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Ugh... hobbies... the bane of my life! 😁

 

Mine:

  • Martial arts: have black belts in karate and kung fu. Used to teach.
  • Cycling: combined with the above, helps to keep the pies and pints off my waistline (a bit...).
  • Music: bass playing and mixing/production (a whole other world of gear acquisition!).
  • Gaming: Xbox FPS nerd.
  • Airsoft: getting back into it after a few years off (preparing myself to be skint).

That and professional zoo-keeper to two young boys. Mostly feeding and mucking out.

 

Life is way too short for all this stuff.

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3 hours ago, Uncle Pauly said:

Life is way too short for all this stuff.

 

Ain't that the truth. Balancing a relationship and social life with self employed work and about 10 hobbies is like trying to make 300hrs of stuff fit into a 168hr week. 

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Sadly don't get much time at the moment for hobbies other than a bit of xbox and occasional airsoft.

 

Would like to do some track days next year with the mrs.

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In addition to the coastal walking I am also a bass player and have been for almost 17 years. I like to play all sorts of genres though mostly Punk Rock and Hardcore. As technical as possible. 

 

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Link to my last band here. https://shipsdown.bandcamp.com/releases

 

No Refuge has one of my bass solos in it starting from 1:11 :) Unfortunately I have been without a band for over a year now. Looking less and less likely at the age of 34 to be play originals in a genre I actually want to play though. Ageism is rife! 

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Track driving and drifting are one of my other hobbies

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that car was a 328i which had a lot of money spent on it.

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I’m in the process of building an E46 for track days, will be popping in a 3.0 from a 330ci and trying to do some laps at brands and a few ring trips.

 

The other thing to keep me busy is my horses, I used to compete a lot with them and did county level show jumping however not much in the way of competition anymore.

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55 minutes ago, hitmanNo2 said:

Man.  Airsoft, cars and horses.  Your wallet must live in constant fear ha.

😂 it definitely does, however the cars aren’t too bad as I’m a mechanic so tools and space I already have. 

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Hmmmm. Loads.

 

Daughter, partner, and ex-wife all have horses, so by default that’s my second hobby.

 

For me, I have a section 2 licence for clays. I collect and use pocket knives, particularly friction folders, interesting watches and broken mechanical things

 

And live music

 

 🙃

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On 15/12/2019 at 07:44, rocketdogbert said:

Hmmmm. Loads.

 

Daughter, partner, and ex-wife all have horses, so by default that’s my second hobby.

 

For me, I have a section 2 licence for clays. I collect and use pocket knives, particularly friction folders, interesting watches and broken mechanical things

 

And live music

 

 🙃

 

Aside from collecting the knives, do you carry one for utility purposes at all?  If so, are you able to recommend a reasonably priced everyday carry folding knife

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10 minutes ago, MagpieAirsoft said:

 

Aside from collecting the knives, do you carry one for utility purposes at all?  If so, are you able to recommend a reasonably priced everyday carry folding knife


Your best bet is to look at hennie.com under UK legal carry.

 

These are my two EDC’s, a standard SAK and a William Morris friction folder

 

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And these are my three farm carries, two tough but cheap Böker fixed blades, and a micro blade from a custom maker whose names escapes me at the moment

 

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have several most in several states of negligence...

 

woodwork- made several fantasy style shields mostly based of game of thrones. also make some furniture and bits ofr my house

miniatures- mostly warhammer 40k had a few armys...

archery as i had to learn it for a job though its rare i do it.

roleplay writing and moderating my own rp group of like 100 members(prob like 10 who are properly active)

anything artsy i look at and am trying to figure out how to combine/ figure out a company. 

worked on game of thrones over the years and it made all of the above worse.

working on slowly setting up a company to make and sell some in my limited free time that my wife dosent consume... 

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I like to draw and paint. I used to have others till I had kids. I still get out on my skateboard but only to get about nowerdays, still nice though.

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Cross stich,crochet,appliqué and underwater basket weaving are my bag.

Haha,no I made the last one up.

But I can spend quite a few hours of a Sunday evening watching antiques roadshow while knocking out some lace doillies.Its very relaxing and keeps my fingers nimble.

Regards 

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37 minutes ago, GenuineGerman said:

I enjoy long walks in the country, picking flowers, reading the romantic greats, musical theatre, wine tasting and putting my keys in a bowl 😂

Haha. Scrub the last one. Your a dad now. Those days are gone!! ☹

Regards 

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