I need a new hobby any suggestions?

[cmack91]

Lol, I don't want to give up talking about snakes, but I'm becoming obsessive so it might be a good idea to find something else too. There are been a lot of good suggestions here and I think I'm going give a few of them a try.

just tell your friends that its either snake addiction, or alcohol addiction, which do they think is better? lol, cause really, if you cant be obssessed with snakes, then what else is there to live for, right?

[Skittles1101]

My second passion is astronomy. Nothing like going out on a crystal clear night and looking into the past. I spent about $400 on my telescope used and I can see most deep sky objects, like the Andromeda Galaxy and a list too long of the Messier objects.

[Kinra]

just tell your friends that its either snake addiction, or alcohol addiction, which do they think is better? lol, cause really, if you cant be obssessed with snakes, then what else is there to live for, right?

That might work if my friends didn't know I don't like drinking.

And before my snakes all I talked about was my dog. I love animals, there what I know a lot about. Well that and computer programming, but being nerdy about computers only gets me so far.

[Jerhart]

Speed solving the Rubik's cube!

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/forum.php

Done.

[cmack91]

My second passion is astronomy. Nothing like going out on a crystal clear night and looking into the past. I spent about $400 on my telescope used and I can see most deep sky objects, like the Andromeda Galaxy and a list too long of the Messier objects.

did you seriously only pay 400 for that? i always figured something like that would run at least a few grand, how many magnification is it?

[AK907]

How about picking up an instrument? Drums offer a great workout. I've gained a lot of muscle in my arms and calves from playing drums. Being that you live in an apartment an acoustic kit probably wouldn't work out very well, but electronic kits can usually be picked up fairly cheap on CL these days.

[Kinra]

How about picking up an instrument? Drums offer a great workout. I've gained a lot of muscle in my arms and calves from playing drums. Being that you live in an apartment an acoustic kit probably wouldn't work out very well, but electronic kits can usually be picked up fairly cheap on CL these days.

I've always wanted to learn how to play the piano, but an electric keyboard might work just as well.

[tcutting]

I do the follow other hobbies...

Work on Cars (either Stereo, or performance)
Computer/tech stuff
Firearms
Archery
Fishing
Exercise
Playing Football
And Ping pong

they work for me but i tend to have a bit to many. never seem to have enough time for any single one. I find that the footaball is the most related able to others. Good luck

[Skittles1101]

did you seriously only pay 400 for that? i always figured something like that would run at least a few grand, how many magnification is it?

It's a 10" dobsonian. Dobsonians are IMO the best bang for your buck. They are much cheaper than refractor telescopes and have very similar optics. My specific telescope is a Hardin 10" dobsonian, brand new (even though Hardin doesn't exist anymore) it would go for about $600-800 for 10". The wider the view, the more expensive.

This, is my main goal one day

Don't get me wrong, if I could afford an awesome refractor telescopeI would, but those are the ones that cost thousands. Most are motorized and move with the sky, most have go-to finder, which is pretty much a little computer, you plug in what you want to see and it moves on it's own. I like my non-motor though, part of the fun is star hopping and finding things on your own

Edit: Oh as far as the magnification, it depends on which eye piece I use. I have quite a few, the better ones obviously being more expensive. I can see pretty frickin' far though, lets just say that

[cmack91]

It's a 10" dobsonian. Dobsonians are IMO the best bang for your buck. They are much cheaper than refractor telescopes and have very similar optics. My specific telescope is a Hardin 10" dobsonian, brand new (even though Hardin doesn't exist anymore) it would go for about $600-800 for 10". The wider the view, the more expensive.

This, is my main goal one day

Don't get me wrong, if I could afford an awesome refractor telescopeI would, but those are the ones that cost thousands. Most are motorized and move with the sky, most have go-to finder, which is pretty much a little computer, you plug in what you want to see and it moves on it's own. I like my non-motor though, part of the fun is star hopping and finding things on your own

Edit: Oh as far as the magnification, it depends on which eye piece I use. I have quite a few, the better ones obviously being more expensive. I can see pretty frickin' far though, lets just say that

that thing is absolutly insane, i think i would want a manual one too though, it sounds funner to move it myself than push a button. the one in the link looks definitly worth it, to be able to see saturn like that from here? can you imagine the moon through that!? you could probably count the craters lol