So...I know fishkeeping is the best hobby but what are your other hobbies? Just wondering if anyone else is as nuts as I am. As you can tell from some of my other posts, one of my other hobbies is fishing. It helps me relax and I also get out on the water and see places in my kayak that most people will never see. Recently I have decided to take on another hobby which will help me relax even more. I've decided to start making my own wine

A fishing buddy of mine makes his own and has agreed to show me how to do it. I was skeptical at first but after trying his wine I was sold. It's something I have been interested in for a while now and this was the kick in the pants I needed to start me off. Now once I set up another tank (soon) I will be able to kick back with some homemade wine and watch my fishtank with some fish in it that I have caught myself

I use to fish all the time in my younger days but now its a camera not a fishing pole. Sports, landscapes and mostly floral close ups. I find it relaxing and other then the lighting it never gives me a hard time. Its funny out of several thousand pitchers on my hard drive I only have a few of people. My family likes it that way, they don't feel the need to run and hide when Im around.

Used to hunt quite a bit, fell out of it when the kids got to school, sports, scouts, music lessons, etc. age. Need to just go out and get a camera, then photography would move up to the top of the list behind aquariums. Seriously thinking of getting into tae kwon do again, mainly for the excercise and spiritual aspects.

After that, well, my hobbies run the spectrum of OMG-what-a-nerd-dom. Ran a D&D game for 20 years, still get together with the guys once in a while when life allows it, but it ain't so cool to be too close with the boss who got ya the job I guess, no matter how long ya knew him before he got ya there. Paint miniatures and make dioramas, mainly 25 and 28 mm, but also other sizes, mainly fantasy/sci-fi and some historical. Read a lot, some fantasy novels, but mammalian evolution is my true love, got an entire shelf of books on the topic. Investigate Bigfoot and grizzly bear sightings in southern WY and northern CO, actually just enjoy cryptozoology in general. Don't necessarily "believe" in Bigfoot, but do find the mixture of folklore/legend, hoaxes, sightings by sane respectable people, and unexplained evidence without a solid scientific explanantion intriguing. LOL, 'tis a wonder ever found a woman to marry me.

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I figured I wasn't the only OCD person around these parts

My other hobby is cowboy action shooting what is that you ask the best way to explain is a buch of grow folks playing cowboy and indians with real gun and no we dont shot at each other we shoot steel plate its all on a timer and who ever is the fastest wins. we shoot single action pistals lever action rifle and double barrel or exposed hammer pump shotguns and some shooter use lever action shotguns. we also dress in 1800 period dress no ball caps or tennis shoes in this game.Belive me it the most fun you will ever have with your boots on

Cool! That does sound like fun. I enjoy shooting as well.

So here's a pic of my first batch of wine fermenting in a 6gal carboy

cool send me a bacth theirs a 2 day cowboy shoot comeing up in a month

lol...I don't think you want to pay the shipping charges on that

The cowboy shoot thats comeing up is down in Tombstone just get on a plane and come bring it to me LOL What better way to spend Mermorial day weekend but to spend it in Tombstone Az

It does sound like fun! Especially with 6gal of wine

I can promise you a very fun weekend besides it dont matter much what your wine taste like cowboys aint picky hell we will drink just about anything incudeing water out a old horse track ( true girt) LOL

I do muay thai and run quite a bit. I'm training for the upcoming Spartan race in our area, which should be a blast. I also love food and learning how our bodies react to it -- which is fun not only as a gourmand but it proves a nice complement to the hard training.

I read a lot too. It doesn't really matter what -- novels, history, science, fantasy, ... I love it all.

Also, animal behaviour and psychology.

And drawing

dwarf cichlids in Tucson wrote:

I can promise you a very fun weekend besides it dont matter much what your wine taste like cowboys aint picky hell we will drink just about anything incudeing water out a old horse track ( true girt) LOL

Black eyed Suzie wrote:

I do muay thai and run quite a bit. I'm training for the upcoming Spartan race in our area, which should be a blast. I also love food and learning how our bodies react to it -- which is fun not only as a gourmand but it proves a nice complement to the hard training.

I read a lot too. It doesn't really matter what -- novels, history, science, fantasy, ... I love it all.

Also, animal behaviour and psychology.

Black eyed Suzie wrote:

And drawing

Nice! I wish I took up a martial art when I was younger. Not that I'm old...I just don't seem to have the time any more. Maybe I need to sign the kids up for some lessons as an excuse

I didn't think I'd have the time either, what with working full time and being in school, but it really creates a more balanced life. I'm more productive all around. I sleep better, eat better, work faster, am way more confident... The list goes on. I'd recommend it to anyone.

A guy just signed up at the dojo last week with his son; they're taking the same class, and seem to be having a lot of fun. Just an idea...

I sound like I'm selling something, but I really I'm just a true believer in how martial arts improve quality of life.

It may happen one of these days