Took my 4 year old to a brothel. Sounds like we all went home with fishy smelling hands.
What’s your hobby?
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That's not a nice way to refer to OP's mom's house
So much this. We do a ton of stuff together; just got back from hiking all over New Hampshire. But these are family events - not my hobby.
My FIL wants me to take gold lessons so I can golf with him. Which is awesome and would be great. But when would I do that? My family doesn’t golf. This is just one example. I’ll pick up a hood hobby one day but it won’t be before the kids graduate.
Woodworking (mid-century modern) and cooking.
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I have found many jobs are easy fast fixes, broken wires, dirty gas, bad plug, broken gaskets. People will spend big $s on equipment and never take care of it.
You would feel like a shitty father/husband for having friends? Your oldest kids don't have any hobbies that you enjoy just as much, or rather a hobby of yours you passed on to them that you can do together? This feels like a troll post.
Did he/she set patiently waiting for a bite while you ran around and skipping rocks and sticks and playing with the bait?
One of my first questions to a person who brought his/her mower to me in the spring was:
where did you store this for winter?
I'd get answers like under the back porch steps. First thing I did was check for water in the gas and change it out.
I am honestly surprised that this thread isn't just 50 straight replies saying dressage.
Fishing and sitting on the beach all day. Both tend to lead to day drinking as well so that probably counts as a hobby. This time of year though we will do less of both since football has started. We'll try to get out on the water early so we can be back to watch games. And day drink.
You'll be happy to note that "that smell" is a compound known as n,n,n triethanolamine. It was my organic lab unknown. I remember opening the vial in lab and a cute swimmer girl next to me turn red haha. The good ole' days.
As for my hobbies, I basically have ADHD as I have a ton of them apparently at least judging by the other responses. I wouldn’t even say I have a favorite hobby.
But right now my hobbies in no particular order are:
1) Travel, mainly in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean where I take several big long trips a year either driving to and from Tally, flying to a spot and renting a car and returning it at the return airport or cruising to a port and renting a car for my own ”excursion”. In addition to landscape photography associated with the travel, I love to hike the best shorter (1-6 hours) hikes in the area, try the local pizza, try the local bbq (if in an area known for it), try the local ethnic or unique regional food items and then hit up the local museums, zoos, theme parks and/or aquariums.
2) Photography, mainly landscape with a little wildlife photography thrown in. It’s usually but not always tied into #1.
3) Home cooking, grilling and smoking, I’ve got a fair amount of ethnic and regional cookbooks that I read over plus a lot of Youtube channels I review. And I love to experiment by mixing cuisines and seasonings, very seldom do I keep to the recipe when I know it can be improved mid-cooking.
4) Fossil collecting which is frequently mixed in with #1 as I love to go to public dig sites for a day and look around as well as go to local Florida, North Carolina and Virginia fossil beds in public areas. My current favorite items that I own are a textbook/museum grade example of a large crinoid; a Columbian Mammoth (largest elephant species about twice as big as a Wooly Mammoth that lived in Iowa) molar I found in Wakulla Springs; a large sauropod neckbone I picked up in Wyoming and a large Mosasaurus mortuary plate with lots of teeth, neckbones and pieces of the skull intact.
5) I’m a fish keeper with two large warm water coral reef tanks, a coldwater marine tank, and two large freshwater planted tanks.
6) I also collect retro game consoles, handhelds and electronic games. I’ve got a museum quality collection of ancient (ie 71-00s) electronics. My current favorites are an original 1972 Magnavox Odyssey with all physical addons included (more than just the later “Pong” machines, it played dozens of games using screens you placed over the TV set and physical components like cards, dice, chips and playboards), the very first game console from Nintendo which is an off white first production model of the Color Tv Game-6, and a pink “Lady” model Epoch Super Cassettevision which was the first game system specifically designed for women. I currently have every generation of game system represented with all common and several unusual models as well as hard to find variants for some of the newer systems representing the first generation (the original Magnavox Odyssey and early Pong units) through to my new Playstation 5.
7) Woodworking but it’s more accurate to say furniture restoration. I don’t have a shed or enough garage space to have the equipment necessary to do really excellent pieces from new wood, but I do love to pick up antiques at estate sales and refurbish them for myself or to give to others as gifts.
8) Tennis. My wife and I play doubles frequently although we’re not in a league or “serious” about it.
But right now my hobbies in no particular order are:
1) Travel, mainly in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean where I take several big long trips a year either driving to and from Tally, flying to a spot and renting a car and returning it at the return airport or cruising to a port and renting a car for my own ”excursion”. In addition to landscape photography associated with the travel, I love to hike the best shorter (1-6 hours) hikes in the area, try the local pizza, try the local bbq (if in an area known for it), try the local ethnic or unique regional food items and then hit up the local museums, zoos, theme parks and/or aquariums.
2) Photography, mainly landscape with a little wildlife photography thrown in. It’s usually but not always tied into #1.
3) Home cooking, grilling and smoking, I’ve got a fair amount of ethnic and regional cookbooks that I read over plus a lot of Youtube channels I review. And I love to experiment by mixing cuisines and seasonings, very seldom do I keep to the recipe when I know it can be improved mid-cooking.
4) Fossil collecting which is frequently mixed in with #1 as I love to go to public dig sites for a day and look around as well as go to local Florida, North Carolina and Virginia fossil beds in public areas. My current favorite items that I own are a textbook/museum grade example of a large crinoid; a Columbian Mammoth (largest elephant species about twice as big as a Wooly Mammoth that lived in Iowa) molar I found in Wakulla Springs; a large sauropod neckbone I picked up in Wyoming and a large Mosasaurus mortuary plate with lots of teeth, neckbones and pieces of the skull intact.
5) I’m a fish keeper with two large warm water coral reef tanks, a coldwater marine tank, and two large freshwater planted tanks.
6) I also collect retro game consoles, handhelds and electronic games. I’ve got a museum quality collection of ancient (ie 71-00s) electronics. My current favorites are an original 1972 Magnavox Odyssey with all physical addons included (more than just the later “Pong” machines, it played dozens of games using screens you placed over the TV set and physical components like cards, dice, chips and playboards), the very first game console from Nintendo which is an off white first production model of the Color Tv Game-6, and a pink “Lady” model Epoch Super Cassettevision which was the first game system specifically designed for women. I currently have every generation of game system represented with all common and several unusual models as well as hard to find variants for some of the newer systems representing the first generation (the original Magnavox Odyssey and early Pong units) through to my new Playstation 5.
7) Woodworking but it’s more accurate to say furniture restoration. I don’t have a shed or enough garage space to have the equipment necessary to do really excellent pieces from new wood, but I do love to pick up antiques at estate sales and refurbish them for myself or to give to others as gifts.
8) Tennis. My wife and I play doubles frequently although we’re not in a league or “serious” about it.
Fishing/camping/ 4wheelers/ sxs.
mostly whatever the wife decides I should do though.
mostly whatever the wife decides I should do though.
Beach fishing is the best... love catching and eating ( black drum / sheephead / pompano / flounder ) from the Gulf..
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I'd like to say fishing but I went once this year. My boys never seem to want to go.
I'd like to say golfing but I haven't played a full round in a decade. The shanks will do that to a man. Used to be my passion.
The fact is, I don't think I have a hobby anymore which is kind of sad and damn near depressing.
I usually do whatever a kid is doing I guess.
I'd like to say golfing but I haven't played a full round in a decade. The shanks will do that to a man. Used to be my passion.
The fact is, I don't think I have a hobby anymore which is kind of sad and damn near depressing.
I usually do whatever a kid is doing I guess.
It has been rugby but my time playing that is winding down. In 2024 I'll be going on a tour of Australia for rugby and I'm pretty sure I'll be calling it quits after that. I've been lucky not having many huge injuries but I can tell at 32 I'm not nearly as skilled, fast, or (and this is the bigger part) as hungry to go out there and kill/get killed.
I've been considering Muy Thai, boxing, and jiu-jitsu. I doubt I'd go in a ring against another person but I'd like the training and workouts. I've done boxing/kickboxing in the past and loved it. A couple friends compete in jiu-jitsu and a couple Muy Thai (not just training, but actual fights) and they love it.
I've been considering Muy Thai, boxing, and jiu-jitsu. I doubt I'd go in a ring against another person but I'd like the training and workouts. I've done boxing/kickboxing in the past and loved it. A couple friends compete in jiu-jitsu and a couple Muy Thai (not just training, but actual fights) and they love it.
I fish. Probably 75-100 outings this year. Maybe more. If I could fish for a living, I would.
There is good money to be made guiding. Follow your dreams.
Start a YouTube channel, there's good money to be made. Wear a bikini and catch some fish and you'll draw a lot of eyes. Sure, there will be a ton of nasty comments, but views are views.
I mostly read. I have a lot of fly-fishing gear and a few nice pairs of skis but neither get used as much as they should.
I’m already fleshing out ideas for a YouTube channel, but they include me fully clothed.
I have a 10" Meade reflector and never got around to astrophotography. Maybe I should think about that.
See, then you have to be really good. Those Gale Force twins lost me because they're just ok at fishing and are always covered up. I can find better fishermen or chicks with less clothes on other channels. But combine them and I'm watching!
Depends on the speed of your mirror, coma and coma correction and what mount it's on. Glad to help you if you need help.
