Hobbies? Who Has Time For Hobbies When There Is Fapping And Drinking To Be Done?

Just kidding...sort of. But it does raise the question; What exactly is a hobby?

This list is mostly nonsense. I don't consider athletic endeavors to be hobbies. They serve a vital function, and we are worse off without them. If a doctor tells you to do something, it doesn't count as a hobby!

And some of those things are universal. How can cooking be a hobby? If you don't do it you starve. Sure, things like bread baking may count, especially if you are happy with a low carb diet and just bake because it's fun! Yup...that's me!

Is a hobby defined the way Potter Stewart defined pornography? "I'll know it when I see it?"

Sure...let's go with that!

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This is definitely a hobby! And I am in awe of this guy for many reasons, but mostly because he is so incredibly patient!

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There are lots of videos and books that confidently tell us that baking great sourdough is easy!

It's a dirty filthy stinking lie.

Sure, baking a sourdough loaf that tastes good isn't much of a stretch, but baking a great one with a light crumb and crunchy crust is extremely difficult. It is primarily a function of technique, and that technique is HARD!

But loads of fun! So try it, and expect to fail.

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This guy isn't a hobbyist, but he doesn't pontificate and make himself sound like the god of welding.

In fact, welding is really hard to do well. I took welding in high school, and pretty much all I learned was that molten metal is hot, and I suck at welding. So that's one hobby I probably won't pursue, even though I have a simple project that I desperately want to build.

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Shooting and guns is another real-life thing that can become a hobby...but just don't let it go to ridiculous extremes. Customizing an AR-15 for one's particular needs (and desires) is loads of fun, but please...draw the line somewhere.

Posted by: CBD at 05:30 PM

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1
Number of the 50 Best Hobbies for Men I do: 0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2023 05:32 PM (MoZTd)

2 Yo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 04, 2023 05:32 PM (Q4IgG)

3 Bison sculpture is spectacular!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 04, 2023 05:32 PM (OX9vb)

4 That's quite an assault rifle. Ban it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 04, 2023 05:33 PM (Q4IgG)

5
Thanks to my position of The Least Interesting Man in the World.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2023 05:35 PM (MoZTd)

6 If a hobby is making you healthier or richer, isn’t it something more than a hobby?

Posted by: Allen at November 04, 2023 05:35 PM (aJduq)

7 That rifle looks unusable.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at November 04, 2023 05:35 PM (Eeb9P)

8 No mention of motorcycles? What kind of man’s list is this anyway?

And I tried smoking meats once but I couldn’t keep them lit.

Posted by: halfastro at November 04, 2023 05:37 PM (JUAx8)

9 My hobbies are procrastination and parsimony

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at November 04, 2023 05:37 PM (Eeb9P)

10 Geez. How much crap can one put on one AR.
A for effort but failed in the chainsaw bayonette.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 04, 2023 05:37 PM (cOq4q)

11 Rifle does not have the thing that goes up.
Would not bang.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2023 05:38 PM (uSHSS)

12 Tacticool gub looks ridiculous. Bet it's fun though!

Posted by: JQ at November 04, 2023 05:38 PM (njWTi)

13 I enjoy woodworking. I still have all my original fingers.

And toes.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at November 04, 2023 05:38 PM (bZTDg)

14 My hobbies are applying for jobs and selecting all of the above when it asks for my gender and ethnic background

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at November 04, 2023 05:39 PM (VTu1l)

15 >>> And I tried smoking meats once but I couldn’t keep them lit.
Posted by: halfastro

'Fridays' chef has a recipe that works. Not sure if there is an on-line archive for it though... Seasoning is ganja.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 04, 2023 05:39 PM (cOq4q)

16 LOL, Unvaxxed.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 04, 2023 05:40 PM (OX9vb)

17 Girl-watching didn't seem to make the list. And yet that particular hobby has probably been the driving force behind civilization, since Day 1.

Posted by: goatexchange at November 04, 2023 05:41 PM (+W/Qv)

18 Man hobbies should include Bourbon, guns, heavy machinery, fast car/bikes, dangerous hobbies and sex. With women. Maybe some music too. But not that gay shit.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 04, 2023 05:41 PM (Q4IgG)

19 LOL, Unvaxxed.

*************

Making the answers to those questions multiple choice is just begging for trolling

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at November 04, 2023 05:41 PM (VTu1l)

20 Is baiting, trapping and murdering vermin in the back yard considered a hobby or a pastime? Have bait and pellets, will travel.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2023 05:42 PM (PbTeh)

21 CFB: Alabama Michigan Florida St and Washington

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at November 04, 2023 05:42 PM (Eeb9P)

22 Men's hobbies missed skydiving (nevermind base jumping) and infantry.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 04, 2023 05:42 PM (cOq4q)

23 Cheese cutting > Cheese making

Posted by: Mark1971 at November 04, 2023 05:43 PM (xPl2J)

24 I don't regard cooking as a hobby, although it is often fun. But baking good bread can be and should be a hobby.

Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2023 05:45 PM (7EjX1)

25 My friend's hobby is to dress small salmon up in outfits and taking their pictures.

He calls it shooting fish in apparel.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2023 05:47 PM (uSHSS)

26 I would say collecting is the #1 Hobby. I would guess 99% of people collect something or have at one time collected something.

Posted by: Drive by at November 04, 2023 05:47 PM (+EGzv)

27
But baking good bread can be and should be a hobby.
Posted by: JTB

___________

I've thought of trying to make bread. If it goes wrong, eh, we have several disposals willing to take care of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2023 05:48 PM (MoZTd)

28 baking good bread can be and should be a hobby.
Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2023 05:45 PM (7EjX1)

I made pizza dough last week, first time I'd made bread in years. Making some Italian bread today. It's not even baking yet, but smells great anyway.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 04, 2023 05:48 PM (OX9vb)

29 Did I miss drinking on that list?

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 04, 2023 05:49 PM (bu/8/)

30 Welcome Hobbiests
At Fall in miniatures convention in Lancaster
This my TMP page on the convention
https://tinyurl.com/3t9utrsp

Of to fight another battle

Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2023 05:50 PM (z5mVB)

31 For most people hobbies come and go, but drinking and whore chasing will always be there to fill the gaps.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 04, 2023 05:50 PM (R/m4+)

32 Here is an excitable Irish kid talking about basic woodworking tools for beginners

https://tinyurl.com/2zm6msf6

Posted by: Kindltot at November 04, 2023 05:51 PM (xhaym)

33 Men's hobbies missed skydiving (nevermind base jumping) and infantry.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 04, 2023 05:42 PM (cOq4q)

Infantry is work.
Artillery is a hobby.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2023 05:51 PM (uSHSS)

34 Good evening all you talented and creative people.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 05:52 PM (qVIn7)

35 I guess a hobby is something you don't have to do, but you enjoy doing it. If you stop doing it, you won't die, and neither will anyone else.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 04, 2023 05:53 PM (CHHv1)

36 Smoking meat and flesh is absolutely and magnificently a hobby with benefits.

Baking is marginally acceptable, but God made man in his image and then God made tasty critters and grilling.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2023 05:55 PM (PbTeh)

37 No mention of motorcycles? What kind of man’s list is this anyway?

Posted by: halfastro at November 04, 2023 05:37 PM (JUAx

Half the shit on that list should have cued you in that this ain't your daddy's hobby list. This is new world man shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2023 05:55 PM (VwHCD)

38 Speaking of hobbies.....getting up at 0330 tomorrow, to watch Cricket. Who's with me!?

Posted by: goatexchange at November 04, 2023 05:56 PM (+W/Qv)

39 I think the only requirement is that it costs you money(!) and time and its pursuit is its own reward.

Seriously. Pinball is expensive.

Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2023 05:56 PM (90pKy)

40
My hobby is whatever interests me at the moment. 'Lasting hobby'? I have none.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 04, 2023 05:57 PM (enJYY)

41 Today I replaced the mechanical innards of a running toilet and cleaned a virtual Jackson Pollack painting of sea lion shit off the side of my boat.

Is any of that a hobby?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 04, 2023 05:58 PM (VA1KP)

42 Sounds like a similar debate of what should be considered a sport.

Posted by: Drive by at November 04, 2023 05:59 PM (+EGzv)

43 Weird that I don't consider Mt Biking a Hobby though.

Nor Hunting. Those don't feel like hobbies to me.

Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2023 05:59 PM (90pKy)

44 Bread baking is a hobby for me - Keto diet be damned!

A new member of church is a crazy mad baker also so we will be getting together soon for practice runs as it relates to Holiday baking.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 04, 2023 05:59 PM (TiOvb)

45 Fixed an old 23 channel CB this morning. Swapped out two dead crystals with a two good ones I took from a parts chassis of the same model. Last thing needed to make the one radio 100% working.

Other than that, on a parts hold. Waiting on a real time clock module I said I wouldn't buy, but at 2 bucks how could I not? I've got the rest of the parts I need and some code I ported to an Arduino sketch from python, after stealing it off a guy's project web page, to make a frequency counter. Once the code fails to work I'll try to understand it so I can make it go.

Other than that not much happening on the hobby front around here.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 04, 2023 05:59 PM (Bd6X8)

46 For most people hobbies come and go, but drinking and whore chasing will always be there to fill the gaps.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 04, 2023 05:50 PM (R/m4+)

Wisdom for the ages.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2023 05:59 PM (VwHCD)

47 I play the upright bass but I don't count that as a hobby because I was paid to do it on many occasions.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 04, 2023 06:00 PM (MeG8a)

48 Yoga, meditation, starting a blog?

Gay. Gay. Gay.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 04, 2023 06:00 PM (TiOvb)

49 My wife defines a hobby as putting money into it, and a business is taking money out.

So my agri-chemical startup is a hobby. So far.

Some athletic efforts are hobbies, like walking.

Sabre fencing, rock-climbing, and canoeing are sports activities.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:01 PM (u82oZ)

50 I think the only requirement is that it costs you money(!) and time and its pursuit is its own reward.

Seriously. Pinball is expensive.

And you have to shut out the world to get any good at it. You practically have to be a deaf, dumb, and blind kid.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 04, 2023 06:01 PM (Bd6X8)

51 >>Yoga, meditation, starting a blog?

Vespa Riding and Shelfmaking need to be added to round out the gayness.

Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2023 06:01 PM (90pKy)

52 Working out is a chore, not a hobby.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 04, 2023 06:02 PM (VA1KP)

53 Weird that I don't consider Mt Biking a Hobby though.

Nor Hunting. Those don't feel like hobbies to me.
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2023 05:59 PM (90pKy)

I think If you collect things related to either then it could be considered a hobby IMO.

Such as hunting trophies.

Posted by: Drive by at November 04, 2023 06:02 PM (+EGzv)

54 @46 Always great to be able to do things with your dad.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 04, 2023 06:03 PM (4PZHB)

55 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 04, 2023 06:03 PM (T4tVD)

56 Wait! What?? Over fifty comments and no "recreational sex" as a hobby??!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 04, 2023 06:04 PM (Angsy)

57 Blowing Willie Brown: Hobby or Career Strategy?

Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 04, 2023 06:04 PM (VA1KP)

58 If I was grooming Ewoks from a neighboring galaxy, pinball would be my go-to method and hobby of choice.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2023 06:04 PM (PbTeh)

59 Wait! What?? Over fifty comments and no "recreational sex" as a hobby??!!
Posted by: OrangeEnt

As opposed to turning pro?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 04, 2023 06:04 PM (TiOvb)

60 >>> Yoga, meditation, starting a blog?
Gay. Gay. Gay.
Posted by: Tonypete

Tried 29 of the 50 on the list.
But none of the gay, gay, gay ones.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 04, 2023 06:05 PM (cOq4q)

61 After a career of projects that were critical at the time but ended up as ephemeral, my hobbies are physical and hands-on. Whittling, shooting and maintaining muzzleloaders, fly-tying, sketching, pipe smoking all qualify. Even reading. I want physical books to hold, not some e-reader. Except for ham radio I try to keep dependence on electricity and computers to a minimum for hobbies.

Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2023 06:06 PM (7EjX1)

62 With the move to Pa, I haven't keeping up with my sketching and Watercolor painting.

I think I may finally be getting to a place where I can start in.

I think I have unboxed everything... where are those sponges????

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 04, 2023 06:06 PM (XV/Pl)

63 Journaling?!!

OFFS!!!

What is beyond gay? 'Cause you're there!!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 04, 2023 06:06 PM (TiOvb)

64 OrangeEnt

Recreational sex is for building a relationship with your woman.

But there are some notch counters that combine that with whittling logs into sawdust. Like Wilt Chamberlain.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:07 PM (u82oZ)

65 Tonypete, did you find some lard for your baking?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 06:07 PM (qVIn7)

66 Coffee making isn't a hobby, unless you're into grinding your own beans and trying different brew strengths just to see what you can achieve. I think it's the experimental part that makes it a hobby. Otherwise it's kind of like cooking, which, absent the experimenting part, is necessary for life.

My idea of cooking is grilling some salmon or other fish, or chicken or ground beef, in a pan on the stove, or scrambling some eggs and sizzling up some bacon. It's hardly experimental.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2023 06:07 PM (omVj0)

67 Wait! What?? Over fifty comments and no "recreational sex" as a hobby??!!
Posted by: OrangeEnt

As opposed to turning pro?
Posted by: Tonypete

I think there is a limit to how much you can earn on a hobby for tax purposes. I'm sure that's how you distinguish the move from hobby "recreational sex" into professional.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 04, 2023 06:07 PM (ftFVW)

68 Knitting.

What you lookin at?

Posted by: Rosey Grier at November 04, 2023 06:08 PM (PiwSw)

69 Collecting stuff is a hobby. My pipe smoking is a pleasant pastime, but locating an interesting vintage pipe (for, I might add, a decent price) is the hobby part.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2023 06:08 PM (omVj0)

70 That list probably came from "Mens Health" magazine.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 04, 2023 06:08 PM (cOq4q)

71 >>What?? Over fifty comments and no "recreational sex" as a hobby??!!

What...like a ToughMudder?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 04, 2023 06:08 PM (90pKy)

72 Tonypete, did you find some lard for your baking?
Posted by: Ben Had

No, no leaf lard but I have been using Morrell Snow Cap lard lately for my apple dumplings and pie crusts. It's good enough - not very 'porky' if you know what I mean.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 04, 2023 06:09 PM (TiOvb)

73 As opposed to turning pro?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 04, 2023 06:04 PM (TiOvb)

That'd make it a business.

What...like a ToughMudder?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 04, 2023 06:08 PM (90pKy)

Well, you got the toughest flaps around, Hilly.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 04, 2023 06:10 PM (Angsy)

74 As opposed to turning pro?

You get that when you prepare a big dinner for family. There's always some BIL who needs to be fed by his spouse, who, anxious to say you'd make some man a great wife, will go "You ought to start a restaurant!"

I'm an artist, not a prostitute. It's like making love to the most beautiful woman you ever met, and telling her "You're so good at this, you should be a whore!"

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 04, 2023 06:11 PM (4PZHB)

75 I don't consider athletic endeavors to be hobbies.

Athletics requires competition. If you're doing an activity without competition, and put time and money into equipment and training, it's a hobby.

How can cooking be a hobby? If you don't do it you starve.

But that would be different than cooking for fun, which would be the hobby.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 04, 2023 06:11 PM (IG4Id)

76 How are scuba diving, sailing and fishing not on that list?

What man made this list, Dylan Mulvaney?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2023 06:11 PM (ZLI7S)

77 Wilt Chamberlain also said "With all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I've found out that having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying".

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:12 PM (u82oZ)

78 Well, you got the toughest flaps around, Hilly.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 04, 2023 06:10 PM (Angsy)

You have no idea.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at November 04, 2023 06:12 PM (PiwSw)

79 @76

>>What man made this list, Dylan Mulvaney?

The same people who made, The Rolling Stone Top 250 Guitarists of All Time List, made this list.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 04, 2023 06:13 PM (XV/Pl)

80 Blowing Willie Brown: Hobby or Career Strategy?
Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 04, 2023

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Yes.

Who says you can't enjoy your work?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2023 06:13 PM (omVj0)

81 and telling her "You're so good at this, you should be a whore!"
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

That was wrong? This explains more than a few reactions. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at November 04, 2023 06:13 PM (TiOvb)

82 69 ... "My pipe smoking is a pleasant pastime, but locating an interesting vintage pipe (for, I might add, a decent price) is the hobby part."

Wolfus,
Agreed. Might add making your own tobacco blends to the hobby part.

And bargain hunting to support a hobby is part of the hobby/game.

Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2023 06:14 PM (7EjX1)

83 There's only 4 or 5 things on that list I haven't done, but that's like saying there's two things in life I've never paid for and firewood is one of them.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 04, 2023 06:15 PM (4PZHB)

84 * waves to JackStraw and Elvis*

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 06:15 PM (qVIn7)

85 I seem to recall you are allowed to lose money pursuing a profession for 5 years before the IRS will deny you any further write offs, and declare you a hobbyist. The rules may have changed, many do.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 04, 2023 06:15 PM (MeG8a)

86 Hi Ben Had, how's things with you?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2023 06:16 PM (ZLI7S)

87
Salsa dancing? Journaling?

Saber fighting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 04, 2023 06:17 PM (XeU6L)

88 JackStraw. Life is good here on the farm.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 06:17 PM (qVIn7)

89 "TMP page on the convention..."

Very nicely done...lots of effort there. Always liked tiny village sets.

Posted by: Ju at November 04, 2023 06:17 PM (aTmM/)

90 {{{ Ben Had }}}

Still smiling after the MoMeet. You and your friends did a fantastic job. Rancher Bob and CowHorse Queen are givers of the first water.

The food and discussions were sublime.
Hadrian the Seventh - hint, hint. If I can overcome my shyness and curmudgeonry, so can you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:18 PM (u82oZ)

91 Speaking of hobbies.....getting up at 0330 tomorrow, to watch Cricket. Who's with me!?
Posted by: goatexchange at November 04, 2023 05:56 PM (+W/Qv)

*crickets*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at November 04, 2023 06:19 PM (T/Lqj)

92 Very nicely done...lots of effort there. Always liked tiny village sets.

Posted by: Ju at November 04, 2023 06:17 PM (aTmM/)

I prefer the Tokyo ones, myself.

Posted by: Gojira at November 04, 2023 06:19 PM (Angsy)

93 Buffalo statue is really well done.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at November 04, 2023 06:20 PM (T/Lqj)

94 Shooting and guns is another real-life thing that can become a hobby...but just don't let it go to ridiculous extremes. Customizing an AR-15 for one's particular needs (and desires) is loads of fun, but please...draw the line somewhere

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Is there really a gun under there?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 04, 2023 06:20 PM (VA1KP)

95 I watched Ultra Man in it's original Japanese. I thought it was silly, then, and still do.

Watching TV; hobby, pastime, or addiction?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:21 PM (u82oZ)

96 NaCly, dearest. The MoMe is my Thanksgiving and Christmas all rolled into one

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 06:21 PM (qVIn7)

97 Is there really a gun under there?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 04, 2023 06:20 PM (VA1KP)

It unfolds into a riding mower. Pretty cool, actually.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at November 04, 2023 06:21 PM (T/Lqj)

98 Buffalo statue is really well done.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at November 04, 2023 06:20 PM (T/Lqj)

They'd make a sink out of it in Australia.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 04, 2023 06:21 PM (Angsy)

99 "My pipe smoking is a pleasant pastime, but locating an interesting vintage pipe (for, I might add, a decent price) is the hobby part."
*
Wolfus,
Agreed. Might add making your own tobacco blends to the hobby part.

And bargain hunting to support a hobby is part of the hobby/game.
Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2023

***
True. Though a lot of the "blending" I do is just mixing, to use up some last bits of one blend, or to reduce the more powerful effect of one with a much milder one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2023 06:22 PM (omVj0)

100 Half the shit on that list should have cued you in that this ain't your daddy's hobby list. This is new world man shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2023 05:55 PM (VwHCD)

For sure. Yoga? Journaling? These are too chicky for me!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 04, 2023 06:23 PM (OX9vb)

101 I'm bad at hobbies, or more specifically I get bored and bail after a few years. Some come and go. I go off on gun binges or knife binges, maybe the technology has a bit to do with it. Is collecting a hobby? Sort of falls into its own category as I don't necessarily think it keeps you busy. And having your business as what a lot of people have as hobbies is really weird. Photography and art. Made my living at it. Started as a hobby. So, I put the camera down so I don't feel like I'm working, then pick up same camera with a different lens to go shoot wildlife and now it's a hobby again. Probably why drinking is the only hobby I've really been dedicated to.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 04, 2023 06:23 PM (zB/T/)

102 If you work at it and don't get paid for it.....it's a hobby.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 04, 2023 06:23 PM (vJiyU)

103 93 Buffalo statue is really well done.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at November 04, 2023 06:20 PM (T/Lqj)

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They used all of the buffalo too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 04, 2023 06:23 PM (VA1KP)

104 There are some local buffalo herds. Wonder if we can get animated buffalo sculptures for a stampede of a small town.

Welded steel is armor for all the likely bullets heading their way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:23 PM (u82oZ)

105 If you work at it and don't get paid for it.....it's a hobby.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 04, 2023 06:23 PM (vJiyU)

Sorta like writing.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 04, 2023 06:25 PM (Angsy)

106 Some Rat!!!! There you are, darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 06:25 PM (qVIn7)

107 Seriously. Pinball is expensive.

Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2023 05:56 PM (90pKy)

Kinda like guitars. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2023 06:25 PM (VwHCD)

108 Ulp. Chores.

Kansas State almost won against Texas. Good game in the second half. Gonna be a lot of comments on the coaching locally.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:25 PM (u82oZ)

109 Have a great night, everyone.

May you thrive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:26 PM (u82oZ)

110 My vintage safety razors are another collecting hobby, though the razors get used in rotation every other day. I have several Gillettes, a late Thirties, late Forties, two Fifties, and one Sixties, different models, and a Seventies Hoffritz slant. The two modern safety razors, a Merkur and Fatip, are fantastic shavers. But there is something neat about continuing the life of a razor that predates yourself, or even WWII.

Perhaps sometime I'll get the nerve and $$ to pick up a Gillette Old Type from the Twenties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2023 06:26 PM (omVj0)

111 BEN HAD!! Did you finish the pork roll in the specified manor? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2023 06:26 PM (VwHCD)

112 I watched Ultra Man in it's original Japanese. I thought it was silly, then, and still do.

Watching TV; hobby, pastime, or addiction?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 04, 2023 06:21 PM (u82oZ)

I loved Ultra Man as a kid back in the 60's. I remember coming back from swim team practice and watching Ultra Man and then the Monkees.

TV falls into different categories IMO. Home theater suddenly can be a hobby, depending on how active you are on the hardware side. Same with being an audiophile. I was (or are) but that only seemed to be a hobby when I was constantly swapping equipment and trying different things. Now that I've settled on a system, it doesn't seem to be a hobby any longer. Same with my tons of vinyl. How can something that sits on a shelf most of the time constitute a hobby? And when I'm listening, it's the same as watching TV to some degree.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 04, 2023 06:27 PM (zB/T/)

113 LOL, Pug. Droll, very droll.

Posted by: goatexchange at November 04, 2023 06:28 PM (+W/Qv)

114 Brewing Beer as a hobby is fine. But it should be more generic of just making alcohol. I don't like beer, but I make lots of mead, apple jack, etc. Distillation is a possible future activity, but the legality and safety of it is a little risky.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 04, 2023 06:28 PM (NCgXW)

115 Berserker, followed your instructions to the letter and enjoyed every bite. Thank you so much!

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 06:29 PM (qVIn7)

116 Is weight-lifting a hobby? Is GAINZZZ a hobby? Is masturbation a hobby? Or mind control?

So many lubricants and techniques and therapeutic methods. If you do it just for the pump is it just GAINZZZ or is it something else?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2023 06:30 PM (PbTeh)

117 I keep holding off going to a gun show again and seeing what I can find that would suit me. I don't have any indoor gun ranges close by (there was one, but I'm not sure it reopened after the Sniffle Scare). The two really good ones in the area are ten or fifteen miles away.

So many good suggestions I see on the Gun Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2023 06:30 PM (omVj0)

118 A 15lb AR is an abomination.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 06:32 PM (PY/t0)

119 {{{Ben Had}}}
Have missed all of you so very much.
Lots of life happening of late.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 04, 2023 06:32 PM (vJiyU)

120 I'm working on the house again finishing odds and ends. The hobby that won't die.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2023 06:33 PM (VwHCD)

121 Speaking of Disney on the sidebar, I just saw a video that Disneyworld is going to require guests to wear uniforms? They claim that too many people are showing up in near pr0n drip, so this will put a stop to that. It's something like $75-100 per person. And, they said there's rumors they'll double the cost of the laundromats, unless you want to turn in your stuff and rent fresh crap.

What about just having a dress code? Spell it out. I'd think this would absolutely kill t-shirt and hat sales there. But, the sooner Disney dies, the better I suppose.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 04, 2023 06:34 PM (zB/T/)

122 That AR-15? Pfffffft. No cup holder.

Posted by: butch at November 04, 2023 06:35 PM (dWHve)

123 A 15lb AR is an abomination.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 06:32 PM (PY/t0)

Its one of those over the top things that says FTW, I did it because I can. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2023 06:35 PM (VwHCD)

124 For a while I collected, or accumulated, manual typewriters, most for 50 bucks or a lot less. And in excellent working conditions. But, boy, they take up a lot of room. I'm reducing the numbers by giving some as gifts. To my surprise, it is younger folks, early thirties or less, who are eager for them. I thought it would be old farts, like me, looking for some nostalgia. These youngsters seem to appreciate a mechanism that still works perfectly that their grandparents or great grandparents might have used.

Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2023 06:36 PM (7EjX1)

125 Bers, but it is spectacular .

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 06:37 PM (qVIn7)

126 https://youtu.be/BJEHsvW2J6M?si=zwzhWghXsDscdiQj

Pro Home Cooks has the best videos on making a good sourdough loaf. I learned how to do itthen stopped because I really can't eat crusty loaves any more. And I do my starter differently now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 04, 2023 06:38 PM (cLWyk)

127 All the top ranked teams I have watched today have been scared and outplayed, except their opponents self destructed in the game.

Georgia just benefitted from a very ill advised pass right to a defensive lineman. Otherwise Missouri might have pulled off the upset. UGA now leads by 9.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 06:39 PM (PY/t0)

128 I got on the radio for a bit this afternoon and managed to make a CW contact with a guy about 1700 miles away. I didn't realize it was a contest weekend until after I set up everything, and people were stomping all over each other (and me); it was a miracle I got through with my little 20W signal. RBN says my signal hit Japan, which was a first. Too bad nobody there called me; I would've loved to log my first DX contact.

Posted by: PabloD at November 04, 2023 06:40 PM (hKt5A)

129 and by top ranked, I mean in the way of my Tide making the playoffs.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 06:40 PM (PY/t0)

130 Archery, but not shooting?

Fags.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 06:41 PM (Zfsz7)

131 A 15lb AR is an abomination.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 06:32 PM (PY/t0)

Its one of those over the top things that says FTW, I did it because I can. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2023 06:35 PM

That's a submission to Cursed Gun Images right there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 06:42 PM (Zfsz7)

132 If I wanted to tote a 15lb rifle, I'd get a BAR.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 06:44 PM (PY/t0)

133 Speaking of Disney on the sidebar, I just saw a video that Disneyworld is going to require guests to wear uniforms? They claim that too many people are showing up in near pr0n drip, so this will put a stop to that. It's something like $75-100 per person. And, they said there's rumors they'll double the cost of the laundromats, unless you want to turn in your stuff and rent fresh crap.

What about just having a dress code? Spell it out. I'd think this would absolutely kill t-shirt and hat sales there. But, the sooner Disney dies, the better I suppose.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 04, 2023 06:34 PM (zB/T/)

I read that story on a site called "The Mouse Trap." Their "About" page says they're a satire site. I sort of figured it out when I finished the story and saw one of the links was to a story about Walt being the next CEO after they thawed his head....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 04, 2023 06:45 PM (Angsy)

134 I came very close to dropping $1100 on the new Elecraft KH1, but I thought better of it. I already have enough radios that don't get used, in addition to the stacks of books that don't get read and games that don't get played. At least I'm not an animal hoarder (but the kiddo sorta comes close to being one).

Posted by: PabloD at November 04, 2023 06:45 PM (hKt5A)

135 Archery, but not shooting?

Fags.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Including shooting would be too triggering for soy boys.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 04, 2023 06:47 PM (ftFVW)

136 Texas would have lost to KState if KState hadn't missed two PATs and a chipshot FG.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 06:47 PM (PY/t0)

137 ouch, that AR is so wrong, so many different ways ... or maybe it's meant to be ironic?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 04, 2023 06:52 PM (hXr4C)

138 @136 And Army would have lost to Air Force, if actual Army had shown up instead of whoever the hell Those Guys were!

Fairly bad to be AF this week -- but I really wouldn't want to be Navy for the next month.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 04, 2023 06:55 PM (4PZHB)

139 I hate the term journaling, but I have had a journal of sorts since high school. But it is not some kind of ennui thing. It's more about brainstorming about story ideas and pondering our sometimes shitty world.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, so very tired at November 04, 2023 06:55 PM (T/Lqj)

140 I think the only requirement is that it costs you money(!) and time and its pursuit is its own reward.

Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2023 05:56 PM (90pKy)

I like that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...anti-Semite at November 04, 2023 06:55 PM (3Gtis)

141 Holy Orange and Blue, my Illini just pulled off a stunner!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 04, 2023 06:56 PM (2trAt)

142 Distillation is a possible future activity, but the legality and safety of it is a little risky.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 04, 2023 06:28 PM (NCgXW)

I have a nephew in the industry, so I might ask him to build a small still for the burning times!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...anti-Semite at November 04, 2023 06:58 PM (3Gtis)

143 "I prefer the Tokyo ones, myself."

Yeah, kinda top of the line, that. Once I saw a shelf insert designed by a Japanese guy, it looked like a dimly lit, fairy back street nestled between two books for $250.

Went and bought some materials to make my own...got it home...

Nah.

Posted by: Ju at November 04, 2023 07:00 PM (aTmM/)

144 Archery, but not shooting?

Fags.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Including shooting would be too triggering for soy boys.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 04, 2023 06:47 PM

ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 07:00 PM (Zfsz7)

145 You can age out of a hobby. I loved reupholstering furniture, but I'm not strong enough anymore. My thumbs alone make it impossible.

Posted by: Wenda at November 04, 2023 07:01 PM (Tji/p)

146 CBD, I have a friend that is home distilling and the results are wonderful. You could do it no problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:01 PM (qVIn7)

147 CBD, I have a friend that is home distilling and the results are wonderful. You could do it no problem.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:01 PM

Niiice. Some if my Portuguese friends do that. The product can be hit or miss, but I've managed to improve some if the product.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 07:03 PM (Zfsz7)

148 LOL, Pablo, I am this || close to ordering a KH1 myself!

a whole POTA / SOTA station in my back pocket!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 04, 2023 07:03 PM (hXr4C)

149
This is a possibility that should terrorize the fancy. With a couple of sweepstakes assignments, I could apply to be an AKC judge.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2023 07:04 PM (MoZTd)

150 CBD, I have a friend that is home distilling and the results are wonderful. You could do it no problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:01 PM (qVIn7)

I am tempted, but my bet is that it is illegal in NJ.

When I move to America I will probably go for it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...anti-Semite at November 04, 2023 07:05 PM (3Gtis)

151 RMBS, quality depends on where you get your corn from., I would think.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:08 PM (qVIn7)

152 am tempted, but my bet is that it is illegal in NJ.

When I move to America I will probably go for it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...anti-Semite at November 04, 2023 07:05 PM

For about $2.5k per year, you can actually get a farmer/distiller license in MA. I think it's good for 500 gallons/year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 07:08 PM (Zfsz7)

153 sock_rat_eez- have you ever watched K4SWL's videos on YouTube? He was one of the testers for the KH1, and he keeps doing demos. The whole "Shack in the palm of your hand" concept is very appealing.

Posted by: PabloD at November 04, 2023 07:09 PM (oaZ67)

154 Something can be a sport and a hobby. Golf is a sport, but it takes a lot of devotion to it to become good. People study it, take lessons, practice hours and hours, try different clubs, etc. Different than swimming where anyone can do it with minimal effort or practice. I’m Not talking becoming an Olympic swimmer just your basic laps swimming at the ymca.

Posted by: Montec at November 04, 2023 07:09 PM (3/3Mz)

155 I suggest combining hobbies

Magic/Stock Trading

Board Games/Fantasy Sports

Brewing/Cheese making

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2023 07:09 PM (RIvkX)

156 Casa CBD will have a still, a smoke house, an outdoor oven and a gun range.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:10 PM (qVIn7)

157 I have the Ultraman Pinball Machine.

It's campy good fun. Also, beautiful. The artwork is outstanding.

Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2023 07:12 PM (90pKy)

158 SanFranpsycho. there are some amazing cheese makers on this site

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:12 PM (qVIn7)

159 RMBS, quality depends on where you get your corn from., I would think.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:08 PM

They're distilling brandy, not whiskey. Oddly enough, all it took was a few runs through a column of activated charcoal (a/k/a a Brita filter) and some toasted oak cubes, and it was so improved that they couldn't recognize it as theirs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 07:12 PM (Zfsz7)

160 there are some ghey hobbies on that list of 50

Posted by: Dave Blake at November 04, 2023 07:13 PM (geLO8)

161 When I met Mrs. F. she worked for a small international cheese importer. Her family went to dinner and ordered cheese for dessert but I married her anyway.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2023 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

162 SanFranpsycho. there are some amazing cheese makers on this site
Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:12 PM

Paging Zod...Zod to the white courtesy phone...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 07:15 PM (Zfsz7)

163 Been playing disc golf, fun and frustration all at the same time

Posted by: TC at November 04, 2023 07:16 PM (cHOHf)

164 156 Casa CBD will have a still, a smoke house, an outdoor oven and a gun range.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:10 PM

*nods*

As one does.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 07:16 PM (Zfsz7)

165 I don't really regard reading as a hobby since I put it in the same category as breathing. The hobby aspect is deciding what book(s) I'm going to read, or at least buy, next.

Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2023 07:17 PM (7EjX1)

166 Pinball was electronic gaming when I was a kid and a quarter was an investment.

If you didn't score a free game or at least a free ball, you lost.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2023 07:17 PM (RIvkX)

167 RMBS, how very interesting. I recasked a young wine from a local winery here and it made all the difference in the world.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:17 PM (qVIn7)

168 It is going to be a while for me to come down from the high of hearing that someone "has eaten Zod's cheese."

I may never come down.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2023 07:19 PM (RIvkX)

169 Pinball was electronic gaming when I was a kid and a quarter was an investment.
If you didn't score a free game or at least a free ball, you lost.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2023 07:17 PM (RIvkX)

Yup...and matching the last numbers always saved you here and there.

The owner of a local watering hole put a couple of old pinball games in his joint and the folks love em.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 04, 2023 07:19 PM (R/m4+)

170 SanFranpsycho, you gotta try the Vella Toma.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:20 PM (qVIn7)

171 And my British and King German Legion cavalry got slaughtered in a Peninsula 1812 game

Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2023 07:21 PM (z5mVB)

172 SanFranpsycho, you gotta try the Vella Toma.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:20 PM (qVIn7)
====

I had it almost daily last August. Its great smooth and creamy. I'm just busting cheese chops.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2023 07:23 PM (RIvkX)

173
Yea, Alabama! Drown 'em Tide!
Every 'Bama man's behind you,
Hit your stride.
Go teach the Bulldogs to behave,
Send the Yellow Jackets to a watery grave.
And if a man starts to weaken,
That's a shame!
For Bama's pluck and grit have
Writ her name in Crimson flame.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 07:23 PM (PY/t0)

174
Fight on, fight on, fight on men!
Remember the Rose Bowl, we'll win then.
Go, roll to victory,
Hit your stride,
You're Dixie's football pride,
Crimson Tide, Roll Tide, Roll Tide!!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 07:24 PM (PY/t0)

175 RMBS, how very interesting. I recasked a young wine from a local winery here and it made all the difference in the world.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 04, 2023 07:17 PM

That's half the fun.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2023 07:24 PM (Zfsz7)

176 nood

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 04, 2023 07:24 PM (sMkAM)

177 My college fight song is about drinking and whoring

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2023 07:25 PM (RIvkX)

178 Well, my hobby is Xbox. Here is . . . something. I don't know if this is a game trailer or if they're just showing off Unreal Engine 5. Anyway, it's all philosophical and trippy and features Keanu Reeves . . .

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WU0gvPcc3jQ

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 04, 2023 07:26 PM (FVME7)

179 What homo decided those were the best hobbies? Where's drag racing? Also, I don't see women's swimming on the list.

Posted by: fd at November 04, 2023 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

180 What homo decided those were the best hobbies? Where's drag racing? Also, I don't see women's swimming on the list.
Posted by: fd at November 04, 2023 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

Because it's a men's list ...

Oh...

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 04, 2023 07:30 PM (PY/t0)

181 Rosey Grier did needlepoint, not knitting

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 04, 2023 07:59 PM (cLWyk)

182 I didn't realize it was a contest weekend until after I set up everything, and people were stomping all over each other (and me); it was a miracle I got through with my little 20W signal.
Posted by: PabloD at November 04, 2023 06:40 PM

Be aware that every weekend is a contest weekend. You can either curse about it or join in. Some contests are bigger than others. I like the state QSO parties, myself, but if you're trying to improve your CW skills, you might try one of the slow speed CW contests.

You can find them at https://www.contestcalendar.com/

Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 04, 2023 08:19 PM (iZEhM)

183 K4SWL's blog at qrper.com is where I heard about the KH1, about a week ago.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 04, 2023 08:23 PM (hXr4C)

184 Number of the 50 Best Hobbies for Men I do: 0.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2023 05:32

We had a blast playing pinball when Jules and I were both asst managers at The Galery, a college bar/pizza place/entertainment. This was 1974-80.

There was a back room w/ 6 or 8 pinball machines, it was very popular then. The employees knew that one machine if you tilted it right would give you more games. We had a blast back then.

Posted by: Farmer at November 04, 2023 08:47 PM (55Qr6)

185 I would say collecting is the #1 Hobby. I would guess 99% of people collect something or have at one time collected something.
Posted by: Drive by at November 04, 2023 05:47 PM (+EGzv)

Even if it's only moss or dust.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 04, 2023 08:59 PM (pa4Tt)

186 CBD, I'm glad you mentioned shooting. Great hobby with practical benefits these days, definitely can become an obsession. Skiing as well; there's always more to learn and fun equipment to get!

"Cooking" may be more a necessity than hobby, but I'd put barbequeing more at the "hobby" end of the spectrum. Nothing more fun than preparing and doing a nice long BBQ.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at November 04, 2023 09:23 PM (uY1j2)

187 Pathetic list. No model trains or gunz.

Posted by: ChupaMe at November 05, 2023 12:47 AM (M5x5+)

188 No bonsai.
I'm weird.

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