What Else in Your Life.

[Termite]

Reading the occasional post about non-woodwork related stuff, like Jow and his painting, has made me realise that there is possably more to you bunch than woodwork.

Anyone care to spill their guts about their other hobbies, or is woodwork your all consuming passion.

I'll kick off with:- Bonsai (25 yrs), Sourdough Bread (26 yrs), Fishing (56 yrs).

[Wood Borer]

Meg 29 years

Pet Snakes 1 year

4WDing 8 years

[outback]

I have an interest in sex , however my wife doesn't see the fascination, so I seem to do it by myself mostly. :eek:

[Dean]

work is my hobby! :p
well maybe not. I dabble in...

- Plastic Model Kit Building
- Photography
- Guitar Playing

[Cliff Rogers]

Computers, Micro Controllers, Electronics, Valve Amplifiers, Woodturning, Woodcarving, Woodworking, Gardening, Bonsai, Orchids, Guitar, Blues, Australian Wine, Travel, Motorcycles, Motor Sport, Fishing, & currently very involved in doing the lighting for live theatre at the Majectic Theatre in Malanda. 2 productions in progress, one opens tomorrow night the other at the end of this month.

[craigb]

Computers, Micro Controllers, Electronics, Valve Amplifiers, Woodturning, Woodcarving, Woodworking, Gardening, Bonsai, Orchids, Guitar, Blues, Australian Wine, Travel, Motorcycles, Motor Sport, Fishing, & currently very involved in doing the lighting for live theatre at the Majectic Theatre in Malanda. 2 productions in progress, one opens tomorrow night the other at the end of this month.

Cliff, you've got to get out less. :D

[craigb]

I hardly get time for woodworking. :eek:

But,

Bread making (occasionally - mostly in winter) - 10 years
Keeping the missus happy - 22 years
Golf when I get the chance, even though I'm crap at it :rolleyes: - 15 years

[RufflyRustic]

. occaisionally Leatherwork - book covers, coin purses etc
. sewing - household furnishings, baby cot blankets - great gifts for everyone else:rolleyes: , fixing HWMNBO's shirts and jeans, weaving ribbons, etc
. gardening - if we weren't on water restrictions
. wood forum parties:D
. reading - passes the time till it's woodwork time

cheers
RR

[CameronPotter]

In no particular order...

Woodwork in general
Woodturning
Bowyery (making bows and their strings)
Fletching (making arrows)
Chess and Go (Oriental strategy game)
Logic Puzzles
Tabletop Wargaming with miniatures
Bass and Alto Clarinet
Real/Royal/Court Tennis
Lawn Tennis (Novice)
Blacksmithing
Knife Making
Leatherwork
Jewellery Making
Mokume Gane (specialised metal working technique)
Enamelling
Plastic Making (mainly for pens)
Homebrew Micarta making (mainly for knife handles)
Fencing (with foils and sabres)
Hanging out on too many Bulletin Boards
Computer Games (when I get the time)
Used to do a bit of roleplaying but most of my friends buggered off interstate.
Reading (both technical books and novels)
General science/engineering research - afterall that is my job (New Scientist rocks).
Trivia (Organised nearly 10 quiz nights for several charities).
Renewable energy and technologies
Amateur interest in politics
Public Speaking (when I get the chance)
I am sure that I have forgotten a few things...

Oh yeah, and I see my girlfriend occaisonally too...:o

Cam

ps Beware asking me about any of the above - I can natter on a bit sometimes. :D

[Bodgy]

Grade cricket, short handed ocean racing, snowboarding, cricket, restoring old tools, the kids, European history, cricket, holidays with the mates (usually stemming from above) far from home where we seriously misbehave.

[Zed]

shooting small songbirds.
pulling wings off bees.
feeding wild pigs with the carcases of bees and small birds.
rolling about in goat dung.
tying lizards to trees in my backyard and encouraging the local cats.
using a lighter and a can of mortein/mr sheen to incinerate ants and wasps.
helping little old ladies halfway across the road.
helping people change thier flat tyres and secretly puncturing the spare tyre.
feeding pigeons laxatives in busy public squares.

that keeps me pretty busy most days...

[Andy Mac]

Art & design (sculpture, furniture, kinetic works, carvings & assemblages)
Toolmaking
Gardening
Blues music
Boules
Beer
The last three often happen simultaneously, in said garden, with tended gravel driveway.:D

Cheers

[javali]

Capoeira 12 years

Old calculators 3 years

Computers and programming used to be a hobby, but it went out of favour with too many years of work.

[TassieKiwi]

Past, present and future interests are

Guitar
Making and listening to music
Aeromodelling, esp. sailplanes
Boats
Fishing, esp. fly
Snowboarding
Classic cars, (Healy 3000 yeah!)
Fine cusine
Wine
Beer!
Travelling
Motorbikes (Black Shadow!)
Old tools
reading (lost art, with children about)
Old VW's
Camping
Fixing things better than new that would otherwise have been chucked out

[Tikki]

Dressmaking
Tapestry
Knitting, crochet
Leadlight
Design (woodwork)
Cooking
Gardening
Bird breeding
Husband annoying
Other

Cheers
Tikki :)

[Harry72]

Video games

[ss_11000]

hockey
X country running
softball
baseball
athletics
computering
talking
sports

[Christopha]

Wife avoiding 25 years.
Wife escaping.... 1 year
fishing..... forever
catching fish...... Huh?
and Other, yes thats it definitely OTHER!

[CameronPotter]

Wife escaping.... 1 year


I thought with your aerodynamic approach to hair styles you could have kept ahead of your pursuer for longer than that... ;)

[MICKYG]

Years Interests Include

1 Gardening ( vegies )
10 Woodwork ( all )
35 Metalwork
10 Guitar making ( electric )
25 Electronics ( radio )
25 Valve Amps (HF & Music)
25 HF Radio and antenna's


Regards Mike;)

[Wongo]

Sports
Made plastic models for a good 20 years, then spent the next 3 years to build 2 model ships then woodwork.
Cooking Chinese foot :D
Teaching mathematics
Cat killing :D

OK the last one is a joke.

[Kev Y.]

For the past three years I have been attempting to "get my life in order" after wife escaping ( as christopha puts it):)

Now I am working on renovating my new abode, gardening, sometimes woodworking, water ski-ing, socialising, and traveling. :p

Not to forget, watching my kids grow up from a distance..:(

And as of tomorrow, I am taking an active interest in learnig to fly an ultra-light aircraft..:eek: :eek:

[DanP]

Procrastinating (31 yrs) :rolleyes:

Dan

Oh yeah, my other hobby is persecuting poor defenceless downtrodden welfare types. (10 yrs):D

[woodbe]

Electronics (Mostly HiFi)
WW (of course)
Keeping Fit
Renovating
Photography
Computing
Being the only sane person (they're all mad!!)
Motoring (prefer German)

[Andy Mac]

Sports
Cooking Chinese foot :D

Any tips to the uninitiated...peel toenails prior marinating, are chopsticks acceptable when enjoying this delicacy etc?

[Ashore]

Other than Woodwork, or shed work the stuff I enjoy doing

Golf ( when I get the chance)
Cooking
Grandsons
Touring ( Bike)
Travel in general Os and Oz (esp with camper trailer)
Playing on the stock market ( research mainly )
Photography ( more playing with pics in photoshop than being able to take good pics)
Computer

[bitingmidge]

I just want to do one of everything before I die.

(I think I've eaten Chinee foot, darn Orcha Rot in Singapore la.)

P
:rolleyes:

[CameronPotter]

Cooking
Grandsons


Ashore, you accidentally dropped a line in the middle of this hobby.

It should have been "cooking grandsons" shouldn't it? :p

[CameronPotter]

I just want to do one of everything before I die.


Midge, you haven't mowed my lawn, so if that is one of the things you want to cross off your list, feel free!

:D

Cam

[Bodgy]

Sports
Made plastic models for a good 20 years, then spent the next 3 years to build 2 model ships then woodwork.
Cooking Chinese foot :D
Teaching mathematics
Cat killing :D

OK the last one is a joke.

Wongo

Does anyone actually enjoy eating chooks feet, or is it just a tradition left over from the bad, old, hungry days?

I'd rather eat one of your cats.

[zenwood]

Getting involved in my church.

[arose62]

Pogonotrophy - 2 months. :D

Cheers,
Andrew

[ozwinner]

Jewellery Making
Mokume Gane (specialised metal working technique)
Enamelling


Cool, where the piccies? :cool:

Al :)

[Auld Bassoon]

Sailing - long ocean voyages especially
Music
Reading
Writing - short stories
Computers
Motorcycling
Motor Racing
Cooking
Rocking the Boat (at work :D)

[ozwinner]

Sex
Goats
More sex
More goats. :o
Rocks
Fossicking.
Goats
Relic hunting
Bricklaying, yeah I know, sad isnt it? :o
Goats
Youselot
More goats
Life
Goats.
Owhh almost forgot................woodwork, as long as it involves goats.

Al :D

[Zed]

forgot to add: pornography.

[echnidna]

The 2 things that have given me ultimate pleasure is
making someone else's wishes come true















The first was swmbo #1
She started to wish that she didn't have a man in her life.
I made that come true.

swmbo #2 also had the same wish.
I didn't let her work too hard wishing
before I made that come true too!

swmbo #3 and I are very happy together.

[ozwinner]

forgot to add: pornography.

I didnt know apes like records?


Welcome back BTW, hows mini Zed doing?

Al :D

[mic-d]

you blokes make me feel like I'm not living, all my hobbies seem to be use-to-be's.
making plastic models - mostly aircraft and studying aviation history
flying
bike racing
archery
canoeing
photography
restoring an old car and showing it
golf - I'm lousy
using ray tracing programs to make molecular art - I have done a few journal covers
might be others
Cheers
Michael

[ozwinner]

you blokes make me feel like I'm not living, all my hobbies seem to be use-to-be's.
making plastic models - mostly aircraft and studying aviation history
flying
bike racing
archery
canoeing
photography
restoring an old car and showing it
golf - I'm lousy
using ray tracing programs to make molecular art - I have done a few journal covers
might be others
Cheers
Michael

Just include goats, and all will be fine again.

Al :D :eek:

[Glenn_M]

Here we go.....

Photography
Cycling
Homebrewing (and winemaking)
Cooking
Fiddling with computers, home theatre & electronics

would be the hobbies. Other interests are wide and varied.

And goats.......

Nah, not really the goats. Sorry Al, couldn't go there

Cheers.

[Driver]

Apart from woodwork:-

(in no particular order)

Reading
Writing (just for pleasure - I've had very little published)
Cooking (particularly seafood and I've recently developed an interest in Italian food)
Golf (I like it - it hates me)
Walking and exercising (trying to regain some of the physical fitness I've lost in the last 15 years or so).

Things I would like to learn more about or take up:-

- Bread making (I'm intrigued by your interest in sourdough bread, Termite - why sourdough in particular? I know it tastes good but that's not all there is to it - what's the particular thing about sourdough that interests you?)
- Drawing and painting (I used to do a bit of sketching. I've never done any painting but that is becoming an itch that I need to scratch).
- Metalwork - forging and welding, in particular.

That'll do for now. Other things will no doubt occur to me. ;)

Col

Oh - and PS: No bloody goats!!

[Pat]

Surfing - Longboards, Shortboards and Body 22years
Bonsai - 13years (Started this for something different than surfing/drinking)
Surf Life Saving - 28years (More like a second, unpaid job)
Annoying MBGitW/Pups - 7years
Nethack - Falcon's Eye - 4years
Reading - Mainly Fantansy - Sword&Magic/Dragons - 20years
Knife Collecting - 15years

Drinking with the boys - 17years :D

[Wongo]

Cat killing :D

Ok before some of you get offended. Let me just say that animal cruelty and inflicting unnecessary pain to an animal is wrong.

















That’s why you have to do it fast. Just 1 shot in the head. :D

[Groggy]

Carbon fuel reconstruction
Racing mini jets
Aviation
Particle accellerators
.
.
.
Making new acronyms:p

[la Huerta]

ancient kung fu
steel body training
steel hand training
weapons training
unarmed combat


and inflicting pain on those who harm animals...

[Bodgy]

ancient kung fu
steel body training
steel hand training
weapons training
unarmed combat


and inflicting pain on those who harm animals...
Bloody Hell, Senor, if we ever meet I shall be very polite.

Wongo better watch out, the Cat Avenger's out!

[Cliff Rogers]

Owhh almost forgot................woodwork, as long as it involves goats.

Al :D


Arrr... that would be; silly old ones? ;)

[Ianab]

For the adreneline rush... try this... :D

http://www.geocities.com/ianab/surf/stent/sst03.jpg

No thats not me, but I've bodyboarded that reef in that size surf. You either get the ride of your life :D ... or you get pounded :eek:

Ian

[Cliff Rogers]

Carbon fuel reconstruction

Does drinking beer count? :D



Racing mini jets
.....

Did you see the thread on 'stupid & dangerous' (weird) last year?

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=18871

[Driver]

Does drinking beer count? :D


Hic! Wha ...?

[Grunt]

Making beer, when I used to have a liver.
Flying airplanes, when I had money.
Surprisingly, I like woodwork
Photography
Gardening

Latest interests are:

Permaculture
Strawbale house building
Self-sufficient living


I went to the Seymore Alternative Farming Expo with Al last month. He aint kidding about the goat thing. Had to pry him off with a crow bar.

[Cliff Rogers]

Hic! Wha ...?

What part of 'Carbon fuel reconstruction' don't you understand without the sound effects?

PPppppppphhhhhhaaaaarrrrrrrt! :D

[Cliff Rogers]

..... Had to pry him off with a crow bar.


Errrrrr.... would that not be a goat bar? :rolleyes:

Maybe you should have just Albowed him. :D

[zenwood]

forgot to add: pornography.That reminds me: me too.:)

[doug the slug]

Ok family comes first
home brewing so the goats look betterhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif
I love baking bread, cant understand this local obsession with sourdough, i prefer scotch bread
I actually had an angora goat in the back yard till last year
golf but not recently
was seriously into breeding exhibition poultry a few years back
After a day with last saturday woodturning is in serious danger of becoming the new passion

[Waldo]

shooting small songbirds.
pulling wings off bees.
feeding wild pigs with the carcases of bees and small birds.
rolling about in goat dung.
tying lizards to trees in my backyard and encouraging the local cats.
using a lighter and a can of mortein/mr sheen to incinerate ants and wasps.
helping little old ladies halfway across the road.
helping people change thier flat tyres and secretly puncturing the spare tyre.
feeding pigeons laxatives in busy public squares.

that keeps me pretty busy most days...

G'day Zed,

Thanks for a great laugh at an ungodly hour of night.

Used to be involved in:

• racing karts and spending big money doing it at the Ipswich track;
• indoor rock climbing
• canoeing
• and spending money making my old XE go faster
• going to the drags at Willowbank
• growing and propogating carnivorous plants - loved that, and really want to get back into that.

then I got married.

Now I
• play in the garden;
• play in the shed
• play here
• and play halo online
• and love my job owning a design consultancy
• designing stuff (see above)
• have to get back and join the Melb Uni Target Rifle Shooting Club
• giving my daughter cuddles etc. (not nappies no, no, no!)
• walking in rainforests
• would love to get back and play squash

• and LOVE anime movies! oh yeah. :cool:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

What else?

Reading
Eating
Procreating
Procrastinating
Sleeping

...everything else is "work." Most of my hobbies have been turned into chores by others.

[Harry72]

and play halo online
Pheww I thought I was the only one silly enough to play games, halo is good... have you tried FEAR yet?(this one will suck yer grapics card dry)
Im stuck into a MMORPG currently "Warcraft"
For you non-gamers"MMORPG" =Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.

[Waldo]

G'day Harry72,

No worries with games on this baby, I'm running a G5 topped to the hilt to run graphics intensive programmes.

Haven't tried FEAR. Warcraft on the other hand I'm keen to download the demo and try. Love games involving tanks and WWII aircraft.

[Iain]

Cooking
Reading
bit of writing, have a book on the go for 12 years so far, will probably be a best seller a day after I die....
Fly fishing ultra light small stream to ultra heavy surf
Pony Club, trying to get one going at the moment
Home brewing, getting it right at last
Good wine
Bad wine when I'm broke
shafting dickheads who want to play silly games with me
photography
video editing (see pony club)
collecting old clocks and watches
guitar-classical
fly tying, can't afford to buy them
and enjoying a bloody good pizza, not the Domino or Pizza Hut crap.............

[Felder]

I really don't know where you blokes find the time.:confused:

Between work, my family and running the local bush fire brigade, I try to fit in;
Beer drinking (actually this item should probably be in the above line;))
Beer brewing
Golf (I live next to course so how come I only play 3-4 times a year:confused::confused:)
Four-wheel driving
Motorbikes - when I can borrow one:(
Cooking
Socialising with good friends with good food and good wine

What else do I do?? Surely my life is more complex than this:confused::confused:

[Shannon]

My gosh you people are quite creative in your interests aren't you :cool: :cool:

I suppose woodworking can be quite creative so it's hardly surprising.

I on the other hand got left in the bottom drawer when creativity was handed out :D. Well maybe I inherited some from my dad - I hope so anyway.

Pre daughter I had more, but I happily gave them up to become more of a family man. So interests include.

Looking after and playing with our daughter - this actually takes up most of my interests now, but she is 3 and able to get out into the shed with me now, so that is cool.

Squash
Motor sport - Drags and hot rod/street machines- when I can afford it I will participate but for now it is spectator only.
Gardening
Cooking
Reading
T-shirt painting/printing

Will be keeping this thread in mind when I have time for new interests as there are a lot of great ones here.

[Dean]

Anyone here playing Battlefield 2 ?

[fxst]

yeh well theres heaps
home brewing beer and spirits (oops did I sy that?)
Lapidary and faceting (I use an old MDR facetor)
scrolling
penmaking
woody stuff in general
bonsia
canoeing and building them
sailing
boatbuilding well did it
building a solar powered home
motorhoming (fuel to dear at the moment :( )
caravaning (see above)
fossicking
Breeding Boer goats (sold them last month)
growing my own veggies as much as possible
Permaculture and self sustainable living
model engineering when I get time
leatherwork for the last 30 years
and other stuff I have dabbled in
I think I need to reorganise my life :D as I'm trying to make life simpler but always gets back to money or more precisely lack thereof
Pete

[glock40sw]

Target Pistol Shooting
Target Rifle Shooting
Hunting
Photography
Fixing Puters
Building stuff from Metal
Building Stuff from Timber
Rotary wing Model air craft
Partaking of fine Scotch Whiskey
Reloading Ammo
Bullet Casting
Giving people the zh1tz
Stirring

Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton

[ozwinner]

Breeding Boer goats (sold them last month)
Pete

Nudge nudge, wink wink.

Al :p

[craigb]

How come nobody has said "growing marijuana" :confused:

[Waldo]

How come nobody has said "growing marijuana" :confused:

G'day,

Because every time I go to glue it up and nail it, I break the heads off and I have to throw it in the bin and start over again. :D

[ozwinner]

How come nobody has said "growing marijuana" :confused:

Cause Im.................they are not stupid.
Oww almost forgot.................man......

Al :)

[Wood Butcher]

Computers (using them not fixing them)
Reading
Cooking (sucks when you are trying to lose weight! )

Actually not much at the moment. Uni has just started again and that doesn't leave me much time for anything.

[Wood Butcher]

Anyone here playing Battlefield 2 ?
Sorry computer not good enough. I was stuck with BF 1 till I needed more space on the computer:(

[old_picker]

In order of how much i do of it.

Computers - makes me money
Guitars - playing and making - makes me happy
Aquiring more guitars and tools - makes me gasp
Ever more sophisticated subterfuges to baffle swimbo with my latest aquisitions.
The thrill of executing the well concieved aquistion plan

[MathewA]

Video games

Do you play online and if so what game(s). I play enemy territory far more than I should.

[E. maculata]

Obsessions
1st-Motorcycles started when I was five, raced motorcross for years, dragged and circuited my roadbikes after puddlejumper injuries got to me
2nd-Cars this was not by accident, I was always interested, my Dad had a '34 ford F head in the style of the 60s, during the 60s, whan I was 13 he had a HJ with 7.2 litres of chev B Block, and always had modded holdens somewhere around (he even went to town on an X6 tasman once)
My Surrounds, the scrub, the bush, the stix, out the country whatever you want to call it
Then Girls and I believe this one follows you to the grave.
past fleeting interests
Guns-high velocity smallbore in particular any better than4000fps in .224 cal is a buzz.
Hunting/tracking outwitting wild animals.
Long distance running
debating & public speaking
Unionism
Confrontation and arguing(naturally annoying anyway so why not build on your strengths:D )
Writing, only ever had one published, ironically an obit for a young mate, but we all were at the time, slowed my bike riding down for a while.
squash tennis & basketball, at which I was (a) too bulky (b) too Unco (c)too short & I sucked at them anyway, but had fun nonetheless
Body strengthening and physically pushing the boundaries, took this real serious for a long while, including some martial arts and boxing for fun.
Did I mention Motorcycles :rolleyes:
Metalworking
Mountain biking
4WDs (esp when the boss pays;) )

Of and on all my life has been Dogs and timber & woodworking, again inherited from my Dad

Current fascinations
My family, Kids are the best thing for keeping you anchored and young
Motorcycles (now they've got the bug too;) )
Competitive BMX, wait till you see a 5 yr old at 25-30 kph on a BMX track, then the AA pros' at 45 kph thunder past, talk about skill:eek:
Of course our Mutts:o .

Lifelong pastimes.
being literally a smartarsk, trivia, information junkie, logical deduction, using my brain to try & outwit other smartbums:o
Did I happen to mention a passing obsession with motorcycles?:o
I'm pretty fond of the human race in general, and a few individuals in particular.

[Cliff Rogers]

Obsessions......
Girls and I believe this one follows you to the grave.....
Or drive you there. :rolleyes:

[Jack E]

Cat killing :D

I promised many moons ago that any talk of cat punishment would recieve a greeny, yours is on the way:)

Cheers, Jack

[Harry72]

G'day Harry72,

No worries with games on this baby, I'm running a G5 topped to the hilt to run graphics intensive programmes.

Haven't tried FEAR. Warcraft on the other hand I'm keen to download the demo and try. Love games involving tanks and WWII aircraft.

Im afraid your G5 will be up for a challange with the FEAR game, Im running a P4 3.4/1g ram/256mb raedon at 1200x800(16-9 ratio)with high settings it barely cranks 5fps :eek: unplayable! Should see it when I crank it up to my LCD's res 1900x1200... 1fps
The warcraft can be brought as a demo disc from shops $2 for a 14day trial version, this game cost's to play... if you purchase the full version you get 60days, then you need to purchase time at around $30 per month(unlimited game play) gets cheaper if you pay in 3-6mth blocks. Warning its a very addictive game...

[Harry72]

Anyone here playing Battlefield 2 ? Havent tried that one, is it set in WW1/WW2 days or ancestral days?

Do you play online and if so what game(s). I play enemy territory far more than I should.Only World of Warcraft currently... one of these games at a time is enough!

[goat]

fishing ,fly (fresh and salt water) bait,lures ,trolling
riding my suzuki bandit 1200
pottering around my 50 acre property
woodwork
power carving
boating
beer
port
pc's
gaming
mrs goat
kids
aquariums
motorsport
my animals



AND STAYING THE HELL AWAY FROM OZWINNER :eek:

[Iain]

AND STAYING THE HELL AWAY FROM OZWINNER :eek:
:D :D :D :D :D

[Grunt]

AND STAYING THE HELL AWAY FROM OZWINNER :eek:

Sage advice for anyone methinks. Especially those of us with 4 legs.

[Zed]

spaeking of games - try project entropia - an online game - addictive...

www.projectentropia.com

[Grunt]

spaeking of games - try project entropia - an online game - addictive...

Hey Zed,

This looks interesting. How much have you spent on it? How much time have you wasted?

Chris

[Harry72]

What doest it cost to play that Zed?

[silentC]

Trekking
Cycling
Occasional bit of Swimming
Playing the Mega-bang Drum Complex
Building a house
Drinking beer

[Wongo]

Hey C, I thought drinking beer isn’t your hobby. It is your job. :D

[silentC]

It's good to love your job ;)

[Zed]

grunt and Harry72, its free to download and play. however if you want to get ahead quickly you need to deposit money to buy online game credit (so you can spend game dollars on your avatar - upgrades and such...)

note you should register as yourself with real details so that if you actually start to get ahead you can WITHDRAW real american dollars - if you use a psyudoym you cant do that....

I havnt spent anything - doing it the slow way. which is fun in itself. lots of hours so far - I play at night on weekends after i've fed the boy and dont want go back to bed to disturb the boss.

[wheelinround]

Computers, Micro Controllers, Electronics, Valve Amplifiers, Woodturning, Woodcarving, Woodworking, Gardening, Bonsai, Orchids, Guitar, Blues, Australian Wine, Travel, Motorcycles, Motor Sport, Fishing, & currently very involved in doing the lighting for live theatre at the Majectic Theatre in Malanda. 2 productions in progress, one opens tomorrow night the other at the end of this month.

Hobbies heaps but thouht youd like to see one of them Bonsai been doing it for 30 yrs fell in love with it at age 6 when I saw my first.

My Azaliea best bllom ever still going strong after 9 years.

My oldest Fig this got to be almost foot no idea where the photo's went but had to cut it back savaged it I did about 1995/6 this is 28 yr old.

[Cliff Rogers]

Here is an old thread.

Good one Ray. :2tsup:

[wheelinround]

Just a small sample of about 30 Bonsia

[frog's wife]

great thread! I'm fascinated by you lot.

Oh and Ozwinner? I'm in the goat club too

Goats (some even trained to harness,)
Pistol shooting (not neccessarily but not exclusively related to the above)
Reading, old sex ed textbooks are the greatest (it is a medically known fact that you WILL go blind if you keep that up)
Beer. (I Liiiiiike beer)
Cooking and feeding people. (I do really good beer food)
Renewable energy (wind power generation - and this has nothing to do with my beer food)
Whip cracking (just ask squashedfrog how much work he's expected to do in a day)
Building stuff lots of stuff. Any stuff, metalwork to woodwork, from chook pens to furniture to an entire house.


If I had more time.......heck I'd probably just build more stuff.

Sonja

[MajorPanic]

Pogonotrophy - 2 months. :D

Cheers,
AndrewBBBBBzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!!!

"INVALID CATEGORY"

It's like calling breathing WORK - it's involuntary & doesn't count. (though, too many people try to pass this off as real work)

Please try again Sir - you have one more attempt left!

[wheelinround]

Current fascinations
My family, Kids are the best thing for keeping you anchored and young
Motorcycles (now they've got the bug too;) )
Competitive BMX, wait till you see a 5 yr old at 25-30 kph on a BMX track, then the AA pros' at 45 kph thunder past, talk about skill:eek:


Watching AA Pro's go splat crash boom then cry like babies Grant White, Warrwick Stevenson, Andrew Chicuti and Wade Boots. See old pharts trying to do the same at 1kph.

45kph LOL yeh right was at a Central Coast track Lake Munmoruah where they had Police radar on last straight try 95 kph........cop stopped and asked him to go again thought something wrong with radar NO WAY A PUSH BIKE can reach those speeds by peddling. Next round 97 kph cop packed up went home disgusted.

Watch out for BMX at up and coming Olympics 1st time ever http://www.genesbmx.com/2008-bmx-olympics.html

[dazzler]

Stalking :)