What Are Your Other Hobbies?

[deathmetal]

H0 scale trains look like fun. Hope you don't wait forever.
http://www.scarm.info/layouts/track_plans.php?scale=HO

 

[davet]

I love my trains but they are neglected. I've collected HO Union Pacific trains for quote a while now (1950's era) and have some new as well as vintage pieces. I've got a static layout in my workshop app. 2x24 ft.

 

[derfatdutchman]

One of my hobbies is HO scale trains. I model the DL&W in anthracite coal fields.

 

[davet]

:clap: Very nice.

 

[fyfol]

Playing guitars, hounding guitar gear, learning about film making, travelling and being a 3rd year psych major :mrgreen:

 

[aggravatedfarmer]

Being a commercial dairy producer doesn't leave me to much time to enjoy hobbies. However we raise pedigree Holsteins only. So I look at lineage and traits, etc. Cosmic will tell you, animal husbandry is not a hobby, it's a way of life. Right now we have three herd sires on the farm, one "doing" his job and the other two that I picked out still coming of age. It's fun looking at them and hoping you'd get a good bull. One is mostly white, He's a Febraury calf and his registered name is "Merican Sniper. The other is a red Holstien from June. He is Defiant Rebel-Red. I started beekeeping three years ago, but I intend that as a side project/ business. Also tapped trees this spring and would like to get more into that. Also enjoy cutting and splitting my own firewood, and have been successful refurbing furniture.
http://my.selectsires.com/public/bull-pages?AnimalIdentifier=7HO9222&Language=ENG&Country=USA Merican snipers' sire
http://my.selectsires.com/public/bull-pages?AnimalIdentifier=7HO11596&Language=ENG&Country=USA Rebels sire.

 

[andrew]

Straight razor shaving. After about a year I'm finally at the point where I can give myself a full straight razor shave. I've gotten some insane deals on ebay for some pretty much mint looking Keen Kutter dual sided hone in it's original tin box, about 6 different razors I use, an omega badger hair brush, 4 honing stones including a lilly white. Plus an auto-stropping machine in it's original box with the instructions that looked unused, and a Pike brand genuine horsehide strop free of nicks for 10$ at a local antique store. I'm set for life.

 

[deathmetal]

Mr. Dutchman, that's a heck of a lovely train.

I've got a static layout in my workshop app. 2x24 ft.

This must be a lot of fun. I always like the trains -- models that work.

 

[davet]

This must be a lot of fun. I always like the trains -- models that work.

Mines pretty much for display now, it used to be a circuit around a 12x12 room with mountains within six inches of the ceiling. I enjoy making the scenery and buildings, very relaxing.

 

[davet]

 

[perdurabo]

Smoking Rumper In a dark room with sigils and candles. Pouring over magickal manuscripts.

 

[cynicismandsugar]

This is a amusing post. It's fun to take a peek at everyone's quirks; personalizes the forum.

 

[tslex]

Competitive shooting, especially IDPA.
I like to read history. I pick an area or a topic and try to concentrate there for a while. (Right now I'm reading as much as I can about coffee -- fascinating impact on events.)
I write my blog when the mood strikes me and I'm noodling away at the second Monahan novel. Here's the first one: THE UGLIEST OF THINGS

 

[mvmadore]

Reading, cycling and a few other things...I don't consider them hobbies but more a way of life.

 

[fordm60]

Reading both fiction and nonfiction, my Harley Davidson 2000 Lowrider with suicide shift, reminiscing about when I was younger and things hurt less, my three cats, yard, scientific animal studies, this forum!

 

[elbert]

Reading, hiking. In college I tried poetry (which was predictably atrocious), but writing even bad poetry gives you a better appreciation for reading good poetry.
I have a tin whistle, but I broke the fipple and never replaced it. I keep thinking I should switch to harmonica.
I'd like to try my hand at gardening, but I live in an apartment. My friend is buying a house--I'm gonna beg and plead come spring for her to set aside a little patch for me to play around in, since it's only a few blocks from my apartment.
Car maintenence (97 Jeep Grand Cherokee) is more a duty than a hobby, but more and more I'm finding that I approach it with relish, and finish it with great satisfaction. Robert Pirsig and my Haynes manual to the rescue!
I've also tried brewing mead (terrible!), learning a second language (failed!), drawing (decent-but-not-great), painting (worse than drawing!), and calligraphy (I could get good at this if I worked at it).
Every once in a while I get really into Buddhism--so naturally, I shave my head, set aside time for meditating, and generally become a better person/co-worker/brother/son/friend for a few weeks (but seldom longer!)
Never stop learning, teaching, playing, exploring, experiencing, and living!

 

[captainprophesy]

Woodworking with all hand tools.

Reading

Farting around with the guitar

Would like to make more pipes too

Hiking

Shooting
I used to build and paint resin figure models, but as usual I move on to other things as I lose interest.
Yeah, not sure if these are hobbies or just things I enjoy and fill up the time in between the shit I HAVE to do.
I also collect Molds, Spores and Fungus.

 

[davet]

I also collect Molds, Spores and Fungus.

Is this a cleanliness issue? :rofl:

 

[agnosticpipe]

I like film photography, and have a dedicated darkroom.

Reading

Listening to all sorts of music

 

[hiplainsdrifter]

This thread need more photos.