General / Off-Topic What’s your hobby?

hairychris

hairychris
Noddie said:
Gosh. It wasn't until I wrote that I realised I don't have many hobbies. Need to think of some more to try.
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If you do hobbies properly (hehe) just one can take up a huge amount of time!

hairychris said:
Music, although I've been a bit off that & not been in any bands for a couple of years. Still need to work out where I'm going with this. Still play guitar a bit but a tad aimless right now, and I have a pile of synths that I haven't touched in a while.

Started running last summer. Raced my 1st 10k yesterday with a chipped time of 52:00. Very happy with that!

Otherwise I'm a bit chaotic tbh.

Oh, I read a lot. Can get through a normal-sized novel in an evening. Plus I like beer.
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Update: Ankle niggle meant that I've had to slow down on the running. With the lockdown & less traffic I got back on my bike for exercise.

All going very well until I came off it on Sunday. Let's just say that my 2nd visit to the hospital is tomorrow and I'm going to be neither running or cycling for a few weeks! Nowt serious, just some pretty ugly road rash on one kneeand a few other bumps & scrapes elsewhere.

Pro-tip: you don't bounce very well when you're nearly 50 years old... Oops!
 

Cmdr Esteban

Cmdr Esteban
Astronomy, when the weather and the atmospheric seeing conditions play nice (which is infrequent at the moment as it’s winter here).

But tonight there was a break in the bleakness, and I sat in awe at my refractor eyepiece as I watched Ganymede pass in front of Jupiter, casting its shadow over the planet. Off to the left in my view was the Great Red Spot, a swirling anticyclone larger than Earth that’s been raging for centuries, staring back at me through the eyepiece like a great eye.

Tomorrow is forecasted rain, so I’ll probably just fire up Elite and head over to Ross 775 and play cat and mouse with pirate wings in the asteroid fields...

🙂
 

mariopepper

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I have different hobbies, including pool swimming, cycling, running. Moreover I like pool swimming in my own builded pool. I've spent much time to build it ( for about several weeks) but I finally made it. I also has bought some additional stuff for my hobby, for example a cleaner wich ranked in the top 3 (US market). I really enjoy swimming with my family there and I guess it's not the last creation of mine.
 
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BulletTrev

BulletTrev
Wingfoiling, Sailing my Microyacht , Warhammer 40K (well a streamlined version of called Grim Dark Future by One Page Rules ) and Reading (just finished Ted Chiang's book of short stories 'Exhalation' bally brill') (do we need to type Video Games ?).
 

EUS

EUS
Tae kwon do, motorcycling, playing bass, target shooting is my next hobby, applied in August, waiting on the govt to issue my licence.
 

hairychris

hairychris
Crikey, back on the site after ages.

Hobby update:
  1. Playing music less although I still pick up fun bits of gear every now and again!
  2. Basically not playing computer games. Sad face.
  3. I still buy too many books.
  4. Ran(ish) my first >50 mile ultra last month and have a few niggles to work out. Hard but rewarding as had put 6 months of training into it. Early starts ~5 days a week for runs kind of destroys the time for #1, #2 and restricts #3. Currently booked in for Manchester Marathon in April 2024 and a 100k in July so will start ramping up milage again in December. Yes, I'm a running tw@t, sorry!
  5. Beer is still good, although how much I can drink is dependent on #4.
EUS said:
Tae kwon do, motorcycling, playing bass, target shooting is my next hobby, applied in August, waiting on the govt to issue my licence.
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Yes, you need a license to play bass safely. I know that I do.... :censored:
 

Ralph Vargr

Ralph Vargr
My new hobby is finding the best food pantries/banks in the area. Might as well use the benefits of being a senior on a fixed income...
 

dan_austin

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My main hobby is a sport. I play football at a high amateur level and sometimes I like to play tennis. As for other hobbies, I am learning crypto exchange / trading right now. And the weirdest one is that I like to make Ice Sculpting, but it is only possible at winter time :)
 

Pixelated Sparkster

Pixelated Sparkster
Pixelated Sparkster said:
I like to draw and animate as a hobby. It takes a long time to get a project done but I love the reception I would get once I finished something, and it is nice to look back to.
I also like playing retro video games, watching movies, cartoons, writing fun essays, and birdwatching. I do hope to one day move to a place of my own and add gardening as one of my hobbies. 🌳 🐦
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Here is a fun update: of all the things I started recently, I am now including playing the piano as a hobby.

It was something I really wanted to get into but was on and off about it finding the perfect piano to invest in and start playing. I just recently got a Yamaha digital 165 and practicing on it daily for the past few months has been such a treat, it is so nice to be away from a screen and try out melodies and ditties that has been on my mind, almost like learning a new language!
 
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