hobbys and interests

apart from reptiles and other animals what does everybody do in their spare time.


i bmx which iv been dong now for 3 and half years +
computing and online gaming

I don't have much spare time myself...I'm married, have 3 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 9 snakes, a bird, and a fish :eek:

I need a break! :P

Yeah, I know how you feel there! Well, almost...I have 2 kids. I couldn't imagine a third! I make jewelry and have lots of shows. I take care of all my animals, which takes up a lot of time.In the spring and summer I take care of garden b/c I have lots of flowers and trees. I somehow fit in time to read, and watch a minimal amount of T.V.

I keep a lot of fish, planted tanks, and terrariums for dart frogs.
I also built and drive a heavily modified offroad jeep. very active in wheeling clubs and stuff like that.

the rest of my time is taken up by running my own business, my two bengal cats, and my great husband :)

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I also built and drive a heavily modified offroad jeep. very active in wheeling clubs and stuff like that.

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That's what I'm talking about - a few shots of my ranger :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g?t=1171890869

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When I'm not cleaning poop and dodgeing bites I enjoy fly fishing and long range comp. shooting.

yeah baby :)
http://i.ugtz.com/albums/album19/114...00_G.sized.jpg

I enjoy making and playing the didgeridoo, field herping, hiking, snorkeling and when i can afford it traveling!


~mike

didges are AWESOME!!!!!!
my friend plays and I love it :)

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yeah baby :)
http://i.ugtz.com/albums/album19/114...00_G.sized.jpg

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...not herp related???....LMAO.....I like to go hunting and fishing....but when I go I always have an eye out for reptiles, so does that count?

....and I just bought myself a brand new 4x4 too...have not had a chance to start 'fixing' her up yet.....better start working some more overtime....I want to get to those 'hard to access' field herping spots this summer :devilish:

Other than reptiles, Hmmm.
I belong to the SCA as a combat archer and a protege for service. I'm heavily into Mythbusters. I write.
Little hobbies? Sewing(a little), knitting, horn carving, claywork, soon to be metal casting, building stuff, and reading.
I own a truck, but it just gets me from point A to point B. I'm not into vehicles, they are merely a means to an end to me.
Otherwise, taking care of my shop and house and my multiple dogs.
Wolfy

it's pretty bad.....before I drive through any standing water out on the trail I stop to make sure there aren't any frogs or garters in there :8:

That looks like so much fun!!! I want to do that! :)

Apart from reptiles I love to play and watch soccer, backpacking, hiking, collect antique bottles, dig for antique bottles, keeping fish, photography, and hopefully if everything goes right by this time next year ill be able to ad Alpine Mountaineering to the list.

I have a few hobbies like playing my guitar of course my ball pythons.
Riding dirtbikes is one of my favorite things to do !!!

Here a few shots.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...mpshots039.jpg
This is my buddy Bryan and I getting ready to ride.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...d874/bikes.jpg


And for the ones that liked the 4x4's here is mine. :D
72 Chevy C10.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...874/72C-10.jpg

Well Randy and I like to go to our cabin in Northern Wisconsin to shoot guns (we have a lot of guns), go kayaking, walk around in the woods, ect.

Around home I spend a lot of time playing/cleaning up after my ferrets.
I like to paint and draw when I feel inspired(I don't do it that much anymore)

I also volunteer at some of the animal shelters around my area.

Lastly, we buy silver.. well I buy it for Randy usually for every gift giving holiday because that's all he ever wants and he likes to buy a little after every pay day.
His collection is getting pretty big now.

I guess reptiles are my hoppy and other interests, *but* when I'm not doing that, photography and audio are things I really enjoy. Plus they tie in together for work. :)

I do a lot of animal rescue (If you've read any of my posts that should be obvious by now), and that takes up quite a bit of time.

When I'm not doing something rescue-related or lurking here, I cross-stitch or read. In other enviroments, I've enjoyed kayaking, fishing, hiking, gardening, etc. but they're not so feasible in a flat midwestern city. :-P

I like this thread...it's so neat to see other sides of people!

When I have free time I enjoy bass fishing or just fishing in general.
Spending time at the beach/ocean, recently just bought a place in Ocean City, MD.
And I follow hockey ( NHL and AHL ) so I go to many games here at home and on the road.
Love to follow and attend high school football games.
Enjoy experiencing new resturants/foods.
And just spending time w/ my friends.

I'm into training and showing dogs, hiking, horseback riding, antique shopping, herping and whatever grabs me at the moment. I don't get a lot of free time so I have to make the most of it.:D

Tattoos!!!!!

I'm a full-time student, so that consumes a lot of my time. I like to draw when I feel inspired, read and knit (I can only knit scarves... :P I'm working on a blanket--it's a good "kill time" hobby). School's kinda killed my recreational reading and writing habits...though I'm sure once I'm done being forced to read and write things, I'll be back at it.

I've been known to LARP (though not recently), play D&D and RPG-based PC games (Neverwinter Nights, WoW, Guild Wars, Star Wars: KoTOR, Diablos I & II...etc).

I like playing word games--like Scrabble and Apples to Apples. I really like Audio Books--I listen to them on my iPod pretty much everywhere I go. And as a sort of forced hobby (I don't know if it's really a hobby), I go to the gym ~4 days/week. I'm taking a "cardio kickboxing" class 2 nights a week, and then I do the regular gym stuff on the other 2 days.

I'm into scuba diving (now it's a hobby, but teaching it was a career for 12 years of my life), cooking and BBQing (not grilling) and building acrylic cages for our emeralds. I read on occasion, play guitar a little, listen to Cajun music, watch movies and a limited amount of tv shows. I'm a slave to our 4 pugs too.:)

Craig

after reading through these posts

i would add kayaking and shooting to my list oh yeah and lifesaving
dont get to kayak awfully too much but im currently going for my 2* grade as far as shooting goes im qualified to shoot a .22 rifle and the L98 snd L81 rifles

i also go to a lifeguard club in my area which i really enjoy, i would reccomend that to everybody its fun and usefull

did someone say shooting?
http://i.ugtz.com/albums/Shooting-1-07/jen.jpg
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How could I forget! :eek: Halloween is one of our biggest hobbys.
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We spend most of the year working on new stuff at one time or another and I don't want to think of the money we spend, just for that one night. :eek:

Craig

My other hobby is cycling/mountain biking.

wow! fishmommy that rifles a beast what is it ?

I love to fish/ shoot/hunt. Fishing the flats is an ultimate stress reliver!! :rockon:

I also play football, and follow it...

I play the didge and the piano(classical and I'm learning jazz). i draw when I get the "urge"(usually in math) and I'm into photography. I play lacrosse, squash, I swim and sometimes play some football or soccer with friends. I try and do as much volunteer work as i can. Finally I enjoy hiking, camping, fishing, and I mountain bike competitively for school and in a local club.

Hi Kyle

that is a PS-90
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_PS90
it's a cute little gun but the sight on it drives me nuts.
it's perfect for a lefty like me though...no cartridges in the face with this puppy.

me and my pals had a free-for-all down at the range last month where everyone brought out all their autos and semi-autos. The PS-90 is a pea-shooter compared to all the AR-15's, AK-47's, and of course the SPAS-12 that got passed around that day


hey, you're a gamer....you ever used http://www.gametz.com/ ?

Spending time with my family (coaching my boys t-ball and soccer teams, charging remote control car batteries, and building lots of "forts" out of pillows and blankets around the house), a little volunteer work around my community (although not as much as I wish I could do), and ball pythons ... that's all I want to spend my time on! :D

-adam

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and building lots of "forts" out of pillows and blankets around the house),

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So that's what you and Jamie did after the MARS show at your place...must have been a blast!

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So that's what you and Jamie did after the MARS show at your place...must have been a blast!

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Ouch,

Common ,Brad! You made forts when you were litte too ,right? I have gotten to big for blanket forts so i have moved on to wooden forts with my friends..:rockon:

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So that's what you and Jamie did after the MARS show at your place...must have been a blast!

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I don't think that type of humor is appropriate here ... I was just attempting to make a positive personal contribution to the site ... thanks.

-adam

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I don't think that type of humor is appropriate here ... I was just attempting to make a positive personal contribution to the site ... thanks.

-adam

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It's nice that you are finally making an effort to do so, you should be proud.

Wow, everyone has so many different, interesting hobbies!! I'm kind of jeleous :cool:


Im a radiology student, so all my spare time goes to school, my almost 3 yo son, the snakes, and the rats.

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Apart from reptiles I love to play and watch soccer, backpacking, hiking, collect antique bottles, dig for antique bottles, keeping fish, photography, and hopefully if everything goes right by this time next year ill be able to ad Alpine Mountaineering to the list.

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I collect antique bottles, whenever i find them out in the woods next to seeps and stuff. I just saw a show on TV about digging for bottles in old outhouses, do you do that? I miss playing soccer soo much as well!!!

~mike

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I play the didge and the piano(classical and I'm learning jazz). i draw when I get the "urge"(usually in math) and I'm into photography. I play lacrosse, squash, I swim and sometimes play some football or soccer with friends. I try and do as much volunteer work as i can. Finally I enjoy hiking, camping, fishing, and I mountain bike competitively for school and in a local club.

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The didge is an amazing thing!

~mike

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Wow, everyone has so many different, interesting hobbies!! I'm kind of jeleous :cool:


Im a radiology student, so all my spare time goes to school, my almost 3 yo son, the snakes, and the rats.

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I'm with you. I don't have time for much of anything else. I do manage to squeeze in my yoga classes though. ;) I also do enjoy going camping and hiking when we can squeeze it in. (camping's even better with the boy scouts since they prepare all the food! it's heavenly) I also do love searching for fossils. (yes I'm a big dork :rolleyes: ) I've just found a close relatively close in Frankstown, MS which I want to take the kids too. :D Otherwise I try and squeeze trips to Calvert Cliffs in when I get back home to MD.

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I collect antique bottles, whenever i find them out in the woods next to seeps and stuff. I just saw a show on TV about digging for bottles in old outhouses, do you do that? I miss playing soccer soo much as well!!!

~mike

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Ive been looking for old outhouses to dig in but no luck yet. Ive got quite a few people around town looking for places to dig, ive also got a trip up to my grandmothers great great great grandfathers old homesite from the 1700's this sunday. Hopefully ill come back with something cool. What kind of antique bottles do you collect? Im super addicted to old poison bottles.

I absolutely love to draw and paint in any free time that I have.


My main passion is being a fishhead! I currently own/run three tanks:
75 gallon Mixed Reef Tank
46 gallon Malawian Cichlid Tank
30 gallon Tangayikan Cichlid Tank

....this week I'm downsizing my 75 gallon tank into a nano tank that I've ordered, and my Malawi cichilds are going in to the 75 gallon. And the contents of the 30 gallon are going in to the 46 gallon, and the 30 will be torn down for something else...possibly a frag tank.:D I'm not too bummed about tearing my 75 reef down, I plan on doing a high tech nano with tons of mods!

I also enjoy hunting, fishing, four wheeling, camping, canoeing...and of course field herping. In the future I plan to take PADI/SCUBA certification classes, I would love to get into falconry, and add a few feathered friends (African Grey, Poichephalus) to my zoo.

-Jason