Your Hobby ???

[xe351]

MFP508 - thats awesome

There are quiet a lot of RC fans here!

My hobbies are
- cars obviously but with a preference for the older and performance Ford stuff, as well as the restoration side of things.
- renting and the lack of a shed gave birth to a new hobby, which is fish/shrimp keeping and breeding. We keep and breed freshwater species, namely crs/cbs, L# catfish (just a couple) and still trying to get them to breed lol. We have recently cut back to 7 tanks
- exploring creeks for the aqua hobby
- i like a bit of fishing now and then
- dirt/trial/mx riding
- i quiet enjoy hunting old Fords, as in, taking the road less travelled to see whats in peoples paddocks or chasing up a lead from word of mouth - has still yet to yield a result but hey its fun
- used to breed australian parrots, which i hope to get back to one day
- DIY stuff is fun too
- i could go on but they are the main ones

if i had the money, life would just be one big hobby

[Kable72]

Gaming
Guitar
Cars
Flight Simulators

[BPXR6T]

Originally Posted by ThaFlash

keep it up MFP508!!! and for all the stuff we are yet to see too!!


for me, i have gone bananas about gold prospecting, whether its swingin a detector or in a creek/river with a sluice or pan.

kids and missus love it too...

we load up the watties baked beans and away we go!!!

P.s. I hire my detector, can't justify nearly 6k for $50 worth of gold!!

Did you see on the news a few weeks back about the guys in western vic who found a $500,000 nugget in a car park. The story is that three of them prospected for the day with no results and went back to the car. They decided to have one last go, flicked on the detector as they got out the car and it went nuts. Although a little birdie tells me they were seen on a private property prospecting and that may just be a cover story.

Heaps of good luck stories around where I live. Only other Porsche owner in the district aside from me is a guy who found a $220,000 nugget on his property. Bought his dream car with it. Then there is another story about a local walking his dog in the evening where the council had been laying some sewer pipe and found a $150,000 nugget just sitting in the dust. Lots of gold still out there. I've found some on my property just sitting there on the driveway when I got out to open the gate one day. Only about $500 worth though.

[SVR73]

I have a few

90's - RC race cars - had a 95 yokomo dogfighter 1/10th scale off road electric RC buggy with a 9 or 10 turn triple motor (think thats correct) and all the top bits. top speed I'd say - 70 odd
chassis from new $500. whole car $2,000 once all the top bits were fitted

used to run it twice a week at the penfield quarterscale speedway which still exists behind holdens next to the model railway track
ran it on the clay off road racing track next door that is now a road behind holdens where futuris and other industrial companies exist.

other track I ran it was the salisbury bmx skid kids track (dolomite dirt oval)

Other hobbies

1980 - 2012 - VHS, Beta and Laserdisc video movie and machine collecting
Have around 3,000 movies on the formats. wall to wall in my shed along with about 10 betamax players, five pioneer laserdisc players, seven vhs machines

my favourite is a sony SLHF 950 super beta hifi which I got in mint condition last year for $150. they still go for up to 1000 bucks today.
http://www.palsite.com/950ovi.html

others - massive fan and follower of dirt track speedway,
love to detail cars including my own.

Video games -been playing games and collecting since 1977 when I was four. have super nes, mega drive, intellivision (had since 83), PS1 x 2 (original and modded), Xbox slayer 2.7 modded, C64 and 128d computers and boxes full of disc based games since 1982. and more
part of the aussie arcade forum, visit AVCON and much more

and of course I love to cruise with other ford owners

[BPXR6T]

Semi retired at 30 so lots of energy and time to fill. Building cars ranks low now although occupied most of my free time in my 20's. I like driving them more than building them nowadays and keep a collection of toys. 4x4, sports cars, muscle car, etc. One for every occasion I guess. Other than that travelling. I travel a LOT. Best trips are just drifting aimlessly in my 4x4 with no destination. I also garden a lot. I bought an old farm house recently with 5 acres of run down overgrown gardens which is turning into a project of epic proportions. Then I spend a fair bit of time hiking, kayaking, fishing, and I'm a bit of an amateur photographer too. Diverse interests but most of them revolve around being outside. I spent most of my teens and 20's away from natural day light with computers, so I'm making up for lost time.

[xe351]

Originally Posted by ThaFlash

keep it up MFP508!!! and for all the stuff we are yet to see too!!


for me, i have gone bananas about gold prospecting, whether its swingin a detector or in a creek/river with a sluice or pan.

kids and missus love it too...

we load up the watties baked beans and away we go!!!

P.s. I hire my detector, can't justify nearly 6k for $50 worth of gold!!

i would love to try gold detecting! shame theres no where near us to go. What part of aus do you go? (not asking for gps locations or anything lol)

[xe351]

Originally Posted by BPXR6T

Semi retired at 30 so lots of energy and time to fill. Building cars ranks low now although occupied most of my free time in my 20's. I like driving them more than building them nowadays and keep a collection of toys. 4x4, sports cars, muscle car, etc. One for every occasion I guess. Other than that travelling. I travel a LOT. Best trips are just drifting aimlessly in my 4x4 with no destination. I also garden a lot. I bought an old farm house recently with 5 acres of run down overgrown gardens which is turning into a project of epic proportions. Then I spend a fair bit of time hiking, kayaking, fishing, and I'm a bit of an amateur photographer too. Diverse interests but most of them revolve around being outside. I spent most of my teens and 20's away from natural day light with computers, so I'm making up for lost time.

can i ask, how did you come to be semi retired at 30? sounds fantastic

[BPXR6T]

Originally Posted by xe351

can i ask, how did you come to be semi retired at 30? sounds fantastic

Computer nerd who ranks freedom over $$$ and knew when to cash in his chips. Been on the bench for 5 years now. Started out full time retired but got bored. I found there is a such thing as too much freedom. Idle mind is the devils playground... I'm back in the game part time as a consultant architect now working with some good friends, which is fun. I work 1-2 days a fortnight and the rest is play time. Then I take extended time out to travel.

[xe351]

^^^awesome, love it

[SSD-85]

Originally Posted by SVR73

1980 - 2012 - VHS, Beta and Laserdisc video movie and machine collecting
Have around 3,000 movies on the formats. wall to wall in my shed along with about 10 betamax players, five pioneer laserdisc players, seven vhs machines

Im an avid LD fan myself. I dont suppose one of those Pioneer LD Players is a LaserActive model...?

[PHANTMXR6]

My crux is RC heli's.

I currently have 6 in the hanger.
Awesome fun, both flying and building.
One flybarred and the rest are flybarless.

[XEGL]

Was my hobby.
Torn knee and haven't fixed it yet keeps me from remaining active.
Got over 100 stiches in my body from this 'hobby' but even now, I have itchy knuckles.
Never learn lol


Oh I also enjoy reading and writing.

[b2tf]

Main hobby was playing bass, love it. Haven't had much time lately though which is a bit of a shame.
Mucking around with cars is also obviously a big one.

Other than that I really enjoy doing courses and getting more qualifications and the goal for the next 12 months is to find a bit of a 'project' house, buy it, move in and start renovating it into the perfect home.

[Nova 8]

My hobbies are;

-Cars: Working on them, driving them or watching motorsport. I would love to get into motorsport.
-Photography: Just started and love it.
-Aquariums: Been into this hobby since I was 15 and love it to no end.
-RC cars: Dont blow a lot of money on this one, but I enjoy it.
-Gaming: FPS and Racing games, XBox live gamertag - Nova 8
-Gym/exercising: Been into this for about a month, trying to lose weight and get fit. 8kg lighter and counting.
-Outdoors: Bushwalking, camping, fishing and the like.

[290GTP]

My second favorite hobby is making beer. My favorite hobby is drinking it it.

Oh....& i also enjoy dirt bikes & Fords.

[TheSneakiness]

Used to have lots of hobbies before I got married

- Cars
- Drag racing
- Socialising (I saw it as a hobby of mine to meet new people)
- Fishing
- Boating
- Video games

Now... it's just deal with the Mrs and the toddler.

[SVR73]

Originally Posted by Eagleheart

Im an avid LD fan myself. I dont suppose one of those Pioneer LD Players is a LaserActive model...?

No but one of the guys from the Aussie Arcade forum I am a member of has one here in Adelaide.

[SVR73]

My entire collection of videos/LD's etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy7mA...1&feature=plcp

[Keepleft]

Collecting gold bars and hiding them about NSW Central Coast beaches:-)

http://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/latest/...ho-found-gold/

[Spudz27]

I posted in here earlier, but here is My stable of cars




I have an,
AE RC10T4.1 (being modified to race)
HPI Blitz (also being modded for racing)
Traxxas Rally Kawasaki edition
HPI E-Firestorm
Losi XXX-SCB (This I am going to race but just stock, except it has a BL upgrade)

My planes (I had more, but after getting my first balsa I gave all my foamies away. I have also just picked up 2 more 3D planes)




and I collect various things, but mostly diecast aircraft (had over 100 but sold due to financial stress) and Simpsons stuff. I love The simpsons. My evil krusty doll has the pull string and he talks lol.





I also fly RC heli's as I mentioned earlier, but I won't flood with anymore pics lol.

[MFP508]

Did you get a free Froghurt when you got Krusty??

has evil krustys switch been changed to good not evil ?

[MFP508]

Love the RCs!!!
and as a few have wondered,,this is what small parts of my stuff looks like :P

[Spudz27]

Originally Posted by MFP508

Did you get a free Froghurt when you got Krusty??

has evil krustys switch been changed to good not evil ?

No because the froghurt was cursed. His switch is in the off position right now. As he is on display and not out to talk, I thought it best to remove his batteries lol.

[provked]

Man there is a lot of r/c junkies on here, mine would have to be mountain biking, mainly down hill and freeride stuff, anything that gets me out. But with two young girls I'm doing my best to teach my oldest daughter to ride hopefully we will be hitting some trails soon. I used to ride dirt bikes but the money I spent on my xr dictated the move back to mtb only for the financial side! Guess fast cars and other expensive hobbies don't fit in with mortgage and bills!

[XYGTHO]

Originally Posted by provked

Man there is a lot of r/c junkies on here, mine would have to be mountain biking, mainly down hill and freeride stuff, anything that gets me out. But with two young girls I'm doing my best to teach my oldest daughter to ride hopefully we will be hitting some trails soon. I used to ride dirt bikes but the money I spent on my xr dictated the move back to mtb only for the financial side! Guess fast cars and other expensive hobbies don't fit in with mortgage and bills!

Ha ha I'm the same MTB, car sits abit idle now due to mortgage, young daughter, work and no time. All my spare time is studying after work/weekends or with my little girl. MTB is great to destress and get out in the fresh air away from everything. Love single track, xc soft core Dh lol. Only other hobby would be renovating our old house.

[CFOUR]

Burning Rubber - and general Motorsports, drag racing is a favorite.
Working on cars - I actually dislike this but its not hard and well worth the fun had breaking them.
Archery - I still kinda suck but can be done in lots of locations.
Weightlifting - aka destroying my back and left knee, then rebuilding them.
Reading - when you're body is tired exercise you're mind. I 99% of the time read Non-Fiction.
Plinking - shooting steel targets is my choice activity when shooting (immediate feedback) but the protectionist attitude in the government (imo) makes this a hassle to do.
Amateur film critic - have been offered (Freelance) work doing this in the past but I only watch stuff I select and writing reviews takes up too much time.
R/c - Heli's are fun but I rarely use them as with my big r/c f-250 monster truck.
Gaming - Usually in bad weather or quiet nights, lots more when I'm laid up with an injury or sick.
Dirtbiking - I used to be very into dirt biking (bush tracks mainly) but cars tend to eat the moto coin so I'm in a transition to downhill mountain biking.
Downhill Mountain biking - Fun, decent exercise but a little out of my way.
YouTube - I both watch and make videos, I've had to delete a few channels for copyright reasons (usually music) but its a good exercise of my editing skills.
Skill Collecting - Always nice learning a new skill, parachuting is next on my list.
General Adventure - If you're not living you are already dead.

[ThaFlash]

Originally Posted by xe351

i would love to try gold detecting! shame theres no where near us to go. What part of aus do you go? (not asking for gps locations or anything lol)

xe351, no stress, "gold is where ya find it"

i go to walhalla mate in vic, i have found gold there, not much.

i just like the region.

clunes is another place above ballarat in vic

there is a spot nsw actually but i cant remember what it's called

youtube/google gold detecting in nsw