I want a new hobby -- what are yours & what new ones do you want to try

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Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest with
me; cooking!
Thanks,
Dee Dee

Other than cooking, jewelry making/beading, woodcarving and leathercraft.
I also really like making hook rugs and knitting.

Studying history is also interesting as is herbology, and scuba diving.
:-)

I'd really like to do more diving, and study more about marine mammals.
Native American and Ancient Celtic spirituality is also fascinating.

Hobbies don't have to be physical. <G>
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Hobby Nr 1 is... cooking.
When I had more time, I used to sew. I recently saw a nice silk blouse
I made for my mother, it's gorgeous IIMSSM. And as I'm far from
model-size (no, not fat, just not the "right" boyish shape) I made
loads of dresses and skirts for myself that I loved.
Then if I had lots of time and money, I'd travel much more. Nice lazy
hedonist travel, with lots of great museums and restaurants :-)

Nathalie in Switzerland

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Quoted message said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think
of one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest
with me; cooking!
Thanks,
Dee Dee

Sudoku!

Sarah

Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest with
me; cooking!
Thanks,
Dee Dee

My latest hobby is reloading my own ammunition. That's kind of like
cooking, ain't it?

Bob

Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think
of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done

yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest
with
me; cooking!

I have numerous abandoned hobbies (stamps, coins, etc) and two that are
stalled. Stalled are, restoration of my '55 Imperial 4-door sedan and
learning to play my restored 1888 Burdette Reed (pump) organ. Maybe someday
I'll resume active participation in these hobbies.

My current active hobbies are sourdough breadbaking and vintage fountain
pens. Neither take up much room and are rewarding in a number of ways;
sourdough is great because you eat your hobby and that makes room for more
of it. Fountain pens are wonderful because there is an infinite variety, in
looks but also in writing quality. Two otherwise identical fountain pens
will likely feel different when you write with them; stir in nib (writing
point) variations from needle-point, to triple-broad to italic and you have
so much more in a writing experience than you could ever get with a Bic.
The way link flows from a great pen, onto a good quality paper, is a sensual
experience; different than but just as gratifying as food indulgences. It
makes writing a joy and hand-written notes are so seldom seen that, when you
send one to a person, it means so much more than anything Hallmark has ever
sold. Some folks take up journaling, writing to penpals or other excuses to
write; I don't go out of my way to use my pens, I simply use them every
chance I have to write.

Perhaps sensual things are too individualized to be helpful in explaining to
another; two of my favorite every-day sensual pleasures are writing with
fountain pens and putting on a freshly laundered, pressed, lightly starched,
100% cotton, pinpoint oxford shirt. Writing with a fountain pen is, to me,
like the feeling I get when I slip my arm into the sleeve of that oxford
shirt, watching the starch motes fly from the surface, feeling the cool of
the material touching my arm as it separates the two sleeve sides that were
previously "glued" together by starch. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Now, if you'll
excuse me, I need to go clean up<smile>

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Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest with
me; cooking!
Thanks,
Dee Dee

I read.....I parent......I love to travel but with prices nowadays
that's a dwindling hobby! Also a big music fan and try to keep up with
new bands, both reading about them and listening to them live ort on
CD. I trade tapes & CDs of live shows, and I download music.

I have a brown thumb and don't garden (except for my herbs, which are
self-sufficient), I'm not artsy/crafty in the slightest and admire
those who are! and i'm not handy!

I love to cook, love to shop for cooking-related stuff (gourmet grocery
stores & farm markets; do those count as a hobby?), love to read
cooking books and magazines, spend far too much time on RFC. I love to
take long walks, to, especially with the puppy.

My daughter and my boyfriend scuba dive, and they keep trying to get me
to learn. I need to come up with the time and money to do so. I wish I
was more artistic - I like to do beadwork, and I'd love to learn to
knit/crochet, as well as other crafty stuff. But the thing I've always
wanted to learn was photography. I'd like to know how to use a real
good camera, lenses, settngs, etc, to take pics of nice landscapes,
nature stuff, etc. I took a few classes when I was a kid at summer camp
& etc, but back then it was more about darkroom skills, which don't
apply to the nice new digutals people have nowadays!!

If I had the time and money, I'd also love to sail. Again, kid summer
camp experience but as an adult, none. I've been kayaking a few times
but they get pricey to rent. Horses might come on that list as well.
And if I had the time, i'd learn more about wildflowers and wild foods.
I love those nature walks where you gather edibles and them make a
feast out of dandelions and sorrel!! Oh yeah, and I'd learn golf, too.
The kind with no windmills and pirate ships to shoot through.

So much I'd love to do - so little free time and spare money to learn
them. I look forward to my retirement in 30 years or so.....

"Sarah" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Sudoku!

Heh, I'm hooked. The best I've found is:

http://sudoku.com.au/

Has all the bells and whistles and difficulty levels every day.

Dee, have you tried photography? I like cross stitch, I've always
enjoyed embroidery. Hmmm. People seem to enjoy geneology,
what better time to get into that. Just ideas.

nancy

"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't
think of one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never
done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest
with me; cooking!
Thanks,
Dee Dee

Dee Dee,

My all-time favorite hobby is rowing a tin rowboat around the lake. I
manage about 5-6 miles a day during "rowing season (June to September).

Nothing like leaving the worries of the world behind and being out on the
water!!! Even if for only 2 or 3 hours a day.

Loading ammo is too precise, more an art, than hobby. Rowing, you can be
sloppy between strokes. Sexual innuendo? Perhaps. 😉 In any event...

http://www.tinypic.com/119qb7s.jpg

Now what would I WANT to do? Probably be an astronaut. My teachers always
said I took up space in school!

Made ya chuckle!!! 😉

Andy

zxcvbob said:

My latest hobby is reloading my own ammunition. That's kind of like
cooking, ain't it?

I think so. Sometimes you load them up hotter than others 🙂

--
Reg

Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest with
me; cooking!
Thanks,
Dee Dee

It used to be adding to my savings account. But my teenage daughters
put a dent in that hobby.

;-)

Rusty

Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest with
me; cooking!

Running around naked in the back country.

Quoted message said:

Thanks,
Dee Dee

--Bryan

"L, not -L" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Writing with a fountain pen is, to me, like the feeling I get when I
slip my arm into the sleeve of that oxford shirt, watching the starch
motes fly from the surface, feeling the cool of the material touching
my arm as it separates the two sleeve sides that were previously
"glued" together by starch. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Now, if you'll
excuse me, I need to go clean up<smile>

L,

Glad to hear your hobby!!! Have you done any calligraphy? I've eye-
witnessed journeymen with pen in hand. AWESOME!!!

I remember my first rapidograph although I can't remember the tip size
(00 comes to mind)! Did I "go to town" with that pen for drawing pictures
from my thoughts!!!

I won a 2nd (?) place ribbon at an "Art in the Park" contest when I was
about 7 years old. The prize: a "Paint by numbers" kit. THE BUMS!!! I can
take a hint, dammit! I still have it in a drawer.

SO WHAT if my drawing had a smudge of bubblegum on it!

All the best,

Andy

Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life.

What were all those hobbies, you've not listed even one.

Quoted message said:

I can't think of one more thing that I want to do.

Gee, I sure hope you aren't into skydiving.

Sheldon

Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Hello Dee and all:

Most of my hobbies involve/involved 'making stuff and things'.
Cooking, gardening (tomatoes and peppers, mainly), machining, foundry,
some woodwork and carpentry, telescope making, pyrotechnics. Used to
own a VW bus but found I didn't have the time to give it justice.

Main hobby has been and still is building and flying rockets. Little
model rockets and big model rockets. My last big 'un was about 9'
tall, 40 lb, and flew to 6700 feet. (That's considered modest-sized
these days). Yes, I got it back intact. And you don't have to be a
rocket scientist....:-)

http://www.tripoli.org/

Best -- Terry

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Running around naked in the back country.

Brian,

You've been trumped!

Try running around naked in the back country in the winter!!! Take a
generous overdose of niacin and when the flush rush and prickles hit,
then go out in below 32 F. in the snow for awhile.

Andy
Dumb blonde guy in Pennsylvania

"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1149106984.706302.301360
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Gee, I sure hope you aren't into skydiving.

That's not a hobby according to my doctor. He wouldn't sign a release form,
dammit! WHAT high blood pressure???

Andy

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I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think

of

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one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Maybe I'll get inspired from some of you that have one common interest

with

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me; cooking!
Thanks,
Dee Dee

I drink beer... seriously... burp!

Larry T

Quiltmaking! I should warn you, however, that there is risk involved
that quiltmaking will not remain a hobby and will take over your life.
There's a whole world of color and texture and technique waiting to be
explored. There's enough in traditional quiltmaking to last several
lifetimes, and when you get bored with that, expand into quiltmaking as
fabric art, and add embellishment, quilted jackets, dyeing and painting
your own fabric, abstract, landscape, portrait, everything to do with
art can be translated into fabric and hung on a wall. Quiltmaking
sometimes leads people to giant decorative kites and parachutes or
miniatures. There are books on quilting, internet groups, magazines,
local guilds, people to meet when you travel. There are shows to attend
and enter, workshops to take, celebrities to meet. (Quilt celebrities:
I'd rather meet Nancy Crow than Julia Roberts any day.) Collect
colorful fabric and thread (call it a stash); work by hand or machine.
Sell your work at museum consignment shops or donate to any of the
number of groups that keep home made quilts in hospitals and police cars.

Kids who land in emergency rooms are sometimes comforted by having
something special that's all theirs to hang on to when medical
procedures are done. Kids who have just watched Daddy beat Mommy to a
bloody pulp are sometimes found cowering in the closet when the police
arrive. The police can take nothing from the crime scene when
delivering the kids to emergency foster care and like to have something
they can give away that the kids can hang on to. In both cases, the
police and hospital workers need a supply of quilts that are cozy,
colorful and unique, something that they can give away at their
discretion and not worry about getting back. There are quilt making
groups all over the country that supply hospitals and police.

--Lia

Dee Randall said:

I've done all the hobbies that I've wanted to in my life. I can't think of
one more thing that I want to do.
What are your hobbies, and what do you want to do that you've never done
yet -- hobbies, mind you.

Andy q said:

L,

Glad to hear your hobby!!! Have you done any calligraphy? I've eye-
witnessed journeymen with pen in hand. AWESOME!!!

Though I admire the work, I do not do calligraphy myself; though, I do write
in cursive-italic, which is not as ornate and decorative. Cursive-italic is
a method I learned in a class on improving handwriting.

I attended a seminar on calligraphy at a pen show last year; the presenter
was Ward Dunham who is a Master Calligrapher and does absolutely beautiful
work.

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