Other "Hobbies"

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when i have time...
geocaching
woodworking
saltwater aquariums
shooting (its been awhile for this one)

i took up pen making because it does not take as much time to complete a project. my last project was an entertainment console for my new tv. took me 3 months to build. all that time the new tv was sitting on a scrap of plywood on 3 milk crates.
 
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Smitty37 said:
toyotaman said:
I was wondering what other hobbies you have besides woodworking/turning? I do Metal Detecting when I have time. Bought me a new one last X-mas but haven't had a chance to use it. Shame on me. I've got a nice place to go but my woodturning is priority right now.
Donny
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I play Bridge and swim.

Probably should say I raised 6 kids and that gave me the hobby of coaching little league, assisting in coaching kid basketball and football. Attending high school boys basketball, football, baseball and wrestling, girls field hockey, basketball, & softball and college women's field hockey, women's basketballl, football, women's lacrosse.

They did pretty good too - we had 49 varsity letters in high school and about 21 in college among the 6 of them. 2 high school all-league football players, 1 all county football player, 3 all league field hockey players, 4 all county field hockey players, 1 all league baseball player, 4 all league girls basketball players, 4 all county girls basketball players, 3 all league girls softball players, 2 all section girls softball players. In addition the girls softball school batting champion for 5 straight years was one of my daughters and two of those years the 2nd leading hitter was another. 2 boys baseball school batting champions. Three female athlete of the year trophies. School records in girls basketball, most steals, most assists and most 3 point baskets (also league county and section record at the time).

We had one college football player, three college field hockey players (one Division III all American and three times all NY State and named 3 times to regional teams) and one college softball player.

And lest you think they were only interested in sports -- all were elected to the National Honor Society. High Schooll class ranks were 4 of 95, 11 of 66, 5 of 83, 3 of 82, 3 and 4 of 83 (twins). One class president, one class treasurer, 2 members of student council and my twins were co-seniors of the year when they graduated. One appointment to the USCGA. 3 graduated magna cum laude from college and one missed by .03 on her GPA.

YES I AM BRAGGING.
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And a very well deserved Brag. :biggrin:
 
most of the time and money go to turn'n stuff. However,, I also dabble in Family History (Genealogy), coin collecting, camping, hiking but most of my time is taken by my kids, grandkids and working with the American Eskimo Dog Resuce group.
 
I'm a retired fire fighter so when I'm not turning pens I'm restoring antique fire trucks. My current project is a 1941 Ford. My last was the 1925 Model TT Ford.
 

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When I am not in the garage making saw dust, I like to do the following.
fly fishing
fly tying
fly rod building - I need to get working on my 11'6" switch rod one of these days :)
target shooting (handgun and rifle)
cycling
kayaking
reading
 
Alot of interesting "Hobbies" out there. I would of never figured I would of gotten this many responces on this topic. It's nice to know there is a world of different things to keep you busy. One more I forgot to mention is I spend time with my 14 yr. old daughter. She recently got her Black belt in Karate after 4 1/2yrs of hard work. She still wants to go everytime the doors open. She wants to be an instructer someday. I think she could probally kick Dads but. But that's just between us. I don't want her to think that.
 
Scrollsawing - especially jigsaw puzzles from 1/4" birch plywood.
Other woodworking.
Computers.
Online auto racing via iRacing. My "cockpit" includes steering wheel with pedal set and shifter and a triple monitor setup for that "widescreen" view.

Earl
 
Love taking photos, I am doing an online photography course and get a diploma at the end, not looking to start a business just wanted to learn how to take better pictures and get away from the automatic setting.
 
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I used have a number of hobbies that I no longer pursue because of various reason...
Hunting -- gave that up with the onset of angina, can't run up and down hills anymore.
Coin collecting -- kids had to go to college and we needed the money invested.
Shooting -- I'm probably still a better than fair shot, but I don't shoot anymore since we moved to Delaware.
Walking -- I loved to walk and for years walked 4 to 5 miles every night after supper. Angina took care of that but I was still able to walk a mile or so with the dogs until the last 2 years.
Raising Standardbred Horses .. I loved this too but it was a real expensive hobby and when #2 #3 #4 #5 and #6 children showed up between June of 1968 and July of 1971 we couldn't afford that anymore. Now, I could but don't have the room.
Ocean Boating and Fishing, we moved and I decided to give up the boat because I couldn't keep it in the water close enough to home.
Raising Beef Cattle -- we did this for 20 years mostly to feed the family. But, also to work with 4-H in establishing a Holstein Beef program. Raised a couple of nice Holstein bulls that went to Italy to live also.
Hobby Farming -- other than the beef we also raised turkeys, laying chickens, roasting chickens, hogs, lambs, and rabbits. We also had a garden from 1969 until 1999 -- then we moved and have not had room since.

Yes, I did have a regular job too.
 
Besides woodturning, all shooting sports especially long range handgun and doing as much as possible with the grand daughters. Yup, they enjoy shooting too.
 
I like bowfishing and used to go almost every weekend. This year has been too complicated with my dad's health before he passed. I also enjoy amateur archaeology (i dig "arrowheads"), bowhunting, and of course other woodworking.

I used to be into scuba diving, flying airplanes, riding motorcycles WAY too fast (182 mph was my top speed), off shore fishing, jeeping, sailing, snow skiing, and water skiing. Some got to expensive and others I grew out of.
 
MesquiteMan said:
I like bowfishing and used to go almost every weekend. This year has been too complicated with my dad's health before he passed. I also enjoy amateur archaeology (i dig "arrowheads"), bowhunting, and of course other woodworking.

I used to be into scuba diving, flying airplanes, riding motorcycles WAY too fast (182 mph was my top speed), off shore fishing, jeeping, sailing, snow skiing, and water skiing. Some got to expensive and others I grew out of.
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Archery, now theres something I havent done in a while. Now that Ive been reminded, best I go dust off the Bowtech and see if its still in one piece!

What do you shoot with Curtis?
 
I do leather work, furniture restoration and upholstery, drawing, some flat work working. But my most fun is spending time with my two daughters 27 and 17 years and my wife.
 
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MesquiteMan said:
I like bowfishing and used to go almost every weekend. This year has been too complicated with my dad's health before he passed. I also enjoy amateur archaeology (i dig "arrowheads"), bowhunting, and of course other woodworking.

I used to be into scuba diving, flying airplanes, riding motorcycles WAY too fast (182 mph was my top speed), off shore fishing, jeeping, sailing, snow skiing, and water skiing. Some got to expensive and others I grew out of.
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I forgot, I did some of that too --- it was so long ago that the big debate going on in archery was still whether a recurved or longbow was better. I hunted deer but I did it different that a typical bow hunter. I didn't get a tree stand and lay in wait for the deer to come. I stalked and tried to get close enough for a shot.
 
Fly fishing, Fly tying, Quading, Camping, Hiking, Fishing and Renovating homes for resale.

No wonder I never seem to have enough time to do anything:eek::biggrin:
 
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