Who has hobbies other than photography?

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@jonmanjiro almost the same time frame for me. I was a very casual rider for about ten years mostly in support of charity rides 2 or 3 times a year. About 2016 it became a passion, I started racing in 2017 and have tens of thousands of miles since then. I need it for all the reasons you mention as well as for mental clarity.

For the cyclists on rff, my strava: Robert Jag | Strava Cyclist Profile

 

[underlord]

In the Court of the Crimson King! Awesome.

Just my third carving. Hilariously I remember downloading the image of the album cover for reference. Totally forgetting I had the actual album in the next room!

 

[JeffS7444]

I have a small stamp collection: I only concentrate on images which interest / appeal to me, mostly issued from the countries of origin, hence Belgian Tintin stamps.

 

[Archiver]

I have a small stamp collection: I only concentrate on images which interest / appeal to me, mostly issued from the countries of origin, hence Belgian Tintin stamps.
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Gosh, this reminds me me of the end of Tintin on the Moon, where the guy sacrifices himself to repent for what he did. Aaaarrrr I haven't thought of that in decades! 😭

 

[Archiver]

@Dogman You could have sold those pipes for decent cash! 😎

@Richard G Even though I don't smoke, I like the looks of classic lighters from the 60s and 70s like Dunhill and Colibri, and have sometimes thought of collecting them, but fortunately that's a rabbit hole I have procrastinated exploring.

 

[Godfrey]

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Oh yes, I love watches, clocks, and all kinds of curious mechanisms too.
Today I'm wearing the '57 Omega Automatic a friend of mine gave me. It was her uncle's watch, he bought it new and she inherited it when he passed away a half dozen years ago. I had it serviced, put a nice leather band on it, and enjoy the heck out of it.

1957 Omega Automatic​

G

 

[valdas]

Second hobby? Life? 🙂 Or, rather, enjoying small things in life. Small things in large quantities, preferably - reading, movies, music (going to opera, Puccini is my favorite), biking, hiking, exercising, tasting wines and good food, buying cameras, selling cameras, wondering about mysteries of life and death, watching sports (ever heard of Arsenal FC?), learning languages etc. And all this with people who are dear to me (“if love is the answer, you are home” - Daft Punk).

 

[ChrisPlatt]

I love trains and the history of railroads, especially in the Northeast.
Next year our daughter plans to join us on an Amtrak trip to Montreal.

A new hobby I plan to pursue in retirement is model railroading.
I did it a bit when I was a child, in HO scale, but nothing serious.

In the last few years I have gathered quite a bit of N scale gear.
Initially I am planning to build a layout of 4' x 4'.
In N scale even that small size allows a lot of action.

Chris

 

[JeffS7444]

I don't know whether I'd consider it a proper hobby, but I've now accumulated 10 1:64 scale diecast cars, two of them 1960s Lesney Matchbox, a trio of Tomicas, and 5 modern Mattel Matchboxes including this Morgan 3-wheeler @ 1.99 USD. I'll break open the package in coming weeks.

I was kind of self-conscious when I started browsing these the other year until I noticed something unexpected: Most of the others looking at the things appeared to be adults! But maybe I shouldn't have been so surprised, given how many modern Lego sets are clearly aimed at adults. As for what today's kids actually want, I dunno, iPhone/iPad? The things seem mesmerizing to young folks, a never-ending kaleidoscope of sights and sounds.

 

[pixelated]

Other than photography and trying to tend to the care and feeding of way too many cameras, there is woodworking, Cycling, house maintenance and sometimes construction and DIY car and other machinery maintenance.
If I had a place to keep a hobby car I'd have one of those too. I've helped build houses for Habitat for Humanity, and have done some pretty extensive work on my own house.

 

[Godfrey]

I don't know whether I'd consider it a proper hobby, but I've now accumulated 10 1:64 scale diecast cars, two of them 1960s Lesney Matchbox, a trio of Tomicas, and 5 modern Mattel Matchboxes including this Morgan 3-wheeler @ 1.99 USD. I'll break open the package in coming weeks.
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I was kind of self-conscious when I started browsing these the other year until I noticed something unexpected: Most of the others looking at the things appeared to be adults! But maybe I shouldn't have been so surprised, given how many modern Lego sets are clearly aimed at adults. As for what today's kids actually want, I dunno, iPhone/iPad? The things seem mesmerizing to young folks, a never-ending kaleidoscope of sights and sounds.

Oooh ... that's a nice one!

I never intended to be a collector, but over time I've accumulated a bunch of 1:43 scale die cast cars and a few 1:24 scale motorcycles. I finally bought a couple of display cases so I could put them out where I can see them...


It's a somewhat eclectic group of models, featuring a lot of cars I've owned and a good number I fantasized driving. 😉

G

 

[jonmanjiro]

@jonmanjiro almost the same time frame for me. I was a very casual rider for about ten years mostly in support of charity rides 2 or 3 times a year. About 2016 it became a passion, I started racing in 2017 and have tens of thousands of miles since then. I need it for all the reasons you mention as well as for mental clarity.

Absolutely this too!

 

[Tim Murphy]

Dear Board,

When I was a kid, I was really big into building scale model kits. Mostly Revell and AMT model cars but I did build a lot of 1/72 scale WWII airplanes too. I had American, British, Japanese, and German fighter planes accurately air brushed and hanging from the ceiling of my bedroom in Theatre specific dogfights. I had a two layer 12' shelf displaying my car models too. Then my cousin decided to play with all of my models and proceeded to destroy 95% of them. My Aunt was mortified but I got over it. 😉

I got into photography around the time of the great model mish-mash. I was never very good at it, but I still persist to this day!

The only hobby that I will never relinquish is fishing. Fresh or salt, though the saltwater days are dwindling, with any and every means of tackle ever devised. My preferred method is fly fishing, and I have my brother coming in from Colorado this weekend for two guided trips for smallmouth bass, the best fish on the Earth! 🙂

With good graces from the red gods, I'll post a few pictures of our adventures. Most will be pictures of my brother as I am both the designated photographer, and the least photogenic of our party.

Regards,

Tim Murphy

Harrisburg PA 🙂

Rare footage of me from this Spring

Goobs by Tim Murphy, on Flickr

 

[JeffS7444]

I never intended to be a collector, but over time I've accumulated a bunch of 1:43 scale die cast cars and a few 1:24 scale motorcycles.

Nice. I got the impression that 1:43 was more of a "grown-up's scale", both in terms of detailing, and price. 😀 In real life, I wonder if I've had my fill of 2-seat roadsters. But then again, I don't live in the Bay Area with it's less extreme weather, and not-so-insane ultraviolet radiation: When summertime skies in Colorado turn blue-black, I seek shade!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I don't know whether I'd consider it a proper hobby, but I've now accumulated 10 1:64 scale diecast cars, two of them 1960s Lesney Matchbox, a trio of Tomicas, and 5 modern Mattel Matchboxes including this Morgan 3-wheeler @ 1.99 USD. I'll break open the package in coming weeks.
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I was kind of self-conscious when I started browsing these the other year until I noticed something unexpected: Most of the others looking at the things appeared to be adults! But maybe I shouldn't have been so surprised, given how many modern Lego sets are clearly aimed at adults. As for what today's kids actually want, I dunno, iPhone/iPad? The things seem mesmerizing to young folks, a never-ending kaleidoscope of sights and sounds.

Adults are buying them because today's old people collected these when we were kids. I will be 50 next month; I have a HUGE collection of Matchbox cars and some Hot Wheels that I collected as a child in the 1980s.

My son is 28 and heavily into Lego. We have been going to Lego conventions for years; most of those displaying their creations are my age and older. Some of these guys have spent tens of thousands of dollars on Lego bricks.

 

[JeffS7444]

Adults are buying them because today's old people collected these when we were kids. I will be 50 next month; I have a HUGE collection of Matchbox cars and some Hot Wheels that I collected as a child in the 1980s.

My son is 28 and heavily into Lego. We have been going to Lego conventions for years; most of those displaying their creations are my age and older. Some of these guys have spent tens of thousands of dollars on Lego bricks.

If you've got 'em, please post photos!

The only childhood possession still with me is my very battered Lesney Matchbox Cadillac ambulance. The rest, I don't recall were it went, save for those items that I gave away as an adult. No regrets: I have mixed feelings about those times. The only other vintage piece in my collection was an antique-store find from the 1990s: The shop had a glass case full of them, all in beautiful condition. I was told that they had belonged to an older woman.

 

[JeffS7444]

Radio controlled models once fascinated me. I started with Tamiya cars and have always liked the scale appearance of their cars and trucks.

After a long hiatus, I discovered Horizon Hobby and their ready-to-fly planes and helicopters. Keeping my ego in check, I started with a beginner-level Blade MCX coaxial 'copter, and this proved a good move, because most crashes caused no damage, so I could get lots of practice actually learning to fly, even indoors. Having never flown anything before, it was plenty challenging, but I soon got the hang of it.

I then moved up a notch to Horizon's entry-level fixed-pitch model. Glad that I had prior experience with the Blade MCX, so the controls were familiar, though this new model required more constant correction. Fun part was when those constant slight corrections became muscle memory, and hovering felt almost therapeutic . It could also move a lot faster than the coaxial Blade MCX!

With experience gained flying a fixed-pitch helicopter, the move to 4-channel beginner airplane was cake for me, seem to recall simply launching it into the air and flying: That put a smile on my face 😀

 

[Godfrey]

...The only childhood possession still with me is my very battered Lesney Matchbox Cadillac ambulance. The rest, I don't recall were it went, save for those items that I gave away as an adult. No regrets: I have mixed feelings about those times. The only other vintage piece in my collection was an antique-store find from the 1990s: The shop had a glass case full of them, all in beautiful condition. I was told that they had belonged to an older woman.

Your post made me think ... What do I have of anything I owned before I attended High School? Very very little ... I've never been all that attached to things. I know that somewhere in my closet I have a box with odd bits ... perhaps a couple of small toys or signal things I used to keep on my dresser or desk. But in the sixty-one years since I entered my teens, nearly everything has simply fallen into the far distant past.

Some of the things I've held the longest are a couple of cherished books ("The Voice of the Dolphins" by Leo Szilard, "The Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi), a looseleaf binder/notebook that my grandfather gave me when i was 8 and used actively until I was in my twenties, and several small binders of photographs that my grandfather, my father, my uncle, and I made dating as far back as the 1930s.

All the rest has come and gone. I was never one to hold onto things.

G

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

If you've got 'em, please post photos!

The only childhood possession still with me is my very battered Lesney Matchbox Cadillac ambulance. The rest, I don't recall were it went, save for those items that I gave away as an adult. No regrets: I have mixed feelings about those times. The only other vintage piece in my collection was an antique-store find from the 1990s: The shop had a glass case full of them, all in beautiful condition. I was told that they had belonged to an older woman.

I still have all of my cars. They're upstairs in a box I'll have to hunt up. My parents saved most of my childhood toys and my son was able to play with them when he was a kid. The boxes of matchbox and hot wheels include mine and the ones I bought for my son when he was little. We still have a lot of my son's toys, too. Our favorites are his big collection of plush toy bugs and spiders.




This is Hairy the Spider, a Beanie Baby I bought for my son when he was about 4 yrs old. He loves spiders and carried Hairy everywhere when he was a kid. He would tell people "Hairy is venomous and DEADLY so don't try to squish him or he'll bite you!" He has a bunch of other spiders, a housefly, a maggot, a stinkbug, a praying mantis, a mosquito, and several other insects. We never had such cool stuffed animals when I was a kid!




We used to take Hairy to restaurants, and would ask the servers if they had any roaches in the kitchen for our spider to eat. They always said no. Sometimes we'd take the fly and complain that a HUGE FLY had landed on our food.

 

[p.giannakis]

I don't know if someone mentioned it already but is anyone collecting magazines of any sort ? 🙄

I don't consider myself collecting magazines but I still have all the magazines I bought between the late 80s up until the early 00s.