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

[bnorth]

I believe I have some hoarder in me. Over the years i have collected a little bit of everything. I really need to get rid of a ton of stuff but rarely sell and keep buying stuff i really do not need. I think most of us can relate to that.

Here is my Ninja. Because it is so easy to get hurt on it i am smart enought to keep it at or under the speed limit. A small fraction of the action figures, salt/pepper shakers, and other small junk I collect. Lets not forget the guitars i have not picked up in about a year.

[oldjudge]

Cone seashells-a carnivorous, highly poisonous snail. Some varieties are as deadly as a cobra; if bitten, a man will die in 5 minutes.

[Griffins]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Cone seashells-a carnivorous, highly poisonous snail. Some varieties are as deadly as a cobra; if bitten, a man will die in 5 minutes.

I've come across some of those diving in the South Pacific- some have darts they throw out with venom. Never pick one up. Wish I'd gotten to see that collection when I was at your house Jay, they look pretty spectacular.


Besides cards I travel a lot, typically developing countries, about half the time on scuba trips. While photography is my work at home (for advertising purposes) my hobby is travel and underwater photography. Eventually those images make it to my instagram account, @anthonynex

[Tabe]

Right now, my main hobby is Rubik's Cube speedsolving and puzzle collecting. I've solved the cube in 29 seconds and have a collection of roughly 70 puzzles of various shapes and sizes.

[Brian Van Horn]

Pretty much just card collecting, but checking into another idea to keep me busy.

[Jantz]

Hi Ted,

Besides being an avid Bass fisherman, I walk the local countryside hunting American Indian artifacts. My grandfather hunted them and taught my father how to find them. My father taught me as well when I was a little boy. 40+ years later and I'm still out there looking for them.

Below are a couple photos I took last year of one of my finds. These are called "insitu" photos and you can see exactly what I see when I find an artifact before picking them up. One photo is from my point of view and the second is a close up.

Jantz

[Eggoman]

Vintage Halloweenia (Pre-War, especially, of course!!!)

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Jantz

Hi Ted,

Besides being an avid Bass fisherman, I walk the local countryside hunting American Indian artifacts. My grandfather hunted them and taught my father how to find them. My father taught me as well when I was a little boy. 40+ years later and I'm still out there looking for them.

Below are a couple photos I took last year of one of my finds. These are called "insitu" photos and you can see exactly what I see when I find an artifact before picking them up. One photo is from my point of view and the second is a close up.

Jantz

I have two ponds and a river on my farm. I catch these as consolation prizes when the trout are hiding.

[trdcrdkid]

Another packrat here. In addition to baseball cards and hobby publications, I also collect nonsport N and T cards (of which I have a couple thousand or so), 19th century advertising trade cards (of which I have an estimated 5000, maybe more), and tabletop baseball games (of which I have a closet full). I also have over 5000 books, though that's not really a collection in the same sense, because I read a lot of them and use them for reference. I also go to a lot of theater, mainly in Chicago (where I live) and London (where I usually go once a year or so), and I used to study and perform improv back in the day (15-20 years ago) before giving it up because I didn't have the necessary time to devote to it. I also do a lot of research and writing on Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater history, which I guess counts as a hobby since I (mostly) don't get paid for it.

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I believe I have some hoarder in me. Over the years i have collected a little bit of everything. I really need to get rid of a ton of stuff but rarely sell and keep buying stuff i really do not need. I think most of us can relate to that.

Here is my Ninja. Because it is so easy to get hurt on it i am smart enought to keep it at or under the speed limit. A small fraction of the action figures, salt/pepper shakers, and other small junk I collect. Lets not forget the guitars i have not picked up in about a year.

Nice to see LEFTY guitars!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by obcbobd

Nice to see LEFTY guitars!

Weird/funny story on that. When I was young I played the violin for a few years, I played right handed. Several years ago when I decided to try guitar I bought that cheap red Maestro. For some reason my fingers would just not move properly in the different playing position. I turned it into a lefty and it worked for me. So after I decided I liked playing guitar I bought real left handed guitars. In that pic I had just turned the Maestro back into a righty before I sold it, I still have the other 3.

[irv]

Originally Posted by 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.

Hopefully you can get some pics up as I'd like to see those!

Originally Posted by rgpete

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

Good job starting them young! I try to get my son involved as much as possible but it's getting harder and harder as he ages. With school, friends and his girlfriend, there never seems to be much time left.
I told him 4 yrs ago (when he was 12) when I gave him my old snowmobile, it is up to you to look after it and maintain it. We haven't sledded much in the last few years due to the lack of snow, but he knows that is still the case if that changes.