discussion Ok other hobbies, erm?

[pjgtech]

I've had many over the years, when I was younger it was sports, cycling, football, squash, golf, etc. Also did some basic Course fishing and even did some Eel fishing at Surrey Docks London, never caught much though!
As a child I enjoyed Airfix kits and Meccano and Lego, as an adult I have always done DIY to a good standard, (eg, Decorating, plumbing, carpentry, tiling, etc) as I was a plumber in my early career and later in life a Surveyor, so I have always enjoyed making / building things.

As I got older I got into more fishing, (mostly Fly / Trout) and shooting (Airguns) mostly target shooting and still enjoy going to a local range.
Also had a spell with some RC models, building and using, couple of basic RC cars, a RC plane, an RC Glider and even an RC Chopper, (all back in the day, pre digital stuff).
Have also been into cars and motorbikes, some light modding, etc.
Still do the odd Lego (Expert/ Creator sets), and as you now know, am getting back into the plastic model kits.

Have also been a collector of "things" over the years, I collected old gaming consoles for many years, Atari, Commodore, Spectrum, Nintendo, Sony, Playstations, etc, but sold most of them a while back. Still do a bit of PS4 /PC gaming now and again, mostly Racing / Flying Sims and FPS and open world type games, eg: GTV and RDR2, etc. I have also collected magazines, eg: old motorbike mags, gaming mags, and some comics. Have also collected some old classic model cars, got rid of most of them now, but still have a couple of Corgi models, eg: James Bond 007 Aston Martin DB5 and Lotus Espirit, Batmobile, etc.
Also have a good collection of tools, from plumbing, to tiling, to carpentry and some specialist ones too and a small collection of knives.
My airgunning stock is also lately turning into a small collection in its own right!

I also enjoy reading a lot, I have a Kindle, but I still stick to actual books, (old skool!) Mostly enjoy Sci-Fi, Thrillers, Legal thrillers, spy novels, biographies, mystery's, and anything funny, Lol, anything really. Favourites include Dickins, HG wells, Douglas Adams, Tom Sharp, Michael Crichton, etc.

Did not really have a lot of time for most of this stuff when working, but now that I have just retired and am a man of leisure, I intend to do a lot more "stuff".
Cheers :hungry:

 

[Waspie]

No time I have this!!!

 

[Jack L]

I have a similar time theif…

 

[Waspie]

I have a similar time theif…

Yeah, but good innit????

 

[Jack L]

Yeah, but good innit????

Wouldn't swap her for anything.

 

[Guest]

Nawwww! you don't have one untill you have one of these, now 11 months old and still travels at warp factor 10 and in 4 wheel drive.

Just look at that face, butter would not melt in its mouth....

And this is how we relax.....
And here we all are....

 

[BarryW]

Well currently I do read a lot, I love my Kindle and relax with a variety of genres. Among my favourite authors are Tom Clancy, Lee Child, Vince Flynn and Wilbur Smith. Sadly those have either died or retired from writing (those continuing the franchises are not so good). I also love some sci-fi, mostly military based. I have recently been rereading some Dennis Wheatley favourites. ‘Back in the day’ I read a lot of westerns, JT Edson was my favourite but I also read a lot of Louis L’Amour.

I did not read only fiction, I developed an interest in economics as a teenager and have read a lot of economics text books, my favourites being FA Hayek and Milton Friedman. This understanding helped me professionally in building my investment business, years later, but back then it was just a hobby.

Other ‘hobbies’. Well I suppose you could describe current affairs and politics in that way. I was actively involved from 1973 through to around 2007 but not since. I served three terms on a District Council from 1983 to 1995.

I have also been involved in a lot of business organisations, school governance and other groups with an armed forces focus.

 

[Waspie]

Well currently I do read a lot, I love my Kindle and relax with a variety of genres. Among my favourite authors are Tom Clancy, Lee Child, Vince Flynn and Wilbur Smith. Sadly those have either died or retired from writing (those continuing the franchises are not so good). I also love some sci-fi, mostly military based. I have recently been rereading some Dennis Wheatley favourites. ‘Back in the day’ I read a lot of westerns, JT Edson was my favourite but I also read a lot of Louis L’Amour.

I did not read only fiction, I developed an interest in economics as a teenager and have read a lot of economics text books, my favourites being FA Hayek and Milton Friedman. This understanding helped me professionally in building my investment business, years later, but back then it was just a hobby.

Other ‘hobbies’. Well I suppose you could describe current affairs and politics in that way. I was actively involved from 1973 through to around 2007 but not since. I served three terms on a District Council from 1983 to 1995.

I have also been involved in a lot of business organisations, school governance and other groups with an armed forces focus.

I'm a bit of an avid Kindle reader myself. Rarely pay for books these days as I have a library that puts the local Library to shame. (Some 28gb of books)!! Found some new, (to me), authors that I have even been known to purchase!! Bob Mayer, Christopher Cartwright and Peter Tonkin. All very good in their own genre.
Have to say for a giggle it's Tom Sharpe and Terry Pratchett!!

Nawwww! you don't have one untill you have one of these, now 11 months old and still travels at warp factor 10 and in 4 wheel drive.

Just look at that face, butter would not melt in its mouth....

And this is how we relax.....
And here we all are....

Nice collection, Wish I could turn the clock back when we had the three Amigo's!! All brothers! Happy happy days.

 

[Guest]

Well currently I do read a lot, I love my Kindle and relax with a variety of genres. Among my favourite authors are Tom Clancy, Lee Child, Vince Flynn and Wilbur Smith. Sadly those have either died or retired from writing (those continuing the franchises are not so good). I also love some sci-fi, mostly military based. I have recently been rereading some Dennis Wheatley favourites. ‘Back in the day’ I read a lot of westerns, JT Edson was my favourite but I also read a lot of Louis L’Amour.

I did not read only fiction, I developed an interest in economics as a teenager and have read a lot of economics text books, my favourites being FA Hayek and Milton Friedman. This understanding helped me professionally in building my investment business, years later, but back then it was just a hobby.

Other ‘hobbies’. Well I suppose you could describe current affairs and politics in that way. I was actively involved from 1973 through to around 2007 but not since. I served three terms on a District Council from 1983 to 1995.

I have also been involved in a lot of business organisations, school governance and other groups with an armed forces focus.

Just working my way towards the end of the Lee Child/Reacher books 'Blue Moon'..

 

[Mini Me]

I trust you are in Season Two on Amazon Prime as well....

 

[Strenko J]

The girls picture below…some other hobbies include wine making, sausage making, jigsaw puzzle building, golf, bodybuilding, gardening,

 

[Andy T]

It'll probably come as no surprise that I enjoy messing about with an airbrush. I haven't really got the eye for proper artwork but here are a few examples where I've been playing around with various custom painting effects.

 

[Guest]

Well Andy, You are a surprise and when reading your intro I doubt none of us expected to see the exceptional work you have done, and if that is as you say 'messing around' then I really would loke to se the serious work.

 

[Jim R]

Andy, that's bloody brilliant. As Mike said if that's " messing about with an airbrush" think what you could do if you tried hard. :smiling2:

 

[spanner570]

No time to read books or sit about at home. Too busy wandering this wonderful country of ours in our camper looking for 'out of the way places'...and, boy have we found some!

No other real hobbies either, but when the mood takes me, I do dabble in watercolours.

Last November, my Daughter in Law mentioned she loved Cheetahs. I quietly locked it in my nut.

I painted this and gave it to her for Christmas........



Cheers.
Ron

 

[Jim R]

Beautiful painting Ron. There's a lot of hidden talent amongst the forum members.

 

[Andy T]

Thanks Mike & Jim. I say playing around as there's no cohesive piece, just lots of techniques thrown together for practice, but it's still fun.


Lovely painting Ron!

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Ok, I guess it's time to 'out' myself after all these years.
SWMBO and I are absolutely nuts about dancing - yes, you did read that correctly!
We dance many styles - mostly Modern Jive , but also Rock n Roll, Salsa, Argentine Tango , Ballroom and Latin, and Lindy Hop (that's a killer for 66 year-old knees and lungs...).
We dance every Friday and Saturday, almost religiously , and many Sundays as well, which does interfere with bench time, but I figure my dancing days are going to get limited by my advancing years so I shall make the most of it whilst I still can do it. That said there is one lady we know who is still dancing Lindy Hop at 90!
I've never been into sports or (God forbid) the gym but dancing is a great form of exercise-by-stealth, (most Saturday nights are from 8 till midnight and we always dance the full four hours!) it's social (we dance with other people) and we have a passion we share, which I feel is a real privilege.
My Mrs is a fantastic dancer , it's all lead and follow so she has no idea what move I will do next, because I don't either! We have the BEST times!
Those of you who are musicians will understand when I say it's like when a jam-session just takes off and you can't believe it's not pre-planned or rehearsed!
We don't compete or do medals, but just once in 2018 we got railroaded by our daughter into the national Ceroc (Modern Jive) Champs, and we won our category (over 60's)



There, my secret is out!

 

[Jim R]

That's great Neil. Last year sometime we went to a canal open day at the Ellesmere Port waterways museum. As part of the day there was a demonstration of wartime and 40s and 50s dancing. They were just enthusiastic amateurs but we're brilliant. Really entertaining and very well received.

 

[Mini Me]

You appear to be having a fantastic time there Mr. Merryweather! Excellent cardio-vascular workout!! :thumb2: