Off topic hobbies

[Brent B3B]

11 minutes ago, lonejacklarry said:

 

Any idea of how many cities there were that bottled the Coke?

nope, but I have one from England, Iraq and one of my hobby

[Desotodav]

9 hours ago, Brent B3B said:

nope, but I have one from England, Iraq and one of my hobby

You and Julie better come and stay with us in Oz then and we'll send you home with some good old Aussie Coke... I wonder if our Coke swirls out of the bottle/can in the opposite direction here???

[Don Coatney]

I have spent years collecting old family letters and photos and other genealogy related information. Found some interesting stuff. This should not be confused with my amateur ob-gynecology practice I had several years ago. 

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

2 hours ago, Desotodav said:

You and Julie better come and stay with us in Oz then and we'll send you home with some good old Aussie Coke... I wonder if our Coke swirls out of the bottle/can in the opposite direction here???

 

I always thought your bottles opened from the bottom......

[PT81Jan]

For me it`s motorcycles, too

 

1942 HD WLA

 

1977 Yamaha XT500

 

Wife`s 1997 HD Sportster

 

Russian Dnepr with BMW engine

 

50s NSU Cycle with auxiliary engine / belt drive

 

[palmersparts]

I have my general ham radio license.. I putter with it off and on as time allows,  my radios are in the shop so i frequency scan while im in there working..

[Merle Coggins]

On 1/27/2018 at 4:02 AM, PT81Jan said:

For me it`s motorcycles, too

 

Russian Dnepr with BMW engine

 

 

 

 

Looks like the kids enjoy flying the chair. 

[pflaming]

Now here is a project for the bikers.

 

 

[Ranger]

On January 19, 2018 at 3:26 PM, Dan Hiebert said:

Let's see.  Running, hunting, hiking, snowshoeing, camping, canoeing, pop bottles (painted or molded labels only, 432 at current count), cuckoo clocks, home brewing, yard work (evolved into "forestry" when we moved to Maine), reading/learning, shooting, archery, woodwork, electronics, restoring furniture, home repair/remodel (an odd "hobby" perhaps, but it's something I enjoy), antiquing (junkin'), volunteering in the community, and stuff with the B.P.O. Elks.  The ones I've forgotten I tried once and didn't like, so these are not necessarily daily, weekly, or even monthly things I / we enjoy doing, but I've been doing a lot of them since I was a kid, and we've been doing most of them we've been married, 33 years ago.  The missus likes to bake/cook, too.  I can (depending on who you ask), but other than grilling or smoking, I don't like to. 

Busy guy! Do you ever sleep?

[Ranger]

I try to spend a little time at the drawing board most days. Especially in winter. Also started building cigar box guitars. I'll include a picture. Wife and I hike, kayak and try to stay active.

 

 

 

[casper50]

Ranger manybe your hobby should be your full time job.  Just saying.

[Brent B3B]

22 minutes ago, Ranger said:

I try to spend a little time at the drawing board most days. Especially in winter. Also started building cigar box guitars. I'll include a picture. Wife and I hike, kayak and try to stay active.

 

What? Your in "God's country" (As my grandma put it) and you don't fly fish? 

[MackTheFinger]

28 minutes ago, Ranger said:

cigar box guitars

Looking forward to the cigar box guitar pics!! Little bro lived in Cottage Grove, Or. some years ago.. Nice country!! 

[PT81Jan]

17 hours ago, Merle Coggins said:

 

Looks like the kids enjoy flying the chair. 

 

Yes they indeed had a lot of fun  !!! (Me too )

Seems it did not harm them.Today my boy (on the rear seat) is riding his own motorcycle.

 

 

[Merle Coggins]

You’ll get longer life out of that tire that way too. LOL. 

[Ranger]

Casper 50 - thanks,  I don't do anything full time anymore!

Brent B3B - God's country for sure. And yes, I wet a line from time to time.

mackThe Finger - my most recent cigarbox.

[casper50]

Brent in 5 months I won't be doing anything full time anymore but enjoying myself.

[KindachiShota]

For me its bikes also... <3 

 

[Desotodav]

I seem to spend only a small amount of my spare time on my old MOPAR trucks these days as my main hobby seems to keep me very busy.

 

My hobby involves collecting and supplying medical and educational supplies to third world countries. We (Mom and I) have a few hospitals who are kind enough to supply us with large amounts of stock which we bundle up in shipping containers and send them around the world. Those stocks pretty much include anything which you would find at a hospital, and then school desks/chairs and school library books on the educational side. We have recently been working on countries like New Guinea, Fiji, Africa and Indonesia. This past week has been quite busy for me... I have been on vacation leave from work and frantically working on readying stock for a 40 foot shipping container which leaves for Cambodia on Monday. I have a full shed and 5 shipping containers in our yard at present! My fellow Officer's laugh when I tell them I only go in to work for a break as I seem to do far more work when I'm off duty... it's quite funny but so true!

Edited February 3, 2018 by Desotodav

[MackTheFinger]

On 1/31/2018 at 8:53 PM, Ranger said:

Casper 50 - thanks,  I don't do anything full time anymore!

Brent B3B - God's country for sure. And yes, I wet a line from time to time.

mackThe Finger - my most recent cigarbox.

Looks great!! I need to build one.. Here's a pic of my latest amp project. Originally a Lowell P.A. amp, solid state rectifier, 2 12AX7 pre-amp tubes and 2 6L6 outputs. If it doesn't work out I'll probably build a Deluxe out of it.

[Ranger]

Mack tT

4 hours ago, MackTheFinger said:

Looks great!! I need to build one.. Here's a pic of my latest amp project. Originally a Lowell P.A. amp, solid state rectifier, 2 12AX7 pre-amp tubes and 2 6L6 outputs. If it doesn't work out I'll probably build a Deluxe out of it.

 

Wow! Amazing work. I wouldn't  know where to start on that. Here's another cigarbox guitar with amp. A much simpler amp than yours. Uses a 9volt battery.

[GCastle50]

I collect coins, more specifically wheat cents. Been doing it for about 3 years now. 

[Eneto-55]

38 minutes ago, GCastle50 said:

I collect coins, more specifically wheat cents. Been doing it for about 3 years now. 

My brothers & I did that when we were kids - scrape together a dollar, and then get a roll of pennies at the bank.  Sort through them, and try to keep as many of the wheat pennies as we could, and still be able to package back up a full roll to trade again the next week in town.  (This was in the early 60's, and what we were really looking for was the valuable ones, or something we didn't have already.  I never did find a 1955 S, the year of my birth, and from California, where I was born.)  Stamps, too, and baseball cards, both the ones you bought for a nickel, and the ones that were on the cereal boxes, Raisin bran, I think.  Anyone remember?

[pflaming]

Trivia question:  So what metal were 1942/43 pennies made of and why?

[lonejacklarry]

I used to be a coin collector when I was a kid.  Anyhow the wartime pennies were made of steel and zinc coated to make them shiny.  The reason was that copper that was normally used in coins was a wartime commodity and the copper use was needed for the war effort.