working 7 days a week with the birth of my daughter. Now I get to enjoy some family time. Late nights or early mornings are my time to smoke a pipe, relax, and contemplate life.
I still enjoy cooking when time allows, despite no longer betrayals for it. Cooking relaxed me and, as a large American, I enjoy food.
On weekends, I would head to a local dive bar that was walking distance from where I crashed. Knocking back some bourbon and diet cokes while aimlessly watching sports highlights and avoiding conversations helped me get my head on straight.
I didn't have time for much else, but was able to payoff my student loans in under 5 years while becoming more established in my current profession.
I stopped working 7 days a week with the birth of my daughter. Now I get to enjoy some family time. Late nights or early mornings are my time to smoke a pipe, relax, and contemplate life.
I still enjoy cooking when time allows, despite no longer betrayals for it. Cooking relaxed me and, as a large American, I enjoy food.
When I lived in the U.K it was vintage British bikes from the 30s. Recently I have taken up enhanced home brewing, building model V2 rockets, potato cannons, blowing shit up, pyro-flatulence and collecting airplane sick bags, gnome wrestling, these are a few that spring to mind as well as writing crappy spy novels in my spare office moments.
When I have time I enjoy engaging in jackassery and general shenanigans.