Hobbies

**Der Rabe** · 03-28-2008, 06:22 AM

So other then computers and/or gaming, what other hobbies/activities do you participate in when not working.

I last year found a new fun hobby as a techie that involves gadget and the out doors it is called Geocaching and basically it is using a handheld gps unit to find hidden treasures around the world. Many are located in near by parks. I have found this is a great activity that opens up your eyes to the unexplored world around you and it is fairly inexpensive to get in to. For more info Geocaching Official Website

So that is what I do one my spare time, how a bout you

**Jack.Sparrow** · 03-28-2008, 06:32 AM

Apart from TSF?

I love to drive, don't know if I can call that a hobby though.

**forcifer** · 03-28-2008, 08:30 AM

case mods (not sure if that counts)
soccer :)
o and that small thing called school....

DonaldG · 03-28-2008, 08:42 AM

Photography
Dodging the wife when she want gardening, decorating, shopping, washing the car, tidy the garage, put the garbage out, make the bed, clean the stove, wash the windows, paint the doors. (This is more of a profession than a hobby.)
Travel
Ham Radio until computer communications came along.
Electronics
Freemasonry - Yeah, I'm one of those too...

ebackhus · 03-28-2008, 12:31 PM

I like tinkering with cars in the free time. Last weekend my dad and I rebuilt and replaced a carbouretor on a 1974 MG Midget.

**Done_Fishin** · 03-28-2008, 01:37 PM

Is there something to do outside of TSF & Computing ????

I'm with Donald

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Dodging the wife when she want gardening, decorating, shopping, washing the car, tidy the garage, put the garbage out, make the bed, clean the stove, wash the windows, paint the doors. (This is more of a profession than a hobby.)
Travel

Dodging the wife is an art .. one that I have had plenty of practice at but she is more devious than I am so I find myself (against all my instincts) getting involved in exactly those things I didn't want to ..

The only travel I get to do these days is the 2 mile (3.2km) walk into work each day and then the walk back again .. at least it sort of keeps me fit .. my days of gallivanting for work seem to be over although it was good whilst it lasted

I too like photography and have a tendency to want to wander off with my camera (especially if I am on my own) climb hills and high structures to get "special" shots. I prefer to be alone for my walks anyway , I still walk twice as fast as my nearest & dearest although I realise that I am somewhat slower than I used to be ..

Most evenings these days I seem to get home, eat then sit at the PC to multiplex between studying (an evil pastime inflicted upon me by my employer for his own devious reasons) and writing absurd comments to off-line threads to break the monotony of studying and subsequent word blindness (a situation that I realise I go through quite often when I find that I have reached the end of a page without remembering a word of what I have just read!!

) But I have to remember that it's a great excuse to Dodge the wife .. along with "I have to learn Linux" which was last years hobby, temporarily put on hold ..

OK .. I'll go quietly now .. back to the Reading & Dodging .. Washing Up's done and "She's" gone to bed to watch TV ...

DonaldG · 03-28-2008, 01:42 PM

**EnglishPaul** · 03-28-2008, 01:42 PM

...And to think there was once a time when the wife was a hobby.

**Done_Fishin** · 03-28-2008, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by EnglishPaul

...And to think there was once a time when the wife was a hobby.

That's during the first 10 years of co-habitation .. the less you know about your hobby the more you need to learn .. the more you learn, the less you need the hobby

**Deleted090308** · 03-28-2008, 02:10 PM

Guitars (they always have a G-string).

ebackhus · 03-28-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by eneles

Guitars (they always have a G-string).

Brilliant!

Ironically, the G is always breaking on my guitar.

**Done_Fishin** · 03-28-2008, 03:39 PM

Wait til it gets wiser then the guitar breaks on you !!

**Deleted090308** · 03-28-2008, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ebackhus

Brilliant!

Ironically, the G is always breaking on my guitar.

B-strings don't like me - they break all the time.

(check the bridge - might be uneven)

**Glaswegian** · 03-28-2008, 04:52 PM

My wife says I'm not allowed any hobbies...

**Done_Fishin** · 03-29-2008, 01:06 AM

there's no answer to that ... but I sympathise ... I've had to fight hard to be allowed to stay home and do mine ... and I'm still fighting 30 years later ..

**Drew1369** · 03-29-2008, 01:12 AM

I skydive, or go offroading, or go dirtbiking... I'm an adrenaline junky :)

**Go The Power** · 03-29-2008, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Glaswegian

My wife says I'm not allowed any hobbies...

I would say that you are

Hobbies, well TSF, Football (AFL), watching movies, playing sports, spending time with girlfriend (takes up most time now

, but I like it lol)

Sports I like is AFL, Table tennis, badminton, Basketball, Squash and soccer. I am also playing netball now :blush:. I went to watch my girlfirend play, they were short a player, I agreed to play (after some nagging

), the coach liked me, now I am playing every week

.

**Done_Fishin** · 03-29-2008, 05:26 AM

@ GTP .. he's not allowed to doesn't mean he doesn't have ... where there's a will there's a way !!! How else would he be here every day ???

**simpswr** · 03-29-2008, 06:47 AM

This little distraction has been fun:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v482/JSimpson65/

**Jack.Sparrow** · 03-29-2008, 06:49 AM

That's very nicely done indeed.

04/11/05 -

Congrats.

03-28-2008, 06:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Der Rabe Watching from the shadows Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Currently In Michigan Posts: 1,140 OS: XP Sp3, Vista sp1, 2003 sp2	Hobbies So other then computers and/or gaming, what other hobbies/activities do you participate in when not working. I last year found a new fun hobby as a techie that involves gadget and the out doors it is called Geocaching and basically it is using a handheld gps unit to find hidden treasures around the world. Many are located in near by parks. I have found this is a great activity that opens up your eyes to the unexplored world around you and it is fairly inexpensive to get in to. For more info Geocaching Official Website So that is what I do one my spare time, how a bout you

03-28-2008, 06:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,867 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: Hobbies Apart from TSF? I love to drive, don't know if I can call that a hobby though. __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//

03-28-2008, 08:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
forcifer ole' Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,631 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Hobbies case mods (not sure if that counts) soccer :) o and that small thing called school.... __________________

03-28-2008, 08:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,190 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Hobbies Photography Dodging the wife when she want gardening, decorating, shopping, washing the car, tidy the garage, put the garbage out, make the bed, clean the stove, wash the windows, paint the doors. (This is more of a profession than a hobby.) Travel Ham Radio until computer communications came along. Electronics Freemasonry - Yeah, I'm one of those too... __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

03-28-2008, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,313 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: Hobbies I like tinkering with cars in the free time. Last weekend my dad and I rebuilt and replaced a carbouretor on a 1974 MG Midget. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

03-28-2008, 01:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,190 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Hobbies __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

03-28-2008, 01:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
EnglishPaul Still no avatar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,314 OS: XP SP2 Blog Entries: 9	Re: Hobbies ...And to think there was once a time when the wife was a hobby.

03-28-2008, 02:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Hobbies Guitars (they always have a G-string).

03-28-2008, 03:39 PM	#12 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,527 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Hobbies Wait til it gets wiser then the guitar breaks on you !! __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

03-28-2008, 04:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,559 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Re: Hobbies My wife says I'm not allowed any hobbies... __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

03-29-2008, 01:06 AM	#15 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,527 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Hobbies there's no answer to that ... but I sympathise ... I've had to fight hard to be allowed to stay home and do mine ... and I'm still fighting 30 years later .. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

03-29-2008, 01:12 AM	#16 (permalink)
Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,451 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Re: Hobbies I skydive, or go offroading, or go dirtbiking... I'm an adrenaline junky :) __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

03-29-2008, 05:26 AM	#18 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,527 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Hobbies @ GTP .. he's not allowed to doesn't mean he doesn't have ... where there's a will there's a way !!! How else would he be here every day ??? __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

03-29-2008, 06:47 AM	#19 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,300 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Hobbies This little distraction has been fun: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v482/JSimpson65/ __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

03-29-2008, 06:49 AM	#20 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,867 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: Hobbies That's very nicely done indeed. 04/11/05 - Congrats. __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//