Besides Fish, What Are Your Hobbies?

[Deleted User]

Besides the obvious, fishkeeping, what are your favorite hobbies?

My big hobby is horses -- mostly minis. I have one riding horse, but for the past decade, miniatures have been my passion. We have about 20 of them, including some with National Champion titles (halter / conformation and driving). We have them for fun, for driving (cart / harness), as pets, and have a few foals each year. It took a lot of years to put together the breeding herd we have, but it is a lot of fun. I do also like to ride my big horse, but honestly enjoy the minis more and probably will not have another big horse for a long time after "Rocket" is no more. There's a picture of some of my minis below.

I also really love to read (or better, listen to unabridged audio books). Stephen King has been my favorite since I was a kid, but I do also enjoy Dean Koontz (not his early stuff, though). And have a big TV and internet habit (blush)

What about you all? What are some of your other hobbies and passions in life?

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[Neon]

my others hobbies :

gardening and reading a lot of books whenever I have a chance because of my 3 little toddlers time is limited :11: :11: :11:

[Twe3k]

i like working on cars, making short films, and building computers:)

[Crispy]

My other hobby is playin' guitar, bass, and drums and jammin' with my band.

[Little Embers]

None really :hmm3grin2orange: ....too busy with work..:scry:

[robflanker]

I guess my hobbies would be EMTing, watching sports (big fan of the Red Sox and Premier League football).

Probably it - school keeps me too busy

[cocoa_pleco]

i like working on cars

wish i could be doing that in Tokyo instead of here, some day... lol

but basically all i do is work, and after just work on cars or go to a friends place, and just play halo or go to the junkyard or bar

[Twe3k]

wish i could be doing that in Tokyo instead of here, some day... lol

but basically all i do is work, and after just work on cars or go to a friends place, and just play halo or go to the junkyard or bar

oh yeah hehe.. so what kind of cars do u work on?

[cubby]

making knives, taking my kids shooting, hiking, carpentery, riding our four wheelers, making more knives, making my wife irritated, eating..... mostly irrating the wife and eating........ and making knives...... :11:

[Mith]

Those horses don't look very small to me! LOL. IS that name supposed to represent that they're small, or is it just their name?

Pretty horses BTW! thumbs2:

[cubby]

and our new pony, Henry, will be here Monday. :22:

[mattsbottleofjager]

I used to play paintball, video games, watch UFC.....Now all I do is sit in front of the computer and research, or sit in front of the fish tank lol (blush)

[MCHRKiller]

I like to go to the target range and play with my weapons...I also enjoy designing tattoo flash for a local tattoo shop, Ill paint every now and then or draw something, then there is spending time with my other pets(Horse, Dog, 2 Cats). I would say working on my cars or motorcycle...but as Im not mechanically inclined...the honestly just involves a bottle of wax or armorall :hmm3grin2orange:

[sailor]

My other hobbies include.......fly fishing, fly tying......fishing , cooking, golfing when my neck allows, making beer and other alcholic beverages and driving my gf crazy.

[Lady Hobbs]

Love your horses. An old boss of mine had minatures, too. Wonderful animals.

My only interests are fish, fish tanks, looking on the net for fish things, searching catalogs for fish things, talking 12 hours a day about fish and then sleeping for 4 hours and dreaming about tanks leaking, fish dying, jumping out of the tank, etc.

lol

Guess I can add houseplants in there some of the time.

[Lab_Rat]

My main hobby has been horses...unfortunately they haven't been part of my life for the past 4 years since I had to sell my guy to go to pharmacy school. Hopefully in two years or so I'll be able to afford a nice dressage horse and some land for a little farm. Used to show hunter/jumper then switched to a dressage focus. In my younger days I would start the young ones too.

Also, I ran my dog in agility for a while. He has a couple of lower level titles but I didn't have the time to devote to it with school (school getting in the way again!) Did dog training, etc, with my local dog club. It's a lot of fun.

NFL football is I guess a hobby. I watch my Bengals lose every Sunday.

[Lady Hobbs]

Lab, if that's your dream don't settle for less because then it will never come. Sounds like you have something great to look forward to.

[krystalsohun]

hmmm.... there are other things to do besides fish keeping :hmm3grin2orange: when i'm not doing something for the fish or working or being mommy and wife, 9 times out of ten i'm relaxing. but other things i enjoy would be racing my car (rx7), sky diving, hiking, watching football (go niners), or killing my hubby in halo:hmm3grin2orange: I also enjoy scuba diving when i go on vacation to warmer waters.

[XsquaredequalsX]

Other than taking care of my fish tank, planning new tanks of the future, and spending way too much time on this forum, I enjoy reading, doing puzzles, figuring out the mysteries and patterns of the universe, researching whatever I am interested in at the time, camping, hiking, climbing trees, and web-design... Web design is kind of my job, but considering I work from home for my boyfriend's company it's still fun enough to consider a hobby!

Big camping trip coming up this week!! I hope my roommate takes adequate care of our fish while we're away...

[VoidParadigm]

Music (Flute, piano, piccolo, guitar, alto sax)
Select gardening.

[Deleted User]

I love reading about your different hobbies!!! We have an interesting group of people here!!! :19:

Those horses don't look very small to me! LOL. IS that name supposed to represent that they're small, or is it just their name?

Pretty horses BTW! thumbs2:

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They are all minis. The ones pictured range from a little over 30" (grey stallion in the lower right corner) to a little over 37" (palomino gelding in the upper right corner). A lot of people expect them to be smaller because the ones that often get publicity are very small, but they are also dwarfs (serious genetic deformity -- it would be heart breaking to have a dwarf born). When most people see mine in person, they are suprised that they "look like real horses, only smaller". It's rare for me to see one I personally like that's under 30". They keep more horse like proportions (and more usefulness) when they are a little bit taller than 30". I like the A size ones to be right around 33" and the B size ones right up as close to 38" as possible thumbs2:

[cocoa_pleco]

oh yeah hehe.. so what kind of cars do u work on?

Imports, basically Nissan

It really pays off though, i went out to eat before i went to work today, and when i pull out this truck pulls behind me, nothing out of the normal. i keep going, he's still behind me. i get in my residential area, he's behind me, thats a bit fishy.

I pull up to my place, he parks right behind me. i thought i was in crap for speeding or something. he just yelled I WANT TO BUY YOUR CAR! he asked how much and i said i wouldnt sell it ever, he just said its in such great condition for a 92 and how Nissan went all out with it and left after because i wouldnt sell it

[Lady Hobbs]

He knows where you live now. Better keep the keys out of the ignition and the doors locked. :)

[Taurus]

I'm a bowler. I just got a new ball..Storm Tropical Black Cherry, drilled finger tip. League just started. Yep, I've got a blazing 120 average..lol. I've only been bowling for 2 years.

I love hiking and being out in nature. Computers. Reading..I love historical fiction...anybody ever read any Allan Eckertt? The Frontiersman, Wilderness Empire, ect.

If I had more time and money, I'd spend more time at the firing range with Jenn.

:sniperdark: :pistol:

[Rue]

Nice to see so many horse people! We bred and showed (Halter, English, Western) ponies for a number of years while the kids were little. But once they decided they didn't want to do horses for a hobby anymore we stopped. But we still have 11 horses (retired mostly, a couple are gibbled, 3 are still used for pleasure riding)...and 3 younger ones I would sell if I could find the right buyer...

Other than horses:

Pets (parrots, dogs, cats, fish, chickens, snake)
Music (play violin, sop. sax, viola) - classical
Art (I paint and I love going to galleries to see what everyone else is doing)

...and other stuff...but the above take up most of our time...

[cocoa_pleco]

He knows where you live now. Better keep the keys out of the ignition and the doors locked. :)

lol, i never thought about that until someone else mentioned it. i'm garaging it during the day now too

[mommy1]

other than fishkeeping i would have to say that my favorite hobby is "coffee". i know that a lot of people would'nt consider coffee a hobby, but you know there is nothing like a good strong large cup of coffee to wake you up in the morning. my husband and i like to go to specialty coffee houses together and see if we can find anything new that we havent tried yet. sometimes we stay home and watch coffee documentaries, (there are a few). i even like to go online and talk about coffee with people from all over the world and share what i have discussed with my husband. so like i said before. i know most people wouldnt consider "coffee" a hobby, but hey, i talk about it. i spend money on it and i research it. and most of all i enjoy it. isnt that the definition of "hobby"?

[Deleted User]

Oh I think that is a good hobby!!! Only I think (know) my own coffee habbit would disgust you... I must have my coffee when I wake up, but I just like want it and want it NOW when I wake up. What I do is turn the tap water on hot, get a tablespoon of Folgers Instant Coffee and dump that into a cup, then add about 1 once of hot water, swish it around and drink it like a shot of medicine!!! I know...... E[Only Registered Users Can See Links.] If I'm taking my time with the coffee, I love McDonalds, which I'm sure is only a little bit smaller of an e[Only Registered Users Can See Links.] with as much as you must know about what's really good and what's not. Probably like the difference between fine vodka and Burnett's [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[mommy1]

you know. i usually make sure i have the time to brew that perfect cup of coffee. but i have been known to grab a quick cup on my way out. or stop somewhere, like mc donalds for an easy, quick fix.

[Kaz]

other than fishkeeping i would have to say that my favorite hobby is "coffee". i know that a lot of people would'nt consider coffee a hobby, but you know there is nothing like a good strong large cup of coffee to wake you up in the morning. my husband and i like to go to specialty coffee houses together and see if we can find anything new that we havent tried yet. sometimes we stay home and watch coffee documentaries, (there are a few). i even like to go online and talk about coffee with people from all over the world and share what i have discussed with my husband. so like i said before. i know most people wouldnt consider "coffee" a hobby, but hey, i talk about it. i spend money on it and i research it. and most of all i enjoy it. isnt that the definition of "hobby"?

Mommy1 you broke my brain.

I don't even know what to say, I honestly don't.

You trricked poor jill into responding too.

you know. i usually make sure i have the time to brew that perfect cup of coffee. but i have been known to grab a quick cup on my way out. or stop somewhere, like mc donalds for an easy, quick fix.

Coffee at mcdonalds? Gross.

[Lab_Rat]

Kaz, you're just not old enough to realize how awesome coffee is. Coffee got me through pharmacy school, and in fact, I'm having some right now.

[BirdOfPray]

I tend to go through phases, but some of the more permament ones are swing dancing, square dancing, sewing, crossword puzzles, photography, writing, graphic design, reading (mostly fiction), and cooking.

I'd have more animal-related hobbies if it were practical for me right now... used to ride horses (mostly western), train my Border Collie in agility, and help my dad with his beehives.

[190MPH]

Lets see, mine are Model Railroading, Bowling(although its been a few years since I stayed in a league, last averaged 206), surfing the web for just about anything, and as the name suggests, drag racing, which is my most prominent, and costly:layrubber: ! [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[King Tut]

Ok I build model airplanes, boats - I love to read (Stephen King and anything about WWII) - Ok no laughing - I cross-stitch also. My wife taught me when we were dating. And besides Rosy Greer did needlepoint! Other than that is just all the critters we take care of.

[rookie]

all i do is work, im actually at work now. sometimes i play guitar hero thumbs2:

[stunner]

Other hobbies for me would be...fishing, biking, running, RC cars (hopefully helicopters soon too), and computers. Sadly none of my fishtanks are running right now since I tore most of them down during our move and my last tank didn't last very long under the temporary care of somebody else. So I've got a pile of supplies waiting to be used in a new tank haha.

[MCHRKiller]

I'm a bowler. I just got a new ball..Storm Tropical Black Cherry, drilled finger tip. League just started. Yep, I've got a blazing 120 average..lol. I've only been bowling for 2 years.

I love hiking and being out in nature. Computers. Reading..I love historical fiction...anybody ever read any Allan Eckertt? The Frontiersman, Wilderness Empire, ect.

If I had more time and money, I'd spend more time at the firing range with Jenn.

:sniperdark: :pistol:

You should, I get to use the police range for free...plus one at a local community college. Noting like taking out a day full of rage out on a human replica target:hmm3grin2orange:

I like bowling to, sadly its rare if I break 100.

[King Tut]

RC cars (hopefully helicopters soon too)

Love RC cars and helicopters - I have a copter the only thing is my wife flies it better than I do!!!

[Cristoff]

Besides working 70+ hours a week, Fish keeping is my only REAL respite.

Like Tut, I have really been into RC, but simply have no time anymore fore it. Maybe once I retire.

[Amazon]

Fishing
Hunting
I also like making building cool things out of pretty much trash and scrap peices.
I made a mini cannon out of some old wood, fireworks, and bb's.
Now that old rc copter will be yturned into a rc boat=).

[lg0815]

fixing cars, reading, working

[Deleted User]

There are some very cool hobbies and pastimes represented here, in addition to our fishkeeping!!! thumbs2: