What is your boring hobby?

[Hawkeye-X]

Mine seems to be lately, Texas Holdem Poker, but I still like it. It's just the waiting part of the game that BORES the hell out of me.. Do you see those folks in WSOP listening to music, reading a book, just doing anything just to keep them from being bored.

[Perseid]

1. I close my eyes and pretend to be asleep

or at least I pretend to pretend to be asleep. Usually, I'm actually asleep. Boring, but seems okay for me for now!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. I read

Everything, from Plato to Fitzgerald. I'm the kind of person who gets excited when I find a translation of the Iliad I've not read before.

And if that isn't boring enough, I hybridize roses. That will put a person to sleep. :P

[Zookeeper]

3. Most boring is probably crossword puzzles....

at least for anyone who might be watching.

[Roon]

4. My Grandmother does two crosswords every day

out of the two dailies.It blows me away how much she knows!

[Zookeeper]

8. My dear MIL was like that....

She could do the hardest of the NY Times puzzles.

I'm kind of a light-weight, but I keep plugging away.

:hi:

[Roon]

9. Oh, it's too tough for me.

Hell, even doing crosswords for kids is tough to me.LOL

[SPKrazy]

7. boring boring boring

:shrug:

actually good for the brain zookeep

good for the agility of the brain!

:hi:

[Zookeeper]

10. Well, I hope so....

it's a good distraction from stress, at least.

:pals:

[WinkyDink]

5. You're lookin' at it!

[stuntcat]

16. yah

the most pointless anyway :p

[New Earth]

6. daydreaming

and obsessing. 24/7. I always find something new :shrug:

[DarkTirade]

11. You too, huh? :)

[redqueen]

25. Same here...

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

12. Reading

boring to others, very enjoyable for me :D

[FunkyLeprechaun]

13. Conserving and preserving

Museum items, repackaging and storing them.

I currently volunteer at a local museum and I love it. The people there give me those jobs because they know I like it! I think it's really cool to unwrap all that old tissue paper to see what's been packaged. I've found some fascinating items.

The most ponging would be all the soap I had unpacked... whew... talk about smelling old soap. It's really weird what people keep and give to the museum (my poor co-worker had to deal with 40 years worth of receipts that someone had donated to the museum).

It's fun though.

[MonkeyFunk]

14. I play tons of poker

but I don't find it boring.

[DarkTirade]

15. I read a lot, play texas holdem on the weekends usually. :)

Although I'm not sure how long that'll last... out of the five core players in the group I usually play with, two are moving at the end of the month.
Mostly I like to make stuff. So I spend most of my time thinking about nifty things I could make, and occasionally I'll actully get around to doing it. :)

[MissMillie]

17. crocheting

yes, I love the finished products, but getting them done..... *yawn*

[NewJeffCT]

18. Dungeons & Dragons

Maybe not always boring, but certainly geeky & nerdish.

[sniffa]

19. axis & aLLies

i'm a freak for it. but it's not reaLLy a hobby, since i need at Least one person to pLay with.

[LanternWaste]

21. My pals and I get together two or three times a year to play A&A.

My pals and I get together two or three times a year to play A&A. Drunken arguments over amphibious landing rules-- good times, good times. :P

[sniffa]

23. can i pLay next time?

and for the avid pLayer, here's a good read:

http://donsessays.freeservers.com/

do you guys pLay whit the expansion pack(s)?
i have the "enemy on the horizon" expansion pack - made the game even better, if that's possibLe.

[LanternWaste]

31. Once in a great while we do use the expansion pack...

Once in a great while we do use the expansion pack for an all-weekend marathon session. I'm not sure if it's the same ex. pack you're referring to-- this one has a gloss-paper map about twice the size of the original board with much more subdivision of territory, and new unit pieces (Marines, S.S., etc.).

Thanks for the link! :hi:

[LanternWaste]

20. I build Napoleonic era war ships...

I build models-- Napoleonic era war ships. The kind that are maddeningly detailed, requiring the patience of Gandhi, the wisdom of Solomon, and the steady hand of...(I got nothing for this one).


Like this one (but not as well built or painted....)




During the construction, I've noticed I can get relaxed with wine or highballs, but if I drink beer, I inevitably screw something up pretty badly. Can't figure it out. :shrug:

[seemunkee]

22. Beer Brewing

It involves a lot of waiting, watching fermentation is pretty dull stuff.

[Wapsie B]

24. Train-watching

Lot's of sitting and waiting, or standing and waiting for that matter. Plus, I wish I lived somewhere better-suited to do a lot of watching with more train traffic and a good place to watch. Boring to many but I love it. Also like plane-watching too. I could always venture up to the Cities for both but it'd be nice if something were closer than 2 hours away.

[Phillycat]

26. Knitting.

I finished a hat for my husband last night! :)

See. Boring. :D

[Crazy Dave]

27. Ham Radio

It's considered an old man's hobby.

[zabet]

36. Not as much as it used to..

This is our local ham club
www.w4bla.com
Site is new and expanding.
I am studying for my test - a complete newb.
Guy who started the local club is a good friend.

[Crazy Dave]

37. Good luck to you on your test

I didn't get into it as far as collecting postcards and all but more for the public service part. I've taken part in many disaster drills and I have C.E.R.T. training.

73 - Dave

[cloudbase]

49. Me, too.

And a CW freak, to boot. Old man, indeed!

[skygazer]

28. I'm so boring I don't have a hobby

Unless you call posting at DU a hobby. :P

[edbermac]

29. Watching paint dry.

Some think it's boring, but I find it intriguing.

:crazy:

[mwooldri]

39. Anything like watching grass grow?

That's all I've been doing lately in the garden.. watching the weeds take control. Arrgh!

[MrCoffee]

30. i collect Precious Moments figurines and repaint them to look like

the original members of KISS.

[Phillycat]

32. There is NOTHING boring about that.

And god, I hope it's true.

[stuntcat]

35. yah this is one of those PHOTO REQUIRED things

:D :headbang:

[Lisa]

45. I second that!

I mean, sure you could claim it's just "watching paint dry" -- but I'd really like to see them!

[dropkickpa]

33. Origami

I have lots of different papers.

[BrotherBuzz]

34. Collecting Peeps

I have some that are over twenty years old. I'm losing interest in them and I may just nuke them and be done with it. The crappy pink ones are going first because they faded horribly. The yellow ones are doing better, but I'm still tired of the whole collection. BORING.

[mwooldri]

38. Watching Test Match Cricket. Or just listening to it.

Not that I'm a cricket nut but I know people who would be glued to the TV or radio following a Test match of Cricket - the kind of game that goes on for days.

At least 20/20's got a bit more zip to it.

[Lisa]

40. researching and building copies of Roman military equipment

Cutting and filing away at bits of wood and metal sheeting, reading big thick archeological books and academic papers, straining to decipher details on blurry old photographs that might give some clue about how the stuff was put together ... yeah, it can take a lot of time, where not much is happening. And don't get me started on making chain mail!

[BrotherBuzz]

48. That's cool

The more I learn about ancient armor and weaponry, the more I appreciate it. I'm an amateur blacksmith yet I have no desire to attempt any reproduction work because of the complexity of the whole thing. Now, a trebuchet, that is something else entirely, and I would attempt one with great enthusiasm as I'm a professional woodworker. All I need is a client.

I think chain mail is a snap these days, and you can buy it mail order. Welding individual links with a forge is another story.

[Lisa]

53. that's the problem with mail, isn't it ...

The butted type is fairly easy -- mind-numbingly tedious (almost hypnotic) -- you can even buy ready-cut rings these days (I used to have to wind my own). And some people have started selling rings that are already flattened and punched to allow riveting. If you alternate these rings with ones that are stamped, like washers (supposedly the authentic way, for Roman-type armour), the results can be pretty good, even if you don't have a forge.

[CTyankee]

41. Plowing through the poems of Emily Dickinson, all 1700+ of them.

Most people can't understand her. I think I do so I analyze each one as to what she meant. It is a mind boggling exercise but I find it also exercises the creative side of my brain.

Just what I need!

[spinbaby]

42. Japanese grammar

and knitting socks.

[EstimatedProphet]

43. I drill holes

[spinbaby]

44. That sounds really interesting

What do you drill holes in? Are they post holes? Are you a dentist?

[EstimatedProphet]

54. In anything

It's really boring.

[Orrex]

56. But it augers well for your future success

Attention: This is only a drill.

[stuntcat]

46. maybe Scrabble

Maybe it's a hobby but it's probably really something crazy or neurotic. I don't play Scrabble/Literati that often anymore but I still think about letters all day, like everywhere I go I find the letters, like on signs or cars or wherever, and start making all the words I can with them. Sometimes when I'm with people I'll just start thinking about making words with the things they're saying and then I'll zone out :blush: I bet I dream about Scrabble.

[elshiva]

47. Tetris

[Drum]

50. I like to save paper money from around the world.

At first it was just a few bills from the (many) countries visited when I toured more internationally. Since I don't do that as much nowadays, friends sometimes bring back notes for my collection. I'm glad that in the '90s I visited a lot of European countries, since I never imagined a Euro that would replace so many currencies....

As a hobby goes, it's my most periodic, passive, boring.

But I like 'em :)

[Eagle_Eye]

51. Exercise

[Deja Q]

52. Responding to this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6919002&mesg_id=6919002

:evilgrin:

[Orrex]

55. I own more Mega Bloks than any twenty members of the DU Lounge combined

Don't know if that's boring, per se, but it's something.