Hobbies

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy

I used to only have one main hobby which was computer game playing but over the past three years I took up a range of different hobbies like:
Jigsaws
Colouring
Cross stitching
Knitting

My favourite is knitting. I did a little bit of it in school a long time ago and enjoyed it a lot and took it up last year and since then I learned so much and work on making loads. Knitting relaxes me so much.

Colouring in books might appear to be childish but I can assure you it's not. There are colouring books available for adults like mandala designs. Also celtic art colouring books. I find it very therapeutic. This is a newspaper article from last week about colouring:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/mobile/story.html?id=9901606 Colouring is going down a storm in France.

It's been ages since I played a game on the computer and longer since I made a jigsaw. I might take a break from the knitting and play a game or make a jigsaw sometime.

Do you have much hobbies and what are they?

Muise...

I thought hobbies were for local boffins.

I prefer more open-ended activities - maybe because my brain works in jigsaw mode all day, I prefer to daydream when I'm free.

AnonoBoy

I like to work with ponies in my spare time.

Love me a hobby horse so I do.

Layinghen

Wine tasting is my hobby:P

The Backwards Man

I have a wide and varied range of intersting and stimulating hobbies.

Fcuk, six thousand posts here in a year, who am I trying to kid?

caustic 1

surfing, gym, walking I love crafts at the moment trying (failing so far) to crochet mandala but I will fecking do it if it be the last thing I do.

Rothko

Drawing/painting
Listening to music/playing guitar
Reading

maguic24

Hobbies ^____^

Badminton
Jogging
Hillwalking/Hiking
Drawing
Scrapbooking
A bit of reading when the mood takes me.
Gym Yeah right!!
Boards - seeing as I spend copious amounts of time on it. :P

I'm impartial to a bit of swimming but don't do it often enough to call it a hobby.

stefan idiot jones

Snorkelling.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FWYm59taCBo

--LOS--

Sketching/painting, music/gigs, that's the boring stuff for CVs.

My actual hobbies that I do all the time would be pc gaming, internet, people watching and binge-watching.

Banjo String

I have a full time job and also two terrorists toddlers.

Nuff said.

caustic 1

binge watching?

maguic24

--LOS-- wrote: »

Sketching/painting, music/gigs, that's the boring stuff for CVs.

My actual hobbies that I do all the time would be pc gaming, internet, people watching and binge-watching.

Damn, I forgot creeping!

--LOS--

caustic 1 wrote: »

binge watching?

Ye TV series, movies, documentaries

Being so dedicated that you could pride yourself on finishing an entire series in a weekend.

kylith

I took up knitting and crochet a couple of years ago and I really enjoy them. It's nice to have something to do with my hands because I find just watching telly very boring. I play the odd video game too; working my way through Arkham Origins over the last few weeks.

I'd love to take up cross stitch but it takes too much concentration for me to be able to do it in front of the telly, and himself insists on having the room as dimly lit as possible in the evenings.

looking_around

Cycling
Reading
Gaming
Forums
Yoga

sheesh

Fishing
photography
choral singing
hiking

whisky_galore

Cyberstalking
Swing dancing
Buying weird sh!t on ebay
Playing bagpipes

Karl Stein

BASE jumping
Wingsuit flying
Free rock climbing (no ropes)
Parkour
Potholing
Compulsive lying

Witcher

Shooting...clay pigeons and benchrest.

A Song of Ice and Fire/GoT..I read the books, watch the show, collect some figures and I have a replica sword from it.

Gaming..a bit now and again..only the MGS/GTA/AC series really. Bit of COD for the single player.

Then the usual stuff..reading, music etc. I used to play football but I had an operation a few years ago ago, stopped while I was recovering and never went back.

beano345

Polishing rocks

PizzamanIRL

Basketball
Bit of video games
Poker

maguic24

i can't believe nobody has said masturbating yet.....

Am I really in AH? *pinches self to be sure*

Witcher

beano345 wrote: »

Polishing rocks

Agent Hank Schrader is running a deep cover operation here it seems.

PizzamanIRL

maguic24 wrote: »

i can't believe nobody has said masturbating yet.....

Am I really in AH? *pinches self to be sure*

Not a hobby. It's a need.

maguic24

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Not a hobby. It's a need.

Oooooooooohhhhhhh. Gotcha. :pac:

The One Doctor

Homebrewing, RC planes/FPV, messing with orbital mechanics (via Kerbal Space Program), a bit of painting, cooking etc. I don't count reading as a hobby because it's instinct to have a book wherever I go. About the only time I don't read is when I'm having sex.

After December my main hobby will be preventing the destruction of the universe by a marauding newborn.

GiftofGab

Rugby - both playing and watching
Football - play the odd 7 a side and watch it too.
Gym - Go about 3 times a week.
Golf - love to get a few rounds in the summer.
Reading - go through phases of reading loads to months without reading anything.

kowloon

beano345 wrote: »

Polishing rocks

For Christ's sake Marie, they're minerals!

anncoates

I prefer vague interests.

Hobby is always a bit of a tyrannical term to me. Like something 70s Boy Scouts were forced to do: stamp collecting, model railways or trainspotting.

Davarus Walrus

I love to hit the golf course at least twice a week, and have been chipping away (if you'll pardon the pun) at my handicap. Now play off 5.

When I was standing on one of the tee's in my local club I would spot the kitesurfers doing their thing just off the beach. It looked fascinating. So I did a few lessons and became hooked. Some of the participants tend to be crusties, but it's great fun. I'm becoming fairly competent at it these days.

Received a gift of a week long cooking course in Ballymaloe. Now love to cook. I'm not as liberal with the butter and cheese as the teachers in Ballymaloe, but I've never had complaints about the quality of the things I rustle up.

Have a bit of a thing for large robust red wines from Southern Italy at the moment. That's not some much a hobby as an excuse to have a glass or two of wine though! The main thing I've discovered so far is that you don't really get a decent wine for less than €15-20.

Lou.m

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy wrote: »

I used to only have one main hobby which was computer game playing but over the past three years I took up a range of different hobbies like:
Jigsaws
Colouring
Cross stitching
Knitting

My favourite is knitting. I did a little bit of it in school a long time ago and enjoyed it a lot and took it up last year and since then I learned so much and work on making loads. Knitting relaxes me so much.

Colouring in books might appear to be childish but I can assure you it's not. There are colouring books available for adults like mandala designs. Also celtic art colouring books. I find it very therapeutic. This is a newspaper article from last week about colouring:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/mobile/story.html?id=9901606 Colouring is going down a storm in France.

It's been ages since I played a game on the computer and longer since I made a jigsaw. I might take a break from the knitting and play a game or make a jigsaw sometime.

Do you have much hobbies and what are they?

I go through stages.

But here are some...I practise to varying degrees.

Running.

Dance.

Violin /Guitar/singing

Drawing /painting/art /digital art (my mother runs a graphic design business which I help in so it ties in).

Animals.

Poker/chess/RPG (though have not RPGed in a while)

Drama/mime/ theatre (have not done in a while to love it)

Writing ( I sometimes write articles and sell them and I edit and write copy I hope to get more published and a book one day).
Gym sometimes...other classes there.

Nature /walking

Listen to music /seeing theatre music live.

That's a lot ...but I go through periods where I do one more etc

Running and dance I keep.


People go through phases.

I used to ride horses ..now only occasionally.

neamhspleachi

Hunting, brewing beer & restoring motorcycles

Lou.m

reading, writing, singing (classical and 'normal' now) the occasional bout of skyrim, running, lifting, swing dancing when I get the chance
If I had time I'd play my cello and get a piano again... oh well!

Oh and baking. Baking ALL the things!

Lou.m wrote: »

I go through stages.

But here are some...I practise to varying degrees.

Running.

Dance.

Violin /Guitar/singing

Drawing /painting/art /digital art (my mother runs a graphic design business which I help in so it ties in).

Animals.

Poker/chess/RPG (though have not RPGed in a while)

Drama/mime/ theatre (have not done in a while to love it)

Writing ( I sometimes write articles and sell them and I edit and write copy I hope to get more published and a book one day).
Gym sometimes...other classes there.

Nature /walking

Listen to music /seeing theatre music live.

That's a lot ...but I go through periods where I do one more etc

Running and dance I keep.


People go through phases.

I used to ride horses ..now only occasionally.

lol
Yes, check

hello
Haven't done any drawing in ages. Or chess

Lou.m

bluewolf wrote: »

reading, writing, singing (classical and 'normal' now) the occasional bout of skyrim, running, lifting, swing dancing when I get the chance
If I had time I'd play my cello and get a piano again... oh well!

Oh and baking. Baking ALL the things!




lol
Yes, check

hello
Haven't done any drawing in ages. Or chess

I knew I liked you

Although I would need to work on the lifting. Very good for women though.

Shakespeare's Sister

socializin lol

maguic24

Magaggie wrote: »

socializin lol

Being a stunnah 2K14. OMG YOLO!

Daniel7740

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Fcuk, six thousand posts here in a year, who am I trying to kid?

amateur.

TheFarrier

Pints and a few games of pool.
Over pints.

FanadMan

Reading
Fishing
Kayaking
Archery
Darts (in the pub of course)
Playing guitar (badly)
Sitting outside daydreaming when the weather is nice

shopaholic01

Magaggie wrote: »

socializin lol

maguic24 wrote: »

Being a stunnah 2K14. OMG YOLO!

Being a full-time mad bastard.

Muise...

FanadMan wrote: »

Reading
Fishing
Kayaking
Archery
Darts (in the pub of course)
Playing guitar (badly)
Sitting outside daydreaming when the weather is nice

I am mightily impressed by the archery, though I can daydream in all weathers.

Aongus Von Bismarck

I've been living in Germany for the past number of years, so am lucky enough to be within driving distance of a number of fine ski resorts. My passion is now for off-piste skiing. Germany resorts don't tend to attract the type of Irish and British ski tourist who consider drinking 10 pints of strong lager an essential part of the après-ski experience.

I'm an enthusiastic, if limited, dilettante of playing the piano. While I'll never be performing with the Berlin Philharmonic I'm able to knock out a relatively wide range of numbers if we have guests over for dinner.

While I'd consider myself fluent in German, I still consider it a hobby to work out some of the regional slang and dialects, especially the Low Saxon dialects.

I still love to read. I do most of my reading in English, preferring to read in the native language of the author, rather than in a hurried translation into German.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I've been living in Germany for the past number of years, so am lucky enough to be within driving distance of a number of fine ski resorts. My passion is now for off-piste skiing. Germany resorts don't tend to attract the type of Irish and British ski tourist who consider drinking 10 pints of strong lager an essential part of the après-ski experience.

I'm an enthusiastic, if limited, dilettante of playing the piano. While I'll never be performing with the Berlin Philharmonic I'm able to knock out a relatively wide range of numbers if we have guests over for dinner.

While I'd consider myself fluent in German, I still consider it a hobby to work out some of the regional slang and dialects, especially the Low Saxon dialects.

I still love to read. I do most of my reading in English, preferring to read in the native language of the author, rather than in a hurried translation into German.

And on the other hand you can read Das Parfum in its native language
Not quite up to that myself yet I reckon...

shopaholic01

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I still love to read. I do most of my reading in English, preferring to read in the native language of the author, rather than in a hurried translation into German.

No doubt while relaxing on an Italian leather chair, resplendent in your smoking jacket, your monocle occasionally dropping into your fine French brandy when perusing a risqué storyline.

deseil

I have no hobbies but I really think I could get into that running down a hill in an inflatable ball thing

Cookie_Monster

Reading
Running
Cycling
Volleyball
Model Trains
Rock Climbing - though have done barely any recently
Computer Games

Sh1tbag OToole

Making fingerpuppets from old socks in the dark

Aongus Von Bismarck

bluewolf wrote: »

And on the other hand you can read Das Parfum in its native language
Not quite up to that myself yet I reckon...

It's not a book I'd ever have much of a desire to read. If it's as overwrought and turgid as the movie - then it can stay on the bookshop shelf.

I'd recommend Haltet euer Herz bereit: Eine ostdeutsche Familiengeschichte by Maxim Leo. There is a rather excellent translation into English that could be useful if trying to work out context or nuance. If I have any criticism, it's that it tends to portray the East German regime in a rather nostalgic light.

poppyvally

cryptic X words & Hard Sudoko. Keeps the oul brain intact

shruikan2553

Martial arts
Archery
Video games