Im off to a gig tonight but upon my return I will comment. I thought it would be interesting to hear about peoples hobbies other then playing keyboards, taking into consideration everyoone is all over the world?

When I get the time I enjoy drawing.. I've been an artist for years. Even worked as a Graphic Designer for a local print shop before they went out of business.. Not really a huge call for that around here anymore... I used to design business cards, logos, and a whole bunch of other stuff.. I can run a dark room too... Took a trade course in Graphic Design several years back.. If I was back up on Lake Erie I'd be fishing my butt off every chance I got..

Squeak

I used to fish, hunt, chase younger women, ride horses, bust bronc's, wrestle steers and drink lots of beer. Now I just play go fishing or work in the garden. Ain't it amazing how times slips away--damn, that song's still in my head.

Cheers,

Gary

Bowling...golfing..movies..cooking (yep..that's right)...

Vegetable and flower gardening. I would love to try to live off my own produce. Still have away to go.
Starkeeper

Squeak...
Interesting to hear your art background. I had a graphic production house for about 12 years. We weren't printers, but did all the camera ready stuff (actual mechanicals until computers came on the scene). I sold just in time. Most all my big clients computerized and went inhouse with PageMaker, Quark, Photoshop and the like. The company is still running...but with only 3 people vs the 13 I had.
Eddie
Eddie

I don't like the word "hobby". So I will just tell you about other things I like to do besides my teaching/academic work. Reading and playing/listening music come first. Then I like bicycling, hiking, photography, traveling (when possible), meeting people from other countries (I don't loose the opportunity of a good conversation with a foreigner). All simple pleasures...

-- José.

btweengigs,
That's cool we have the art background in common.. Yeah everything did go digital. When I was doing it there were still quite a few places that used the old darkrooms.. I actually liked that process... It was fun to shoot a negative, make the plate, and move on to the press. I loved doing multicolor documents on the presses because I had a great time getting all the registration marks lined up to get the copy just right. It was such a fun line of work... I designed a lot of local business cards, did rest. menues, and a whole bunch of other stuff "I even saw the other day that one of the local chinese rest. still use the menu I designed... " I'd love to still do this line of work, but nothing around here anymore...

Squeak

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golf; watching Red Wings hockey; listening to my CD collection.

Cass

Minor woodworking
Collecting art glass
Poker

Not necessarily in that order

Jerry

Apart from music generally, flying and skating.

Hi,
I make miniature Teddy Bears. They help pay for my other addiction, "arranger keyboards".

best wishes
Rikki

photography, recreational biking, surfing (the web only ), at least these days, and music jammin' with friends.

Scott

I used to draw comics and my friends would keep asking me for the next chapter ! I also like to paint - I called them art and my parents called them crap !

Besides art, I enjoy swimming, playing snooker, pool, squash and badminton.

I love to fish ( especially stream fishing for trout ). Kinda goes along well with my passion for spending time in the great outdoors and taking pics of nature. I have spent a lot of time in the past as an amateur radio operator, including building homebrew radios and antennas, though I am not as active in the hobby as I once was. I also dabbled with astronomy as a kid and still break out the ol' telescope on occasion. I also like very much to watch guys make left turns at high speeds( NASCAR )

AJ

Besides being a pro Musician, I love to go out to Eat at new and unusual restaurants with friends, I also love cooking gourmet meals, I come from a Restaurant family.
I like to Travel. I also love to go Metal Detecting, it's so relaxing searching for Relics of the past. Casinos, Magicians, and going to see other Musicians perform is another favorite of mine. I love to watch the
Yankees, Eagles, NASCAR [Jeff Gordon],
Horse Racing, Pro Bowling, Wrestling [WWF], Food TV, Surfing the web.

Golf (handicap 4), fishing (mostly bass), photography. I also build custom-made golf clubs.
DonM

Biking, taking pictures and shooting movies - especially during my journeys, which takes me to my other passion: travelling and knowing new people and places, which in turn helps me to find out more about myself.

Fly and build model RC aircraft.

Armando

This is great. I love reading all the different things people do to enjoy themselves. We are all so different!

Donny, you asked for it...from my early years on...Early teens, Build model airplanes and fly[crash] them, I also liked to draw as a teenager[I was pretty good,took after my Mother]...From my senior year in high school till my mid 30's I was into muscle cars and drag racing[ I actually went 3 years without a lost[150+ trophies] and was a NJ state champion twice..In my early 30's I Raced Motocross for a couple of years..All my life I have participated in sports, I love basketball and actively play in competitive games[leagues],although this year I finally skipped the season...My hobby now is watching my grandkids do what I use to do...

I do other stuff as well, besides flying and skating, but after a lifetime of being intellectual - designing electronics, writing software, lecturing and stuff, it's nice to have a rest from all that. Still, the experience comes in handy. After damaging my knee skating, I built myself a TENS unit to relieve the pain and help repair the damage. Cost me 20 bucks - better than paying $200 at the medical supply. I also have an ulterior motive for making a second post. I'm checking out a couple of new modems so I thought I'd pop up and make a post or two.

Bryan

...... interesting stuff, indeed....
Aside from family (I LOVE spending time with my bride of almost 40 years, our kids and grandkids), my 3 GREAT passions are music, golf, and cooking, and whichever one I am doing at the time is the one I love the most... I enjoy singing, playing the kn6000 and recording my performances, and then critiquing them ... like Simon on American Idol ....
I love to just go into the kitchen, see what's available and create something with it ...Unfortunately, Lydia is such a good cook, I've got a lot of competition in the house...
I've told her that the next $15M we don't know what to do with, I'm going to redo the kitchen with a 'professional' stove and oven ....Saturday night (since the family was going to brunch for Mother's Day) I made dinner for the two of us.... grilled veal chops marinated in white wine, garlic, shallots, olive oil, lemon, thyme,; a portabello mushroom/onion sauce with shallots and garlic, with a white wine reduction and a dash of cream; red bliss mashed potatoes with parmigiano cheese; and a bottle of Kendall-Jackson Pinot Noir ... nice ...

DonM ... think you could make me a set of clubs to get my 22 handicap down to a 4 like yours??? ...
Other than that I really enjoy landscaping and gardening around the house ....
Starkeeper: especially living in the North East USA, if I had to live off my own produce I would weigh less than my kn6
I also enjoy photography ... mostly scenery, flowers, etc.
If the 401k ever gets back to where it was, and I can actually retire from the day job, I will find PLENTY to keep me busy ....
t.

Tony, I can make you some great clubs that will get your handicap down. But only if you practice several hours a day!!
DonM

DonM ... I hear you .. and remember, as my accordion teacher told me MANY years ago ... practice does not make perfect ... only PERFECT practice makes perfect ...
I've heard golf requires 'muscle memory' ... unfortunately, my muscles develop alzhiemers...
t.

Seems that fishing is a winner habit here... well, while my dad is still a smart fisher, I am not.

On the other side I am a very fast reader.. some kind of natural gift, so I read a lot in my free time. While I read almost everything my preference goes to thriller.

What about starting another thread named "Your preferred thriller writer"?
Mine is John Katzenbach.

Ever read Mary Higgins Clark? She has a house in Spring Lake NJ, where I lived all last winter. (My sister has a summer home there)

My summer home, and my winter home are both on the smae block.

Sounds good, Tony... could be the start of a "favorite recipie thread!

Rollerblading, cooking, and photography... Ohio State football (sideline/press) and people (mostly women/glamour) Not necessarily in any order... so much fun, so little time!

OMG !!!! Tony.....your a man after my own heart!! Oh my.. the reduction sauce almost made me cry for joy!!
Music, Food & Love is the ticket!

Donny,

I use to hustle nine ball. Man I use to live and breath nine ball. The Packers since 1959 or so. The Saints since day one 1967 and the Redskins since the Saints dumped Billy Kilmer to the Redskins in 1971 or so. With three favorite teams, it's still hard to get to the super Bowl. I'll tell you what. For over 20 years now I've been very watchful of how many times all three teams won on any given week end and you can count on one hand the times it happened.

Try this out. Pick the three highest rated teams and keep track of how many times all three win on the same weekend. You'll be amazed. Keep in mind the Saints, Packers and Redskins haven't been the three higest rated teams. Ha! Ha!

Now A friend at the local coffee shop has gotten me hooked on Cryptograms. I do them every evening. I can't watch TV anymore.

Anyone here besides me notice that every show for the past 5 years, no matter how good it stars out always ends up being an evening soap opera. They always for instance wind up where everyone in the office doesn't do police work any more. They just start sleeping with one another or either they come out of the closet or whatever. Why can't they just do whatever the show starts about.

DonM,

I started back fishing since I simi retired last year. I layed some cement block for a guy today on a ranch out of town a couple of miles. He has a pond loaded with Bass and Crapie. I think we call them perch right? He said I can come fish his pond anytime. He got his tackle box out and showed me what he catches them on.

They are little bright green rubber things from about an 1" to 3" long. Similar to the rubber worms but the head part is larger,fatter than the tail which tapers to be very thin at the end.

I forgot you were a professional bass fisherman when your not taking everyone's money on the golf course. Maybe you could recommend some of your favorite lures for Bass?

Boo

Playing guitar.
Collecting guitars.
Composing music.

mm... scuba diving...not much time for it these days..
Fishing

Eating...and tasting food and recipes from all over the world.
My wifes hobby is cooking so I am a very lucky guy.

Sleeping .... but I never seem to have time for that either.

That's about it , nothing spectacular..

Magic, puzzles (jigsaw, 3D, word, any kind, and creating puzzles), computers, swimming, photography, x-country skiing, sailing, music, being with the family, woodworking (besides building the house I like to do fretwork), reading, knitting, macrame, sculpture, hiking, camping, and in my spare time...

- Brian

Dnj ... I have to say that the chops themselves were OUTSTANDING ... melt in your mouth ...
We both happened to take a little of the mushroom/onion sauce and a piece of the veal and when we tasted it we both just said WOW! ...
t.
PS .... I never have to wonder why I can't lose weight!!! ....
t.

Tony,


Sounds like you and your lovely wife have it all together my friend Bravo!!!

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Yes... and thanks, .. it's been a great trip, and we feel like it's only just begun ...
t.

Besides my job as a programmer, racing my RC-truck, playing videogames, boating, and all other big boy toys.

Photography. Digital Still & Digital Camcorder.
Cycling early every Sunday morning (25 miles)through out the year regardless of the weather summer & winter.
It keeps this ageing body nimble.

Graham UK

My other passion apart from music is Metal Detecting, actually in Spain at the moment detecting in the sea water for gold jewelry lost by swimmers,(they lose so much)had a nice heavy solid gold link bracelet today, should realise about 20/30 gold rings by the time I go home to the UK

Larigot

Spare time....whats that???
When I do have some time for other interests it's Full Contact Bowling. Makes the game interesting.

Leon,

Is that like Midget Bowling?

I like to draw, paint, scribble etc when I am not working or playing music although I don't do it as much as I used to.

When the mood takes me I love to draw what can only be described as 'Rubenesqe Ladies'. My rather straight laced mother calls it pornographic, (I call it art) , my partner says...'You are not hanging that in here!'

Given that I have no experience of such ladies (or any ladies for that matter ), I don't know why it is I find the 'form' so compelling. I am sure the pshyciatrists would have an idea or two though

For your tittilation, disgust or scorn here is an example...The picture belies the real thing which is five feet tall, unfinished and called 'Gertrude the great'


Best to all and hope it did not offend any sensitive types.
Tony W

Being somewhat of a canvas worker and an aprreciator of it. Very nice piece, I like it. What is the medium? Is it Conte or charcol? Hard to see from across the pond.
Very emotional piece. I think similar to the emotion in your music.
Terry

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Terry http://imjazzed.homestead.com/Index.html



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Hi Terry,
the medium is Conte and in the 'flesh' she is much softer. The Dig camera and then the compression seem to have picked out all the hard lines and diminished the soft. I am glad you like her. I think she deserves to be finished and maybe one day I will get on with it.
Don't you find that it is a wonderful way to relax? I like to be alone in the house when I work on my pictures....a glass or two of the vino and music playing while I doodle away Bliss!
Best to you
Tony