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hammondb3klingon1
02-26-2007, 07:00 PM
Computers and ancient languages.

Computers - So much information

Ancient Languages - Learning how certain cultures developed their language, is amazing

ReformedDave
02-26-2007, 08:04 PM
Computers and ancient languages.

Computers - So much information

Ancient Languages - Learning how certain cultures developed their language, is amazing

Philosophy(Ask the right questions)-

Logic (Ask them the right way)

Theology (Find the correct answers)

Monkeyman
02-26-2007, 08:09 PM
Anywhere with my wife.
Video/Audio engineering
playing/listening to music.
Cooking.
Travel.
Collecting Apple Computers (5)
Collecting musical equipment (?)
Collecting Video Game Systems (all) (except Wi)

SDG
02-26-2007, 08:10 PM
1. AFF

2. Web publishing ... http://respiracreative.com

3. Yankees , Yankees, Yankees ... Dan bleeds pinstripes

4. Fantasy sports - We're looking for team owners ... for the upcoming 2007 season. http://highimpactbaseball.com

If you're interested send me a PM

5. Annoying Ultracons.... someone's got to keep them honest.

Scott Hutchinson
02-26-2007, 08:13 PM
1.Reading
2.Being with my family.
3.Music

SDG
02-26-2007, 08:15 PM
1.Reading
2.Being with my family.
3.Music

I could think of something better than being w/ family .. EATING W/ FAMILY.

Scott Hutchinson
02-26-2007, 08:19 PM
Well sure that's a good hobby too.
I like calling people on the phone and saying hello.
I like collecting books and Bibles,I have to buy as funds and the boss my wife will let me.
I love listening to the Bible and sermons and teaching on CD.

J-Roc
02-26-2007, 08:47 PM
1- counting money

2- saving money

3- creating passive income so money serves as my employee

4- managing money

5- studying and analyzing the financial markets

6- earning money


http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/300753/2/istockphoto_300753_100_dollar_bills.jpg

SDG
02-26-2007, 08:47 PM
1- counting money

2- saving money

3- creating passive income so money serves as my employee

4- managing money

5- studying and analyzing the financial markets

6- earning money


http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/300753/2/istockphoto_300753_100_dollar_bills.jpg

HEDONIST.

J-Roc
02-26-2007, 08:54 PM
HEDONIST.


Hey, money isn't everything, bro...but it sure ranks up there with oxygen. :tease

Neck
02-26-2007, 08:57 PM
Computers and ancient languages.

Computers - So much information

Ancient Languages - Learning how certain cultures developed their language, is amazing


I collect Baseball Memorbilia. It is items from 1964 and on. I have many items signed by Aaron, Ted WIlliams, Mays, Bench, Rose, Foster etc.

It brings me back to my Dad and his love of Baseball.

Both he and I loved the stats and math attached to the game...

LadyChocolate
02-26-2007, 09:48 PM
Chocolate! Lots of chocolate!

Seriously:

I enjoy cooking gourmet meals for my family! I love to try new recipes and they enjoy it too!!!
I enjoy decorating everything from my walls to cakes! Too much fun!

Organizing isn't a great thrill of mine but I do make a hobby of emptying out all the cabinets and drawers periodically just to re organize them. Just did this tonight with my pots and pans.

I love to sing, play, and write music. This is my escape. A time when I am alone with God and just really pour my heart out.

Reading is a definate. Mostly the Bible, and then I enjoy reading Francine Rivers, my husband surprisingly likes some of her stuff. I also enjoy reading Clive Cussler. He's an incredible writer.
I've also had a few Java Script and Linux books thrown in my lap. Browsed through them... I'd like to get into graphics and/or web design. I'd move ahead of my husband then! lol
:killinme

Scott Hutchinson
02-26-2007, 09:49 PM
Hey, money isn't everything, bro...but it sure ranks up there with oxygen. :tease

Hey what about that 500 bucks you owe me?:killinme

Praxeas
02-26-2007, 10:00 PM
1. AFF

2. Web publishing ... http://respiracreative.com

3. Yankees , Yankees, Yankees ... Dan bleeds pinstripes

4. Fantasy sports - We're looking for team owners ... for the upcoming 2007 season. http://highimpactbaseball.com

If you're interested send me a PM

5. Annoying Ultracons.... someone's got to keep them honest.
Some of the links on your web publishing site don't work. Portfolios and when you get to the printing website the link going back to the web publishing site just points to the print site..

BTW did you design and code the entire site yourself?

SDG
02-26-2007, 10:03 PM
Some of the links on your web publishing site don't work. Portfolios and when you get to the printing website the link going back to the web publishing site just points to the print site..

BTW did you design and code the entire site yourself?

The mother site is mine ... I've partnered with various other entities to provide the services while still keeping my identity ... I have not updated the site in a while and must do so ...

Praxeas
02-26-2007, 10:05 PM
The mother site is mine ... I've partnered with various other entities to provide the services while still keeping my identity ... I have not updated the site in a while and must do so ...
I see....I need to learn flash and work on being graphically more creative.

Praxeas
02-26-2007, 10:07 PM
Chocolate! Lots of chocolate!

Seriously:

I enjoy cooking gourmet meals for my family! I love to try new recipes and they enjoy it too!!!
I enjoy decorating everything from my walls to cakes! Too much fun!

Organizing isn't a great thrill of mine but I do make a hobby of emptying out all the cabinets and drawers periodically just to re organize them. Just did this tonight with my pots and pans.

I love to sing, play, and write music. This is my escape. A time when I am alone with God and just really pour my heart out.

Reading is a definate. Mostly the Bible, and then I enjoy reading Francine Rivers, my husband surprisingly likes some of her stuff. I also enjoy reading Clive Cussler. He's an incredible writer.
I've also had a few Java Script and Linux books thrown in my lap. Browsed through them... I'd like to get into graphics and/or web design. I'd move ahead of my husband then! lol
:killinme
get something on PHP and then maybe some ASP/#C/.Net/VBS ...also Flash and actionscript

Carpenter
02-26-2007, 10:09 PM
Making cool stuff out of wood.

Baseball

Making cool stuff out of wood


...I notice too that I have been reading alot. Hmmm. :heeheehee

Praxeas
02-26-2007, 10:10 PM
Making cool stuff out of wood.

Baseball

Making cool stuff out of wood


...I notice too that I have been reading alot. Hmmm. :heeheehee
I like making fires out of wood...you probably don't want me around :killinme

Margies3
02-27-2007, 11:23 AM
1. Reading (fiction)
2. Watercolor painting
3. Making earrings to sell
4. Making DVD's for our local funeral home (side job)
5. Playing online and reading AFF
6. Doing Power Point for church
7. Genealogy
8. Crocheting (some)

You asked "Why?" Most of what I do I just do because I am creative and need to express myself. Reading and Genealogy I do because I love history. And #5 I do just because I am addicted - just like most of the rest of you :)

Rhoni
02-27-2007, 11:28 AM
Computers and ancient languages.

Computers - So much information

Ancient Languages - Learning how certain cultures developed their language, is amazing

Interpreting for the Deaf
Psychology Books [reading]
Scrapbooking

StillStanding
02-28-2007, 07:37 AM
Golf! :happydance

BTW, Yesterday I golfed with Scott Hamilton. He is the guy who won a medal in ice skating at the olympics. His family moved to the Nashville area about a year ago. Very nice guy, and a pretty good golfer! :)

Kutless
02-28-2007, 07:40 AM
I love to get with my buds and jam. Rock n Roll style.

Carpenter
02-28-2007, 08:27 AM
I like making fires out of wood...you probably don't want me around :killinme

A friend of mine has this sign in his shop.

Sonny's Shop
"Maker of Precision Firewood" :killinme

philjones
02-28-2007, 08:32 AM
Golf
Reading
Photography
Bassett Hounds

MrsMcD
02-28-2007, 08:34 AM
Oh how I wish I had time for a hobby. :sad

Digging4Truth
02-28-2007, 08:40 AM
Gardening & farming.

I don't have a very large thing going yet. I had 2 small gardens last year. I am wanting to have a bigger on this year but I am not sure if we will be living here or not.

I would also like to raise sheep.

I would like to have some land and raise some sheep and a garden.

The reason... I don't care so much for all of the various contamination scenarios that we are made subject to every few months.

I would love to live mostly on food that I raised myself. I had considered raising cattle but I decided that if I raised sheep then I could butcher them by myself but I would have to have a cow butchered which costs a fair amount of money per pound.

You would still save money by having your own cow butchered but you would lose a lot of your savings that way though.

Esther
02-28-2007, 08:51 AM
Reading
Writing
Sewing
Cooking
Genealogy
Games
Forums
Crafts
Sports (although my health has put a damper on that lately)
Raising my Pomeranian
Gardening

deadeye
02-28-2007, 09:57 AM
Hunting
Fishing
Basketball
Golf

Ax murdering

Just joking on the last one. Making sure every one was listening.

LadyChocolate
02-28-2007, 10:10 AM
Oh! I forgot flower gardening.! I got into it last year and I had one for the most beautiful flower beds! I had soo much fun and spent many hours planting! It was very relaxing for me. My flower beds were soo colorful all summer long. Just like me!!!lolol

Esther
02-28-2007, 10:13 AM
Hunting
Fishing
Basketball
Golf

Ax murdering

Just joking on the last one. Making sure every one was listening.

Is that how you got your name? :heeheehee

John Atkinson
05-14-2007, 06:46 PM
High Power Rocketry.

Why? Because it is a rush to build a really big rocket and send it skyward in a concert of smoke, flames and roar. I don't do it much any more because of the expense and the toll it takes on church obligations, but...

http://www.tripoli.org

Other than that hiking, camping. outside stuff.

Scott Hutchinson
05-14-2007, 07:02 PM
Collecting lapel pins , I have some from various states.

Ferd
05-14-2007, 07:03 PM
bet you would have never guessed that my hobbie is cooking.


I also like to grow herbs.

StillStanding
05-14-2007, 07:07 PM
Golf, because it's something that Mrs. Pianoman and I do together! :) We enjoy our four hours of nature and quiet to talk about everything going on in our lives.

In fact....on Mother's Day I promised her I would stay away from AFF and be at her beckoning call to do or go anywhere she pleased for the day. She chose to play golf! God, I love that woman! :D

BrotherEastman
05-14-2007, 07:20 PM
My wife. LOL!~

John Atkinson
05-14-2007, 07:21 PM
Golf, because it's something that Mrs. Pianoman and I do together! :) We enjoy our four hours of nature and quiet to talk about everything going on in our lives.
You ever play any of the courses at horseshoe bay in TX? I am surrounded by golfers. My brother is a former course pro. My brothers-in-law are avid golfers. Everytime I mention that I might like to try it my brother talks me out of it.

StillStanding
05-14-2007, 07:23 PM
You ever play any of the courses at horseshoe bay in TX? I am surrounded by golfers. My brother is a former course pro. My brothers-in-law are avid golfers. Everytime I mention that I might like to try it my brother talks me out of it.
I've never played golf in Texas. You need to take golf lessons BEFORE you go out on the course to play. That way you won't get discouraged and quit!

tamor
05-14-2007, 07:28 PM
Riding the motorcycle with my hubby! It is something that we can do and enjoy together. I love going out on a Saturday and cruising for several hours, stopping to rest and talk and enjoy the day - and I love little short rides where we hop on the bike and ride 20-30 miles, stop and eat and ride home - and I love to take it to east Tennessee and ride in the Smoky Mountains. Did I mention that I really enjoy our bike? ;)

philjones
05-14-2007, 07:51 PM
I've never played golf in Texas. You need to take golf lessons BEFORE you go out on the course to play. That way you won't get discouraged and quit!

Pianoman,

I shot a 75 on Saturday... my USGA handicap indes is now down to 4.7 on my home course... I am going to have to do something about that... too much practicing is going to make it impossible for me to win any of the stroke play tournaments I enter! What is a guy supposed to do? Cheat?

StillStanding
05-14-2007, 07:54 PM
Pianoman,

I shot a 75 on Saturday... my USGA handicap indes is now down to 4.7 on my home course... I am going to have to do something about that... too much practicing is going to make it impossible for me to win any of the stroke play tournaments I enter! What is a guy supposed to do? Cheat?
I think I hate you! :)
You are 8 to 10 strokes better than me! I've got two more lessons to go, so when I'm done we should be tied! hahahahahaha!

philjones
05-14-2007, 08:00 PM
I think I hate you! :)
You are 8 to 10 strokes better than me! I've got two more lessons to go, so when I'm done we should be tied! hahahahahaha!

you would probably spank me on the course.

I am struggling a little with my driver.. I have the wildness of a pre Harmon Mickelson!:killinme

I credit my recent successes to the Mizuno MP60s I bought a month and a half ago! Sweet sticks... feels like hitting butter!:thumbsup

John Atkinson
05-14-2007, 08:04 PM
I've never played golf in Texas. You need to take golf lessons BEFORE you go out on the course to play. That way you won't get discouraged and quit!
My daughter smokes me every time we do put-put. I am thinking the Lord has other plans for my life:heeheehee

ILG
05-14-2007, 08:19 PM
Reading, gardening, playing the piano, singing, thinking, going out to dinner, walking, looking for ways to make life easier.

Scott Hutchinson
05-14-2007, 08:20 PM
Kissing my wife that's very enjoyable.

Margies3
05-14-2007, 08:27 PM
Kissing my wife that's very enjoyable.

This is bordering on more information than we need, bro Scott. Bordering, just bordering. Go on and enjoy yourselves.

Scott Hutchinson
05-14-2007, 08:28 PM
This is bordering on more information than we need, bro Scott. Bordering, just bordering. Go on and enjoy yourselves.
We always do.

Blubayou
05-14-2007, 08:42 PM
Gardening, fishing with my husband, cooking, looking for ways to organize my life!, daydreaming, shopping and rocking on the patio. Did I mention I am retired!!!!! You just got to love it.

TalkLady
05-14-2007, 08:45 PM
Playing the piano - classical music
Playing the piano - thinking of a song and then playing it by ear
Reading
Exercising

.....This is not a hobby - but what I get the most enjoyment from is Praying ...That may sound weird, but it's true. ...I just need to take time for this more.

Trouvere
05-14-2007, 09:31 PM
Art-painting,ceramics and lately I have began making mini paperbag books
as gifts for friends.
Playing the piano,guitar etc.I love all instruments and am up for trying out new ones.
Books,reading and writing short stories and non fiction and going to book stores.
computer forums.
Praying.
Studying new languages and especially bible languages.I love indepth
bible study.
gardening.I plant an herb garden yearly.In Florida it may be year round depending on the climate here.
Gourmet cooking.(one of the reasons I grow herbs)
Going out to the beach and vegging or fishing.I just love to listen to the surf.
Hiking.I love the Smokies.
Antiques.

tamor
05-14-2007, 09:35 PM
Kissing my wife that's very enjoyable.

Awww, how sweet. :kiss

Michael The Disciple
05-14-2007, 10:58 PM
My dogs
Guns
Hiking
Backpacking
Caving

LaGirl
05-14-2007, 11:01 PM
CUBBIES
being with my husband and son
boating/swimming
playing softball
traveling
i LOVE listening to preaching tapes

Jodiah91
05-15-2007, 05:23 AM
Reading. . . .(fiction: suspense, romance, murder mysteries, etc. . I'm not too picky)
Spending time with my husband and kids. . . .
Sudoku. . . .I have a book but also found a great site to play online. I thought I would hate it but it's quite addicting!
Bejeweled . . . .another computer game that I have also found to be quite addicting. My husband and I compete to see who can get the highest score or to the highest level. I had 1,000,000+ in my score and got to level 10 (and unlocked a new secret level) only to find out yesterday that all the high scores had been reset. But of course, my husband denies all knowledge of this. He claims my 5 yr old did so by 'clicking on stuff'. . . . .hmmmmm
Singing. . . .I'm certainly not the best at it, but feel God did give me a talent for it and I enjoy it. I like knowing that God perhaps touched someone through something I sang. . .that He used me to reach someone.

customlapel
01-10-2012, 04:06 AM
I like designing and collecting Lapel pins.

RandyWayne
01-10-2012, 08:08 AM
My dogs
Guns
Hiking
Backpacking
Caving

Wow, this is an old thread!

I love caving also but have never had a chance to do it properly -with the right equipment on a cave path that is not a tourist route made handicap accessible.

I'm also just getting into guns. Love em!

Oh yes, the old standards are computers and aquariums. :)

Scott Hutchinson
01-10-2012, 08:10 AM
Reading
Collecting Books And Bibles
Playing and listening to music
Social Media

Scott Hutchinson
01-10-2012, 08:15 AM
I collect lapel pins too.
Of course my collection is very small.
I love collecting sunglasses too.

Amanah
01-10-2012, 08:35 AM
What I enjoy (not necessarily hobbies):

Reading
yoga, lifting, stepping, running, swimming
morning prayer and bible reading . . . being with God
watching netflix with husband
going out to eat with my husband
playing with my dog Siegfried
going to church and being in the presence of God with the people of God

Titus2woman
01-10-2012, 08:49 AM
Farming and gardening
Milking cows and goats
Cheese making
Soap making
Canning and jam and jellie making
Whitetail deer hunting
Archery

... are shoes a hobby?

Timmy
01-10-2012, 09:19 AM
"What is your favorite hobb(y)(ies) and why"

That should be:

"What is (are) your favorite hobby (hobbies) and why?"

Mine is nit-picking. :heeheehee

KeptByTheWord
01-10-2012, 10:42 AM
- Top of my list is reading my Bible, and devotion time every morning and at night before I go to sleep
- Spending time with my family, especially having bible study time with them and prayer
- Reading books of spiritual encouragement, biographies, and autobiographies
- Being outdoors, and exploring nature and all the beauty God created for us, by hiking, walking etc.
- Checking out the scoop on AFF

deafdriscoll
01-10-2012, 12:53 PM
reading
model railroading
railroad photography
my cats
history- bible and US history
looking for a woman

RandyWayne
01-10-2012, 01:20 PM
reading
model railroading
railroad photography
my cats
history- bible and US history
looking for a woman

Now THAT is a full time job! I fact I didn't realize how much calories went into the effort until I got married and realized that much of my life revolved around that goal.

And I also used to like model railroading and would dive in in an instant if I actually had the space to do it right.

Jay
01-10-2012, 02:10 PM
I have things that I enjoy doing, and this is not necessarily in any specific order except as I thought of it.

Time with family/friends
Reading/Listening to the Bible
Discussing the Bible
Being involved with church
Learning to play the piano (better than I was)
Reading the Bible
Attending church services
Politics
Reading in general (biographies/autobiographies, various fiction, religious material, some psychology, other things)
walking
Posting/Arguing on AFF