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Archive 02-09-2006 07:07 PM

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Posted By: <b>darren</b><p>lots in common,<br />Henry E. I was much like you 20 yrs ago, all district in football at defensive end and fullback and all state as a catcher......<img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1139540825.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1139540843.JPG"> <br />Feb 2005

Archive 02-09-2006 07:09 PM

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Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>Besides cards, I collect books (or likely vice versa), mostly baseball, but other first editions<br /><br /><img src="http://ettinger.ca/bookshelf1.jpg"><br /><br />After age and 2 torn achilles tendons, I have traded in a soft outside, poor inside basketball game (highlighted by a 0.7 ppg average in university), for a game where I can glide and coast<br /><br /><img src="http://ettinger.ca/maxathockey.jpg"><br /><br />I also am a supporting of University of British Columbia baseball, and have an interest in art.<br /><br />More sordid details at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/baseballart" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/baseballart</a><br /><br />Max

Archive 02-09-2006 07:14 PM

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Posted By: <b>Genaro</b><p>Zack do you collect vintage guns?

Archive 02-09-2006 07:18 PM

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Posted By: <b>darren</b><p>de family <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1139541653.JPG">

Archive 02-09-2006 07:29 PM

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Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>This thread makes me want to go to the next National just to meet people. Very humanizing exercise! (lol. NOT that vintage bb card interests are not human.)<br /><br />Joann

Archive 02-09-2006 07:41 PM

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Posted By: <b>Mark Rios</b><p>Photography (Leica R3)<br />Cigars (Ramon Allones - Cuban) <br />Automatik watches (Eberhard)<br />Poetry (Miguel Pinero) <br />Early 20th Century Austrian Art (Egon Schiele) <br />My 11 mo. old son - Oliver Drees.<br /><br />

Archive 02-09-2006 09:38 PM

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>i have a '63 impala that i keep looking like new. I also keep my ancient Greek up to date doing a little translating and<br />etymologies here and there.<br />raising a mixed german shepherd and 'weiner dog' also keeps us busy---<br />raising eyebrows as well.<br /><br />best<br /><br />barry

Archive 02-09-2006 09:50 PM

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Posted By: <b>Zach S.</b><p>Genaro - I collect mostly modern handguns & rifles. I know a friend of my father's who has an amazing collection of Civil War weaponry, though. AMAZING.<br /><br />Darren - S. LaFourche, huh? Louisiana boy too?

Archive 02-09-2006 10:05 PM

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Posted By: <b>Anthony</b><p>Surfing, skateboarding (still skating pools at 44), scuba diving, photography without a client sitting over my shoulder telling to make sure the label reads, coaching little league, travel (mostly South Pacific and Africa the last few years), fighting a losing battle with termites for control of my house, and lately, cabinetry.

Archive 02-09-2006 10:32 PM

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Robert,<br />Ben was not a student of mine. Although I studied the history of Western phil as an undergrad, my research and teaching is all in Asian philosophy and primarily Indo-Tibetan Buddhist thought these days. I do have a small collection of antique Tibetan manuscripts and painted scrolls (thangkas).<br /><br />DJ (OJ Collector),<br />Sounds like we have a similar passion for Jazz and Jazz on vinyl. Compared to my jazz guru, a friend named Greg who has about 3,000 jazz lps, I feel like a rookie, but compared to most I think I have a decent collection, including some rarities. My personal highlights are original pressings of both the 1st and 2nd Editions of John Coltrane's "Ascension" lp. Big Band Free Jazz - What more could you ask for?<br />JimB

Archive 02-09-2006 10:55 PM

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Posted By: <b>darren</b><p>Coastal South Louisiana born and bred.

Archive 02-09-2006 11:09 PM

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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>Hey Barry A.,<br /><br />Is that mostly Koine, Attic, or Homeric?

Archive 02-09-2006 11:33 PM

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>hi glenn<br />lately it's been koine since i've been looking at bit at the johannine literature.<br />when i do my medical terminology mini-course or pick up some of the old<br />socrates dialogues, i get my classical greek going again.<br />you must be a bit of a classicist yourself<br /><br />best<br /><br />barry

Archive 02-09-2006 11:38 PM

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Posted By: <b>Genaro</b><p>Zack I recently purchased the beretta version of the colt 45 I love it fires better than any gun I haveAll the guys at the range love it.

Archive 02-10-2006 12:13 AM

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>I used to be a really bad pack rat, anything shiney, it was going home with me. I've been able to keep my focus on just baseball cards for about 2 years now. I bowl 2 nights a week. I am a wanna be remix DJ doing a lot of my own remixes of songs that ineterest me. My favorite thing to do is to figure out what loops were ripped in current popular songs and then remixing them with the original song they took the loop from. My best friend has over 2000 CDs, so usually has whatever I am looking for. I also create techno ambient sounds and will also have fun ripping lines from various TV shows. I've done remixes of Beavis & Butthead, Speed racer, etc. I also like to take slower songs, add a bass beat, some effects and speed them to a more disco speed. A friend of mine hate the remix of Faith Hill's The Kiss because I sped it form 110bpm to 135bpm.<br /><br />I like playing board games, escially non-traditional ones. If you like differnt type board games, pick up Settlers of Cataan. This is a great that anyone can learn, but you will never master. My started playing it when he was 4 and we had a regualr at the game and comic store I owned that was in his 70s who would stop in to play a couple of times a week.<br /><br />I am also big movie fan. I have over 300 dvds and rent at least 3-5 movies a week. I also spend way too much time watching Cartoon Network. I am also a permanent Neilsen household, so you can blame me for all the wierd programming that stays on the air since I don't watch any major network TV.<br /><br />There is lots of stuff I used to do when I younger.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

Archive 02-10-2006 04:43 AM

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Posted By: <b>Henry Eshelman</b><p>Thats wierd darren Im a catcher to<br><br>Thanks, Henry Eshelman<br /><br />Website:www.freewebs.com/vintagebaseball

Archive 02-10-2006 10:48 AM

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Posted By: <b>pete</b><p>0.7ppg ??? even kirk rambis averaged just over 2.0 (laker's star player during the magic johnson era, then they had the nerve to make him a coach!)

Archive 02-10-2006 11:05 AM

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Posted By: <b>steve f</b><p>Riding Harleys with my wife -when it's above 50*. Spending two vacations a year on Cocoa Beach. Raising Hell with our new baby granddaughter. On my four days off, answering alarms for the overtime, to pay for this crazy hobby and the kids' college.<br />

Archive 02-10-2006 11:13 AM

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Posted By: <b>Zach S.</b><p>Darren- I was born in raised in Walker (near Baton Rouge). Being in the Navy keeps me far from home now but I do enjoy the leave time I get when I can go back and visit. <br /><br />Genaro- I haven't had a chance to shoot that one yet. I'm sure I'll run across one sooner or later and give it a try at the range. It's hard getting to shoot as much now because I live in CT and their gun control laws are a little more strict than in the south. Plus, I'm moving to Italy in a couple of days and you don't even want to know about gun laws in Europe! I had to leave all my guns w/ the parents back home. At least that gives me a break to from paying for guns and I can focus more on the card collection. Why did I have to pick such expensive hobbies???!!!<br />

Archive 02-10-2006 11:36 AM

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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>Barry,<br /><br />Ah yes, Kata Johannine. I studied it in high school (Jesuit educated, also a Louisiana boy). I'm not sure about the transliteration, but &lt;&lt;Houtos gar egapeisen ho theos ton kosomon hoste ton huion autou, ton monogene edoken hina pas ho pisteuon eis auton me apolletai all' eche zoen aionion&gt;&gt; I'm something of a classicist, but my best friend is amazing with the stuff. He actually speaks Latin (mostly to himself, but still).<br /><br />I'm visiting Greece this summer, but I don't know a word of modern Greek yet. I imagine a lot's changed in the past couple of millennia.

Archive 02-10-2006 12:01 PM

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>We go to Greece often to visit my relatives near Athens.<br />But, then we take off for the Aegean Islands, and I highly<br />recommend Crete, Rhodes, and especially Santorini.<br /><br />Santorini is a crescent shaped Island which is the rem-<br />nants of possibly the largest volcanic explosion in re-<br />corded history. The Island "blew" 3500 years ago and the<br />resulting tidal waves devasted all the civilizations in<br />the Eastern Mediterrean back then. In recent years they<br />have un-earthed an advanced civilization on this Island<br />that many historians believe is Atlantis.<br /><br />You must go there by boat, for when you enter the 15 mile<br />wide harbor, you will be looking up at ancient volcanic<br />cliffs 1000 ft high. It is one of the most awesome sites<br />on this earth. <br /><br />The Greeks for the most part speak pretty good English,<br />so you will have no problem there.

Archive 02-10-2006 12:09 PM

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Posted By: <b>Zach S.</b><p>Crete is incredible. I've been there a few times and I love it.... he's right, they do speak English very well there. I don't know a lick of Greek (ancient or not) and I've never had a problem.

Archive 02-10-2006 12:30 PM

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Posted By: <b>Dennis W.</b><p>I'm an Associate Scout for the Atlanta Braves. I've coached youth baseball for 25+ years. I love watching the young guys play and develop. I'm also surprised and impressed with the amount of young collectors that post here.

Archive 02-10-2006 12:30 PM

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Posted By: <b>napoleon lajoie</b><p>other hobbies:<br /><br />1. Tunes my Ford Mustang Cobra.<br />2. Race with my Ford Mustang Cobra.<br />3. Ride into my Ford Mustang Cobra.

Archive 02-10-2006 01:09 PM

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>Glenn<br /><br />great work on 3:16!!!<br />did you do your PhD on this sorta thing or it an old Jesuit hobby?<img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />great 'talking' Greek to you as well TRex!<br /><br /><br />best,<br /><br />barry

Archive 02-10-2006 03:02 PM

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Glenn- I've been to Crete twice- one of my favorites places in the world. You can take an overnight boat from Piraeus, or fly over a lot quicker.

Archive 02-10-2006 06:32 PM

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Posted By: <b>Mike Ernst</b><p>I pretty much got out of early cards in 1974 when I bought my first 1962 Corvette---I've since had 66 Corvettes and still have 13 of them--back into cards and cars. I'm 59, play softball twice a week, with the young 20-30's guys on Monday, in a 55 and older league on Wednesdays. It's fun to go from being a slow old gluy to a speed burner in a little over 36 hours!Have 4 daughters--2 youngest play NCAA Div. 1 volleyball--now that I'm not chasing around the country to see them play, have some time for the cards again.

Archive 02-10-2006 07:51 PM

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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>Thanks to everyone, Ted especially, for the input on Greece. I'd heard someone mention Santorini in passing, but I didn't know much about the place. Sounds amazing. <br /><br />Barry A., thanks. My doctoral work is actually in evolutionary psychology and mechanisms of human mate selection, but I studied ancient Greek for four years and it was always one of my favorite subjetcs.

Archive 02-10-2006 08:06 PM

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Posted By: <b>Anson</b><p>My other activities:<br /><br />Playing with my kids<br />playing ice hockey<br />autocrossing<br />writing and playing acoustic music<br />lake fishing<br />reading

Archive 02-11-2006 04:46 AM

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Glenn- Santorini was once the site of a major volcano, so the island is a geologist's dream.(Oops, Ted mentioned this in his earlier post, so I'm being repetitive. Ted and I have spent a lot of time on the islands and often share our experiences).

Archive 02-11-2006 07:57 AM

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Posted By: <b>leonl</b><p>I collect cardboard pictures of mostly dead baseball players. I try to keep about 800 guys and girls focused on talking about those pieces of cardboard with as much leniency as possible, while still maintaining some modicum of reasoning, on a public chatboard. I usually interact with the family around that. At night I like to doze off on the couch and drool on myself. In the summer I like to ride around on my Kubota tractor while pushing dirt, on our small parcel of land, around our house... Fairly exciting existence....

Archive 02-11-2006 08:32 AM

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Posted By: <b>Bill Stone</b><p>On the collecting front my other interest is travel decals from the 1950's. I am trying to complete my collection of Miss America series decals --just 5 short so if anyone else collects these please let me know . I love to travel to major sporting events --been to three Olympics ( really going through a time missing this one !!) all the major tennis tournaments-French U.S. and Wimbledon ( except Australian open which is still on my list) and a couple of World Series and Super Bowls. Looking forward to the Final 4 in Indiannapolis this year my 5th Final 4.

Archive 02-11-2006 08:47 AM

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Posted By: <b>Rich Klein</b><p>Old Radio "air-checks". which means things taped off the radio. Usually top 40 or oldies related but I have a few sports tapes/CD's.

Archive 02-11-2006 10:55 AM

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Well, this thread has shown that we all have a wide array of extracurricular interests, but I think we can all agree that the prize for the best outside hobby goes to our own moderator dude for drooling on himself. It doesn't get any better than that. Kudos Leon!

Archive 02-11-2006 12:33 PM

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>I have a variety of interests, but the only real hobby of note is<br />that I play recorder in a small classical music group (the wooden<br />instrument, not the tape recorder). Similar to most book clubs, <br />the group is about half music, half social, and it is a requirment<br />the person hosting the practice provide coffee. <br /><br />I've never really thought of anything I do as a hobbies. They're just<br />things I do then an outsider labels them as your hobby.

Archive 02-11-2006 12:37 PM

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Posted By: <b>Jerry</b><p>Collecting toys, here's my robots<br /><img src="http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1407/robots2ja.jpg">


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