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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.
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!!
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
Ok before some of you get offended. Let me just say that animal cruelty and inflicting unnecessary pain to an animal is wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wongo
Thats why you have to do it fast. Just 1 shot in the head. :D
Carbon fuel reconstruction
Racing mini jets
Aviation
Particle accellerators
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.
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Making new acronyms:p
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by la Huerta
Wongo better watch out, the Cat Avenger's out!
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Originally Posted by ozwinner
Arrr... that would be; silly old ones? ;)
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
Does drinking beer count? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Groggy
Did you see the thread on 'stupid & dangerous' (weird) last year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Groggy
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=18871
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Hic! Wha ...?
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.
What part of 'Carbon fuel reconstruction' don't you understand without the sound effects?Quote:
Originally Posted by Driver
PPppppppphhhhhhaaaaarrrrrrrt! :D
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Originally Posted by Grunt
Errrrrr.... would that not be a goat bar? :rolleyes:
Maybe you should have just Albowed him. :D
That reminds me: me too.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zed
Ok family comes first
home brewing so the goats look betterhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/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
G'day Zed,Quote:
Originally Posted by 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:
What else?
Reading
Eating
Procreating
Procrastinating
Sleeping
...everything else is "work." Most of my hobbies have been turned into chores by others.
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)Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
Im stuck into a MMORPG currently "Warcraft"
For you non-gamers"MMORPG" =Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.
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.
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.............
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:
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.
Anyone here playing Battlefield 2 ?
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
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
Nudge nudge, wink wink.Quote:
Originally Posted by fxst
Al :p
How come nobody has said "growing marijuana" :confused:
G'day,Quote:
Originally Posted by craigb
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
Cause Im.................they are not stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by craigb
Oww almost forgot.................man......
Al :)
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.
Sorry computer not good enough. I was stuck with BF 1 till I needed more space on the computer:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Dean
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
Do you play online and if so what game(s). I play enemy territory far more than I should.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry72
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.
Or drive you there. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by E. maculata
I promised many moons ago that any talk of cat punishment would recieve a greeny, yours is on the way:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wongo
Cheers, Jack
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... 1fpsQuote:
Originally Posted by Waldo
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...
Havent tried that one, is it set in WW1/WW2 days or ancestral days?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dean
Only World of Warcraft currently... one of these games at a time is enough!Quote:
Originally Posted by MatA
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: