bug and snake Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 What else do you do for relaxation/pass time when you are not using your spare time to hunt/place caches? I have a well set up wood shop and I build musical instruments. What about you? (I have a feeling that this topic MUST have been started before but possibly there are enough newcomers, like me, who will not have seen it then) Only nuts eat squirrels, Snake Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 I don't do anything besides caching. Just kidding, I play the saxophone (no, really!) at my church as well as the bass guitar. When I'm not doing that, I'm on the computer, at work (and on the computer), at work (and making computers), or sleeping (or at work sleeping ) Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaoss Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Hiking, snowboarding, volunteer firefighter, canoeing, working on my jeep. how often do I get to do these? With a 2 yr old son ? Not enough, but he's my favorite hobby. Two roads diverged in the woods and I, I took the one less traveled, and that is how I found the cache. Quote Link to comment
+Xitron Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Computers all the time. Thank god for geocaching and war driving, finally a reason to get out of the house. Quote Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 heh, war driving, i remember war dialing im addicted to books and all things digital and some things analog(ps2 controller) Now where did I set my GPS??? planetrobert.net Quote Link to comment
Citizensmith Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 I think kids have to be my primary hobby before the geocaching. Also though I do photography and birdwatching. Two hobbies well compatible with geocaching. Course that means my pack tends to be heavy as aside from the GPS, etc I'll also be carrying a couple of bird books, binoculars, camera, a few lenses, and on and on. Still, the extra weight makes it better exercise. Quote Link to comment
+PeachyPA Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 My other hobby is quilting. I usually have three or more projects in various stages of completion. Currently, I have a quilted jacket that just needs the buttons stitched onto it and quilt blocks that need to be assembled for my next quilt. Along with that, I am a Cubmaster for my youngest's pack and I like to read mysteries and spy novels. PeachyPA Punxsutawney, PA PeachyPA Quote Link to comment
Sax Man's Wife Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 When Im not geocaching Im trying to get the husband off the computer! Quote Link to comment
+Cooter13 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Being a single dad with a 6 year old, I spend most of my spare time feeding him. Just kidding. Outside of work, I enjoy bird hunting, bike riding, online forums, spending time with the SO (marriage date is set and houses are being sold), pretty much anything except cleaning house and general chores. See the happy moron He doesn't give a da** I wish I were a moron My God, perhaps I am Author Unknown Quote Link to comment
+Xitron Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 LMAO good luck Sax Man's wife. I wish you all the luck in the world. Quote Link to comment
HardCache Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Art with graphite and charcoal. I'm going to start painting in the spring. Right now I'm working on portraits of my entire family. Quote Link to comment
+tally-2 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Bob likes to build things.... furniture and odds and ends, mostly from scraps from jobsites that are destined for the burnpile (you should see the gorgeous curio cabinet in the livingroom!). He is also a collector of coins, nascar stuff (mostly bottles, cans and special cars). I like to sandblast and engrave art onto glass and mirror. We both love our freshwater aquariums and are always messing around with those, and of course goofing off on our PC's which sit side by side in our room lol. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bob - can ya beer me now? Sandy - bite me Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Hmmmm. Let's see. Fantasy sports. Currently, four football leagues, one hockey and one basketball. I had three baseball leagues going up until last week. Where's George? With almost 27,000 bills entered, I think you could say I'm addicted there. Photography - I'm starting to use my digital camera more and more and my film camera less and less. Model Railroading. I'm in the planning stages for an outdoor garden railroad in our backyard. I have an old tree stump that I'm going to run the tracks around and make it a lumbering themed train and layout, with possibly the Sierra Nevada Sequoia trains as possible back drop. Haven't decided the entire scenario yet for this one. Playing catch with my son. He doesn't do this as much as he used to as he's gotten into reading quite a bit now and playing with his younger brother. I think he's finally figured out that his younger brother is OK. Computer games. My favorite is RollerCoaster Tycoon. I can't wait to get a better computer so I can get RollerCoaster TycoonII. I also keep an aquarium in the house, but it's not really a hobby like it used to be when I was in high school and had three and four aquariums set up all the time. This one is just pleasant to look at. My youngest likes it too and likes to help pick out the fish for it. In my spare time, I read. Right now I'm reading a biography of JFK entitled An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek. Webfoot Veni...Vidi...Vicachi. I came...I saw...I geocached. Quote Link to comment
+tally-2 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Webfoot: Where's George? With almost 27,000 bills entered, I think you could say I'm addicted there. Oops..... almost forgot one of Bob's hobbies lol.... although he doesn't have even 10% of what you have entered to date but give him time.... he will ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bob - can ya beer me now? Sandy - bite me Quote Link to comment
mckee Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 A non-caching thread? Doomed to lock-down.... -------------------- Would you like some cheese with your whine? Quote Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 I like shooting poor defensless animals with high powered rifles and shotguns. (The reason I bought a GPSr.) I hike/snowshoe and backpack a lot. When it's nasty out, I like picking up the Xbox controller. Currently working on constructing a human child. Quote Link to comment
+eroyd Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 My two young children seem to take up more and more of my time but I still get out once in a while and wet a line. I enjoy fishing, archery, misc. shooting sports and basically anything to do with hurling projectiles at poor defenseless animals...I also knit a mean tea cozy. Quote Link to comment
martmann Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Play my guitar, sometimes build PCs. ___________________________________________________________ If trees could scream, would we still cut them down? Well, maybe if they screamed all the time, for no reason. Click here for my Geocaching pictures and Here (newest) Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Photography and Scroll sawing. One of which I can do while geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Archaeology, skiing, softball, cooking, hiking, volleyball, trail work, backpacking and coaching and playing soccer. I'm also bowling in a league again after a short retirement. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm Quote Link to comment
+Team Og Rof A Klaw Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Target shooting, motorcycling, and (yep) hiking. So many hobbies, so little time... ____________________________ - Team Og Rof A Klaw All who wander are not lost. Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I make 12 and 16 strand bullwhips out of drum-stuffed Kangaroo hide I import from Australia (lottsa whips in movies these days, The Run-down, Underworld!). Then I like to 'crack 'em outdoors and do target cutting, wraps, etc.. I play acoustic and electric guitar and just finished building a hot-rodded Telecaster. (a pic of it is on my profile page at the moment. The body and compound radius neck were pre-assembled). First Person Shooters! Quote Link to comment
Mr. Big Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 First tier hobbies: birding, bicycling, boating (kayaks). Second tier hobbies: geocaching, hiking, books, home projects. Top priority: cultivating daughters' interests. Yes, I'm busy. Seems unreasonable that everyone expects me to earn a living in between the important stuff. It's a beautiful fall day outside and my bike is whispering to me right now. Oh well, back to work. It's around here somewhere... Quote Link to comment
+Cat'N'Geo Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Job hunt in Pittsburgh area from Gastonia NC. They say this universe is bound to blow, I say we crank up the Calypso Control! ~Jimmy Buffett ~Someday I Will~ Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Wife and kids are my first hobby. We go to as many as (6) soccer games a weekend, as well as scout activities and baseball. After that, I enjoy all shooting sports, especially bow hunting. RC boats. Running/jogging/exercise. Fantasy sports. And NASCAR, baby. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Canoeing, camping, hiking, bicycle touring, chess, birding, weather, reading. (There is a spot on the profile page where users can list their hobbies.) ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . Quote Link to comment
bug and snake Posted October 6, 2003 Author Share Posted October 6, 2003 Zartimus! Saw the pic of yer guitar. I'd love to know what you did to it. I have a custom Tele in the planning stage right now. Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Other Hobbies?! What do you mean, "Other Hobbies"? We don't need no stinking "Other hobbies". _____________ It's Hockey time in Omaha! Quote Link to comment
bug and snake Posted October 6, 2003 Author Share Posted October 6, 2003 quote:Originally posted by bigredmed:Other Hobbies?! What do you mean, "Other Hobbies"? We don't need no stinking "Other hobbies". _____________ It's Hockey time in Omaha! Ummmmmm, looking at yer 'Sig' line, so I know you are joking..... LOL Only nuts eat squirrels, Snake Quote Link to comment
bug and snake Posted October 6, 2003 Author Share Posted October 6, 2003 quote:(There is a spot on the profile page where users can list their hobbies.) "If it feels good...do it"_================ **_ I know there is but that is great when you want to check out a particular user, this is just a fun thread, [wink] 'sides, it felt good![/wink] Only nuts eat squirrels, Snake Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Well... vacuum cleaners.... Seriously.... ok, I'm also into MC Escher -------------------------------------------------- When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Beating the guy in front of me to the finish line... (see my avatar) "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde [This message was edited by Metaphor on October 06, 2003 at 04:22 PM.] [This message was edited by Metaphor on October 06, 2003 at 04:24 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Bug and Snake:I have a well set up wood shop and I build musical instruments. What about you? I also have a woodshop for one hobby, scuba diving is the other. My woodshop produces mostly sawdust, since it's such a small space. I make picture frames, desktop clocks, occasional furniture items, and lots of arts & crafts type items for the local shows I do. Joel (joefrog) "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for ye are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!" Quote Link to comment
+Newenglandah Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Well we'll start with work, in my spear time ----seems like most of my time ------I work! 1. snowbording 2. canoeing/yaking 3. camping. 4. woodworking/crafts 5. boldering 6. homebrewing NOSEEUMS--High Protein Low Calorie unpacked trail snacks!!!! See You In the Woods!!! Natureboy1376 Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Skiing, Films, Kayaking, Mountain Biking, golf, occasional painting, Photography. Oh, yea... Once and a while I work. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Because now I am Lost. Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Mine are all on my profile. I have really only kept up with Sporting Clays since I started geocaching. I don't know even know who is in the lead of any racing series that I usually follow. Is Juan Montoya still doing well in F1? Sngans Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain. Quote Link to comment
+mustanglx Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I Autocross. We take a large vacant parking lot and set up a course using cones and see who can go tha fastest without knocking down and cones. It is amazing what you can do with an ordinary family sedan. The car that I race is a 92 Mustang lx. I also do track events. Beat the crap out of my car at Watkins Glen and Summit Point. Beside that I also like to camp and bike(road). mustanglx Quote Link to comment
Cupajo Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Aside from two of the 3 R's *Readin' (currently approx halfway through Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks, and The Best American Essays of 1997) *Ritin' (Somewhere inside of me I have the great American novel and let me tell you, it took a lot of work and more than 2 cans of Crisco to get it there) *'Rithmatic, not so much I also derive enjoyment/aggravation from frisbee golf, long distance backpacking, cooking, Jeep-ing, the occasional boardgame, quarter/fifty/dollar poker, and B&W photography Quote Link to comment
Ted's Trekkers Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I collect keychains and paper bookmarks. I am learning the ice sport of curling. I read. I walk. I play with the dog. I raise my kids and they raise me. Quote Link to comment
+shuccrum Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I show my dog. "Be careful if you don't know where you are going because you may not get there (without a gps). Yogi Berra Quote Link to comment
+ErSamin Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 While not a hobby, raising a 4-year old takes up a lot of my time. As for hobbies, I do gourd art. I am also in a singing trio. We are currently building out book of tunes and looking for paying gigs. "Could be worse...could be raining" Quote Link to comment
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