Other Hobbies

[Susky River Rat]

I had to give up racing motocross because of a back injury. I started fishing every chance I could after. I can’t say I really have any other hobbies. I am to poor for that. I do love walking my dog and engaging in activities with him. I can’t really say that’s a hobby. Winter time I usually veg out on video games. Once I can be outside fishing that’s what I do.  
 

i guess I live a pretty boring life 

[gim]

39 minutes ago, Susky River Rat said:

i guess I live a pretty boring life 

 

Take up ice fishing.  Bring beer.  Lots of beer. 

[TnRiver46]

I like hanging out with my friends, people are cool 

[Susky River Rat]

@gimruis I love ice fishing but we gotta get ice to do it. I haven’t in probably 3 years.

[TnRiver46]

@Susky River Rat, just put ice in your drink and fish off the dock if the water doesn’t freeze 😂 

[Susky River Rat]

@TnRiver46 we have been getting thin coatings but not enough to go on. 

[clayton86]

Getting back into paintball after a 16 year break. I do a lot of predator hunting October till end of march. Waterfowl a bit also but most my buddies I did it with all stopped and it’s a lot of work setting up decoys just for myself especially when the limit is only 2 mallards and you’ve limited out in 1 shot at first light and they weren’t water swatted just a lucky shot at 40 haha. 
 

I do a lot of reloading and shooting also. Was building rods for a while also but that’s slowed way down no one can afford custom rods now even when I barely charge over cost of parts. 
 

gym 5-6 days a week but like a jay said it’s more a lifestyle than hobby. 

[slonezp]

On 9/3/2024 at 6:57 PM, Rockhopper said:

Oh yeah, and I play guitar

I just picked up a 1971 k25 that has been sitting in a field for 20 years for $300.  Put $600 of parts into it and have been driving it everyday since!

When does it get the Corvette LT2 6.2

[J Francho]

Collecting vinyl and CDs
Drums

Lego

Photography 

Skateboarding

 

[J Francho]

Sounds more like a vocation

 

 

**This doesn't make much sense since the post was above removed, lol**

[Rockhopper]

14 hours ago, slonezp said:

When does it get the Corvette LT2 6.2

The truck?  I am probably going to do an iron block LS build.  Had one in a jeep and it was cheap horsepower.  Just need any old iron block out of a late model truck, LS top end, and computer.  Cheap way to get 450 horsepower.  I also need to do a trans swap.  It has a 350, but its just a 3 spd.  60 to 65 mph tops otherwise the motor is singing.  Definitely needs overdrive.

[JackstrawIII]

I make knives (@danfreda on IG) and enjoy shooting/reloading. I play guitar and do some golfing when I can't fish. Also back in grad school, which puts a damper on all of the above. 

[Rockhopper]

5 minutes ago, JackstrawIII said:

I make knives (@danfreda on IG)

Just had a quick look.  I like your grip work.

That distressed hidden tang blade in the most recent photo is very cool.

[king fisher]

At one time my whole life was hobbies.  I worked to get enough money to go play.  I would guide in Alaska from late April to the end of October.  Go water fowl hunting all of Nov, December, and part of January.  I would then go Hang gliding and Paragliding until time to guide the spring bear season in Alaska, and start all over again.  I also owned a Piper cub, but I always thought of flying  as transportation, not really a hobby.

 

Then I got a full time captains job in Mexico, and I wasn't able to find time to hunt anymore.  Then I got married and leaving every weekend to go gliding wasn't going to be an option.  

 

I sold my gliders, and bought a kayak.  I then found a lake I could bass fish at that was close to home.  The bass fishing is good, and I am very happy concentrating on only one hobby.  Bass fishing was my true passion when I was a kid, and now that I am back bass fishing, I feel like a kid again.

 

  

[Rockhopper]

9 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Then I got married

Happens to the best of us   

[Chris at Tech]

I picked up tennis during COVID, still playing 3 times a week.

[JackstrawIII]

On 9/6/2024 at 5:36 PM, Rockhopper said:

That distressed hidden tang blade in the most recent photo is very cool.

Thank you so much. 

[N Florida Mike]

I had a lot of hobbies. Then I got married lol. Some of it I don’t do anymore due to various reasons besides marriage.

I used to play church league   softball for many years. I used to camp a lot too, but that always included fishing or hunting with it. I have been an avid Civil war buff  , but not as much recently. I enjoy reading historical novels occasionally , Louis Lamour especially. 
I used to have a vegetable garden every year, but just can’t keep it up at present working 2 jobs. 
I love hunting but haven’t been able to go in over 5 years now. 
I have hung onto picking banjo.( and fishing, of course)

 

[thediscochef]

I spend a lot of time doing this these days. 4 bands and filling in with a fifth. Of the four, the main one is the Shane Hamilton Band. We will be at Lewisville Western Days opening the festival for Ashley McBryde.

 

Been playing since I was 8. I modified this bass with new electronics and hardware. I play through a super bassman which (in combo with a 4x10 cab) weighs about 130lbs and is 300 watts all tube. 6 kt88s in the chassis, there is simply no replacement for that tone.

 

I also build PCs and figure out how to make old hardware work with newer stuff. That's all coming to an end with Win11 though. I have an unhealthy number of Linux laptops lol

[MinDoFmejiA]

My favorite hobby besides fishing is cooking. I thoroughly love trying out new recipes. As mutch as I love smoking meat I haven't bin able to in a while cause of travel and apartments. So I have bin learning to make things like lasagna, authentic shepherds pie, I even made ratatouille the other day.

[T-Billy]

On 9/18/2024 at 12:29 AM, thediscochef said:

6 kt88s in the chassis,

Wooo.... Gotta dig deep in the wallet come re-tube time. 

[Jigfishn10]

On 9/10/2024 at 8:07 AM, N Florida Mike said:

I had a lot of hobbies. Then I got married lol. Some of it I don’t do anymore due to various reasons besides marriage.

I used to play church league   softball for many years. I used to camp a lot too, but that always included fishing or hunting with it. I have been an avid Civil war buff  , but not as much recently. I enjoy reading historical novels occasionally , Louis Lamour especially. 
I used to have a vegetable garden every year, but just can’t keep it up at present working 2 jobs. 
I love hunting but haven’t been able to go in over 5 years now. 
I have hung onto picking banjo.( and fishing, of course)

 

Sheesh Mike...Impressive!  

[thediscochef]

3 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Wooo.... Gotta dig deep in the wallet come re-tube time. 

We don't like to think about that lol

It can take 6550s too. Comes with those stock but I prefer the kt88. Just have to be careful on install, kts have a little less clearance. I used to retube amps. Nice thing about the super bassman is it has an auto bias circuit (v2 thankfully) so swaps aren't such a task. Essentially able to treat it like a cathode bias 6v6 or el84, computer does the rest. But yes, a full set of six replacement power tubes is about $330

[TnRiver46]

@N Florida Mike, that’s awesome!!!

 

🎶 Straight is the gate and narrow’s the way 🎶 

[Smirak]

I’m a woodworker by hobby. I have played, coached or umpired baseball (that’s what I do now) for the better part of the past 40yrs. I umpire from TBall to Men’s league. Oldest I call is the 60+ which has a few over 80yr olds…