Hobbies other than rocketry?

[Ozymandias]

I know rocketry is the best hobby ever but what other things do you spend your free time and disposable income doing? When I'm not messing with rockets, I build go-ped scooters, shoot photos, or ride my mountain bike. I also enjoy listening to pubic radio and building electronics kits. In the past, I've bult battle bots, played a little baseball, and bowled on a league team. Here's a picture of my monster Go-Ped GSR40. It's engine is a highly-modified 41.5cc Zenoah that drinks 117 octane leaded racing fuel. I've put countless hours working on this thing. Why? Because I love seeing the looks on people's faces when I gun it and pass cars. That's 41.5cc of 2-cycle fury baby!

 

[DynaSoar]

Originally posted by Ozymandias
I know rocketry is the best hobby ever but what other things do you spend your free time and disposable income doing?

Recently, nothing else. I'm catching up on some lost time (messing around in a PhD program). During that time a I a radio show. It went pro; voting member of Native American Music Awards, and would have been a Grammy member except the CD I produced I gave away free instead of selling.

When I lived in the north woods I used to go deer hunting, without a weapon. I'd do all the same stuff staking them out a luing them in, and then try to hide by their path and touch one as they came by. I've got four so far.

I used to body surf, when I lived in Virginia Beach. Sometimes the dolphins would swim along.

And I spent about 7 or 8 years with a white hat hacker group catching bad guys and keeping the corprate types acting like good neighbors on the net. This is how I met my wife. She was doing the same, freelance.

And sometimes I collect my material and do some comedy, whether on stage or on paper.

 

[loopy]

I golf (kinda), and that's about it. I also enjoy lounging. That's a good one. Lounging...yes.

 

[jflis]

When I can find the time (it's frustrating that FlisKits' anniversary is right at the beginning of pumpkin season!!!) I am a master pumpkin carver, though i've only done maybe 4 pumpkins the last 2 seasons and this year doesn't look good either YOu can check out my past work at: https://jflis.com/hobbies/pumpkins/pumpkins.htm

ALso love to fish but the same story there as with pumpkins. Haven gotten a hook wet in 2 years... Enjoy bass and trout fishing, but nothing beats pulling in a 60+ pound Alaskan King Salmon!

Wood work, reading, poetry, cosmology and the study of space, ukranian egg decorating, hiking/moutain climbing, road trips to nowhere, long walks on the beach at 4am...

Have dabbled with R/C cars and planes, model railroading, landscaping and gardening. Just not enough time...

 

[jrogers]

I try to get out on the ocean and do some deep sea fishing for Cod, and go for Tuna in the fall offshore.

 

[Rick James]

writing science fiction
model railroading
bagpipes
guitar
songwriting
and in my spare time, I'm a computer programmer

 

[hokkyokusei]

It's kinda hard to remember what I did before rocketry!

I went to college/university part time (day release and nights) for 10 years and also have 5 kids, and that didn't leave much time for hobbies!

But before all of that I played in a band, and before that I did plastic and "railroad" modelling.

 

[Roman]

i also like going fishing at a lake in our city, but Rocketry is my favourite hobby!

mfg roman

 

[sandman]

Since I live only 1,000 feet from Lake Huron (BIG LAKE!) this is my "other" hobby.

All hand built from plans. Yep, I even made the oars.

Rows really fast too!

 

[joepolicy]

I enjoy (when time permits):

Hiking
Travelling (Europe is great for that)
Photography
Model Railroading
Stamp/Coin Collecting
Astronomy
Recreational Computing (aka playing computer games)
Oh yeah, Rocketry!

I just need about 36 - 48 hours in the day to enjoy all the things I love to do!

 

[jflis]

Originally posted by sandman
Since I live only 1,000 feet from Lake Huron (BIG LAKE!) this is my "other" hobby.

All hand built from plans. Yep, I even made the oars.

Rows really fast too!

sandman, then you should really get a kick out of the cardboard canoe that I built to win in our local "cardboard boat races" Here is a photo essay of the construction: https://jflis.com/leisure/canoeing/cardboard.htm

You did a *beautiful* job on that boat, by the way

jim

 

[EMRR]

I enjoy programming, so I'm self taught HTML and Perl Script for my website (which is about 80% of my involvement in Rocketry as well).

Nick

 

[huxley]

In my youth, I loved building model airplanes.

Now they're:

- Building/flying LPR
- Geocaching w my GPS
- camping the western USA.
- some trout fishing
- deer hunt once a year (the deer are pretty safe around me!)
- My Dodge Ram truck!

- Much of my time I spend w my children. They say they grow up fast, so I'm trying to spend quality time before they do grow up!

Pat

 

[Hobbyman]

HAM RADIO! Also hunting-with a gun! Building electronic kits.
photography with digital & real film!

 

[Stymye]

We also border a large lake so boating and fishing is a key part of our recreation.
We finally purchased a new Larson runabout in 2002 so my old hobby of working on boats (mainly during the summer season) is finally a thing of the past .

we also collect rock music (generaly old lp's), our collection has grown to around 2,500 titles.

I'm also a musician,and have a small home studio based on the roland vs880, I also play lead gtr in a Kiss cover band on rare occasions.

 

[dr wogz]

RC Airplanes (See them at www.brossair.com, I'm Paul S)
Chain mail (Fetish tops, adn jewelery, some armour too!)
Lego
Paper Models
Photography

 

[edwardw]

A few of mine are:

Geocaching
Backingpacking
Climbing the 14er's in Colorado
Photography (Weddings, Outdoor and calendars)
Sewing
Fixin' things that are or aren't broke


Edward

 

[Mike]

Power Kites!

 

[Missileman]

I like to lay on the couch and watch TV.
I used to love to fish, Walleye mostly, but my boat is shot and haven't had the time anyway.

 

[arthur dent]

Originally posted by Mike
Power Kites!

Me too

 

[JoJo]

paintball

 

[Jacques]

R/C Airplanes
R/C Helicopters

no time for anything else

 

[BlueNinja]

Looking to get into ham radio but otherwise tinkering with my friend's old Duster.


OOh, ooh, my main hobby (even more main than rocketry) is thinking about rockets.


I need sleep.

 

[Fore Check]

My hobbies include:

- Singing (Karaoke, at church, in the shower, with the radio, etc.)
- Drinking (while singing Karaoke, typing on this forum)
- Boating
- Kites. I like single-line kites, particularly large and unique cellular kites. I'm a terrible sewer, so I have yet to master making them myself. The "flagship" of my growing kite "fleet" is my custom appliqued Sutton 252 with custom tails. Here it is with one of the 3 matching tails.

BTW: that "252" designation is the square footage of the "face" of the kite. It is 14' wide x 18' tall (14 x 18 = 252). The Tube tail is 6" in diameter and 100' long. To give you an idea of the scale, here's a pic I found on the net with a dude standing in front of his.

 

[Ozymandias]

Originally posted by edwardw
A few of mine are:

Geocaching
Backingpacking
Climbing the 14er's in Colorado
Photography (Weddings, Outdoor and calendars)
Sewing
Fixin' things that are or aren't broke


Edward

Geocaching is really cool. I'm trying to start a letterboxing club at my school.

 

[edwardw]

I took my then girlfriend (now wife) on a staged geocache and proposed to her. She liked it

Edward

 

[Elapid]

when i enter into a hobby...
i've done

R/C Planes
R/C cars
kites - stunt and powerkites recently
tropical fish
reptiles - snake and lizard breeding for several seasons
cycling
running
drag racing
fishing
hiking
technical rock climbing
horticulture
genetics
chemistry
geology
rockhounding
lapidary
photography (human figure/landscape/product/experimental)
skiing
cow-tipping
mountaineering
skateboarding (old skool)
snake collecting

i think that's most of it...

 

[DynaSoar]

Originally posted by Elapid
i've done
...
cow-tipping
...

That's not a hobby.

It's a proud cultural tradition just like the puckey-toss.

Ever dragged a green city kid along and not told them? The look on their face is priceless.

 

[rocketsonly]

Ex:
nitro R/C airplaces
crew

Current:
nitro R/C cars and trucks (when I can find time and money)
U.S. coin collecting (again, when I can find time and money)
rocketry (haha, again, when I can find time and money)
volleyball
tennis

I think that's it

 

[KermieD]

LOL!! I remember my first effort at cow-tipping. If you don't have at least 6 decent-sized guys and a running start, you're gonna have one ticked off cow chasing you down.

My only other real hobby is paintball.