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ACE1
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Post by ACE1 »

my favourite hobby was being a couch potato then my wife bought me a 24 inch tank for xmas which has multiplied into three tanks and im planning a fish room so now i dont have time for my old hobby :cry: lol
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If I'm not staring into my tank like its a freakin' crystal ball, I can usually be found riding my Ducati Monster. 8)
And in the evenin' when the sun is sinkin' low,
And everybody's with the one they love,
I walk the town, keep a-searchin' all around
lookin' for my street corner girl.
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Post by mokmu »

Aside from fish I love to cook,mostly pasta and italian (although I can cook Chinese, Korean and Philippine food as well). I also make different sausages and bacon. And I love to barbecue. I used to have my own restaurant back in the early 90s (house specialty, Eat-all-you-can Mongolian Barbecue).

I collect Sci-fi toys. Ships from Starwars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and some characters from Japanese anime cartoons.

I love the blues, Jazz and Samba. Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck...

I take care of my Isuzu SUV and love to tinker and toy with it.

I also love black leather on weekends (although it is pretty darn hot in my country) and cruiser bikes .

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pen and Ink drawing and water colour painting when I can find the time.

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ooh! hobby hobby!

Post by Elle »

Get ready- it's time for my hobbies! *evil laugh* :twisted:

Top 10:

1. Watching anime
2. Watching SciFi
3. Coming on the computer (duh)
4. Watching my catfish, in all their... uh... catfishness...
5. Collecting stuff- shells, stickers, etc.
6. Reading
7. Bugging my brother, then getting kicked or punched (fun!) :thumbsup:
8. Traveling- I'm going to Florida on Apr. 7. For 10 days! 8)
9. Talking to my cats (not catfish, just cats)
10. Coloring/drawing

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Post by pecheman »

My other hobbies include biking.I have a bike for doing jumps on :!: and i have a wicked chopper that my dad made for me :D .Its basically a Harley Davidson without the engine :razz: .I also own a 9ft x 5ft model railway which is yet to be completed.
In my tank:
2 Dwarf Guaramis,5 Platies,2 Scissortails, 1 Clown Loach.
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I have a large collection of antiquarian aquarium books and magazines. I also have some antique aquariums, pumps, ornaments etc.
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Post by Andy »

Hello everyone,

Why aren't there more people playing around with intruments? I get my didgeridoos out at least two three times a week and I might not be that good at playing them but it's great fun! I even read loads, recent favourites are fantasy by Steven Erikson. I'm also active within a martial art called Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu in order to get into shape a little. Those three and my fish tanks manage to tie up most of my free time when I'm not working.

bye,

Andy
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Re: What other hobbies do you have?

Post by bekateen »

Based on my experience, the sad thing is this: Most people with ONE nerd hobby (such as... um... keeping lots of tropical fish to the point that they can overwhelm our lives?... yeah, that!) end up having MULTIPLE nerd hobbies! =))

For me, they are
  • N-scale model railroading,
  • computer programming in LabVIEW,
  • gardening,
  • gourmet cooking,
  • graphic design (for the last 16 years, I've been making digital artwork for t-shirts and wall hangings at a church summer camp for 1st-6th grade kids),
  • sculpting (most recently - pleco cave making; but before that, sculpting, molding, and resin-casting custom toys for the same church camp),
  • wooden toy making (again for the camp (and my own kids)), I made custom wooden train cars with magnetic couplers (to match with Brio-style trains) to reproduce character train cars and vehicles from the "Thomas the Tank Engine" series, when the cars were not yet available for retail sale back in the early 2000's,...
  • Oh, and costume design and creation for ComiCon conventions (REALLY amateur Cosplay-style: I make these with my kids for them to wear to local conventions)
In reflection, I see I'm mainly a DIY guy. I like to do things, make things. I read so much at work that I don't like to read much in my free time. That said, I do enjoy, in a hobby-like fashion, a good investigation, especially in regard to how to make new things or discover old knowledge (like old fish species descriptions). That can involve a lot of reading.

Yep... TOTAL NERD :-b

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Post by shrimpkeeper222 »

My ones arent as nerdy, but nerdy enough to be nerdy?
1.Bird watching & feeding
2.Minecraft
3.Mathmetic Puzzle solving
4.Writing out biology projects
5.Clash of Clans
6.Football
7.Gardening
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Post by Bas Pels »

Can't say mine are exactly nerdy:

Beer (I like dark beer, which has aged for a few years, and this beer is not available in the shops, so I age it at home)
golf
teaching children to swim
reading mostly fantasy/SF
cats have whiskers
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Post by pleconut »

Writing and anything arty or creative and if the word hobby is defined to be things you do a lot and like doing -the various activities I involve myself in with the local church i attend.
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Post by nvcichlids »

MMORPG(? is that right?) ... surprisingly, that is the best hobby I have. I also have been painting models (Gundam) and working on making different things out of metal.. all things I can do relatively cheaply before my move!
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Post by catfishchaos »

Brace yourselves... In no particular order...

1) Freediving, the freedom of being so far underwater and not having the clumsy weight of tanks.
2) Bowhunting and hunting with other primitive weapons helps me feel connected to nature in ways man kind has forgotten to.
3) Wildlife photography
4) Fly fishing
5) Fly tying
6) spearfishing
7) running
8) Reptile keeping/breeding
9) Arachnid and myriapod keeping
10) League of legends (video game)
11) fish keeping
12) traveling
13) training with different weapons (knives, machetes, tomahawks and recently staffs)
14) survival/ primitive out doors living
I always seem to pick up a few more hobbies, would love to get into whittling and wood carving...
I can stop keeping catfish whenever I want. I just don't think I'll ever want to do that...
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Viktor Jarikov wrote:Some of mine are pictured here http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hellgrotto
Those are absolutely gorgeous! Say I as a former fine arts major :d
No arts projects here, other than planted tanks.
Mostly reading, NOT SCIENCE FICTION! :-Q Mysteries, military history, biographies.
TV only for DVDs.
Music, primarily Tuareg.
Eating and sleeping :-p
Avoiding interactions with neighbors as much as possible :d
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Post by Marine590622 »

stone carving
painting
drawing
reading
AA meetings.
Helping to run my local fish club.'

Oh and getting back into ceramics
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