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Spending my kids’ paltry inheritance on hobbies
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Wrong sport, they are wide receivers. They used to be tight ends but had to change positions.
Yep, they do. One of my best trucks, is the Wraith. I've got about $1200 into it. I got back into the hobby, when I broke a leg after a Dual-Sport bike accident. I had a lot of time to heal up and needed something to do, so I wouldn't go nuts and the rest is history. Mac
ETA: don't mind the paint job, was my first time painting a Lexan/polycarb. body.
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Picking locks. Usually it’s just sitting on the couch watching TV and playing with old padlocks. I sometimes pick up cheap used padlocks at flea markets/retail shops to play with. Occasionally I get to show off my skills at work when someone gets locked out of their house and calls non-emergency. My $40 pick set can usually save the homeowner from installing a new doorframe or the cost of a locksmith.
I’m no professional by any means, but I find it an amusing way to pass time, and it provides some real world skills value.
I’m no professional by any means, but I find it an amusing way to pass time, and it provides some real world skills value.
As my grandma used to say .. "only 2 things fall from the sky ... bird shit and idiots" We used to sit gram in the corner with her Palmals and an ashtray.
Skydiving is actually one of the safest hobbies one can do. The current technology that allows a human/objects to safely land on the ground with or without intervention is pretty remarkable. Compare it motorcycle racing, motox, mtb, rock climbing, etc. injuries and deaths hurling your body outside a plane, helo, balloon, etc. dwarf any ground hobbies.
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Aside from rock climbing & surfing, I really got into Bonsais. I left on deployment a few years back and my, at the time, girlfriend(now wife) didn’t quite have the green thumb I do and I returned home to a pretty dead bonsai. That kinda sucked 
It’s just not a patient mans hobby haha. I'm very much looking forward to growing some other types of green plants when the time arrives 
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Your wife is right, they are toys just like my RC helicopters. It doesn't matter that there are a couple of thousand dollars, doesn't matter that they're dangerous and have killed people... Still toys for my news. Of course they can be used as tools for a job... but that is a very small percentage of those RC vehicles.
Cracks me up when you get on to some of the RC sites and people getting offended when you call them toys.
Surfing & rock climbing/mountaineering will always be my #1 odd ball hobby. Or rather, odd ball lifestyle 
I think most of my hobbies tie into hunting.
I like bird watching a bit, but mostly because I have two sets of high dollar binos sitting in the living room to check out what is going on in the back yard.
I like spending money on the truck, but it is necessary for conveyance and I have built it into a pretty good offroader.
Reloading so I can shoot more, so I can hit what I am aiming at.
Our kids are now homeschooled (not via public zoom) because the public schools in New Mexico have shit themselves. So in the interest of quality that has taken a ton of time.
We like to fish, but we aren't very good at it.
I am a master diver, but I haven't been in the water in probably 10 years. The interest isn't there anymore.
Our kids have become our biggest hobby. We spend a lot of time working on life skills.
I used to build knives, but not really doing that anymore. Have all the stuff and 30 blanks but I am bored by it.
My health took a shit, so now I am taking a lot of time trying to figure out how to undo the past part of my life where I drank booze, ate mountains of candy and was mostly carbohydrates. I haven't had a carb in a couple of months, and I lost 30 pounds. Funny how shit your body works when you hit 45 when you have been on a shit diet for 30 years and been out of the military for 7.
I like bird watching a bit, but mostly because I have two sets of high dollar binos sitting in the living room to check out what is going on in the back yard.
I like spending money on the truck, but it is necessary for conveyance and I have built it into a pretty good offroader.
Reloading so I can shoot more, so I can hit what I am aiming at.
Our kids are now homeschooled (not via public zoom) because the public schools in New Mexico have shit themselves. So in the interest of quality that has taken a ton of time.
We like to fish, but we aren't very good at it.
I am a master diver, but I haven't been in the water in probably 10 years. The interest isn't there anymore.
Our kids have become our biggest hobby. We spend a lot of time working on life skills.
I used to build knives, but not really doing that anymore. Have all the stuff and 30 blanks but I am bored by it.
My health took a shit, so now I am taking a lot of time trying to figure out how to undo the past part of my life where I drank booze, ate mountains of candy and was mostly carbohydrates. I haven't had a carb in a couple of months, and I lost 30 pounds. Funny how shit your body works when you hit 45 when you have been on a shit diet for 30 years and been out of the military for 7.
That is seriously talented work!!!
Been thinking recently of picking up the Covert Instruments covert companion. Sad thing is that I have way too many interests without the money for them all.
That’s funny. I ordered a Southord JackKnife last night to keep in my pocket. It only contains 6 picks, but I find I rarely use anything but a medium hook or a rake anyway. Includes a tension tool with integral storage. For only $40 it looks like a decent little pocket kit, so we’ll see.
Wayyyyyyyy..past that stage in my life, but, when I DO get the urge.....the wife's there to give me a hand! Mac
I used to have a couple of Nokonas but they are too heavy and way too soft. Probably a good choice for softball but not baseball. Most of the gloves I have now are pro issue I got from either a player or a glove rep.
Shopping for my sons glove couldn't find any made in US other than Nokona.....offered to let him custom make one but he wanted whatever all the other kids had.....made in Vietnam.
What would be"Odd" is if you were doing her armpit or something.
Seen it done before in Singapore on a gal that had no other crevices available. Odd? Not really.
Full house?
Seen it done before in Singapore on a gal that had no other crevices available. Odd? Not really.
Literally Air Tight!
We were hrs away from pulling out. He couldn't wait. I thought it was a pro move. 
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Played this on school Apple II in 1978... are yours that old school?
Played this in 1979 on friend's TV.... yours this old school?
Played a bunch of this on another friend's TV in 1983... Maybe that old school?
Played some of this at local market, 1985... Perhaps old school?
Never owned a video game myself... But it beats juvenile delinquency!
Sirhr
Juggling four bull testicles would be a good "Odd Hobby". Tennis balls not so much
While the bulls are still attached. FUCKING winner winner!!
Sure I'll bite, I have a bachelors in agricultural science majoring in education and master's of science in forestry (still trying to publish my work). Both degrees lead to a life long obsession of forest management. Also your talking to a guy who accidently pissed off the tour guide at Louisville slugger when I asked about EAB.
Have 9+ change years left to get my forester certification.
Tools I need to cruise my property are the logger's tape (diameter), cruise all (Basal area and used to determine which trees to measure during a plot sampling of a stand, used in calculations) and clinometer (measure total or merchantable heights). I have a few Biltmore sticks stashed away as well.
My favorite tool is my Hagloff Increment Bore. The latest sample I have taken is from a Black Walnut on my property. Still need to polish it so I can count the rings for age. Lots of software SILVA, FVS and excell sheets for calculations. If its not American made I find that the Finns and Swedes make excellent equipment
Black Walnut diameter
Have 9+ change years left to get my forester certification.
Tools I need to cruise my property are the logger's tape (diameter), cruise all (Basal area and used to determine which trees to measure during a plot sampling of a stand, used in calculations) and clinometer (measure total or merchantable heights). I have a few Biltmore sticks stashed away as well.
My favorite tool is my Hagloff Increment Bore. The latest sample I have taken is from a Black Walnut on my property. Still need to polish it so I can count the rings for age. Lots of software SILVA, FVS and excell sheets for calculations. If its not American made I find that the Finns and Swedes make excellent equipment
Black Walnut diameter
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I’ve read up a lot on dendrochronology and it’s making a huge impact on history and archaeology... even geology and vulcanology.
Whoever really figured out the data basing and the study of tree rings as a way to really date everything from cathedral beams to Viking graves to ancient tsunamis deserves a Nobel Prize!
Very cool odd hobby! Sirhr
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Trying to get your neighbors in the stalls next to you to play Battleshits.
I build models , some times from scratch and some times from kits
that's my 1/35 scale gun truck I built from scratch and the other is a 1/35 scale Merkava 4
that's my 1/35 scale gun truck I built from scratch and the other is a 1/35 scale Merkava 4
Its interesting just seeing growth patterns vs size. The management has helped me make some money off my property.
Well isn't that ironic... Your wife sucking my cock is her hobby
I collect bellybutton lint from strangers. Currently the ball weighs almost four pounds.
So if a stranger walks up and asks. Just dig in and scoop it out. I am trying to get into Guinness World Record Book.
So if a stranger walks up and asks. Just dig in and scoop it out. I am trying to get into Guinness World Record Book.
Looks fun Rick. If I shot a revolver off my horses my new hobby would be bronc rider.
