Your Other Hobbies (when not sinking ships)

[Schöneboom]

Guten Tag, Alle,

I imagine a lot of you are multi-talented and enjoy other pursuits when not playing virtual skipper (that has been known to happen, right?) Some, like model making, are naturally connected with military history. In my spare time I write screenplays; my current project is about the later years of T.E. Lawrence's life, when he was testing rescue speedboats for the RAF. (Yes, I feel right at home with history scholars; I may even do research at Oxford this fall.)

Others hobbies are perhaps not at all connected. For ex., last fall I started making espresso at home. By applying the same degree of obsession that I devote to convoy attacks, the progress has been most gratifying, esp. as my girlfriend appreciates a good cappuccino in the morning. (As the home barista, I'm also learning to mix cocktails.)

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/4794/cappa5hl5.jpg

So, please share with us your other hobbies. Don't hold back, show us your brilliance!

[Ishmael]

My wife and I run an award-winning writing/critique group at:

http://groups.msn.com/UniversalWritersGroup

We started four years ago with four members and now have some 664 members from the literal four corners of the globe. We were named to Writer's Digest Magazine's annual survey of the top 101 Websites for Writers in both 2005 and 2006.

PS. I grew up in Benicia and lived in Vallejo for 15 years, the last five here:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/8796/32sandybeachrd1vq1.jpg


http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2333/pappyishmaelat32jh1.jpg

So where in the City do you live?

[UnderseaLcpl]

This should be fascinating! Good thread!

I write fictional books and then delete them, because I'm not good enough to be a real writer. I also argue on forums because the people who surround me IRL can't be bothered to submit a considered opinion with some basis in fact. YAY interweb!


other hobbies; paintball, reading, and playing games without submarines.

[Letum]

I animate little things like my sig, mostly for fun and occasionally for charities. (it looks much better in HD ;) )
I also love my motorcycle.

[Platapus]

This should be fascinating! Good thread!

I write fictional books and then delete them, because I'm not good enough to be a real writer.

Who the hell do you think you are? What give you the right to say whether you are not a real writer or not?!?!?!?!?!

You should write fictional books and then store them on a disk where no one can ever see them. Then perhaps one day you might get an idea that could drastically improve one of your older stories and then submit it for publication. :)

Every single successful writer started out as a crappy writer. Destroying something you create serves no purpose. By all means keep them hidden (I do) but never delete them. You created it, you better keep it buddy! :rock:

Good luck with your writing. :up: Just remember that no one can call you a bad writer but yourself... and you are probably wrong. :know:

I also argue on forums because the people who surround me IRL can't be bothered to submit a considered opinion with some basis in fact. .

This forum? :rotfl:

[Platapus]

Currently my main hobby is my school work. Working towards a Doctorate in International Policy which keys off of my Masters in Political Analysis, which just happens to be what I do for a living.

Doctorates take up all of your time. Friends don't let friends get PhDs!

I read this forums because the people who surround me IRL use logic and research to discuss issues; so I come here for a break :lol:

[Tchocky]

My "hobbies" up until a few weeks ago was academia. Which was nice. Now I'm catching up on life again, writing a bit, reading more :)

When I'm at a loose end there's usually a guitar in my lap and a song in my head. My current project is getting some recording gear together and remember how to play the piano properly. And my neglected bass. And a new instrument, not sure what yet :)

[HunterICX]

As I'm a complete WW2 Nutcase, you wont be surprised that I do Scale modeling with WW2 vehicles.
when I first had a small collection but lost due small accidents happening to them I finally decided to give it a go again after many years

I mainly do Aircraft but in the future I do some ships, subs and ground vehicles.

HunterICX

[sonar732]

5 kids ranging from ages of 5 to 13. The bottom four being girls...need I say more?

[Jimbuna]

Studying criminal/civil and employment law. Drinking/driving (never both at the same time) and making Chinese and Indian meals.

[Skybird]

Yesterday taking my bike and tour equipement and riding from Münster to Osnabrück, suprise-visiting friends. But friends were not at home, so finding a nice place in the Teutoburger Wald, spending the very warm night at one of my favourite hideouts near an old mine, a place I knew from the time when I lived in Osnabrück, and by chance being invited by some strangers, students, who had a grill party their during the night (yeah I know, grilling and hot summer and forest, but it is a place close to some water and hidden on he bottom of as dry rocky canyon...) This morning driving back and having arrived back home two hours ago, with heavy legs.

that story should serve as a clue, I think... ;) Just the grilling students are not part of the regular scheme. :D

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

I'm a budding 3D Modeler and Animator. Looking and reading WW2 documentaries and articles/books. Currently studying NEBOSH Occupational Health and Safety and aiming at a Masters Degree specialising in Aviation Safety as I'm already in that field.

[StdDev]

Other hobbies!?... you mean aside from taking shots at Steed?
Well.. I have been learning blue-grass banjo for a couple of years.. and because of the banjo, I have gotten back into guitar.. just got a new Martin HD-28V for my birthday!
I read a lot of military books and an occasional Sci-Fi...
Offshore saltwater fishing (long range)..

http://www.sfvsf.org/images/18day/IMG_6871.JPG

http://www.sfvsf.org/images/18day/IMG_7501.JPG

Thats about it.....

[STEED]

So you guys got no time for sex? :roll:

[jeremy8529]

My hobbies include Weight Lifting, Playing Offensive and Defensive Line on my High School football team (not much now since i broke my femur 1 1/2 months ago), 3D level design on the computer for the Experience World War Two mod, cooking (especially Creole). That is about it.

I have made a few post here before, mainly using my brother'
s account Seth, to make recruitment post for Experience World War Two.

[Ishmael]

This should be fascinating! Good thread!

I write fictional books and then delete them, because I'm not good enough to be a real writer. I also argue on forums because the people who surround me IRL can't be bothered to submit a considered opinion with some basis in fact. YAY interweb!


other hobbies; paintball, reading, and playing games without submarines.

You should join my writing group. We specialize in honest, constructive critique free from personal attack and innuendo. I think we could actually help you out with that.

[Sailor Steve]

Model building.
Motorcycles.
Music.
Study History.

[Takeda Shingen]

http://www.sfvsf.org/images/18day/IMG_6871.JPG

http://www.sfvsf.org/images/18day/IMG_7501.JPG

Now those are some fish.

Since I assume hobbies to exclude employment, I'll leave out the composition and arranging for performing ensembles. Rather, I'll add that I am an avid reader and have begun training in Aikido once again after several years of neglect due to various [unrelated] injuries. I also build model warships [mostly age of sail] and dabble in model railroading. Lastly, I enjoy running and cycling.

[antikristuseke]

I practice axe throwing and i overclock.

[STEED]

Other hobbies!?... you mean aside from taking shots at Steed?

Cheap shots at that. :p :rotfl:



http://www.sfvsf.org/images/18day/IMG_6871.JPG


That you StdDev?

[Sailor Steve]

Other hobbies!?... you mean aside from taking shots at Steed?

Cheap shots at that. :p :rotfl:
Cheap shots for a cheap date.:sunny:

[STEED]

Other hobbies!?... you mean aside from taking shots at Steed?

Cheap shots at that. :p :rotfl:
Cheap shots for a cheap date.:sunny:

Are so its you Steve spreading all the rumors that I and StdDev are get married. :stare:

[Sailor Steve]

Other hobbies!?... you mean aside from taking shots at Steed?

Cheap shots at that. :p :rotfl:
Cheap shots for a cheap date.:sunny:

Are so its you Steve spreading all the rumors that I and StdDev are get married. :stare:Not at all. I was recalling our night out on the town. Or were you too drunk to remember?:rotfl:

[STEED]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Foxtrot]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/769/snap1ek5.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

None over 6', eh? I'm disappointed.

[MothBalls]

So you guys got no time for sex? :roll:

Is that an offer? There might be a few wanting to take you up on it. (Just not me)

[StdDev]

Other hobbies!?... you mean aside from taking shots at Steed?

Cheap shots at that. :p :rotfl:



http://www.sfvsf.org/images/18day/IMG_6871.JPG


That you StdDev?

Aye.. tis me (the one wearing glasses)!

[McBeck]

Well, I help build submarines, brew beer and scubadive :):rock:

[Foxtrot]

None over 6', eh? I'm disappointed.

Annie Andersin is the only performer I have who is over 6' (6.3' exactly) tall.
You love tall girlz? :D

[UnderseaLcpl]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/769/snap1ek5.jpg

Ok I found a new hobby ; )

[Letum]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.


:o
If I wasn't speechless I would tell you to get help.

[Foxtrot]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.


:o
If I wasn't speechless I would tell you to get help.

Even I don't watch it everyday, I just like to maintain my library :lol:

[MothBalls]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.


:o
If I wasn't speechless I would tell you to get help.

Even I don't watch it everyday, I just like to maintain my library :lol:

Is that what they are calling it nowadays?

[Factor]

remind me never to sit in your computer chair Foxtrot.

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

I practice axe throwing and i overclock.

Somebody call in the paddy wagon!:rotfl:

[Tchocky]

If that screenshot was from a Mac I'd swear you were a guy I used to live with.

Oh, and he had 750 GB :o

[STEED]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.


:o
If I wasn't speechless I would tell you to get help.

More to the point I'm surprised he hasn't gone blind. ;)

[Platapus]

I wonder how often he has to shave his palms :rotfl:

Buffy Davis? HEY! Thats my mom!!!!! :rotfl:

[Blacklight]

My hobbies are several.
I am an amature experiemental/punk/industrial musician for fun.
I play guitar and keyboard. I have several synthisizers.
I also collect board games and pencil and paper role playing games which I occasionally break out and play. I literally have a large walk in closet with one side floor to cieling board/wargames, and the other side floor to cieling pencil and paper role playing games. I have every release of Dungeons & Dragons dating back to when it was just a bunch of pamphlets.
I also collect any old video game I can get my hands on including emulations of coin operated arcade games and computer games dating back to the DOS age.
I also enjoy making my own experimental musical intruments which usually involves circuit bending (Taking an electronic gadjet that makes sounds like a kids toy and rewireing it so that you can controllably short circuit the thing making all kinds of wierd sounds).
I also collect comic books and certain graphic novels.

[Safe-Keeper]

Kayaking all the way:up:! I have a K-1 (that's a one-seater kayak for you landlubbers) ocean kayak, a boat house to store it in so I dont' have to move her all the way down from my house every time I want to go kayaking, and a fjord to paddle on.

[Blacklight]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.


I once went over a co workers house to get some files from him. He hapily showed off his 500 gig external hard drive that was filled with 500 gigs of porn (He was PROUD !) The thing that creeped me out was.. the desk was near his bed. He had two monitors. The big 22 incher was facing his bed. :o

*Shudder*
I never went over there again. I can't even look at the house the same way.

[Platapus]

Kayaking all the way:up:! I have a K-1 (that's a one-seater kayak for you landlubbers) ocean kayak, a boat house to store it in so I dont' have to move her all the way down from my house every time I want to go kayaking, and a fjord to paddle on.


Sounds like you have quite the life.

Adopt me?

[Safe-Keeper]

Adopt me?Depends. Are you a potential girlfriend (probably not very likely if you're not a girl in the first place)?
:p

[Schöneboom]

I suppose travel counts as a hobby, too (an increasingly expensive one, alas). When visiting other countries I make an effort to learn the languages in advance; so I can play tourist in French, German, Italian, & Spanish. Places I've visited in Europa:

London, Paris, Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Huesca, Zürich, Lugano, Tübingen, Milan, Venice, Verona, Florence, & Lake Como. Here's a view from the "back of the bus" in Venice:

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8023/vaporetto3zn6.jpg

[August]

Adopt me?Depends. Are you a potential girlfriend (probably not very likely if you're not a girl in the first place)?
:p

You'd adopt a girlfriend? Wouldn't that sort of put a damper in the romance department?

[McBeck]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.

I once went over a co workers house to get some files from him. He hapily showed off his 500 gig external hard drive that was filled with 500 gigs of porn (He was PROUD !) The thing that creeped me out was.. the desk was near his bed. He had two monitors. The big 22 incher was facing his bed. :o

*Shudder*
I never went over there again. I can't even look at the house the same way.
Did you know that Denmark was the first country to legalize porn?

[Penelope_Grey]

Hmm, hobbies.

Well my top hobby once upon a time used to be smoking cigars. I used to experiment with buying different makes till I eventually settled on Don Tomas. It was not the cheapest or healthiest hobby. Am now a non-smoker. :)

I think if there had to be a hobby of mine its exercise. I now exercise far more regular than I ever did. I have muscle definition on my arms and legs :) Which is cool.

I also have a new little hobby. Baking stuff! The oven is a wondrous thing and I love to make use of it. Pies, cakes, tarts. Its all fair game. I even had a shot at bread once. Which is also great.

I tried learning to knit, but, couldn't be arsed with it... too fiddly and time consuming when you could just head to the shop and by a pullover or top of some sort just as good if not better.

[Platapus]

Adopt me?Depends. Are you a potential girlfriend (probably not very likely if you're not a girl in the first place)?
:p

Alas I am not equipped for the position. Let's just say I would not be a good fit DOH!
:rotfl:

[Platapus]

Here's a view from the "back of the bus" in Venice:



How clean was the water in Venice?

[Safe-Keeper]

Here's a view from the "back of the bus" in Venice:[Dreams of kayaking in Venice's waterways]

I also have a new little hobby. Baking stuff! The oven is a wondrous thing and I love to make use of it. Pies, cakes, tarts. Its all fair game. I even had a shot at bread once. Which is also great.Cooking is awesome.

[danurve]

I am into Archery somewhat.
Have a 20 yard range in my back yard even an elevated spot to practice from.
Recently picked up a PSE (pro-shop) Lite-Speed, with only a 30" ata it makes a great stand Bow & it's not difficult to shoot from a sitting position either.
You can drop an easy 500-1000$ into an Archery set-up these days.
I also like to Hunt, Fish, Camp, Shoot & Re-Load. In fact sometimes I go shooting just so I can reload again. Clays are also a good time.
In my younger days scuba-diving was an expensive hobbie.

[Zayphod]

Well, for the last two and a half years, I scribbled up a fan fiction:

http://members.aol.com/zayphod/

Other "hobbies" are Train Simulator and Flight Simulator (2004, may soon get FS X).
Otherwise, if you call cutting the lawn a hobby, yeah, I do that, too.

At work, I stand between my company's bottom line and credit card thieves, catching the fraud orders before they get out the door. To date: $270,000 in fraud stopped since I started working here. :)

[Zayphod]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.


:o
If I wasn't speechless I would tell you to get help.

More to the point I'm surprised he hasn't gone blind. ;)

You realize that there was a medical study recently on how to prevent prostate cancer, right? I believe it involved studying tons of porn.

Usually late at night.

Alone.

By the light of an HDTV.

Good exercise for the heart, too, by the way. Gets the blood flowing, lungs working hard, and you don't have to buy yourself dinner first, either. :D

[Raptor1]

My hobbies when not blowing stuff up include learning how to work overly complex and ultimately useless thingamajigers like the Mark III TDC and the Norden Bombsight, building ship and aircraft models (Started doing this again after I stopped when I was about 10, working on an Airfix model of HMS Ark Royal at the moment), and when I'm not doing any of that I'm usually wasting time playing on my computer

Oh, I'm also trying to learn how to model 3d stuff, but I kinda suck at it at the moment...

[Schöneboom]

How clean was the water in Venice?
Venice's lagoon water is traditionally stagnant; it gets pungent in warm weather, & mosquitoes love it. The late Katherine Hepburn fell in a canal for a scene in "Summertime" (1955), forgot to close her eyes, & got an infection.

Apart from that, Venice is wonderful. I took my girlfriend to Carnevale last year and finally went for a gondola ride in 18th C. period costume! I looked kinda like Dennis Moore from the Monty Python sketch: "Stand and deliver! Hand over all your lupins!" :D

[d@rk51d3]

The big 22 incher was facing his bed. :o

*Shudder*




ummmmmmm, I hope you're referring to one of the mointors.:huh:

[d@rk51d3]

I am into Archery somewhat.
Have a 20 yard range in my back yard even an elevated spot to practice from.
Recently picked up a PSE (pro-shop) Lite-Speed, with only a 30" ata it makes a great stand Bow & it's not difficult to shoot from a sitting position either.
You can drop an easy 500-1000$ into an Archery set-up these days.
I also like to Hunt, Fish, Camp, Shoot & Re-Load. In fact sometimes I go shooting just so I can reload again. Clays are also a good time.
In my younger days scuba-diving was an expensive hobbie.

I just signed up at my local club. Had an old Yamaha recurve years ago, and just bought a Fred Bear Element.

I'm also in the process of buying / restoring a 1962 series 2a ex-army Land Rover.


Time to bust some bunnies.

[fatty]

Like some here academia consumes me most months of the year. Besides that I like to take pictures.

I used to build model ships but I gave that up when I realized I was no good at it.

Oh, I also enjoy brewing beer.

[Monica Lewinsky]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

Just for you ... World of WarCraft [WoW] version of your "hobby":

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/wowporn.wmv

There are far more better things to do than that b.s.

I Like fly fishing very relaxing for me.

32 inch salmon in Alaska few years ago:


http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/alaska04.jpg


Man was that great! Released him/her after that.

It was so fantastic, the fight, to land this baby on a nine foot fly rod. But ... I won. Total RUSH, never repeated it since then.

Total THRILL!

Made me appreciate ----> LIFE.

I felt REAL GOOD releasing this fish back into the stream. Darn good feeling. Damn good hobby of mine. The Fly I caught him/her on is one that I made myself.

Porn = evil/garbage: not worth the time. Many other things are so much better for your life then that garbage.

[Ishmael]

collecting hardcore porno, seriously.

This is just one hard disk of 500 GB.

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/769/snap1ek5.jpg

In the words of the Firesign Theatre:

"Showoff! Throw a towel over it! Do some push-ups Pablo, it'll go away!"

[Monica Lewinsky]

"Showoff! Throw a towel over it! Do some push-ups Pablo, it'll go away!"

There is something WRONG with you guys.

There is FAR more things in life to enjoy then that crap.

I feel sorry for you if you consider THAT as a hobby [porn collecting].

Seek out help from a professional. You are going down the tubes. Save yourself before it is too late.

Sorry to see you need to poison this thread with that garbage and ruined it for me from re-reading it ever again.

If you are proud of your collection, more power to ya, but I got BETTER things to do with my spare time.

[fatty]

I like how they are sorted according to height

[Monica Lewinsky]

I like how they are sorted according to height
So the taller, the better?

[sonar732]

Other hobbies!?... you mean aside from taking shots at Steed?
Well.. I have been learning blue-grass banjo for a couple of years.. and because of the banjo, I have gotten back into guitar.. just got a new Martin HD-28V for my birthday!
I read a lot of military books and an occasional Sci-Fi...
Offshore saltwater fishing (long range)..

http://www.sfvsf.org/images/18day/IMG_6871.JPG

http://www.sfvsf.org/images/18day/IMG_7501.JPG

Thats about it.....

Judging by your hat, are you a railroad enthusiast also?

[Platapus]

If you are proud of your collection, more power to ya, but I got BETTER things to do with my spare time.

Such as spending your time posting on a blog for video games?

If people want to collect porn, that's great. It is an art form. Would you feel differently if someone had 500gb of Pre-Raphaelite images? Are Pre-Raphaelites better than Gill Elvgren or John Coutts. Art, as in beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I can't imagine how someone posting a G-rated screen shot of a computer directory can ruin things for you. Considering all the other crap that is posted on this forum, that screen shot is pretty tame.

BTW, why did you pick Monica Lewinsky as a screen name? Jus askin

[jeremy8529]

I would like to add to more hobbies to my list.

They include SCUBA diving ( Im currently getting certified, but it kicks ass so far, I'm gona dive a wreck off the coast of NW FL next week.)

Number 2 is tying flies for fly fishing, i havn't actually been fishing with my new rod yet, but I have started a fairly modest fly collection so far, I think when I get the chance I will take a picture of them with my camera and post them here.

[Safe-Keeper]

Porn = evil/garbage: not worth the time. Many other things are so much better for your life then that garbage.Goes off to download "Horny Hans and Gun-Gretel and the Titty Totenkinder 7, Special Edition - Visit of the Goat":arrgh!:

Anyways, I so want to take up scuba diving and rock climbing, but I'm doing just fine with kayaking alone so far.

There is something WRONG with you guys.Goes off to download movie again while marrying another man in an animal bordello, donating money to the resident abortion clininc, and teaching four-year olds about their private parts.
I like how they are sorted according to heightThey're not. They're sorted by penis length. He likes it kinky:D.

Anyways, I guess I could add modding (see my sig) to the list:p. I test First Strike, make NorOps, and work on a game using RPG Maker XP.

[Blacklight]

Adding to my hobbies.
I just recently began to attend drum circles (Being an experimental musician means that I have a bunch of interesting drums to bring with me).
Drum circles are a blast. They're social, they fill the void that's in me that yearns to perform music in public with a band (that I havn't done in ages), and they're great exercise !

Yeah.. I know...very hippy of me.

The funny thing is that I'm an ex-punk rocker from the 80's (I'm still into the punk stuff, but I no longer dress the part). Anyway, about 3/4 of the people I meet at drum circles are old punk rockers from the 70's and 80's. It seems that when punk rockers grow up, they join drum circles. :D

[JHuschke]

Ahh, nothing beats good ol hunting and fishing! I shot my first buck on December 3rd, 2006. At 7:30 in the morning, in Dawson, Georgia's woods...I shot the 8 point first, 10 minutes later a crazy half-rack came after I shot the 8 point...took him out as well ;)

Here is me and my buck in '06. 8 point..203 pounds! For the half-rack, I donated him. I trust my 270.bolt-action custom rifle at ALL times.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/Drew_D93/0024.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/Drew_D93/0025-1.jpg

[Frame57]

Hunting! I still love it. The thrill of the hunt is what took me to Basic Enlisted Submarine School and what keeps me living it when I am a virtual skipper or hunting wild boar. I tried astronomy but a neighbor lady thought I was being a peeping Tom, so that put a damper on that. maybe I will give the porn guy here her address.

[JHuschke]

Hunting! I still love it. The thrill of the hunt is what took me to Basic Enlisted Submarine School and what keeps me living it when I am a virtual skipper or hunting wild boar. I tried astronomy but a neighbor lady thought I was being a peeping Tom, so that put a damper on that. maybe I will give the porn guy here her address. Yeah, hunting boar is pretty fun..but it can be dangerous! I have only shot one boar in my whole hunting career..I only hunt white-tail deer, but when a bobcat, coyote, or boar comes in and gives me the chance to shoot..I don't hesitate to do so.

[Geno_Mariner]

I write military/sci-fi and samurai stories :) Mostly military/sci-fi (which I call galactic stories) since I've been doing this genre for like... years. Every now and then, I'd do some spy stories combined with my main stories :up: I went through about... five or six original characters. For nearly three years, I ain't changed my OC because she (yes it's a girl, my OC's are originally men) is just the perfect OC I've ever had (if you're curious, she's called Kokita Fujiwara and her current military rank is Commander. Tho I did a story or two with her as Captain or Lieutenant) She's a submariner, sniper, and fighter pilot).
Lol, I talk too much about my story writing hobby :lol:
Besides story writing, I'd draw art on either computer or paper. You can have a lookie on here (Oberon's seen my gallery :yep:), tis my art page: http://hitokirihimura.deviantart.com/
I ride horses, annoy people, play OFP, play with my models (only the ones that doesn't break), play with my Roboreptile (who I named Bio Megareptile AKA Shikamaru), watch anime, read manga (current favourite is Kaze Hikaru, a very obscure female manga about a young girl who cross-dressed to enter the Shinsengumi, a very deadly military/police force to get revenge for her brother), and play with my Nintendo DS.
Oh yeah and 3D Modelling on a program called DoGA CGA, like they say, it's like lego but heaps better! You can see my completed works in that link I posted up ;)
I'd better submit before I make this way longer :doh:

[Cohaagen]

Motorbikes - riding a dinky Honda CB125 for the last year. It gets me where I want to go. Takes about five minutes to get to 60mph (with a tailwind) but the fuel economy is terrific (just as well given that the tank holds about the same amount as the average teacup), and insurance/tax/spares/etc. are pocket money sums. Had the 250 version of the CB before that, another nice little bike.

Shooting - been getting really into .177 and to a lesser extent .22 air-rifle target shooting after being into smallbore target shooting years ago. Have a .177 Air Arms S210 I picked up for a ridiculously low price second-hand. Reconditioned, it does 1" groups at 45 yards. Wonderful piece of kit, flat-shooting and simple to use. I'd recommend it as a "grown ups" gun for anyone getting into target shooting. Also had a Weihrauch HW97 years ago. Another lovely gun, superbly engineered, but heavy as the arse and fairly pricey for what is essentially a spring-powered gun, albeit an extremely well-made one.

Writing - I've written a few treatments, a short film script for Scottish Screen that didn't get past the initial stage, many sketches, short stories, etc. Nearly had a 30min spec script for Channel 4's Comedy Lab strand produced some years ago. Submitted it Jan 2000, got a letter from Commissioning Editor, Comedy at C4 six weeks later saying he wanted to go with it but I'd have to find a production company myself. Long story short, I had no experience regards production and nothing came of it. Shame, really. Incidentally, the editor who liked my script and assisted me was the guy who recruited Sacha Baron Cohen for C4 and co-created Ali G with him. He's now head of all Entertainment programming at Channel 4.

I also used to write movie, book, music and club reviews for The List magazine in Edinburgh as a freelancer. Worked at a couple of local newspapers as a copyboy/trainee when I was 18/19.

Music - I play bass guitar, an Ibanez Soundgear 200. Nice thin neck, clanky sound, fast-playing action with light-gauge strings. It's done me as a beginner thru novice thru intermediate player and I don't plan on replacing it any time soon. I particularly love jazz fusion stuff like Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Brand X, Jeff Beck, Return To Forever, Ohm, Mahavishnu Orchestra, etc., though I can't exactly play like any of them, sadly.

Design - I make my living as a graphic designer. Never was much good at sh*t like life drawing, or trying to render a bowl of manky fruit in pastel and chalks. Design is my passion, from film posters to product packaging and banners and everything in between.

Sailing - Not wind-powered sailing, but I spend a lot of time at sea in an old ex-RNLI McLachlan-class lifeboat that I share with my father, an ex-Merchant Navy deck officer, and which is moored off of his house some 30mins drive from where I live. Mostly sea lochs with the odd foray out into the Firth getting on towards the Irish Sea. Very stable boat, handles well, not too fast but a great solid pair of diesel engines (as long as they're maintained ;)). The old boy also has an old classic-looking Arbroath trawler that he spends an enormous amount of time on now and which he'll probably live on full-time come his retirement in the next few years or so.

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a McLachlan-class boat (not mine though)

Movies - My favourite film is Alien. I've got the Quadrilogy boxset - best DVD buy ever. Bargain, man.

Women - I cannot tell a lie, I love birds. They are the most wonderful thing ever created. They make the world turn and my heart beat faster. If it's got dark hair, brown eyes, big jugs and is under 5'3" I'm in love. If it's aged between 16 and 18 so much the better *rubs hands gleefully*. That said, I'll sting just about anything depending on the circumstances.

(by the way, Foxtrot's post is the biggest laugh I've had all week. Slightly disturbing though was the fact that upon seeing "Austin Kincaid (creampie)" I immediately knew both who that is and the act the term refers to :lol:)

Smoking - As a committed smoker of roll-ups, you can't beat specialist tobaccos from the local tobacconist: Dutch, coffee, cherry menthol (my favourite), menthol, brandy, etc. - they're all great. Now and then I'll smoke a pipe full of St Bruno...that'll put hairs on your chest (and cancer in your lungs).

Chopping wood - It's just good fun. On with the log-splitter.

Dogs - I love almost all dogs, but particularly Dobermanns (magnificent animals), West Highland and Scottish Terriers.

Farting about with my computer - I cannot resist taking it to pieces and putting it back together, adding RAM and switching it around in different sockets, faffing with the motherboard, overclocking, squeezing every last iota of power from my graphics card, blah blah etc.

Walking and Running - I have legs like Spartacus. Believe it.

Voluntary Work - I used to do 8 - 16 hours a week average in a harm-reduction organisation giving advice and support on matters of drug use and sexual health to young adults and older teenagers (generally 14+). We also gave out condoms anonymously through the C-Card scheme. I've done a lot of training in matters of child protection, confidentiality, first aid for various overdoses, general health and wellbeing, one-to-one counselling and group therapy, etc.

I got a lot out of it, though sometimes it could be difficult, eg. giving a 10-minute condom demonstration to a half-dozen lovely 15yr old girls, rolling a johnny bag over a plastic replica of an erect penis, talking about breakages and what to do "if it slips off", and afterward having them ask me if I have a girlfriend :roll:. Utterly mortifying. Getting into clubs for free was one bonus though, and the ocassionally hilarious spectacle of people who'd utterly mangled themselves with drugs and who were dragged to or prodded toward us for care and support. At one end of the spectrum this could be in the form of a glass of water, perhaps some Dioralyte, perhaps a reassuring chat and cup of tea and sandwich. At the other, it could result in a call to A&E and an ambulance ride, or a visit from the polis if they got a bit saucy (though this very rarely happened). I believe we prevented a lot of people from injuring/harming themselves or from getting filled in by *******witted bouncers and "security staff" either too stupid or unwilling to understand the situation.



(oops, I appear to have written a book...)

[Frame57]

Adding to my hobbies.
I just recently began to attend drum circles (Being an experimental musician means that I have a bunch of interesting drums to bring with me).
Drum circles are a blast. They're social, they fill the void that's in me that yearns to perform music in public with a band (that I havn't done in ages), and they're great exercise !

Yeah.. I know...very hippy of me.

The funny thing is that I'm an ex-punk rocker from the 80's (I'm still into the punk stuff, but I no longer dress the part). Anyway, about 3/4 of the people I meet at drum circles are old punk rockers from the 70's and 80's. It seems that when punk rockers grow up, they join drum circles. :DThat is wild BL. When I was in New London in 78-82, there was a Punk Rock bar on Bank street. It was really a fun place. I forget the name of it. Saw the Joe Perry Project in Waterford. New England had a great Rock and roll vibe back then.

[Frame57]

Hunting! I still love it. The thrill of the hunt is what took me to Basic Enlisted Submarine School and what keeps me living it when I am a virtual skipper or hunting wild boar. I tried astronomy but a neighbor lady thought I was being a peeping Tom, so that put a damper on that. maybe I will give the porn guy here her address. Yeah, hunting boar is pretty fun..but it can be dangerous! I have only shot one boar in my whole hunting career..I only hunt white-tail deer, but when a bobcat, coyote, or boar comes in and gives me the chance to shoot..I don't hesitate to do so.A buddy of mine hunts them in Arkansas with a friggin spear. He calls me a whimp because I am not doing that. Me and my 480 Ruger Super redhawk will do just fine together.

[Frame57]

Ahh, nothing beats good ol hunting and fishing! I shot my first buck on December 3rd, 2006. At 7:30 in the morning, in Dawson, Georgia's woods...I shot the 8 point first, 10 minutes later a crazy half-rack came after I shot the 8 point...took him out as well ;)

Here is me and my buck in '06. 8 point..203 pounds! For the half-rack, I donated him. I trust my 270.bolt-action custom rifle at ALL times.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/Drew_D93/0024.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/Drew_D93/0025-1.jpgNow there is ahappy lad.:rock:

[Blacklight]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacklight
Adding to my hobbies.
I just recently began to attend drum circles (Being an experimental musician means that I have a bunch of interesting drums to bring with me).
Drum circles are a blast. They're social, they fill the void that's in me that yearns to perform music in public with a band (that I havn't done in ages), and they're great exercise !

Yeah.. I know...very hippy of me.

The funny thing is that I'm an ex-punk rocker from the 80's (I'm still into the punk stuff, but I no longer dress the part). Anyway, about 3/4 of the people I meet at drum circles are old punk rockers from the 70's and 80's. It seems that when punk rockers grow up, they join drum circles. :D

That is wild BL. When I was in New London in 78-82, there was a Punk Rock bar on Bank street. It was really a fun place. I forget the name of it. Saw the Joe Perry Project in Waterford. New England had a great Rock and roll vibe back then.

My friend ,Herb ,who was a nuke boy on a sub down there used to live in Willamantic right near there. They had a lot of nice little hole in the wall dives for those of us who enjoyed the punk music back then.

[d@rk51d3]

Hunting! I still love it. The thrill of the hunt is what took me to Basic Enlisted Submarine School and what keeps me living it when I am a virtual skipper or hunting wild boar. I tried astronomy but a neighbor lady thought I was being a peeping Tom, so that put a damper on that. maybe I will give the porn guy here her address. Yeah, hunting boar is pretty fun..but it can be dangerous! I have only shot one boar in my whole hunting career..I only hunt white-tail deer, but when a bobcat, coyote, or boar comes in and gives me the chance to shoot..I don't hesitate to do so.A buddy of mine hunts them in Arkansas with a friggin spear. He calls me a whimp because I am not doing that. Me and my 480 Ruger Super redhawk will do just fine together.

Had a few customers a couple of weeks ago that go on regular boar hunts. When we asked them what the gun of choice was, they all started laughing....

...."gun???? we dont use guns. We send in the dogs, the dogs lure them out, we jump on and stick 'em with our knives."

Mind you, these guys are about 7' tall and 5' wide.:huh:

[JHuschke]

Hunting! I still love it. The thrill of the hunt is what took me to Basic Enlisted Submarine School and what keeps me living it when I am a virtual skipper or hunting wild boar. I tried astronomy but a neighbor lady thought I was being a peeping Tom, so that put a damper on that. maybe I will give the porn guy here her address. Yeah, hunting boar is pretty fun..but it can be dangerous! I have only shot one boar in my whole hunting career..I only hunt white-tail deer, but when a bobcat, coyote, or boar comes in and gives me the chance to shoot..I don't hesitate to do so.A buddy of mine hunts them in Arkansas with a friggin spear. He calls me a whimp because I am not doing that. Me and my 480 Ruger Super redhawk will do just fine together.

Had a few customers a couple of weeks ago that go on regular boar hunts. When we asked them what the gun of choice was, they all started laughing....

...."gun???? we dont use guns. We send in the dogs, the dogs lure them out, we jump on and stick 'em with our knives."

Mind you, these guys are about 7' tall and 5' wide.:huh: :huh: It's another sasquatch!!! Oh knoes!!!

[Frame57]

Dogs are a great way to flush em or corner them. I prefer stalking, always did. I joked with a buddy once and told him that i was gonna soak him in sow estrus and use him for bait. he did not go for that one. I got hooked on handgun hunting when I saw a video of Bob Munden take out a grizzly with a 454 casull. :rock:

[Foxtrot]

There is something WRONG with you guys.

:rotfl:

There is FAR more things in life to enjoy then that crap.

:rotfl:

I feel sorry for you if you consider THAT as a hobby [porn collecting].

:rotfl:

Seek out help from a professional. You are going down the tubes. Save yourself before it is too late.

:rotfl:

Sorry to see you need to poison this thread with that garbage and ruined it for me from re-reading it ever again.

:rotfl:

If you are proud of your collection, more power to ya, but I got BETTER things to do with my spare time.

:rotfl:

Shall I post the pic from my under progress 1 TB HDD? :arrgh!:



the taller, the better

Depends on personal preferences. I like tall female performers as they are a rare breed in porn world.






They're not. They're sorted by penis length. He likes it kinky:D.

Seems that you need an access to my library :know:

[Platapus]

So how does Boar meat taste? Never had any.

[Jimbuna]

I hear tell it's kinda boaring :hmm:

[Platapus]

Tusk tusk, that was a bad pun

[les green01]

fishing,hunting,camping,motorcycles,fixing up old classic cars and trucks and latly working on building a wwII sub game

[JHuschke]

I hear tell it's kinda boaring :hmm: Yeah it is! But lemme tell ya, the best meat your ever gonna eat is deer meat.

[d@rk51d3]

I hear tell it's kinda boaring :hmm: Yeah it is! But lemme tell ya, the best meat your ever gonna eat is deer meat.

AMEN!

[Frame57]

Boar is just wild pork. In the south they would soak the meat in a citrus based marinade to break down the meat a bit. Once you Bar-B-Q it it is good. I agree not as good as venison backstrap.

[Jimbuna]

Tusk tusk, that was a bad pun

Well spotted sir :lol:

[Stealth Hunter]

I have only one other hobby... sitting around on my ass doing nothing, receiving pension checks, and drinking beer whilst rocking back and forth on my porch. I'm having my morning beer right now. An Old Milwaukee.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Reading, music, sports and kayaking are a few. Most of my time though is spent with my family: my wife and three sons.


RDP

[Monica Lewinsky]

[quote=Monica Lewinsky]
There is something WRONG with you guys.

:rotfl:

There is FAR more things in life to enjoy then that crap.

:rotfl:

I feel sorry for you if you consider THAT as a hobby [porn collecting].


I found NOTHING funny at all.

Find your post ... repulsive that you would steep that low.

Foxtrot,
Seek treatment - soon ... you are sick and don't know it.

[SUBMAN1]

Had duck last week. Not particulary fond of it, but it was OK.

-S

[les green01]

i have heard alot of people said that think it depends how it is cook i cook it like a roast and everyone thats eats it saids it to them taste like a roast and bambi is the best eating i kill a 8 pointer that feild dress at over 250 pounds i decided to make hamburger out of most of it think i spent two days working on it lmao