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Is this your only hobby?

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Posted by rrebell on Thursday, March 17, 2016 3:18 PM

Computer game WOT, too much time, not enough hobbies.

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Posted by fieryturbo on Thursday, March 17, 2016 3:11 PM

Trainman440

cooking (dont question :P) 

Why don't question? Are you cooking people or something? Otherwise that's a pretty usual hobby.

Julian

Modeling Pre-WP merger UP (1974-81)

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Posted by mbinsewi on Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:51 PM

Model railroading is pretty much just a winter hobby for me.  During the "outside" seasons, I am building a place on our property in northern WI., along with fishing, and I also fix up old garden tractors.

Before:

After:

Mike.

EDIT:  BUT....no matter what season it is, I always have an eye out for trains.

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Posted by jrbernier on Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:45 PM
Lawn care/gardening, cooking, driving around rural areas and investgating/reading about old history.

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Posted by Trainman440 on Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:39 PM

Im 16 so I've got many other hobbies, like robotics, photography, railfanning, cooking (dont question :P) and computer games. Model railroading is my favorite though Big Smile

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Posted by don7 on Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:36 PM

Main hobbies were model railroading and photography and I have recently taken up rc flying. I would emphasis that I fly airplanes and not any of the very popular drones. 

My photography costs have dropped noticeably thanks to digital technology, no more dark room, although I did keep a couple 35mm film cameras which I still use on occassion. 

My model railroad costs have not dropped at all and like most other items have risen.

Remote Contol flying is not quite as expensive as RC auto racing, typically cars are far more detailed and costly than airplanes.  Only problem I have is living in a small house with no basement my new problem is storage, RC airplanes take up a fair amount of room.

With my RC flying I spend far less time with my model railroad layout during the summer, winter was when I would spend just about all my time with my model railroad layout, but then I came across skis for some of my planes so can fly during the winter on nice calm days.

 

 

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Posted by JAMES MOON on Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:34 PM

Too many hobbies and not enough time is my motto.  Model railroading, gardening, woodworking, playing the piano, something I try to devote at least an hour a day, fishing, photography and reading.

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Posted by Onewolf on Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:20 PM

Way too many (expensive) hobbies: scuba diving, nature photography, underwater photography, boating, fishing, RC boats, long range precision/tactical shooting.

My hobbies

Modeling an HO gauge freelance version of the Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and the Utah Railway around 1957 in a world where Pirates from the Great Salt Lake founded Ogden, UT.

- Photo album of layout construction -

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Posted by sdCowboyBen on Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:00 PM

I am 63 and disabled, probably about the nominal age group for MR. I was spending all my time working on the layout. But I just got a part-time job as a merchandiser for a very well known "greeting" card company. It will be only about 15 hours a week so I still will have plenty of time doing MR things.

Also since the age of 10 I have been involved with photography. Back in the day I actually got a gig taking pictures of computers and other equipment for catalogs. Very lucrative. I had my own darkroom at our house but when I went to ASU I lost all my equipment. I put it away until November last year when I got a new digital camera and lenses. Now it is just a hobby.

I am also lucky because the RR Museum is here in San Diego with layouts galore. I am a contributing member. I get a lot of ideas from being there.Geeked

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 17, 2016 1:40 PM

With money being as tight as it is for my family and me, I am glad I can stay in this one hobby at all, but only on less than a shoestring budget.

No other hobbies for that matter!

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Posted by BRAKIE on Thursday, March 17, 2016 1:26 PM

My other hobbies include railfaning,reading Western novels and playing RPG video games.

Larry

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Is this your only hobby?
Posted by fieryturbo on Thursday, March 17, 2016 1:23 PM

Hey I was just wondering if this is an only hobby for any of you.  I generally don't engage in the face-to-face aspects of model railroading - mostly because I have so many friends already that I can't maintain those relationships the way I'd like to from other hobbies.

Other than MRR, I play D&D (Dungeons & Dragons), and the occasional computer game (either D&D-related or Train Simulator 2016).  I also paint a lrage number of miniatures for use in my D&D games (funny how the modeling supplies for this and MRR overlap!)

I used to be into working on old computers and cars, but there is only so much time in a day/week/month/what have you.

Anyone else in the same boat (too many hobbies makes too many friends?)

Julian

Modeling Pre-WP merger UP (1974-81)

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