In reply to DrBoost :
Maggies!!!
Vintage early solid state stereo gear, refinishing of wood and leather as well, but I need more space to get back into larger woodworking projects
In reply to DrBoost :
Maggies!!!
Vintage early solid state stereo gear, refinishing of wood and leather as well, but I need more space to get back into larger woodworking projects
Doing alot of bicycling these days in the neighborhood at lunch on weekdays, so that is my new non-motorsports hobby I guess.
Collecting SnapOn tools. Lately I've been dipping my toes into the German tool brands a little too.
Motorcycles.
Funko pops, bmx, drawing on E36 M3, pretending I don't suck at art, play Xbox.
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to DrBoost :
Maggies!!!
Vintage early solid state stereo gear, refinishing of wood and leather as well, but I need more space to get back into larger woodworking projects
You got it! I have a full 5.1 Maggie setup. I'm going to sell the 3.3Rs in the picture. The room just seems to choke them. In a bigger room, wow would they ever be incredible.
Mountain biking - might come back one day, but for now it is a thing of the past. Homeownership and having a child definitely got in the way.
Weightlifting - I just recently got semi-dedicated to this. Hit my goal of 1000lb combined (bench, deadlift squat) last year. This year I was doing pretty well and getting stronger, but this quarantine is a huge step back.
Video games. I'm loving Dirt Rally 2.0 when I have time, but honestly I'm a huge fan of Doom and other classic shooters. In preparation for Eternal, I played through every official id software sanctioned (I'm counting Sigil here) level before its release, minus Doom3 (approx 217 levels).
Music is one of mine obviously.
I collect knives, I like to shoot, scotch is probably a hobby too
Classical choral singing. My wife and I were introduced since we share that common interest, and we've sung with several large choirs over the subsequent years.
We've performed many of the great classical choral works. We currently are on hiatus, of course, but have been members of the Choral Union at Stetson University for about ten years.
When we lived in Sarasota/Bradenton, we were members of the Key Chorale under the direction of Daniel Moe, and were fortunate to be able to do a recording tour to Prague, Vienna, and Budapest.
While we were there, the Key Chorale, in collaboration with the Sarasota Opera Chorus and Gloria Musiciae performed the Verdi Requiem in Sarasota under the direction of Victor DeRenzi, director of the Sarasota Opera and President if the International Verdi Society We sang the opening notes of the Requiem on the very minute of the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death. It was an amazing experience.
This was to be a special year, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, born on December 16, 1770. I was looking forward to getting to perform his 9th Symphony again, but who knows what's going to happen. One of the earliest Covid "super spreader" events in the USA was a choir rehearsal.
I like to cook, and have been working on my bread making skills. I do some low level, low quality landscaping around the house, right now I'm trying to start some sunflowers and have planted a couple of blueberry bushes.
One of my most important hobbies for much of my life has been fishing. I've built and sold hundreds of custom fishing rods (never really made any money, it was just a way to pay for the hobby), and began customizing fishing reels about 12 years ago. I've pretty much dropped all of that, and have transitioned to a focus on autocross with my spare time. I have a bunch of half finished projects collecting dust.
I've owned multiple boats, and they're all gone with the exception of a canoe that I've owned since the 70s. I'm all about autocross now, so it's not getting used.
I like to walk, but ironically, I haven't been doing as much lately.
Finally, I spend a lot of time on a forum associated with a motorsports magazine website. Probably way too much time, but I really enjoy it and feel like I have established connections with a lot of people.
My business is repairing cars, with a sideline of building race cars. My hobbies include racing cars, watching other people race cars, and eating.
I'm a bit of a one trick pony, and if I live long enough to lose my mechanical abilities, I will probably just wither away and die.
Edit: Sometimes I enjoy trolling German car owners on internet forums.
Fruits of labor
Flower bed "de grassed" , bell pepper, tomato plant, numerous seeds
and now working on dinner
homemade Mac n cheese and squash coming soon. Could have worst hobbies right?
ProDarwin said:Video games. I'm loving Dirt Rally 2.0 when I have time, but honestly I'm a huge fan of Doom and other classic shooters. In preparation for Eternal, I played through every official id software sanctioned (I'm counting Sigil here) level before its release, minus Doom3 (approx 217 levels).
I like Doom 3 and RoE. I've played through every id level pack except Sigil and the Doomslayer Dooms (so far) in co-op mode with my dad...plus lots more Doom1/2 level packs.
So obviously gaming is another one, other stuff with computers including self-hosting things and some...DIY security research, RC toys, in the last few years I've been getting back into cycling.
GameboyRMH said:I like Doom 3 and RoE. I've played through every id level pack except Sigil and the Doomslayer Dooms (so far) in co-op mode with my dad...plus lots more Doom1/2 level packs.
I don't hate Doom3 and RoE. I was actually about halfway through a Doom3 playthrough when Eternal released... I haven't gone back and picked it up yet though.
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:Classical choral singing.
ME TOO. Such amazing music. I started in choir in elementary school and never gave up the habit. Trained classically for 13 years, and my minor is in Voice Performance. That habit has taken me to Europe a few times and I got to sing some of those amazing compositions in the cathedrals where they originated.
Around here I am in the Gay Men's Chorus (although being gay is not a prerequisite) and Voices of the Valley.
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:One of my most important hobbies for much of my life has been fishing. I've built and sold hundreds of custom fishing rods (never really made any money, it was just a way to pay for the hobby), and began customizing fishing reels about 12 years ago.
I love to fish. I do it all summer. Mostly Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, and Trout in the spring. Mom and Dad have a little piece of dirt on Chincoteague Island so I get a couple weeks of Flounder, Sea Trout, Blues, and all the crabbing and clamming I can stand. Never got into the customizing stuff.
I have a feeling you and I should hang out. We can sing Schubert while we fish.
In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :
This is too funny.
When I saw you had replied, my first reaction was to pass the phone to my (theater production major) wife, who recognizes your name when I bring you up in conversation.
Her second degree is music education, principal instrument, voice. Her senior recital included Die Forelle, so it's an "I see what you did there" moment.
To share the joke, I refer to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Includes translation.
Edit: as for the "we should hang out." I thought of that long ago. You're right.
Vintage bicycles , MMO video games, Pokémon go and competition shooting but that hobby may be dead with my spinal limitations now.
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Customizing fishing reels you say? How so? Internals or aesthetics?
These days I'm mostly involved with music. I play tenor, alto, baritone and soprano saxophones in concert band, jazz ensemble, and rock/blues groups (also sing some lead with the rock/blues band), I run the karaoke program at the Ouray. Colorado Elks lodge (both my wife and I are past exalted rulers) and sing baritone/bass with the county chorus. I also do some performing on a variety of Native American flutes, and play around with regular and low tin whistles and bodhran for Celtic music. Other than that, I'm on the board of directors of the Ridgway, Colorado Railroad Museum (home of the famous narrow gauge Galloping Geese motorcars, www.ridgwayrailroadmuseum.org), like to fish for trout in our high mountain lakes (and eat them!) - time to get the canoe reconditioned for the upcoming season. I keep freelance writing, but since there is very little in the way of motorsports opportunities in this rural area, I concentrate on history of the American West, mostly for Wild West magazine, including exploring, researching and photographing real abandoned ghost towns (not commercial ones) and mining camps in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Although my wife is an outstanding cook, I also like cooking and am learning to smoke stuff. And I still drive the AW 11 MR2 and C4 Corvette on nice days. And I read a lot, mostly mysteries, thrillers, and SF and a little fantasy. Currently digging through the Sigma Force and Dresden Files books.
Dang, Guys. Racing is enough of a hobby. Therefore I only have one.
Outside of tinkering with cars, I enjoy playing the piano and playing Pickleball.
I still enjoy mountain biking, but I don't ride as often as I used to. This was at the Whistler bike park years ago:
I also like snowboarding, but only end up going once or twice a season:
I've also created a few 3D CAD models of cars and rendered them. This is one I modeled years ago when I build my Locost:
Star Wars. Pretty much anything about it, I have a decent collection of both vintage and new items. Just added the Black Series Darth Vader helmet that is 3 separate pieces including the collar, mask and helmet. Goes with my 1970s AT-AT and other ships, figures etc.
But two years ago I decided to join the 501st Legion. A world-wide costuming group that does charity work for events, shows, movie premieres, and hospital visits.
I'm the stormtrooper on the left, on the morning news to promote an event at a local museum that weekend. I got to mess with the weather guy on camera later.
Dayton Children's Hospital visit sometime last year. We spend an hour or two visiting the kids in their rooms. Some are harder to do than others, and I'm glad I have a helmet.
In July we got the call to be on stage when Weird Al came to Ohio, here in Dayton then Cleveland a few days later! We were on stage for "The Saga Begins", and he stopped during the song and laid his head on my shoulder. That will probably be my best memory of the 501st ever.
Since I got approved in Sept 2018 (you have to build a costume and submit it to judges for technical accuracy, stormtrooper took me about 6 months), I've added a scanning crew costume (the grey flightsuit guys that get jumped in the Falcon in the first movie) and just recently the Rebel Fleet Trooper. That's the guys in the beginning of the first movie that battle it out with the 'troopers. I figured that's the other half of my childhood memories, AND I can sit down in that one! You can't sit down in a stormtrooper suit.
I haven't seen most of my SW friends since late February, the last event was the beginning of March in Columbus (Arnold Fencing Classic) and that one was almost canceled, right at the beginning of all this. They canceled spectators so it went from 200k+ people to about 7k competitors and "family".
NBraun said:Firearms, reloading, casting for reloading, gardening smoking meats, fishing
Have you tried powder coating your cast boolits? I've had really good success with it. About the only thing I don't bother powder coating is 45 ACP rounds. Everything else (300 BO, 7mm, 429, etc.) gets powder coated. Startup costs to do it (besides the oven) is, I dunno, fifteen bucks?
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :
This is too funny.
When I saw you had replied, my first reaction was to pass the phone to my (theater production major) wife, who recognizes your name when I bring you up in conversation.
Her second degree is music education, principal instrument, voice. Her senior recital included Die Forelle, so it's an "I see what you did there" moment.
To share the joke, I refer to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Includes translation.
Edit: as for the "we should hang out." I thought of that long ago. You're right.
YES! I love a composer can take any topic, write lyrics in German, set it to a lovely, melodic and complex piano score, and non-Germans would never suspect that the song is about a fish.
I think the first time I heard that was my freshman year of college. I had met a pretty lady and she was giving a recital, so of course I was going. She did Die Forelle in a mezzo-alto range and I was mesmerized. Beautiful woman, incredible voice, and if you asked me then, I would have guessed that the song was about a beautiful maiden in the park with a parasol and a pink dress.
It wasn't until later I learned it was about a betrayed, squirming fish
My senior recital (which was voluntary since I had switched to theatre) included Schubert's Fruhlingsglaube, and I was so ill that day that I had my accompanist play it in D because F's weren't happening.
RevRico said:In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Customizing fishing reels you say? How so? Internals or aesthetics?
It's exactly like hot rodding, just with reels.
Like a Penn Senator with a one piece aluminum frame, high strength, lightweight aluminum spool, high speed steel gears, carbon fiber multi disk drags, double reverse dogs, custom handle and grip....
Which I never finished.
Instead, I got sucked into this forum, bought my first miata, and started autocross.
If you want to learn more, Alan Tani runs the forum. It's a great place to hang out and look and learn. Coincidentally, only adult and respectful behavior is tolerated on his website. It's a great bunch of people. There are members from all over the world.
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:I like to walk, but ironically, I haven't been doing as much lately.
I used to walk 2-3 miles every morning before work but I got in a bad habit of sleeping in.......blah blah blah.
Walking as a hobby really means looking at your neighbor's homes as a hobby - which ones need paint, yard work, who has a cool car outside..........I still walk by one dudes house and wonder where that Monte Carlo SS went?
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