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Re: Hobbies....
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Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:40:08 GMT
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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 1903 -quite ironic?-, or a
trigonometric tables book from 1942, accurate to nine places, although
my little Casio can do that much more easily)
My other biggest hobby, second to Lego, is reading, mostly SF (I read at
least one 300-400 page book every week). And I'm deep into SW universe,
too (I have almost all the references, and regularly reading expanded
universe novels. I haven't started yet buying comics though).
I like watching movies, again primarily SF and cults from the past.
Pirated VCD business is quite available here in Turkey (even small
groceries sell them for 3 bucks, and hire them for half of it). I bought
a DVD player two months ago and started to buy DVD's, too. It is also
possible to hire them here in my country for 4 bucks a week..:-)
I'm also an outdoors sporter (mostly trekking and camping) but can not
spend much time on it recently.
And I spend some time with computers, mostly games and internet since
the university, but I was more deep when I was a student.
Selçuk
Matt Brooks wrote:
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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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