It's Not ALL About the Fishing

[galyonj]

Just now, J Francho said:

They look right on a C5, though.  Perfectly round would not have had that low and wide persona.

 

Absolutely.

[E-rude dude]

Is this Pinterest ?

[galyonj]

1 minute ago, E-rude dude said:

Is this Pinterest ?

 

Now it is!

 

[J Francho]

9 minutes ago, E-rude dude said:

Is this Pinterest ?

What is that?

[E-rude dude]

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

What is that?

Your obviously single?

[J Francho]

9 minutes ago, E-rude dude said:

Your obviously single?

No, just a man. 

[Darren.]

Hobbies beside fishing?

 

Well, since Covid, I've not participated much in anything, including fishing,

truth be told. Still working at Lowe's after losing my cushy internet job.

 

But hobbies I have include mountain biking, playing guitar, working on my

99 Tacoma, other vehicles. Learning how to flux core weld. Yearning for

another Milwaukee tool to add to my collection, but $$ is in short supply

in every regard. Wife wants me to turn my attention to the house exterior,

but I'm feeling overwhelmed, esp. with cost of lumber on the rise.

[Bird]

Hobby that I've had for over 30 years and still actively doing today is mtnbiking.......addicted. 

My brother of 57 yrs of age is a roofer and logger and is an absolute animal on a mtnbike and pushes me ( 60 ) on every ride.

Calls me and asks " you fish'n today ? ". Lol

[DanielG]

A bunch of stuff... Comes and goes. I used to do a lot of backpacking. Section hiked parts of the AT.  Probably the best was having and bringing up two girls who've made me proud. I taught science for way too long in a Jr. High.  I've had so many.  Here's a few things I've dabbled in over the years.

 

I've done portrait painting. This is my niece.

 

I made guitars way back...Played them a fair amount too.

 

Tons of furniture....Another guitar in the background there...

 

And as some of you know, I try to make fishing lures from scratch...

[TnRiver46]

On 4/20/2021 at 4:11 PM, A-Jay said:

My 'other' life long hobby revolves around working to stay lean & strong (relative term) 

1995 here 

 

2021 here

A-Jay

Sheesh!!! I dare someone to try to steal one of his jerkbaits with the red hook. No wonder the east coast was safe all those years, look at the security guard!!!

[LrgmouthShad]

Yeah I didn’t know that other hobbies exist besides fishing

[Bubba 460]

For 30 years I painted pictures full time for a living while living in Alaska. Didn't get rich but paid the bills and sometimes got to eat too. Did some commission work as well ~ like the charging bear.

[Way2slow]

Reminds me a lot of Jack Terry's work, a painter from the Texas hill country.  I have a large number of his Limited Edition, signed prints.

 

One of my things for several years was picture framing.  I was a CPF, and had a very thriving business in Texas, until I moved to GA, and found how cheap the south GA women could be (got tired of hearing "well Michaels on charges" it wasn't funny.  I did mostly high end, conservation framing, and hand cut mat designs, hand laced needle work etc.  The way it's supposed to be framed, not the way Michaels does it.

[J Francho]

10 hours ago, Way2slow said:

One of my things for several years was picture framing.

I've done my share of this.  I decided to teach myself, with a bit of help from the internet.  I figured it was an extension of my photography at the time.  It IS NOT a simple process.  I have lots of framed prints in the house.  I'm sure I'm down for cutting mats again, lol.  Man, that had a really steep learning curve and failure was total failure.

[Way2slow]

When I got out of it, my wife didn't want me to sell the equipment so I could still frame her needle work and stuff.   I still have the equipment for a full blown frame shop.  That's the pneumatic V-nailer under pinner, saws,  Fletcher mat cutter, Fletcher Oval mat cutter, Fletcher wall mounted mat and glass cutter, vacuum mount, hundreds of acid free mat board, bunches of sued mat board, and hundreds of feet of molding, plus about anything else one would need.  A full blown, operational frame shop was all stored and hasn't been used in 20 years.  Thousands of dollars worth, just in case the wife decides she wants something framed.  Which I would not have the room to set it up if she did.

 

I was actually very good at hand carving matts, I studied Brian Wolff's technique and pretty much mastered it.  Now days it's all done by computer, but I still think the hand carved looks much better.

[J Francho]

That Fletcher tooling is THOUSANDS of dollars folks.  Serious gear.

[gunsinger]

Hobbies can be expensive.  I don't like to think what I've spent on guns, fishing gear and woodworking tools ?

[MN Fisher]

Just now, gunsinger said:

Hobbies can be expensive.  I don't like to think what I've spent on guns, fishing gear and woodworking tools ?

For me it's woodworking tools (ran my own cabinet-shop part-time for a while) and plastic scale modeling.

[Fishlegs]

On 4/26/2021 at 3:14 PM, galyonj said:

 

Now it is!

 

 

On 4/26/2021 at 3:22 PM, J Francho said:

What is that?

I'd call that a little bit of bacon with a bunch of other stuff to throw away. ?

[DaubsNU1]

I fished a lot from 1991 through early 2000's when my daughters got a little older. Cut back on hobbies as they progressed through sports and high school. They are 23 and 21 y/o, and in college now...Man, I miss those days at the diamond, in the gym.

Parked the boat for 15+ years, and finally got back in to fishing last summer.

Other hobbies, in no particular order:

- Deer, waterfowl, turkey, upland hunting

- Restoring my 1972 Chevy K-20

- Photography (which turned in to a nice side hustle...mhttps://www.daubertphotography.com/

- ATV-ing with the wife

- RV-ing...just got 5th wheel

- Exercise / biking / swimming / etc. (trying to stay healthy)

 

 

[DogBone_384]

On 4/21/2021 at 8:59 AM, galyonj said:

I like to joke that GM spent the entire R&D budget on the drivetrain, then looked between couch cushions for the rest of the car

 

Have you ever worked on one?  GM was spot on!

On 4/26/2021 at 9:33 AM, bulldog1935 said:

19-lb road bike from an '84 Team Fuji frame. 

I still have my '84 Team Fuji ... and ride it to this day.

[bulldog1935]

16 minutes ago, DogBone_384 said:

 

I still have my '84 Team Fuji ... and ride it to this day.

She built her's pretty tricked out - there are detail photos on this CABE thread.  

 

I'm still riding my '74 Raleigh from college, though it's on its 3rd rebuild.  

 

[DogBone_384]

3 minutes ago, bulldog1935 said:

She built her's pretty tricked out

That's awesome!  I hope she rides it forever.

 

Mine is as bought in '84, less tires, brake pads, and bar wrap.  I primarily ride my '03 Cannondale Jekyll 1000.  For the road riding I do (or don't do), I can't justify today's bike prices.

 

 

[galyonj]

29 minutes ago, DogBone_384 said:

Have you ever worked on one?  GM was spot on!

 

I work on one all the time. I'm glad they allocated the budget where they did, but I only being a little hyperbolic when I say I'd just as soon sit on a milk crate as the seats that come in a C5.

[J Francho]

Pretty sure a 92 Lumina minivan has the same seats and switchgear.  It was all made by Rubbermaid.