OT: Share your hobbies beyond being an audiophile

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Anarchosyndicalism, and birding.

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I used to have reef aquariums.  That involved a lot of work and expense.  I tried to restrict it to captively-propagated corals and the few saltwater fish species that can be bred in captivity.  Even then, the amount of electricity I used for lighting and water circulation was pretty extreme.

 

I look at cycling more as an activity than a hobby, but if it counts, I do a fair amount of riding both on and off-road.

 

We have two golden retrievers.  I kind of hesitate to call that a hobby, but it does consume a fair amount of time and money, so in that sense probably it qualifies.

 

As a scientist, I'm kind of in a fortunate position in the sense that I get paid to pursue that as a hobby.

 

 

[wgscott]

1 minute ago, Ralf11 said:

 

 

I left off 2 of those 3 as I also don't consider them hobbies; same with some other things

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby

 

I am not sure where to put the 'gentlemen scientists' of the Victorian era, or related groups in France, Italy and no doubt ancient China...

 

OK, I guess I should have included my urinal cake decorating class.

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On 1/19/2018 at 3:54 PM, sandyk said:

Bill

 Where do you find the time for all these diverse interests ? I am assuming here that some of them  are climate related as well.

Do your dogs run along with you when keeping fit on your bicycle ?

 

Yeah, I definitely can't keep up.  That was why I had to get rid of the reef tank 5 years ago.  Biking I can combine with commuting.  The dogs are lazy and just hang around the house.  I would be afraid to have them on-road, and they aren't allowed off-leash in the State parks I trail-ride in.

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We've got 3 rescued cats, although I think we might be down two 2 now.

 

Our younger dog developed about 9 extra teeth, which we had to have surgically removed by a specialist.  That was about $2K.  $2K just for a cleaning seems a bit high.

 

But none of this even remotely compares in ongoing expense and time-consumption to the consequence of that 18 second act that resulted in replicating my own genome... thrice.

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Having spent $5K or more unsuccessfully once, trying to prevent such an experience, I understand.

 

And then there is the foxtail extraction fee, for like $500 per snort.

[wgscott]

We drink British-style coffee:

 

 

You just cook it in a spoon.

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My youngest kid is really into it, so it is sort of a vicarious hobby.  The mac mini that I use to play music gets rebooted into Windows so we can run RealFlight (the idea being maybe virtual crashes will be less expensive).

[wgscott]

On 1/18/2018 at 3:16 PM, mansr said:

How do you practise that as a hobby?

 

With coconut shells.

 

 

Apologies for the delayed response.