"Do you have any hobbies?"


I get the same mix of outdoor and hands-on stuff. I bounce between shooting, fishing, and tinkering in the shed whenever I want something calm to focus on.
 
This is an eleven-footer, but I've built a couple of others, including a fourteen-footer for my daughter.
The planks are glued together rather than riveted to ribs, but it makes for a strong and relatively light boat.
This one goes camping sometimes, and rows really nicely.

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Hytest 4.5 said:
This is an eleven-footer, but I've built a couple of others, including a fourteen-footer for my daughter.
The planks are glued together rather than riveted to ribs, but it makes for a strong and relatively light boat.
This one goes camping sometimes, and rows really nicely.

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Good job! It looks fantastic!
 
Yair well, I hope you find that new hobby, Riverpirate, because when something's weighing on your mind, it makes a big difference if you can completely absorb yourself in something else for a while.

I hope you find what you're looking for.
 
I think like most mine have changed with time. In my youth things like martial arts and mountain biking were top of the list. Now it's wood working and archery. Basically things that don't require a good back or knees.
For me both are sorta meditative. Both require mental focus, which means forgetting about everything else including worries and losing my self in the task. Wood working is my indoor activity while archery is obviously outside. Or it is now. Too many holes in the wall. ROFL.
In any case, I don't shoot much over the winter so it's all about wood working. Come spring and summer I rarely touch the tools.
Cheers Jim
 
Riverpirate said:
I need a new hobby…life has got me down.
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Genealogy research can be very interesting...and definitely a deep rabbit hole!

Write a Book on whatever you are passionate or knowledgeable about. It is pretty inexpensive and relatively easy to publish, especially through Kindle, but there are lots of options. There are also a lot of apps to help you with the writing process, in terms of organizing etc.

Or, just write down your memories and life experiences for family members to enjoy one day.
 
I’m fairly hobbled up but really enjoy traveling, pocket billiards, watching wildlife and taking great care of my two dawgs and one kitty that’s a hoot to hang out with. I can take my time playing billiards and it’s pretty good exercise with the conditions I have with RA and other stuff. Reloading and shooting also fill a lot of time and both are enjoyable
 
Hytest 4.5 said:
And these.....this one's carved out of a solid block of pine.
The designs are all in my head, but of course influenced by seeing plenty of full-size ones.

Have built a few full-size clinker skiffs around the 14 foot mark, but these days, the little ones are easier to move about.....
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That is a beautiful model of a gaff-cutter rig! "Flying everything but the captain's long johns", too!
 
A life-long but intermittent hobby is building (mostly) plastic scale models. One group is 1/25 scale autos,1940s thru mid-1970s. There are four completed models, in individual display cases, on my bookcase. A fifth is in process.

Another group is 1/700 scale warships from WWII. In my cabinet are unassembled models of every ship that took part in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. US forces were 2 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers and 8 destroyers. Jananese forces were 2 fast battleships, 1 light cruiser and 11 destroyers. (My barber from 1959 until 1988 was aboard one of the heavy cruisers, USS Portland. His battle station was ammo handler for an open-mount 5-inch AAA gun, so he had a front seat.)
 
Ol' Choctaw Dan said:
A life-long but intermittent hobby is building (mostly) plastic scale models. One group is 1/25 scale autos,1940s thru mid-1970s. There are four completed models, in individual display cases, on my bookcase. A fifth is in process.

Another group is 1/700 scale warships from WWII. In my cabinet are unassembled models of every ship that took part in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. US forces were 2 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers and 8 destroyers. Jananese forces were 2 fast battleships, 1 light cruiser and 11 destroyers. (My barber from 1959 until 1988 was aboard one of the heavy cruisers, USS Portland. His battle station was ammo handler for an open-mount 5-inch AAA gun, so he had a front seat.)
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Same here, but mostly 1/35 military or figure painting in scales 1/32 (54mm) up to 1/16 (120mm)
 
Ron said:
Same here, but mostly 1/35 military or figure painting in scales 1/32 (54mm) up to 1/16 (120mm)
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Yup, I had some of those 1/35 tanks, trucks, etc.

I still have one I made for my father, an M7 "Priest" self-propelled 105mm howitzer, returned to me after both parents had passed. The M7 was what his battalion used in the European Theatre. They received many unit commendations, including from General LeClerc (French 2nd Armored Division) and General Patton.
 
Ol' Choctaw Dan said:
Yup, I had some of those 1/35 tanks, trucks, etc.

I still have one I made for my father, an M7 "Priest" self-propelled 105mm howitzer, returned to me after both parents had passed. The M7 was what his battalion used in the European Theatre. They received many unit commendations, including from General LeClerc (French 2nd Armored Division) and General Patton.
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Got 2 of those on the bench. One a British 8th army, Africa 1942 and one Canadian, D-day -1.
 
I think I have changed more hobbies than I currently do. I used to collect stamps, coins, rare comics, knives, records, Star Wars Figurines (the 12" ones), antiques, tobacco pipes, swords, etc.. Other than collecting antiques, I pretty much stop collecting all the rest.

Sewing (by machine), repairing stuff (computers, small appliances, electronics), kayaking (by far my most expensive hobby, paddles alone cost $600 each), fishing, kayak fishing, sailing, snorkeling (haven't done that for a long time but loved it even had scuba dived), traveling, Fencing (as in fighting with Foils in a tournament), cooking, photography, target practicing (rifles, crossbows, sling shots, air pistols, etc.), rescuing animals, listening to music, going to musicals & plays, Rock concerts, classical symphonies, Opera, Metal Shop, to name a few.

I also seem to collect dust as I get older lol...
 
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