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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:47:21 GMT
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After reading the NetSlaves article in general, I got to thinking about
hobbies. It's always interesting to look at a group of people I
associate with, over some common cause, and find out what ELSE they do.
So, I pose a question:
What are some of your hobbies? Outside of Lego?
I for one have about a quarter million hobbies I've pursued over the
years. The ones I primarily am involved in now include:
1) Dancing ballet. I've danced ballet for five going on six years now.
I've performed most of the male (and a few female) roles in 6 different
Nutcrackers; court jester in Cinderella; Curella DeVille in
Dalmations-Fantasy in Black in White, Lindoro in The Magic Flute (my
first lead role), and also danced to "Vivaldi's Spring", "Strangers" in
the Night as part of a tribute to Sinatra, a song from "Porgy & Bess,"
and various other pas de duexes (dances of two) or partner dances in
ballet.
2) Collectin Magic Cards. Ever hear of Magic the Gathering? By Wizards
of the Coast? While I was in my somewhat dim ages, I found this
collectible card game, and managed to amass close to 60,000 cards in the
last 7 years. They are currently amassed undermy bed, as well as in a
binder system which is ALMOST as complicated as the bin and tub system I
use for my Lego.
3) My one other great weakness is computer games. I have more than 250
different computer games, ranging from early 80's (King's Quest I
anyone) all the way up to today (American McGee's Alice is a HOOT!!). My
favorite company is Sierra On-Line, now just called Sierra, and I have
nearly every game made by them. My computer is up to date with every
gadget and gizmo I would need to play these games. Unfortunately, some
of my favorite, older games, run WAY to fast even on the slowest speed
setting of the game, because of the speed of the PIII chip. And, without
a real MS-DOS environment, lots of my stuff won't work without major
tweaking, for which I have very little time right now.
My other hobbies have included collecting everything from Garbage Pail
Kids (Still have all THOSE under my bed also), to posters, key chains,
buttons, stickers, books (Stephen King and an ENTIRE Piers Anthony
collection sit on my shelves), Disney movies, CD's, cooking utensils,
decorated tins, and Teddy Bears (my biggest collection when I was a
kid!).
Recently I've been looking at Transformers(again) on the net. And I
DON'T mean these new Transformers all made out of plastic and carrying
names like Beast Wars or whatever. I mean the REAL Transformers of the
80's. The ones they made out of metal, and plastic, and had engaging
storylines with. But, I won't delve into those for a while yet. There's
still more ABS out there with my name on it!
So, let's hear it! What are your hobbies??
Matt
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| (...) I am a musician, keyboards & piano. Used to be in a hard rock band in the late 1980's which brought me from Boston to Los Angeles to New York City where I have been for 11 years, playing clubs, showcasing for record labels etc. The past few (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) I dress up in funny clothes, eat weird food, and hit people with sticks. :) More precisely, I am involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism, which recreates (in a fun & safe way) many aspects of medieval life, not the least of which is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Well let's see... I used to collect basketball cards but I stopped a few years ago. I also collected zoids, micromachines star wars action fleet, exo-squad stuff, star wars books, and the old starcom toys. I still collect transformers mostly current (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Lets see: Model Rockets (I have some stuff still, haven't launched in a while though...) Model Engineering (Live steam, railway mostly, but a heavy backing in traction engines&"hi tech" stuff. I have 2 lathes, and at one point also had a mill (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| in article 3A68A7D9.4482FAE8@sonic.net, Matt Brooks wrote: <Sniii...iiip> (...) MmmMMmmm Tansformers. I have to limit myself to a certain quality level for Transforming stuff. So right now I've limited myself to transforming jet fighters. I just got (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:47:21 GMT, Matt Brooks <mbrooks@sonic.net> wrote: snip (...) snip (...) I've been wondering the same thing. some of mine, in no real order: 1. K'nex 2. Automotive/Heavy Truck repair. The only collection I have that outdoes my (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| I don't know if this is what people would call a "hobby," but I am an extremely active competitive swimmer. I spend six months of my year swimming for one team or another. My best events: 50 Free (0.25.00); 100 Free (0.56.10); 500 Free (5.56.40); (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Hmm...tough question. Since I (re)started into Lego, I've pretty much abandoned all other hobbies. But, here goes: -Hunting, fishing, outdoors -Playing and watching sports, esp. football -Playing computer and videogames -baseball card (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) When my LEGO Train and Town MOC's don't have me in stitches, I like to listen to 70's and 80's hard rock and heavy metal. Reading books, magazines (I'm a big railroad history buff, the correct term is 'ferroequinologist'. Walking, bicycling, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Lets see... Reading - this is my oldest hobby, interests since high school or so are Fantasy and Science Fiction. I used to be a regular con attendee until I moved down here to North Carolina, though I did go to a con which just started last year (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Matt Brooks wrote in message <3A68A7D9.4482FAE8@s...ic.net>... (...) Music... I play violin and listen to classical music SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)... I dress up funny and watch my daughter kill people and get killed ((URL) House: (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Oh geez, Sportscards: Beat my head against that wall for almost 17 years. Wish I could have all of that time and money back, not really a hobby but an addiction. Still have a bunch that I occasionally toss up on eBay when I think I'm spending (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Interesting thread :) When I was a wee tot (before high school) I was heavily into GI Joe, Transformers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and watching great heaping gobs of television. As I grew older, the television and video gaming sort of (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) 1. Boxing - a great workout and a great stress release 2. Opera - my degree is in voice 3. Architecture - should have pursued that architecture scholarship 4. Drum and Bugle COrps - it ain't marching band - its an art form (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Uh...whoa....this is very interesting indeed. It seems that many of us have the same sorts of hobbies - well I'll ad my list (sorted time frame - past, current, future) PAST - Oooo....lots to list here - and I'm still somewhat interested in all of (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Well, I used to have hobbies... most of the replies to this thread look familiar: programming, video games, Magic the Gathering, pinball, guitar, comics, snowboarding, rollerblading, programming, overworking, and others. But then I had a (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Other Hobbies, huh? Well, here goes: Reading: One of my oldest hobbies, I generally read Fantasy. I especially like Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. Anime: Probably my favorite hobby (yes, I like it more than Lego, please don't kill me. ;) ), my (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Well, that would be collecting books. I have extensive (and in some cases complete) collections of Squadron/Signal (S/S), Aerofax, Pictorial Histories, Classic Warships, Schiffer Military, and Warbird/Airliner Tech books. I have over 700 total (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Hmmm... -Writing, Poetry and short stories: (URL) (nothing online though) -Acting - a few musicals, written by our group director, including a tour in Germany, which was a lot of fun, but unfortunately ended with tragedy... I also acted in a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) I've had a boatload of interests over the years but currently: 1. Lego 2. Desktop publishing/web design. this started after I got my first laser printer (HP IIIP) about 10 years ago and realized that there was a reason for ATM other than (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Let's see: Anime - I looove the Japanese Animation. I'm currently working my way through Evangelion, Card Captor Sakura, Key, Gundam Wing, Marmelade Boy, Utena, Bubble Gum Crisis 2040, and Sabre Marionette J. Role playing games - I've got a D&D3 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| It looks like "collecting things" is a way of life in US..:-) I don't collect anything but Lego, and not collecting it just to sole purpose of collecting..:-) However I enjoy having things from the past, mostly books (a history atlas printed in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| I might as well get involved here ... Computers - unfortunately it's difficult to get away from them when I have to work with them every day running all the IT systems here. And I have a laptop at home which has just acquired a Sidewinder Precision (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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