Besides Sportscards collecting, how's about sharing with us your other hobbies

[OsFan]

…aand also these.

[darwinbulldog]

Handicapping, mostly football, but February/March finds me spending a lot of time in prep for the NCAA tourney. I've been competing in a group of about 100 people since 2007 and have finished 1st in football 3 of those years and 1st in March Madness two of those years (plus a 2nd place finish the year 8 seed Kentucky played 7 seed UConn in the final). The profits mostly come back here to my primary hobby.

[glynparson]

including but not limited to vintage Hartlands both sports and Westerns, Vinyl records, Star Wars figures and accessories, various other action figures, concert posters, grateful dead items,comics, and various other things i find interesting.

Custom Wood Furniture and figures

[39special]

Cars.I have been building hot rods for 30+ years.Right now I have a 39 Buick street rod,a '55
Oldsmobile,and a '70 Nova SS.I'll try to post some pictures if I can figure how to with my phone.

One more I made this Wine Rack for over the sink using Red Oak. My wife switch the stove/oven ( Down Draft) to the center island from the wall ,so she could watch TV

Frame off restoration with my son. We started when he was 14 and finished when he got his drivers license. The only things original on the 87 YJ were the body and the AMC straight six . We deep sixed the FRENCH Transnition. My son did most of the work

[tedzan]

You guys are posting some really fantastic stuff.



I forgot to mention of my most enduring hobby.....Stamp collecting. My collection consists of postage from almost every country.
Recent years, I have specialized more on U.S. stamps (also uncut sheets), and British Colonials. Here is an example of the latter:

Pitcairn Islands was uninhabited until 1790, when the mutineers of British ship the "Bounty" sought refuge on these Islands. This
set of 10 stamps was issued in 1940 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of that famous event.




I think I learned more about World History and Geography from stamp collecting than I did in in school.


On display here are the very first U.S. stamps. On the 2nd page are the first set of U.S. commemoratives.














TED Z
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[rjackson44]

collect vintage toys and antiques love it

[larrie804]

Along with Ted and Steve B I have been a stamp collector, in my case for 65 years+! Although I have stamps from all over the world my major collection is of 19th century stamps and covers. I particularly enjoy Civil War covers (and letters), fancy cancels and "stampless covers". I am at the point in my life where I am beginning to sell portions of the collection. The first to be sold will be my collection of Lions stamps and covers...probably one of the most comprehensive in existing.

As a 45 years member of Lions international I also collect Lions International trading pins.

[Bigshot69]

Originally Posted by OsFan

…aand also these.

Beautiful books, especially the TTA 59. I’m into comics as well.

[samosa4u]

I collect Marilyn Monroe magazines, especially her early foreign covers (which are far more difficult to find compared to her US releases). Here are some popular covers below:

Glamorous Models - Aug, 1949



Scope - Nov, 1952



Foto Parade - Dec, 1949

[tedzan]

OK, just one more of my hobbies....I think you'll find this story quite interesting.

I won this Pin-Ball in an auction in 1987. Did not cost me much, as it was in need of repair. Took it apart, loaded it into a Ryder U-Haul truck and drove it 80 miles to my home in Toms River, NJ.
I put my EE mind to work and got it fully operational. For 30 years it has provided my family and friends many hours of enjoyment. It is the very same Pin Ball machines us "dinosaurs" spent all
our nickels on at the Boardwalk Arcades at the Jersey shore playing them for hours and hours back in the 1950's and 1960's.

This machine is considered the "Babe Ruth" model of BB Pin-Ball machines. You get Three Outs and the choice of 3 batting speeds. However, you can score a lot of runs in that inning due to all
the "premium targets" you can aim for. The highest scoring one.....SUPER HOMER.....is a 50-Run target, which has been hit only 6 times in 30 years. Another neat feature of this game are the
plastic players running around the bases with respect to the Hits.

Over the years, several of the Net54 members (or readers) have played my machine and here are some of their scores....

Kim Vida....523 runs

Mark Macrae....502 runs

Pat R....355 runs

Ron Peterson....303 runs (my Grandson, then age 6)

Barry Sloate....score ?


I hold the record with 560 runs. I scored 560 runs on New Years eve 1989....that was the highest that's ever been tallied on my machine. Call it home field advantage.
That nite I hit the ball thru the 50 RUN's target.



http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...+super+slugger






TED Z
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[bnorth]

Originally Posted by tedzan

OK, just one more of my hobbies....I think you'll find this story quite interesting.

I won this Pin-Ball in an auction in 1987. Did not cost me much, as it was in need of repair. Took it apart, loaded it into a Ryder U-Haul truck and drove it 80 miles to my home in Toms River, NJ.
I put my EE mind to work and got it fully operational. For 30 years it has provided my family and friends many hours of enjoyment. It is the very same Pin Ball machines us "dinosaurs" spent all
our nickels on at the Boardwalk Arcades at the Jersey shore playing them for hours and hours back in the 1950's and 1960's.

This machine is considered the "Babe Ruth" model of BB Pin-Ball machines. You get Three Outs and the choice of 3 batting speeds. However, you can score a lot of runs in that inning due to all
the "premium targets" you can aim for. The highest scoring one.....SUPER HOMER.....is a 50-Run target, which has been hit only 6 times in 30 years. Another neat feature of this game are the
plastic players running around the bases with respect to the Hits.

Over the years, several of the Net54 members (or readers) have played my machine and here are some of their scores....

Kim Vida....523 runs

Mark Macrae....502 runs

Pat R....355 runs

Ron Peterson....303 runs (my Grandson, then age 6)

Barry Sloate....score ?


I hold the record with 560 runs. I scored 560 runs on New Years eve 1989....that was the highest that's ever been tallied on my machine. Call it home field advantage.
That nite I hit the ball thru the 50 RUN's target.



http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...+super+slugger






TED Z
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Ted that is AWESOME!!! It also brings back a ton of teenage memories. I have played that version and a few others, haven't seen one in close to 30 years.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Ted that is AWESOME!!! It also brings back a ton of teenage memories. I have played that version and a few others, haven't seen one in close to 30 years.

Thanks, Ben

And, your right.... there's very few of these Super-Slugger Pin-Ball machines still in operation nowadays. I still remember a certain Pin-Ball arcade on the Asbury Park (NJ) boardwalk,
that had the Super-Slugger machine which was quite a treat. Since most of the BB Pin-Ball games along the Jersey Shore were the smaller (simpler) Williams machines.





TED Z
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T206 Reference

[OsFan]

Originally Posted by Bigshot69

Beautiful books, especially the TTA 59. I’m into comics as well.

Thanks!