too many hobbies

[Country DeVil]

Hey everybody I was just wondering how many of us have too many hobbies, I know I do. How do you all manage your time between them all? I work 6 day weeks 12 hr days on top of being a dad to a 7 month old. The things I call hobbies are what I spend my free time doing / reading about. here is what I spend my time on how about you.

m4carbine.net
snipershide.com
fullsizechevy.com
freakzonline.com
steadicamforum.com
the12volt.com

[Macx]

14 months ahead of you with one little girl. My boy is due on or around her 2nd birthday. MY newwest hobbie is hammock camping, wow men. ... . all those years on the ground and now my eyes are open. I hear guys say "I did enough of that with __insert your favorite branch___, but good night! I have never slept so well outside. . . . makes me feel 6 again. Motorcycling and putting rounds down range is plenty to keep me busy beyond the obligations of life. Guess I knew when to say when.

[theblackknight]

Semipro musician,audio production,motocross,snomobiles, snowboarding,skateboarding, smallbore rifle competition, hunting,airbrushing, and good time in the gym blah blah blah then I enlisted.

Im looking to add Pistol comps and photography to that list. I want a nice digi SLR even tho its way too much camera for me. Ill probaly be trading the dirtbike/skateboard in for a sportbike or softtail in the distant future.

[Erk1015]

I used to, kids and work are pretty much the main parts of my day now. I get one day a week to go shoot if I'm lucky and I'm down to three trips to the gym. There's a gym at work that's free so I use that before my shift, but I work nights and my wife works evenings so I can only go when she gets off early or isn't working. We're starting school next month and doing work/study through the VA so I'm hoping to have more time then, but somehow I doubt it.:rolleyes:

[The_War_Wagon]

I have 4 kids - ages 8, 5 (twins) and 3. "Surving the DAY" IS my hobby somedays! :eek:

I used to have a TREMENDOUS Boy Scout patch (Order of the Arrow) collection, that, when my oldest hit Cub Scout age, I decided to sell off (save for the stuff I've earned, and Lodges where I've been a member). 1) Because I'd kinda hit a wall, vis-a-vis what I could afford and didn't have yet, 2) Because I inherited an old Dodge Ramcharger (I keep telling myself, "the truck was FREE, the truck was FREE"... :rolleyes:), that my mechanic and I are restoring to BE 'The War Wagon - a nice 'get out in the countryside' 4x4 for the boys and myself as they get older (a nice BoV too, I might add ;)), and 3) seeing the writing on the wall with the 2006 elections, I decided to get serious about firearms again.

I'd kinda been on 'autopilot' since going back to grad school in '01, and moving here in '03, but, as we've recently seen, eternal vigilance is the price we pay for freedom. Feel free to dock me a day's pay for nappin' on the job... for 5 years.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/DOHHH.jpg

p.s. - after church this morning, my old boss from WV and I are going to the Pirates game! Not exactly a 'hobby' per se, unless you count watching Pirate's games as a form of S&M... :eek:

[30 cal slut]

shootin ... midget porn ... shootin ... midget porn ... shootin ... midget porn ...

AHHHHHH!

[FLGator]

You'll find me under the same screen name lurking at quite a few forums. I go through phases.

Cars - chevytalk.com and jeepforum.com
Boats - thehulltruth.com
Fishing - floridasportsman.com
Gardening - gardenweb.com and lawnsite.com
I still haven't found a good hunting forum.

[JediMindTricks]

Martial arts (Thai boxing, BJJ, Judo, JKD), shooting, hiking, cycling, & collecting music. I would like to get into fencing, or kendo but I have to research to see if there are competent instructors in my area... There's a guy who is well known in the knife fighting community named James Keating. He owns a school called comtech (combat technologies) and he's one of the few people in the USA considered an authority in Bowie knife fighting techniques!

[RogerinTPA]

shootin ... midget porn ... shootin ... midget porn ... shootin ... midget porn ...

AHHHHHH!

"some" folks prefer "Clown Porn", just sayin...

[sandman99and9]

With 2 boys playing baseball I just about live at the ballfields. They 12 yr old just got done with l.l. all stars and they went 4-1 in the district tourney against some very good teams. 4 days a week practice and 2 games a wk for each of them. I try to get to the range on sundays when I can and maybe during the evening on the off days.

1. m4c
2. play counterstrike and battlegrounds 2 mod online
3. arfcom for shits and giggles sometimes
4. military and history channel
5. reading
6. after reading this thread.........MIDGET PORN !!!

s.m.

[novtec1]

o kids but a lot of hobbies

iwsti.com- sti site
ar15.com- you know this one
m4c- im here now
clubwrx.net-for the wifes wrx
rs25.com-for my 2.5 rs
militaryrifles.com-only place i can find good data on my cetme
thefalfiles-looking at picking one up
nasioc.com-subaru website
gixxer.com-for me and the wifes gixxers
sportrider.net-another bike website
oksc.org-local oklahoma subaru forum


i have a lot more but yea i visit a lot of sites i also build model cars, planes, armor...whatever.

[1911pro]

I thought I was the only one into midget porn!

[geminidglocker]

1. Firearms and firearms related stuff, like this site.
2. Chicks. Yes, they come second, A chick never saved my life, a firearm has.
3. Cars, trucks, etc;
4. Geocaching
5. Designing weapons
6. Model rocketry, to the 3rd power, of course.

[RancidSumo]

Not too many
1. Shooting (M4C and THR)
2. Golfing
3. Videogames (XBOX)
4. Reading
5. Snowboarding (I suck)

[nfranco]

Hi Country DeVil, I thought I recognized your avatar, nice to see another op on here.
nick

[RudyN]

I am busier than ever even after retiring.

Shooting
Civil War Reenacting
WWII Reenacting
Roman Reenacting
Bicycling
Going to the Gym
Astronomy
and worst of all the INTERNET:D

[sholling]

I have more hobbies than I can afford. I don't have kids but my dog takes up a good bit of time and you'll see me under the same screen name on too many forums. Most of them shooting related but not all. My hobbies include shooting, home theater and audio, cars, computer systems (former career) and gadgets, photography, and politics.

thefiringline.com (since 1999)
mp-pistol.com
rimfirecentral.com
perfectunion.com
68forums.com
calguns.net
opticstalk.com
m-14forum.com
1911forum.com
audioholics.com
dslreports.com
And more... I need a life! :D

[AR10cechino]

superbikeplanet.com - Former racer, enjoys keeping up w/ racing.
bikeforums.net - Looking to get into road bikes - educating myself.

[MAUSER202]

Deer hunting ( Bow, Rifle , Shot Gun, Muzzle Loader) in two states, Fishing, Guns/ Shooting, Photography ( Semi Professional), and a great wife who puts up with me:D

[Smuckatelli]

Not too much time for myself with work & 3 kids (15, 7, 5) and the 7 year old has been fighting leukemia since Sept 07. I have managed to work in some of my hobbies with thier interest....or should I say I worked thier interests into my hobbies:D

The oldest is spending a lot of range time with me.

The 7 year old is in the Cub Scouts so I get some outdoor time with him teaching field skills.

Around Christmas we set up train sets so all of the kids help build the set up, villages and so on.

[Icculus]

Boats - thehulltruth.com


I'm not into boats really but this has got to be one of the best website names ever:D

No kids here but my job does take a great deal of my time. I find that while I have a number of hobbies it seems the focus rotates every 3 months or so and one will get more attention to the others. For me some of the big ones are:

M4C - guns
sigforum.com - more guns
iwsti.com - Subaru STi
bladeforums.com - knives
edcforums.com - general everyday carry gear
slashdot.org - news about everything but with a tech/geek spin
and random camping sites - always on the look out for sweet new lightweight camping toys.

Its funny; while my time may be stretched thin between my hobbies; its the cash that often seems more of a problem than the time.

[Paul45]

I retired for the 3rd and final time last October. I have less time for my hobbies now than when I was working. I used to have a plan and schedule - everything fit a time slot. Now, the only thing that fits is the HONEY DO list projects. I shoot IDPA, USPSA, 3 gun, Bullseye and plink, I boat, fish, ride MC and play with sport cars. I would have expected to increase the time spent on these especially with no work and no children. But between visitors/guests here at the lake, travel to see the kids, house projects, physical fitness - I seem to be doing less hobbies.
I'm not sure but the days appear shorter as I get older - bearly enough time for naps!!!!!!!! Enjoy your children - they grow up too fast! Then they get families of their own and jobs. Tough to find time to shoot, hunt and fish with them more than a couple of times a year.

[rat31465]

I thought I was the only one into midget porn!

Uhh Humm...they prefer the term Little People Porn...Not that I am into that sort of thing now mind you.

Guns
R/C Airplanes, cars and boats.
Rappeling
Hunting
Fishing
Reloading
Scuba Diving
Reading
Computers

[CALSHOOTER]

Well lets see, other than guns, there's model Plane's, model trains, model autos, archery, MAA(for workouts only) the kids and wife(do they count as a hobby) and paint ball