Tell us of your interests other than BB cards & Net54 ?

williamcohon · #1 05-06-2009, 10:32 PM

A former symphony violinist, I'm finishing my twentieth year of conducting and teaching orchestra.

When my younger child went off to college, five years ago, I returned to an earlier preoccupation - tournament tennis. It's a seven-day-a-week way of life, and has led to a national ranking in 60-and-over singles.

My wife and I travel quite a bit (Australia and Israel this past year). I read baseball history, specializing in Jewish ballplayers.

Soon I'll be retired and a grandpa. Right now, I feel like a teenager.

Picture captions: 1) My brother and father watched me win a trophy, and 2) I played at my son's wedding.

barrysloate · #2 05-07-2009, 05:06 AM

Illini- I had a piranha that lived for 15 years (1964-79). Is that considered old for a piranha? He had a red belly but don't know what kind he was.

Exhibitman · #3 05-07-2009, 06:35 AM

I race cars, play tennis, and fondle women, BUT I have weekends off, and I am my own boss.

In addition to wasting countless billable hours on N54, I practice Bikram yoga 3-4x a week, write extensively on cards mostly for my boxing card web site and encyclopedia, collect Academy Awards tickets, and cook. Tomorrow I am playing hooky with some friends and catching the opening show of Star Trek. Live long and prosper!

buckyball1 · #4 05-07-2009, 07:02 AM

run, climb mountains/bushwack in ME/NH, Music (1945-65 jazz, modern classical, punk/indie)

jim

T206.org · #5 05-07-2009, 07:53 AM

I enjoy surfing, golfing, playing poker (NLH), fishing and traveling.

tedzan · #6 05-07-2009, 06:31 PM

Double-dating tonite so I'm driving my 4-seater 1960 Thunderbird.

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....Check-out my license plate on the '60 T-Bird....I just cannot get away from those T206's....

TED Z

slidekellyslide · #7 05-07-2009, 06:39 PM

Did you request that plate number Ted or was it just luck?

drc · #8 05-08-2009, 01:59 AM

Hobbies include collecting fashion photographs, cognitive science, music (a strange couple maybe, my favorite genres are classical and hardcore punk; have season tickets to the Seattle Symphony which I think is top notch). I also volunteer for a local non-profit playhouse and gallery doing lowly volunteer stuff. I never think of my hobbies as hobbies, they're just stuff I am interested in and do. It's takes someone else to point them out as hobbies. Unlike with some people you hear about, I never decided or was told I needed to find a hobby. I've been doing stuff ever since I was little kid, much of which would be labeled as hobbies.

wpeters · #9 05-08-2009, 02:31 AM

I've always been interested in woodworking and just recently got into restoring antique radios. Here's a before and after. It works like new and I listen to it 4-5 times a week.

tedzan · #10 05-09-2009, 10:23 AM

You asked...."Did you request that plate number Ted or was it just luck?"

I found this old Pennsylvania license plate in an Antique shop.

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TED Z

illini805 · #11 05-07-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by barrysloate

Illini- I had a piranha that lived for 15 years (1964-79). Is that considered old for a piranha? He had a red belly but don't know what kind he was.

Yes, that is long but not unheard of, I have 6 Red Belly's that are going on 13 years now. I am sure yours was probably a Red Belly, I am into the rarer breeds of them. I am into the Gold, and Purple ones...there are two different families of them.The Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus families...I am most proud of my Diamond Black Piranha, and of course my beloved Elongatus Piranha , he is the most aggressive of the species.

geor952 · #12 05-08-2009, 07:19 AM

I enjoy coaching wrestling where I teach in Michigan, and I have a ball wrestling with my 3 boys under the age of six. I also enjoy deer hunting, fishing and camping. There is no place I would rather be in the summer than Oldsmobile park cheering on the Lansing Lugnuts, Blue Jays single A affiliate, or Comerica Park hollering for the Tigers.