What hobbies ?

[Jaws]

What do you do for a hobby ?
I have had so many it would be pointless and boring to list them, but I have been involved with photography since I was 13, bikes since I was 14 and electronics since I was a kid.. that leading to cb and then ham radio since the mid 70's

What have you done or do for hobbies ?

 

[derek kelly]

Breed Highland ponies.
Currently doing a house up to sell, not sure if I want to do another after this but Bev does so we probably will.
Like to get back into walking football but don’t have time.

 

[DLN1965]

Used to play chess (county level) when at school
Badminton, tho not as much now.
Make Airfix models,
CB radio before it became legal
And dabbling with DIY.

Quite dull and boring nowadays (apart from the current car project)

 

[slim63]

Bikes and bayonets are the obvious ones for me although bikes have taken a back seat recently

Less obvious is reading, I am an absolutely voracious reader of all sorts of things, true crime and military history are usually at the top of the list although all sorts of art, architecture and biographies are also up there

I have had a few collections of various things, most hold my attention for a while then I move them on when I get bored
made a few models and diaoramas over the years but that's a struggle now as close up vision isn't as good anymore, got a N Gauge train set to build at some point, been looking forward to doing that for 3 years now but struggling for space in the box room

Like trawling car boot sales for old interesting things and pick them up where I can, sometimes repair and either sell or give them away to mates

 

[Pow-Lo]

Gym, bikes and music (heavy metal, punk, old school hip-hop).

I have a modest collection of Swiss mechanical watches but my watch buying days are now over since moving back to the UK. If I want to buy any now, I’d need to sell an existing piece first. I usually wear one for three weeks at a time then change for the next one in the rotation.

 

[Cougar377]

Model making. Computer gaming - PlayStation for most games and PC for flight sims and wargaming. Reading - I've got such a backlog of books (real and on Kindle) I need at least a year off.
Took up wire wrap jewellery making last year and now looking at polymer clay jewellery.

Sadly my days of serious mountainbiking are over after the accident a few years back.

 

[ogr1]

Photography 25 years + love studio work.
Some very expensive gear.
Motorcycling...No shit Sherlock.
1/6 scale model making, running out of house space.
PS4.
Science fiction fan, films books.
Not in any particular order.

 

[Malone]

Got no time for hobbies, it takes all my time reading the crap going back and forth on here

 

[slim63]

Got no time for hobbies, it takes all my time reading the crap going back and forth on here

Don't forget contributing to it

 

[Minkey]

photography
collecting model cars
half starting things e.g started building a model of the schooner America in 2003 still not finished
reading
annoying people

 

[Squag1]

Everything and anything.
Bikes.
DIY
Used to be fiddling with computers.
Being curious.
More interests than hobbies.

Would love to have done electronics
and mechanical engineering.

 

[andyBeaker]

Golf.

Local history.

Other stuff to keep me busy but I am not disclosing that on here!

If it wasn’t for the golf i would do a lot more country walking, always fancied South Downs Way from Winchester to Eastbourne.

Serious point on hobbies….I have a very good friend who is clearly suffering from depression (although he doesn’t think so) and he has zero interests other than watching football on tv. I believe that having an interest, ideally one that gets you out and about and generally socialising is essential for well being,

 

[Cougar377]

Other stuff to keep me busy but I am not disclosing that on here!

Oooooh. I know this one.... Does it involve rubberwear...?

 

[Pow-Lo]

Serious point on hobbies….I have a very good friend who is clearly suffering from depression (although he doesn’t think so) and he has zero interests other than watching football on tv. I believe that having an interest, ideally one that gets you out and about and generally socialising is essential for well being,

Suggest to him that he gets a dog. It'll get him out of the house twice a day and will be the best friend he's ever had.

 

[andyBeaker]

Suggest to him that he gets a dog. It'll get him out of the house twice a day and will be the best friend he's ever had.

Good shout. People always talk to you when you take a dog out for a walk.

Downside is all the hassle of owning one.

 

[Pow-Lo]

Good shout. People always talk to you when you take a dog out for a walk.

Downside is all the hassle of owning one.

Very true, more so if the dog isn't a common breed. Also, other dog owners often strike up more protracted conversations and he might, um, you know, meet a burd with a set of biggies.

The only real downside of owning a dog is having to board them in kennels if going jetting off on a holiday (not an issue if you have a mo-ho). That's another great reason not go on holiday during school holidays, when all the kennels are fully booked

 

[andyBeaker]

Very true, more so if the dog isn't a common breed. Also, other dog owners often strike up more protracted conversations and he might, um, you know, meet a burd with a set of biggies.

The only real downside of owning a dog is having to board them in kennels if going jetting off on a holiday (not an issue if you have a mo-ho). That's another great reason not go on holiday during school holidays, when all the kennels are fully booked

That’s the biggest downside to me - with cats you can boot them out for a couple of days if you go away or, more importantly , need to go somewhere at short notice. I really couldn’t be arsed with the ‘we have got to get back for the dog’ stuff.

That and they make the house stink (dog owners don’t notice it)

Big vet bills.

Big food bills.

As I said walking someone else’s dog is a pleasure

 

[Pow-Lo]

That’s the biggest downside to me - with cats you can boot them out for a couple of days if you go away or, more importantly , need to go somewhere at short notice. I really couldn’t be arsed with the ‘we have got to get back for the dog’ stuff.

That and they make the house stink (dog owners don’t notice it)

Big vet bills.

Big food bills.

As I said walking someone else’s dog is a pleasure

The house doesn't smell anywhere near as much if the dog is given a good brush outside a couple of times a week and bathed every other month or so. It also helps to change their bedding at least once a week.

Big vet bills are another misnomer. They're completely unnecessary when there's plenty of good insurance companies out there.

Food bills depend upon the size of the dog and what it's fed. We give ours good quality dry food and it works out at about £35/month.

Walking your own dog is even more rewarding, especially when they're well behaved. Not so when they insist on rolling in fox shit but that's another story.

 

[Lee337]

Was asked about hobbies in a job interview in December last year. Struggled to think of anything other than motorbikes.

Luckily my new boss is a biker.

Still struggle to think of any others maybe drinking wine, eating local food mainly when on holiday, a mild interest in astronomy but haven't really had the Telescope out from under its cover for well over a year

 

[andyBeaker]

The house doesn't smell anywhere near as much if the dog is given a good brush outside a couple of times a week and bathed every other month or so. It also helps to change their bedding at least once a week.

Big vet bills are another misnomer. They're completely unnecessary when there's plenty of good insurance companies out there.

Food bills depend upon the size of the dog and what it's fed. We give ours good quality dry food and it works out at about £35/month.

Walking your own dog is even more rewarding, especially when they're well behaved. Not so when they insist on rolling in fox shit but that's another story.

Based on that lot it costs you less to run your mutt than it did for our moggie.
we had insurance for a while but went freestyle…despite bills well over a grand in his last couple of years we were still well in pocket compared to paying insurance premiums. Food was between £30 and £40 per month (bulk buying on interwebs) and Cattery about £18 a day.

Pet insurance is similar to human health insurance..it generally doesn’t cover long running conditions…..buyer beware!