Do you have a hobby?

[newyawker99]

I like to do embroidery and I also like to collect junk. :-)


What is your hobby?

[Drifter]

1. Juggling ...

wanna see my balls ?

Go ahead ask me anything ... er ... um ... about Juggling

Cheers
Drifter

[GOPisEvil]

3. See my sig line?

Wanna see MY balls? ;-)

Er, golf, politics, history, travel, cars, cooking...I have lots of interests.

[newyawker99]

23. I like to cook too.

:-)

[It was not a pretzel]

2. sailing

followed by sleeping and wanking

[HERVEPA]

4. Contradancing (can be addictive)...

and hiking.

Contradancing info:

<http://www.homestead.com/darkofthemoon/files/conmore.htm>

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Contra dance groups receive absolutely no funding from Oliver North.
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Contra dance is a form of dance that thrusts a different person of the opposite sex into your arms every 30 seconds or so.
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"A contra dance is like an amusement park ride we make for ourselves." --Unknown


<http://david0.tedcrane.com/DanceDB/>

[supernova]

18. I've been contradancing

it is very fun! :D

[trof]

5. yep

;-)

[grannylib]

6. Collecting blue glass, globes, vintage linens, alphabet blocks

Also do a lot of camping, particularly in the northern Minnesota Arrowhead region (Superior National Forest)

[newyawker99]

24. I loved colored glass too grannylib.

:-)

[grannylib]

31. Cool - what's your particular fave? I am a cobalt fanatic...

[newyawker99]

34. I like cobalt the best, actually anything blue.

:-)

[HEyHEY]

7. sailingn/t

[MercutioATC]

8. Photography, scuba...

I'm a wimp, though. Only summer diving here in Ohio for me.

[mac56]

9. Homebrewing.

nm

[MUAD_DIB]

19. Did you just brew a batch of mead?

I don't know if it was you. I lost the thread.

[mac56]

28. Nope, not me.

But I read that thread too!

[XNASA]

10. Figuring out guitar chords.

Refuting RW LTTE in my local paper.

I used to like cooking, but I found out I can keep weight off easier if I quit playing around with food so much.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. "Hey Chrissie, What Chords Do You Know?"

"All of them."

I love that bit. (Don't like Friends, but had to watch those with Chrissie Hynde in them.)
The Professor

[BiggJawn]

11. No. no energy after a day at work....

And that's the way the ReTHUGlican fuckers I work for like it.

"What??? you have time/energy for a HOBBY in the evening? What, you don't have enough to do when you're here? As much (S'Yeah, right) as we pay you, I expect you to be spent and drained when you drag your ass out of here every night...."

I used to do Ham Radio. But with Dim Son in office and every other Ham a Ditto-head, I'm embarrassed to get on the air.

[sweetheart]

12. field archery

long range shooting of recurve bows. Its sorta like shooting a round of golf, just with arrows.

[newyawker99]

35. I always liked archery but I never tried it.

It looks like fun. :-)

[sweetheart]

69. it is quite fun.. just requires a fair bit of space.

The mens distance record is over a mile and womans is like 1380 meters... so if you shoot angled upwards, the arrow can travel really far that you can't see it.

I have brightly coloured fletchings and nocks so that i can find the arrows if i shoot far. Outdoor archery without a target butt, takes serious room... like 100 meters is just an average twang.

I don't use a sight as it takes the instinct out of it, but i love that it is a silent sport... My dogs love following round as we go to collect arrows... its a giant dogwalk from their perspective.

Modern materials have made bows more powerful than they ever were in the middle ages, but instinct with wind and distance is still just as much an art as it ever was. Zen and the art of archery and all that...

[Nihil]

87. Yep, archery is great!

I took up target archery last year and am loving it!

I shoot recurve throughout the year and longbow in the Summer (well,
April to October anyway). Will have to go across to a field archery
club sometime to try that out but I'm not in a hurry - just love the
satisfaction of hitting at 100 yards with my longbow (though it would
be even nicer if more arrows ended up in the target than the grass...)

(Other hobbies include music of different flavours, glass engraving,
and dabbling in all sorts of pastimes).

Nihil

[Melsky]

13. I collect magazines and textbooks

mostly home decorating/housekeeping themes. I find them a really interesting way to look at popular culture of earlier decades, as well as having cool pictures. I also collect cookbooks.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Playing Music & Playing Golf

Way into both of them.
The Professor

[MaineDem]

15. Embroidery, knitting, politics

Baseball, skiing, tennis, Irish folk music

I guess that's enough. :)

[supernova]

17. flea markets, auctions, reading, good wines,

hiking, astronomy.

I'm reading a book right now, trying to teach myself how to do marbling. You know the stuff on silk scarves and the inside covers of old books.

edit: Also movie, music buff and like trying new restaurants too.

Sheesh. What don't I like? ;-)

[grannylib]

32. Flea markets and auctions are such fun...love 'em too

[newyawker99]

36. Marbling sounds like fun. I have seen some of it and it

is pretty. :-)

[supernova]

53. I love it too.

And it's usually expensive in the store, especially scarves. So I thought I'd learn to do my own. Plain scarves for dying are relatively inexpensive.

[Wickerman]

20. too many

book collecting (first editions, radical lit volumes, odd stuff). Music. Building stuff. History of criminology research

[newyawker99]

37. I used to collect books but they take up too much

room. Now I collect CDs.

[Wickerman]

76. space is a real problem but we have more in MN than NY!

:D I am always building shelves and just finished a storage shed so I can move non-book stuff out there. CDs would be smart, though I have enough of those, too. I've faced it, I am packrat and when I die someone will have an incredible task in front of them.

[MissMillie]

21. crocheting

karaoke and cribbage

[newyawker99]

25. I used to crochet too. I made a small blanket once.

[Ellen Forradalom]

64. Knitting, crocheting, spinning

I'm crocheting a shopping bag from twine.

[prolesunited]

22. Photography and cycling

Here's a link to some of my work:
http://homepage.mac.com/prolesunited/Through_My_Eyes/PhotoAlbum26.html

You can navigate through the albums through the links at the top of the page.

[newyawker99]

26. I like photography also.

:-)

[newyawker99]

27. I like photography also.

:-)

[BiggJawn]

40. What lens did you use for those butterflies?????

Those are great! I can never get close enough to fill the frame like that.

[prolesunited]

41. Thanks!

I shot most of those with a Canon G3 digital camera using its built-in macro feature.

The advantage I had was those were taken in butterfly conservatories in Indianapolis, Huntsville and Niagra Falls. It's much harder in nature, but I do manage to get some off even then. Lots of patience.

[RetroLounge]

29. Got a few hobbies

Model Railroading
Classic Cars (I own 2 1958 Oldsmobiles)
Collecting 1950's stuff
Jukeboxes
Pinball Machines
Posting on DU

[newyawker99]

38. LOL!! I never thought of posting at DU as a hobby.

I guess we all have something in commen then. :-)

[RetroLounge]

42. It must be a hobby!

It cuts into my time to anything else! :)

[thom1102]

30. Politics, Movies, Science Fiction,

Community theater, making Halloween decorations for the lawn (my new one), going to college (the never ending quest for a bachelors degree!)

[Meshuga]

33. Not anymore...

Well I do but now my main hobby is an 11 month-old son who is very fun to be with. My hobbies used to be Politics, hockey and also collecting junk!

[Sting]

39. anything outdoors...

whether it's astronomy, sports, 4-wheeling, snowmobiling, fishing, climbing, geology field work...etc etc.
Sting

[Man_in_the_Moon]

43. I make guns

Mostly I assemble AR-15 and FAL variants.

I also do a bit of furniture making and metalworking.

[Ellen Forradalom]

65. Be sure to knock loudly before entering his house

:-)

[indigo32]

44. I sing in two choirs

and collect cat figurines and DVD's

[newyawker99]

45. I have a couple of cat figurines too!

:-)

[TEXASYANKEE]

46. Birds and birdies.

Golf and birdwatching are my two main hobbies. I also enjoy fine wine, reading, travel, most sports, and my 4 cats.

[newyawker99]

49. I love to read too but I am backed up here. I will get back

to reading soon! :hi:

[amazona]

79. hey! another birder here

I'll go along with the fine wine, reading, and travel though. Well, I don't travel just to travel, but I will travel for birds!

[buddhamama]

47. embroidery is cool, Roni!

myself, i was never very good at it.

let's see, my hobbies are making incense and candles
working with herbs and creating perfumes and oils
restoring old furniture,especially Oak. love old Oak furniture
and i have a thing for books. i guess you could say i collect them.

[newyawker99]

48. I love oak furniture too.

I used to like candles but when you start getting them as gifts every birthday and holiday, they sort of wear off.

:hi:

[Piperay]

50. Building & furnishing miniature houses...

I also like to sew, read and paint ceramics. :-)

[newyawker99]

51. I went to a ceramics class once. It was a lot of fun

and a good way to meet people. :-)

[elfwitch]

52. a few..

I read comics.
I collect DVDs and music.
I collect animation art.
I read.
That's the highlights.

[ironflange]

54. Cross-stitch

Plus MIDI sequencing of very obscure pieces of music.

Both those hobbies are really slow going; you can't get a piece done in a big hurry.

[newyawker99]

57. I love cross-stitching!

:-)

[ironflange]

68. I'm trying to get my nephew's Xmas present done

Not sure I'll make it, may have to issue a rain check.

<--- Me, after a few hours of Xstitching

[GumboYaYa]

55. Rock climbing and mountain climbing

are two of my favorite things to do. Unfortunately, I have far less time for these things than I would like.

I also do distance running and I'm starting to train for my first triathlon.

[newyawker99]

58. Wow!! The triathlon?

I used to watch that on TV. It looks very difficult. I wish you luck with it. :-)

[Speck Tater]

56. Composing music, classical, symphonic, and film styles

and rendering performances to mp3 with my virutal symphony orchestra.

Currently multi-track recording a re-orchestration of Beethoven's 6th symphony for "toy orchestra" consisting of 6 harmonicas, small accordian, 1 ocharina, 2 tin whistles, 1 washtub bass, 1 set of bottle/jug pan pipes, 1 plastic recorder, and assorted PVC pipe trumpet/horn thingies.

So far it sounds awesome considering it's being performed on toy instruments.

[newyawker99]

59. It sounds like a great hobby fiziwig!

Congrats for 400 posts!! :toast:

[ironflange]

80. That's cool

As for me, I'm busy sequencing some obscure Ukrainian symphonic scores I've had lying around for many years. Pretty neat stuff, but it sure is a painstaking process.

[DancingBear]

60. Woodworking, golf, old Vettes, audio

None of that cheap stuff for me! :) :)

<banging self on head for not choosing other hobbies>

[newyawker99]

70. Don't bang your head Dancing Bear. Those sound

like interesting hobbies! :-)

[MediumBrownDog]

61. Cooking, wine, travel...

and, related to travel, scrapbooking.

[newyawker99]

71. I have always wanted to start scrapbooking.

Maybe I will make this my New Years resolution. :-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

62. Scrapbooking...

I am addicted. Shame on me...I bought into the trend. But it is fun, and I do a heck of a lot of writing on my pages...so they end up more journal like.

[newyawker99]

72. It sounds like fun MrsG and it is a great way to

preserve one's memories. :-)

[TrogL]

63. Do obsessions and compulsive behaviours count?

[newyawker99]

73. Yes Trog! If those are your hobbies then they

can be included. :-)

[VermontDem2004]

66. My hobbies?

I always confuse hobbies with things I like to do or maybe a hobby is something I like to do. Hmm playing basketball and football, playing football video games. Surfing DU. Hell I dunno.

[RichardRay]

67. Paragliding, skiing, dogs

I fly paragliders in the summer, ski in the winter and take care of my Bernese Mountain Dogs all the time (or, they take care of me).

I used to paddle whitewater kayaks, but since I learned to fly 7 years ago my boats haven't left the garage.

[newyawker99]

74. Sounds like fun RichardRay!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[meti57b]

75. Yes, .... I clean my cats' catboxes.

[Eroshan]

77. I have a huge pond

with KOI and ridin my motorcycle

[av8rdave]

78. I have a few...

aviation
motorcycles
skiing
reading (mostly nonfiction)
guitar
music
running
travel
volunteer at kids school

av8rdave

[newyawker99]

83. Wow! It sounds like you are very busy!

I also prefer reading nonfiction. :-)

[SmileyBoy]

81. Drawing, reading and driving around.

I like to drive around town just to clear my thoughts when I'm stressed, or to relax, in a way. I like to draw all sorts of different types of things, from architectural sketches to abstract art.

[area51]

82. Hobby

Crocheting afghans (blankets) for the Project Linus organization, which gives them to sick children.

[newyawker99]

84. That is such a neat thing to do, area51!

:thumbsup:

[marigold20]

85. Quilting and a little knitting

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[PAMod]

86. I am a genealogist in my "spare" time.

I often surf DU & do on-line research at the same time.

[newyawker99]

88. One day I will do this too. I was always curious about

my family. :-)

[PAMod]

90. One warning - it is easy to become preoccupied with it.

I knew I had to back off when my bride accused me of being more interested in my dead family than my living one.

That stung, and upon personal reflection, I could see where she was coming from. I had piles of family data piled up all over the place, under the sofa & bed, etc. I would get letters, e-mail, & phone calls from all over the country almost daily.

I am scheduling my time much more carefully now and have even included my wife & three little boys in the hunt, when possible.

It is a lot of fun, and it requires the skills of a detective at times - helps keep the mind limber.

[populistmom]

89. Refinish furniture...

I don't do that often, but it's my favorite thing to do. That along with other household projects. I'm going to be installing some flooring and painting soon also which I find fun and creative. I read as much as I can, but usually political stuff rather than fiction. I occasionally do sewing or crafty types of things (usually crafty things involving floral arrangement stuff). I like to write on occasion, sometimes poems, usually just random life thoughts.

[BigMcLargehuge]

91. Hapkido, writing fiction, all things daikaiju (giant monster)

though, to be fair Hapkido is a lifestyle more than a hobby, and writing fiction I hope to make a career out of.