What else do you do?

[Bengt_Phorqs]

I'm just curious to know what the other hobbies or interests the good folks on this forum do when they aren't riding or wrenching on airheads.  For myself, I've always had an interest in music.  I learned to play the bagpipes about 15 years back and have quite an interesting time with that.  For example, I'm the only person I know that has played "The Barren Rocks of Aden" on the barren rocks of Aden in Yemen.  

What about some of you?  -Mike

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

I feed my fish in Fish World.

And I play with my cat when she gets tired of me playing with the computer.

[Patrick_Krivacka]

luthier, sculpture, painter, boat builder, antique restoration, furniture design build, play banjo, mandolin, bass guitar. Unfortunately, I have so many interest that I haven't become outstanding at any of them.

[Bob_Roller]

I fly sailplanes (gliders) .
Mechanical clock repair, and restoration .
Brewing beer.
Winemaker .
Growing and propagating cacti (I have a well 'armed' landscape) .
I'm an aircraft mechanic by profession, so I dabble in aviation outside of work .
Gun owner, and hunter .

[msbuck]

Oooo, bagpipes!  My niece is learning to play.  I think she's still cantering, though.  [smiley=beatnik.gif]
 I do music as well - but you probably already know that.  I'm in a dixieland band and a big band jazz orchestra.  Play mostly for local gatherings, but keeps me out of trouble...mostly.  Oh yeah, I play cornet/trumpet/flugelhorn most of the time but substitute for the piano player when she's out.  

And I spoil my cats, too.  

[msbuck]

play banjo, mandolin, bass guitar.

Hey i-man - we're looking for a banjo player in the dixieland band... [smiley=beehive.gif]

[R65LUST]

I too play the banjo.  I also fly sailplanes.  Weird.  I also play guitar, surf, cook, kayak, chase a 2 year old around, hike, ski, scuba, garden (I like bamboo).  Dirtbike.  Crotch rocket. Trackdays!  Supermoto.  (Badly.) I have a Fiat 850 spyder. I generally goof around. Lots.  Yes, I work, if you were wondering, and no, I'm not really good at any of the above.  You only go around once.

[GrimReaper]

So many musicians among us.I played French horn for 25 years all around the world until the car accident put me out of music for 5 years .Now trying  to get back.

[dav]

Growing and propagating cacti (I have a well 'armed' landscape) .

Bob iam also a fan of cacti (ive only got small ones), love to see a pic of your 'armed' landscape.

I like to grow bonsai trees, cacti, i try to play the bass guitar (but i think iam tone deaf). But i have to say bikes take up a huge part of my free time, riding, cleaning, reading, going to any bike show, races etc...

But gezz... i wish i could play the bass better tho

[Patrick_Krivacka]

Hey msbuck- I play clawhammer banjo, but I do have a 4 string banjo I've been meaning to restore. HHMMMM....

[darrylri]

I used to brew beer and wrote a monograph on Bock beer.  But there are so many good micros around now, I just don't feel the need to DIY it any more.

Otherwise, I've been a computer nerd since well before that term existed.  Got interested in the 10th grade, when my high school got a Teletype and a phone connection to a timeshare computer running BASIC (we're talking 1973 here), and even though I'm mostly retired, I still do a lot of computer development.  Check out the Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners website!

[marcmax]

I think I must be stuck in a rut. It seems like all of my spare time is spent on two wheels. When I am not maintaining or riding my airhead and flying brick I can be found on what our members across the pond call a push bike (as opposed to a motor bike). I get in around 200 miles a week and last year (for the first time) I completed a Century ride (100 miles) for each month of the year.

[nhmaf]

Like many of the others, I also play music - sax & guitar, some harmonica, and am teaching myself to play the clarinet.   I also like to paint (acrylic & oil, but not that good at either) and write short stories.   I love camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, mtn biking, old electronics, new electronics, dogs,  target shooting/reloading, and tinkering on bikes.  I'm a jack-of-all-trades and master-of-none!  To generate cash, I am self employed consultant now (embedded systems design & software).


Oh, and I'm a Virgo with a bad moon rising, and married.

[trolle]

Sailing! Having no boat of my own I have to rely on good friends of which I have two who very obligingly put their time and boats at my disposal.

Spending time at our summer cottage situated near the beach in one of the most beautiful parts of Denmark.

greetings from a sunny, cloudless north with excellent driving conditions

[Ed Miller]

"I'm just curious to know what the other hobbies or interests the good folks on this forum do when they aren't riding or wrenching on airheads."

Interesting thread.  I also ride and wrench on my old Triumph, my old Chevy Napco pickup, and my new (1989) CRX, though I don't enjoy wrenching on the latter.

I also make beer and wine when the other projects aren't as pressing, kayak on lakes or slow rivers, camp, run, lift weights, do my Tae kwon do forms, work in my woods thinning and limbing trees and making firewood, and sit around drinking beer and daydreaming.  And petting cats.  And I sometimes argue on the internet.