I've been considering commissioning the one I made in Fallen Order with an orange Neopixel blade.
So... What OTHER Hobbies Occupy Your Time?
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Logic puzzles (like nonograms), motorcycle, music (though I haven't been playing much the past 2 years), philosophy, math (less so doing it and more so philosophy/logic behind it, like how "proofs" are done [proofs in scare quotes because Gödel's incompleteness theorems—but it's still fun to think about things like how the strong "Goldbach conjecture" might be proved]).
Actually that's the biggest and main one, philosophy and logic.
Actually that's the biggest and main one, philosophy and logic.
Riding one of my Harleys down a long winding road is my favorite, next month we're off to Robbinsville NC. and Deals Gap to ride the Dragon's Tail.
I also like to wind down after work with a good book on the back porch Iced Tea and a pipe or tinkering around our "little hide-a-way" in the Texas pines. Only 16 acres we're in partnership with the bank on for 5 1/5 more years then we're the sole propietors and it's time for fulltime retirement.
I also like to wind down after work with a good book on the back porch Iced Tea and a pipe or tinkering around our "little hide-a-way" in the Texas pines. Only 16 acres we're in partnership with the bank on for 5 1/5 more years then we're the sole propietors and it's time for fulltime retirement.
I collect sports memorabilia and collect and read books.
I don't think of anything that I do as hobbies. I have interests, like pipes and the history of pipes and the pipe and tobacco trade. Other interests are reading, mostly history these days, but also mysteries, and science fiction and fantasy. I've been catching up on some of the shows I didn't have time to watch. I've also begun to do some writing, which doesn't come naturally, and which makes it more interesting.
I'm surrounded by the collecting activities of former years, signed 1st editions, antiques, books on art, movies, and photography, DVDs, etc, but have no interest in adding to what I have, quite the opposite. I got rid of 3/4 of my stuff before the move.
After decades of sometimes frantic levels of activity under highly pressured circumstances, I'm embracing being lazy.
I've earned the privilege.
Hmmm...I suppose breathing and simply being could be a form of hobby.
I'm surrounded by the collecting activities of former years, signed 1st editions, antiques, books on art, movies, and photography, DVDs, etc, but have no interest in adding to what I have, quite the opposite. I got rid of 3/4 of my stuff before the move.
After decades of sometimes frantic levels of activity under highly pressured circumstances, I'm embracing being lazy.
I've earned the privilege.
Hmmm...I suppose breathing and simply being could be a form of hobby.
Reading, growing tomatoes, playing guitar and bass, all types of mechanic work, computer gaming, cigars, snuff.
Neopixel is the way to go. Get a heavy polycarbonate blade if you want to swing it around without breaking it. I'm looking for a Dooku lightsaber if I'm to get into that dueling club. It has a nice curve in the hilt like a French hilt for fencing.
Antique hand tools, wood working, metal working, gunsmithing, repairing/restoring guitars and tube amps, playing guitar and bass, building/riding vintage motorcycles.
My wife says my actual hobby is collecting hobbies… I’m not a huge fan of sitting still and I don’t have kids, so… I’ve never turned down the opportunity to learn a skill.
My wife says my actual hobby is collecting hobbies… I’m not a huge fan of sitting still and I don’t have kids, so… I’ve never turned down the opportunity to learn a skill.
These three keep my wife from murdering me:
Kayak fishing (fly rod)
Gravel bike (or road)
'79 MGB
Kayak fishing (fly rod)
Gravel bike (or road)
'79 MGB
I do several things that some would call hobbies.
I buy, fix, and sell old cars/trucks....or anything with an engine. Ive been doing less the last few years, but plan on picking up on it.
Ive collected Hotwheels for decades. My collection has went from 30,000 cars to around 10,000 the last few years.
I shoot competitively, mostly IDPA and Cowboy Action these days. Those are available locally. And collect firearms, sort of, im very selective.
Over the last 2 decades our hobby farm has grown to just a farm.
Oh, I hunt, but I don't consider that a hobby. I hunt for food....full of good minerals and other micro nutrients not available anywhere else.
I think that's it.
I buy, fix, and sell old cars/trucks....or anything with an engine. Ive been doing less the last few years, but plan on picking up on it.
Ive collected Hotwheels for decades. My collection has went from 30,000 cars to around 10,000 the last few years.
I shoot competitively, mostly IDPA and Cowboy Action these days. Those are available locally. And collect firearms, sort of, im very selective.
Over the last 2 decades our hobby farm has grown to just a farm.
Oh, I hunt, but I don't consider that a hobby. I hunt for food....full of good minerals and other micro nutrients not available anywhere else.
I think that's it.
Forgot to mention, I golf too…however I suck at. It’s still fun to get out there though.I started Juijitsu classes about 6 months ago at 51 yrs old. It was definitely an eye opener. I mean getting tapped out or strangled by a fella half my age is definitely sobering. However, it’s been a wake up call and usually very enjoyable. I feel great during class and after class I’m so relaxed and humbled. Learning skills and getting more fit as I travel into the last 3rd of life is great! Keep in mind you’re going to get banged up a bit. Couldn’t recommend it enough.️
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I think people don't seem to understand what a "hobby" is.
A hobby is anything you do regularly in your leisure time (any time not spent doing work or chores or in school), for pleasure. Engaging in an interest IS doing a hobby by definition.
I don't get why people get so hung up on "hobby" like it can only apply to something like stamp/card collecting or playing a sport, or why they're so reticent to admit that something is a hobby, or how negatively people seem to view the term.
If you do it regularly in your free time, and you're doing it for pleasure, it's a hobby by definition.
A hobby is anything you do regularly in your leisure time (any time not spent doing work or chores or in school), for pleasure. Engaging in an interest IS doing a hobby by definition.
I don't get why people get so hung up on "hobby" like it can only apply to something like stamp/card collecting or playing a sport, or why they're so reticent to admit that something is a hobby, or how negatively people seem to view the term.
If you do it regularly in your free time, and you're doing it for pleasure, it's a hobby by definition.
If your brown eye is hairy enough, or you eat enough red meat and not enough fiber, that falls into the category of "chore".
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By the definition, yes.
I only smoke when working or engaged in other interests for nicotine disqualifying it as a hobby.
Collecting hardback books on a variety of topics including:
Classic hunting
Hunting-dog stories
The out-of-doors
Fly-fishing
Fine shotguns
Essays
Civil War
Cookbooks
Biography
Literature: Nevil Shute, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Rachel Peden et al
Fiction: Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne et al
Steam and Diesel locomotive and railroad history
Classic hunting
Hunting-dog stories
The out-of-doors
Fly-fishing
Fine shotguns
Essays
Civil War
Cookbooks
Biography
Literature: Nevil Shute, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Rachel Peden et al
Fiction: Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne et al
Steam and Diesel locomotive and railroad history
I love reading and that's one hobby I often do while enjoying a pipe.
I also love hunting, fishing, shooting, handloading ammunition, and golf.
Unfortunately I don't have any cheap hobbies.
I also love hunting, fishing, shooting, handloading ammunition, and golf.
Unfortunately I don't have any cheap hobbies.
Well my hobby is making sure the grass is cut and the pool is clean for my kids also happy wife happy life, help inside when it alouds ,but not with a pipe that is why I like cutting the grass not so much shelving snow....kids sometimes I want to ring their neck.