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Well, been reading between the lines lately and I've noticed some of you have some other hobbies aswell.
So, spill the beans, what do you do in your free when your not next to the tank?:idea:
Henk Hugo
12-08-2009, 11:04
I hold a PPL and i lecture at the SAAF youth development program
Photography - although I don't have much time to do that lately :)
I fix cars that should have gone to the rubbish dump instead.
The last one I did:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/94citi/Photoshoot012.jpg
The current one(which is causing more headaches than swine-flu!)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/94citi/090612_103349.jpg
Damn, that Jetta is causing a love-hate relationship, the hate is winning!
Bonsai Trees, Martial Arts and Studying....yes studying...UNISA pwnes me..
Ok, I love horses. Been riding for about 17 years. I do endurance riding.
johan008
12-08-2009, 11:38
Okay I am o copier technician and when I do get a chance I love to fish I am really into Fly fishing and into Bass so you see FISH FISH FISH and of course I love playing computer games witch happens to be next to my ........ Yip you guest it next to my tanks :bigsmile::bigsmile::D
Okay I am o copier technician and when I do get a chance I love to fish I am really into Fly fishing and into Bass so you see FISH FISH FISH and of course I love playing computer games witch happens to be next to my ........ Yip you guest it next to my tanks :bigsmile::bigsmile::D
Ohh nom nom nom, I love a good game or 2, especially network gaming, I love BattleField2 and the old fav, Counterstrike!
I enjoy most aspects of fishing especially fly fishing and saltwater..
Philfarm
12-08-2009, 11:47
Ha sounds like kribs is also a gamer..
Im really into quad and dirt bike riding, playing soccer, girls(pretty sure this one counts) also proper fishing, hunting, gaming and partying... Oh and am also getting into the whole horse riding thing.
johan008
12-08-2009, 11:50
Ohh nom nom nom, I love a good game or 2, especially network gaming, I love BattleField2 and the old fav, Counterstrike!
I must say Ruan counterstrike is great, myself and Gareth26 and few of our other friends LAN often.
Great to see there is also a few fellow fly fishers :bigsmile:
butcherman
12-08-2009, 11:51
gamer and cricket player
johan008
12-08-2009, 11:52
Has anyone ever played F.E.A.R 2 what a game !!!
Has anyone ever played F.E.A.R 2 what a game !!!
You reckon? Will give it a wizzle this weekend.
johan008
12-08-2009, 11:56
Oh please do can't wait for the next
butcherman
12-08-2009, 11:59
cant wait for the new star craft :D
Hardcore gamer here as well, moved away from the PC in recent years mostly because it's my day job, and I don't fancy sitting in front of the thing after hours, although that is a lie as well because I sit on the forums all night long.
First "modern" console was a Sega Dreamcast, then Playstation 2, then Xbox 1, then Nintendo Gamecube, then Xbox 360, and then a Nintendo Wii.
Haven't exactly bought a Playstation 3 because there's just enough there for me to justify the cash, but I have regular access to one if I desperately need it.
And like an idiot my three main hobbies are also pretty damn expensive, number two being motorcycles.
Always been into bikes, but only managed to buy my own in 2004 a Suzuki GSX-R600. Blissful ignorance told me that because it looks pretty it must be good, what a mistake and it took me two years to be honest with myself that it wasn't the right bike for me.
So I bought a Buell Lightning XB9SX at the end of 2006, and haven't looked back since.
I am somewhat of a freelance (read work for free :)) journo, so I guess writing should also be listed as my other hobby, although it ties in mostly with my love of games and bikes as that's all I really write about.
Nice thread Ruan :) Always nice to get to know more about eachother.
I am a girly-girl, so my other major interest at this stage is studying beauty therapy and health / nutrition. Still have a long way to go (part-time) but enjoying it.
Otherwise, I love love love reading a good novel, and aspire to one day write something in my spare time. (spare time..?? What's that?)
And when it comes to books, the scarier, the better!!
Nice thread Ruan :) Always nice to get to know more about each other.
I am a girly-girl, so my other major interest at this stage is studying beauty therapy and health / nutrition. Still have a long way to go (part-time) but enjoying it.
Otherwise, I love love love reading a good novel, and aspire to one day write something in my spare time. (spare time..?? What's that?)
And when it comes to books, the scarier, the better!!
Awesome, my wife is also looking to study health and nutrition part time, do you perhaps have any details?
I'll PM you the details Ruan - it's a lovely course: you get a full diploma, recognized internationally, and you can do it in your own time. Will take me a few years though - it's quite serious stuff.
Ha sounds like kribs is also a gamer..
hmmm?
not really...
Nick: Precision
Game: COD4
Servers:Saix Hardcore
Waiting for SC2!
but like I said... not really...I use my PC for Varsity only....no really i do...:push:
Philfarm
12-08-2009, 12:50
My ex studied one of those beauty courses full time, was awesome she used me as a guinepig (never been so pampered)
Where do I start - Reading (text books and reference books), Fly fishing (but no time), Electronics (But no time, and it is also part of my career), Building and painting Anime resin models (but no time), Anime movies (but no time), I HATE Gaming...Sorry guys but have hated it since pc's started. The only game I have ever played to finish is Galactix !!!!!!!!
Ha ha, Eskimo! Yes that is one of the perks of knowing someone who's into beauty... you must have had very beautiful hands for a man. :)
And Zaf - I completely get it. I don't understand gaming at all. I've got Prince of Persia, but it frustrates me more than anything. From now on, the only game I'll buy is Worms! (cute!)
Mongwopman
12-08-2009, 12:55
Fishing
Reading
Marksmanship (aka Shooting)
Snorkling
talking shit
used to surf, but no longer living by the sea, so yeah thats out the window!
Gilbertr14
12-08-2009, 12:59
Here is my other interest. Also Oodles of Fun.. Just Like Gav said, no time.. for anything else. I work with PC's all day, so games are no longer an interest, although I still pull out the odd dos or MAME game and give it a bash.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc117/Gilbertr14/Alfa/DSCF5588.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc117/Gilbertr14/Alfa/AlfaRomeo25V6.jpg
johan008
12-08-2009, 13:00
sorry for asking here but dont want to start a new thread just for this dumb question but how do this rep power work and how do you get it
Here is my other interest. Also Oodles of Fun.. Just Like Gav said, no time.. for anything else. I work with PC's all day, so games are no longer an interest, although I still pull out the odd dos or MAME game and give it a bash.
*snip*
Nice, always love those!
butcherman
12-08-2009, 13:13
@gilbertr14 - alfas arent hobbies they are careers :P
Philfarm
12-08-2009, 13:22
Ha ha, Eskimo! Yes that is one of the perks of knowing someone who's into beauty... you must have had very beautiful hands for a man. :)
Yeah they were pretty soft! But the massages were my best!!! Oh and ironically her name was also kirsty:idea: wait you not studying in stellenbosch by any chance??
Yea Mongo - Talking shit (intelligent shit tho')
Yea Mongo - Talking shit (intelligent shit tho')
Ohh yes, love doing that, especially with a few beverages involved!:p
Mongwopman
12-08-2009, 13:37
drinmking isnt a hobby......it's a profession!
I’m into my console gaming and AV electronics.
I have a XBox 360 and a Wii. My current craze on the 360 is Guitar Hero. I’ve got the guitar and drum set that goes with it. This is the closest that I’ll ever get to being a musician.:bigsmile:
On the Wii, we’ve just bought the new Sports Resort and EA Tennis games...bloody marvellous.
On the AV side, instead of the common and expensive LCD TV route, I decided to go the HD projector route. See the attached picure. That’s a 2.5meter screen that I built with Halo3 showing in HD.
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Gilbertr14
12-08-2009, 14:30
I’m into my console gaming and AV electronics.
I have a XBox 360 and a Wii. My current craze on the 360 is Guitar Hero. I’ve got the guitar and drum set that goes with it. This is the closest that I’ll ever get to being a musician.:bigsmile:
On the Wii, we’ve just bought the new Sports Resort and EA Tennis games...bloody marvellous.
On the AV side, instead of the common and expensive LCD TV route, I decided to go the HD projector route. See the attached picure. That’s a 2.5meter screen that I built with Halo3 showing in HD.
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AV is cool, our company does AV amonst other things. Mine is only 1024x768, but it is LCD, no common DLP, and 1.8m x 1.35m or thereabouts
We got some Christie 18K HD projectors, awesone stuff.
drinmking isnt a hobby......it's a profession!
Salut
Well, I'm married with 2 kids. Wife's got 5 dogs...
Do I have spare time? Hell yeah! I play guitar in a rock band over weekends. I'll post the facebook link if I'm allowed to do so. Haven't updated it in a while though - spare time issue - but there are lots of pics and some info.
Here is my other interest. Also Oodles of Fun.. Just Like Gav said, no time.. for anything else. I work with PC's all day, so games are no longer an interest, although I still pull out the odd dos or MAME game and give it a bash.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc117/Gilbertr14/Alfa/DSCF5588.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc117/Gilbertr14/Alfa/AlfaRomeo25V6.jpg
2.5L V6 6-speed, with the best engine note in the price range!
Awesome stuff!
They are FWD though right? A bit of a bummer.
I have a XBox 360 and a Wii. My current craze on the 360 is Guitar Hero. I’ve got the guitar and drum set that goes with it. This is the closest that I’ll ever get to being a musician.:bigsmile:
I presume you got the World Tour drum kit? Just a note that those things a horribly made, but easily fixed with a bit of rewiring/resoldering, so if you red pad stops working (the common culprit) don't stress.
On the AV side, instead of the common and expensive LCD TV route, I decided to go the HD projector route. See the attached picure. That’s a 2.5meter screen that I built with Halo3 showing in HD.
What projector are you running there?
Few years ago at RAGE a number of the guys from our website had a braai, and projected Halo3 amongst others, onto an outside wall while having a party.
Funniest thing you'll ever see with 4 okes sitting in lazy chairs, few okes braaing, and a massive wall of Halo in the background.
Well, as a newly wed (8 Months) my wife is obviously top of the list on other things I do than fish stuff. I would get a fat slab if I caleld her a hobby...
Searching and reading arb stuff on the internet.
Watching dvd box sets. (My latest investment being the Brittas Empire!)
Then work takes up a lot of spare time... Project managaer for a construction company means that work ends when it ends.... not at 17h001
SalmonAfrica
12-08-2009, 16:48
I'm into photography, not going to post pictures though lol :D
Searching and reading arb stuff on the internet.
Likewise
I presume you got the World Tour drum kit? Just a note that those things a horribly made, but easily fixed with a bit of rewiring/resoldering, so if you red pad stops working (the common culprit) don't stress.
Yep, it's the world tour drums. Thanks for the heads up. Note that a PM will be coming your way if/when it busts. :bigsmile:
What projector are you running there?
It's a Panasonic LCD projector. I thing the model# is 200AE...i forget. It's not a full HD projector...still working my way up there, but the 720p picture quality is still great. It doesn't look as awesome as the HD pictures on an LCD TV since the pixels are obviously further apart but it's still very good. And you can't beat the experience. I cannot fathom anymore how people can play the 360 or Wii on a 42" :bigsmile:
Reading forums. Deleting posts on forums. Banning spammers.
Trying to get "into" photography but my skills are terrible...
Have an xbox 360 but don't ever really play. Actually I have a desktop "gaming" pc as well but don't ever play. (It was a "gaming" pc in it's day, now a bit behind the times as it's not worth upgrading if I don't use it)
I tried getting into photography many moons ago but I wasn't really creative enough. My brother is a professional photographer with a bloody good eye. Am I allowed to post a url to his blog?
...I wish I had a real talent:sad2:
Ferryman
12-08-2009, 18:01
my Main hobby is keeping/tending/growing bonsai. its a sickness much like MTS... need more trees, need more tables, get more trees, get more tables... yeah...
Then there is gaming during the vacations, i always leave gaming once uni starts up again... and then theres music collecting, and books, lots of books...
the rest of the time/most of the time i'm also pwned by uni work...
Yep, it's the world tour drums. Thanks for the heads up. Note that a PM will be coming your way if/when it busts. :bigsmile:
All you need is a Torx screwdriver, and a bit of solder.
They just soldered them pretty kak, and didn't leave enough "give" in the wiring so it's constantly straining.
It's not a big job at all, and very easy, hopefully yours breaks under warranty and Megarom is up there in Joburg so a quick fix should be in order.
All I can say is moer them as hard as you can, the faster you break them, the faster you give them back :)
It's a Panasonic LCD projector. I thing the model# is 200AE...i forget. It's not a full HD projector...still working my way up there, but the 720p picture quality is still great. It doesn't look as awesome as the HD pictures on an LCD TV since the pixels are obviously further apart but it's still very good. And you can't beat the experience. I cannot fathom anymore how people can play the 360 or Wii on a 42" :bigsmile:
I was just going to say 1080p is irrelevant, and then I remembered the thing is massive.
720p works just fine on my 32-inch LCD, and I have no need to upgrade as anything bigger just wouldn't fit in the room.
nice thread
reading this forum aswell as bowhuntingforum.co.za
bowhunting there's nothing better
aquariums obviously
marksmanship
clay pigeon shooting
al variety's of fishing especialy ofshore natal north coast
scuba diving
and
photography
YOU PEOPLE HAVE "OTHER" HOBBIES?!?! Good lord! :P
Just kidding...
Does Drinking count? Sacrificing meat on fire? Xbox, household DIY... Rugby, paintballing... The rest escape me...
Work - can I have that as my #1 hobby. (Still get up in the morning and want to go to work -1 for traffic)
If work does not count then #1 at the moment F-fish stuff ...
I have an addictive side - so to be fare to my previous hobby (RC cars) I have to list it. Still make time to work in the garden. I like the first 30 seconds of a game - after that it get boring. Are you sure I can not list work as a hobby?
All I can say is moer them as hard as you can, the faster you break them, the faster you give them back :)
Thanks, good to know. At the rate that we klap that thing, it'll be buggered in no time:bigsmile:
Hi all
I love sports especially Martial Arts (tae kwon-do) and as all have already read I love PC Games and Lanning on weekends, fishing is also there on the top of my list but my tanks take up most of my time at the moment.... :rolleyes:
LiftCrazy*
12-08-2009, 23:55
Excellent thread....
R/C slope aircraft building & flying
Scuba Diving
Photography
Motorcycling
PC Gaming (Busy with Battlestations Pacific & ANNO 1404)
Fish keeping
theosmit
13-08-2009, 00:26
Working way to hard, but when I do have time I'm an keen cyclist. Yes I do ride single file and not next to my buddies :blink1:.
Always reading or researching something, mostly on the net. My wife says I can't exist without some sort of project going. She's right. I just like reading up on interesting stuff.
Also love scuba diving and snorkling, but that does not happen often anymore. Only when I scrape enough cash together to go diving in Ponta du Oura (Southern tip of Mozambique). Beautiful reefs! I could not believe it the first time we went. We had 40m Viz!
Oh - of course spending to much time on TASA lately :D
butcherman
13-08-2009, 07:58
my Main hobby is keeping/tending/growing bonsai. its a sickness much like MTS... need more trees, need more tables, get more trees, get more tables... yeah...
Then there is gaming during the vacations, i always leave gaming once uni starts up again... and then theres music collecting, and books, lots of books...
the rest of the time/most of the time i'm also pwned by uni work...
looks like you have 2 kinds of mts multi tank syndrom.... and multi tree syndrom
Reading
Crafting
Believe it or not pickling
Is working on my Girlfriend Nerves fall under a hobby?
Is working on my Girlfriend Nerves fall under a hobby?
:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile::top:
My other hobby is working to make me money for my main hobby(fish). :p
johan008
13-08-2009, 15:32
Watse man werk nie op sy vrou se nerves nie :bigsmile:
True so it is a hobby for all men then....lol
Aaaaah, so it all comes out now....
Gilbertr14
13-08-2009, 16:42
True so it is a hobby for all men then....lol
More of an artform than a hobby
More of an artform than a hobby
a profession for some
So all the men on this forum have 2 things in common we all love fish keeping and we work on our other half's nerve...... lol
1. Electronics
2.Teaching Telecoms -Samsung PABX
3.Angling(Like in papgooi)
Henk Hugo
18-08-2009, 10:34
forgot to add - i also collect indigenous flowering bulbs
Fish Fantasy
18-08-2009, 11:00
I'm into Deep sea game fishing when i get a chance to go down to the coast, reading horror books, gym, cooking and spending time with my friends & family.
rogerrabbit
18-08-2009, 12:17
Hobby that takes up most of my spare time is falconry, between falconry, fishkeeping, working and family there is not much time left. Other stuff I have done, that I would like to put more time in once the damn LOTTO balls falls right is growing bonsai, making and shooting traditional bows, whip plaiting and woodwork.
Ferryman
18-08-2009, 13:52
once the damn LOTTO balls falls right is growing bonsai
start now, get a few small acacia galpini and burkei, some celtis africana and a ficus or two, small as in 4-10liter trees, with good surface roots, and some structure to the existing branches... let them grow in the bags as you water and prune them for a few seasons, you'll be rewarded much more than buying a premade tree, you'll also know how to care for it, what makes it grow successfully etc, rather than suffering newbie-syndrome on an expensive premade that gets overwatered and withers. money goes POOF!
Its not that hard to start, its not that expensive,,, but you will get into it and suffer multi-tree-syndrome, possibly buy a small house with a huge yard,,, set up netting and tables everywhere... etc etc lol.
checkout http://forums.bonsaisite.com/ for some beginner tips
start now, get a few small acacia galpini and burkei, some celtis africana and a ficus or two
STOP!
Here is where the problem lies.We must start with What?
Ferryman
18-08-2009, 14:09
BONSAI!!! another addictive hobby with an exponential growth curve
Acacia galpini - monkey thorn
Acacia burkei - black monkey thorn
Celtis africana - white stinkwood
all like full sun and are hardy little buggers
BONSAI!!! another addictive hobby with an exponential growth curve
Acacia galpini - monkey thorn
Acacia burkei - black monkey thorn
Celtis africana - white stinkwood
all like full sun and are hardy little buggers
NICE... I have 13 trees...
My pride and joy is my Japanese Maple...
Ferryman
18-08-2009, 14:51
thats a beautiful tree, did you shape it yourself?
yeah... glad you like...
still need alot of work on my wiring technique though...
I'm busy with a "root over rock" Chinese Elm at the moment...
Ferryman
18-08-2009, 15:06
a glance at one of my tables, its got some new beginner material on it, just growing
and my favourite Acacia burkei, its bigger now, much bigger, and the canopy changed, i just dont have a nice photo of it with leaves on for this year
very nice....Daniel_san...
Ferryman
18-08-2009, 15:08
i'm working on a ror ficus natalensis that i cut and grew from an aerial root (yes, it was just a piece of root i was experimenting with) and a type of "phoenix graft" from a ficus natalensis i cut/saved out of a windowsil in natal. (natal wildevy is my favourite medium) but i do have a soft spot for a well done pierneef style thorn tree
Gilbertr14
18-08-2009, 15:10
NICE... I have 13 trees...
My pride and joy is my Japanese Maple...
Thats Beautiful
We had an Umbrella thorn and Boabab (yes really)
Damaged in transit unfortunately.
Ferryman
18-08-2009, 15:11
i have two three y/o and one five y/o boabab in the making... but they are SLOW growing trees, and buying a big tree is $$$$$$$$-muchos plenti
i'm working on a ror ficus natalensis that i cut and grew from an aerial root (yes, it was just a piece of root i was experimenting with) and a type of "phoenix graft" from a ficus natalensis i cut/saved out of a windowsil in natal. (natal wildevy is my favourite medium) but i do have a soft spot for a well done pierneef style thorn tree
I love the Natal Fig...
Best variety to learn the bonsai basics on...
I must have torn,cut,ripped,pulled and drowned my first one and it still grew :D
Ferryman
18-08-2009, 15:21
heheh, sounds about right...
rogerrabbit
18-08-2009, 15:34
Thanx for info Ferryman, Kribs beautiful tree. I had started up quite a collection while still in PTA, gave them to a friend in JHB. I only have a Kei appel now and will take some Celtis sinensis/africana out of the garden and pot them this month. Unfortunatly thorn trees of any variety except A karoo is very scarce in this area and you only find the "good garden variety" at nurseries, not the nice stunted ones you get up in PTA if you spend some time. But yes, definatly need to get into it.
Oh Yes, one day when I am all big and grown up I would love to set up an orchid greenhouse as well.
I would love to visit japan...I believe in Japan there is a palace that has bonsai over 500 years old...still going strong...
Caring for bonsai, practicing martial arts/sword making and Tropical fish....now thats the life...*dreams*
Ferryman
18-08-2009, 15:59
stunted ones?
there is no such thing as a bonsai tree and a garden tree, all you need to do is keep pruning back a garden variety tree, and it stunts itself -uit self verdediging :)-
you can get a garden variety and just keep pruning bak when a branch goes awol.
a good acacia measure, let it grow out three times as long as you want it, then cut back to the length you wanted, dont be scared to cut it back onve its too long though, cut back to a third, and it'll be "mature" enough to easily carry new, smaller branches, for quick, easy ramification
AN ORCHID GREENHOUSE WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO HAVE, AND THEN You have yet another hobby that is addictive and costly:D
My OTHER Hobby... which is more of a passion than a hobby actually... is Flight Simulator. I spend hours and hours flying (real time).. and I can even spend hours and hours just sitting at an airport. (I have a special radio that tunes into the tower frequency and I can listen to the Pilots talking to the Tower)
Birdwatching,History,photogrophy,4x4 off-roading,cycling and i study theology,councelling,camping,hicking and i work with street kids,but aquatic plants and fish wil stay my first love.
Birdwatching,History,photogrophy,4x4 off-roading,cycling and i study theology,councelling,camping,hicking and i work with street kids,but aquatic plants and fish wil stay my first love.
SNAP (and as my daughter would say - you owe me a coke :D )
Eskimo, do you ever sleep??? We love camping (fishing), biking, and house repairs!! LOL
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