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What are your other hobbies after Trains?

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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, March 25, 2005 9:09 AM
Photography..




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Posted by mustanggt on Friday, March 25, 2005 9:12 AM
Cars ( my jetta mostly), video games, pc games, and rc cars.
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Posted by johncolley on Friday, March 25, 2005 9:21 AM
I used to do a lot of sailing, crabbing, fishing, and helping people build decks, ramps, etc., but my diabetes has left me with no energy reserves. The sugar is there but I can't tap into it, so I get exhausted with anything strenuous. So I work on the train modules a little at a time.
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Posted by cmrproducts on Friday, March 25, 2005 9:23 AM
Hobbies other than Trains?

Lets see

Photography – No too many railfan photos!
Painting – No too much backdrop painting!
Wood working – No that is benchwork, cabinets and remodeling the basement for the trains!
Computers – No that is what I am doing now!
Working on small engines/metal working – No that is the 7 ½ inch gauge trains I am building!
History Buff – No that is again train related too!
Electronics – No that is those BLI and Soundtraxx sound engines and DCC!

I guess I don’t have any other hobbies too busy with all the train related ones to do anything else!

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Posted by scole100 on Friday, March 25, 2005 10:03 AM
My sons and I are all Taekwondo Black Belts. I instruct (occasionally) and we travel to tournaments frequently.
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Posted by ksax73 on Friday, March 25, 2005 10:06 AM
I am a musician

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 10:27 AM
Jacon I really like that first picture of the wasp. that is pretty hot. You take great pcitures!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 10:50 AM
Hmm, other hobbies?

Problem for me is what differentiates a hobby from a chore - I seem to spend a lot of time fixing PCs for family (and upgrading them when they realise it can't do what they want it to without some work!). Guess that's more of a chore now. I'd have to say photography and DIY.

P.S. That's a superb photo of the wasps jacon12. Must have a go at some macro photos before long, have tried them in the past but the insect always takes off just as you get ready to pu***he shutter!
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What are your other hobbies after Trains?
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 11:37 AM
Vintage mechanical hard-use wristwatches, canoeing, a little bit of bullseye and IPSC pistol shooting, and black & white street and portrait photography. I've been into trains longer that any of these, since I was about 5, but these other distractions have also remained constants since I began them.

My canoe is made of wood, my camera is an old-school mechanical, my IPSC rig is 100% leather, and my youngest pistol was manufactured around 1985. I try to stay at least twenty years behind the times.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 11:42 AM
Golfing three seasons a year. My "training" is basically a winter thing. Trying to keep in reasonable shape (walking, biking, etc.). Following sports, especially college FB and BB, and the NFL; also baseball playoffs. Getting together with friends and family. Traveling (Nova Scotia in June!). Reading novels. TV. Puttering around the house.
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Posted by jacon12 on Friday, March 25, 2005 12:29 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Butch Cassidy

Jacon I really like that first picture of the wasp. that is pretty hot. You take great pcitures!

Thank you Butch, you're a gentleman and a scholar..[:D]
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Posted by FJ and G on Friday, March 25, 2005 1:57 PM
writing, running rabbits w/beagle, weightlifting, looking for a really hot chic to marry
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Posted by bgrossman on Friday, March 25, 2005 2:31 PM
Hiking in the Adirondacks (we're 46r's), birding, X-C sking, and travel. We hiked in Norway last year, and will do so in the Canadian Rockies in August.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 2:39 PM
In rank order: wargaming with 25mm historical miniatures, reading history, watching movies at home, the NFL, home improvement projects. Hmmm ... no wonder progress on the layout isn't as fast as I'd like.
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Posted by bcawthon on Friday, March 25, 2005 2:52 PM
Collecting HO & N scale vehicle models, coaching soccer, doing Photoshop manipulations, re-learning photography.
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Posted by RedLeader on Friday, March 25, 2005 3:34 PM
Jacon12 you should take some pictures of your RR using those cool techniques! My others hobbies are:
-Classical music collection
-Aquaria (freshwater and reef (saltwater))
-Golf
-Lodge every thursday

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 3:45 PM
Lesse here, I play a lot of ragtime on the piano (Not simplified stuff, the originals)
hm...hunting, filming and Tae Kwon Do

http://www.itatkd.com/

Theres a link to the International Tae Kwon Do site.
I'm a brown belt, meaning Im two ranks below First Degree Black Belt.
Hoping Ill make it to that rank within a year.

[Edit]
I noticed two Black Belts mentioned here, what school? (Group Dojo name)
Ours is affiliated with Kims Tae Kwon Do
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Posted by 56chevytimes2 on Friday, March 25, 2005 3:55 PM
Aside from model railroading I am restoring 2 56 chevys. They are in my signiture. Between cars and trains I can't afford anything else.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 4:43 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by SpaceMouse

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainluver1

Cowboy Action Shooting, paintball, writing sci fi short stories for my buddy's kids, target shooting with my AR-15, working with my dogs, train chasing and train photography, surfing Ebay and the web in search of good train deals...


What is your alias? I'm Tony Tinhorn.


"Hey SpaceMouse"...

Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I just got your message this afternoon. Reb Williams is my CAS handle. My main outfit is that of a union cavalry sergeant from the indian wars of the mid to late 1870s, though I have about seven or eight other outfits. I really enjoy it-not that I'm all that great of a shot, but it's good clean fun.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 4:49 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jcopilot

Cowboy Action Shooting, my alias is Oracle Jones. Pleased to meet you, Tony Tinhorn. Hey Trainluver1, what's your alias?
Other hobbies include: railfanning, reading about the Old West and Civil War, shooting pool, plinking, sporting clays, playing with my granddaughter (she turns 1 in April).


'Hey jcopilot"...

My alias is Reb Williams. My main outfit is that of a union cavalry sergeant of the indian wars of the mid to late 1870s. Like I was telling SpaceMouse. I'm not all that great of a shot, but I really enjoy it.
Glad to know I'm not the only CAS on the block...
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Posted by Blind Bruce on Friday, March 25, 2005 5:39 PM
Until my eves shut down, I raced motorcycles, sports cars and go carts. Now I do amateur radio, classical music on a high end stereo and woodworking.
BB

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Posted by TheS.P.caboose on Friday, March 25, 2005 6:23 PM
Playing poker, travel, music and life in general.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 7:31 PM
Amateur radio, coin collecting.
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Posted by West Coast S on Friday, March 25, 2005 8:03 PM
My 63 Dodge with over 500k orginal miles..Guess i'll have lay off some model purchases to fund a rebuild soon. I

I have a interesting source of employment that sometimes is a hobby unto itself..If you don't mind being confronted by armed personal specially trained to prevent your incursions and being placed under mock arrest and/or being tagged with a laser sight.
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Posted by grayfox1119 on Friday, March 25, 2005 9:59 PM
Electronics, home theater, Ham radio, photography, gardening, hiking, white water rafting ( class 5), carpentry, bowling....gee, why isn't the layout done yet ??
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Posted by jguess733 on Friday, March 25, 2005 10:15 PM
Long distance shooting, camping, fishing, hunting, riding my horse, racing my R6, sailing, spending time with the wife, teaching my daughter how to channel surf, and going to sea on the good Ol' USS Nevada SSBN-733 (gold)

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 11:11 PM
Tinkering with my British Cars- 2 Triumphs, 68TR250 & 74 Spitfire
also a History Buff- I reenact US Civil War & WW2
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:29 AM
Well, like a few others here, I am also into Cowboy Action Shooting. For those who are curious, my alias is Justin D. Nickotyme.

I also like woodworking, though I don't do as much as I'd like to. I guess I'll get my share when I build the layout framework. I also built my own guncart for my aforementioned other hobby.

I enjoy target shooting (other than CAS), too. I am into reloading my own ammunition and pretty much anything else having to do with guns.

I also like most outdoor activities like camping, hiking, bicycling, skiing (downhill, at least), white water rafting, four wheeling, motorcycle (dirt) riding, fishing, horseback riding and so on. I don't get involved in most of these hobbies on a regular basis, but I do enjoy all of them from time to time.

I also like to travel and visit places I've never been before, as well as going back to those places I have been and liked a lot.

On top of all that, I am also very involved in my church and several related activities.

With all that I like to do and am involved in, I don't know how I manage to find the time to go to work full time!!!
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Posted by METRO on Saturday, March 26, 2005 1:36 AM
Forgot to mention writing, watching British Premiership Soccer (Go****nal!) and running our sports cars in club races. (My Mini Cooper Mk1 and my roomate's vintage Buick)

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Posted by PistolPete on Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:20 PM
Hiking year round, snow shoeing, XC skiing, computer games mostly military, Mt. biking, kayaking freshwater and saltwater, camping (this summers road trip is to Colorado with our new trailer) and the one hobby that really takes up a lot of my free time more then my wife likes to see Coaching Soccer.

Metro The Gunners are also my top Premiership team, but I seldom get to watch them.
"Model Railroading is a great pastime, BUT SOCCER IS A WAY OF LIFE" Enjoy Life Pistol Pete

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