Other hobbies, pass times and talents, extra curricular activities

[Itch]

Besides the obvious and to get to know each other a little more, and of course give ammunition for some good old fashioned light hearted p1ss taking,

What are your other hobbies and things you are into,

I’ll start things off, I play football, have in the past collected retro games, and consoles, played Xbox for years, was into cars for years owned an Impreza for 14 years and built it up to 600 bhp, I drag raced this for years and years at Santa pod, owned and raced a few go karts, few motorbikes, was big into bmx and jump bike but couple of years back stacked it and broke collar bone, 5 ribs and bruised lung so stopped now.
But my main pass time other than pinball is urban exploring, I do this a lot including exploration of abandoned houses, mansions, schools, hospitals and at the moment bunkers, forts, castles, from ww2 and some Napoleonic,
Great fun climb in/up/down into these places, some easy and some sketchy as hell, only Tuesday gone I scaled half way down a cliff in Dover to get to a hole leading to a bunker and the opening had suffered a cave in,

Itch

 

[David_Vi]

Pinball has become my main hobby and for the better really. My other hobby is music but it's a solitary hobby, I'd go to gigs but to enjoy and share the experience not to socialise. Pinball has given me a hobby where I feel a part of a great community and made great friends.

Music has always been there for me, but I've had other hobbies come and go, pc gaming, guitar, writing music. I spent 5 years studying music and met a few people who are still my friends and part of my local pinball crew now (two are coming to Pinball office on Sunday).

I've been fascinated by urban exploring for years. I have a thing for derelict and decaying structures, they can be mysterious. It ties in with my fascination with railways (moreso before it became my job), there's something about rails that has always got me. Especially old abandoned railway lines.

I used to live near Severalls hospital which was an urban exploring hotspot. I think one of the biggest asylums left in the UK, I always wanted to get into it but didn't get round to it.
Plus I'm easily scared even though I don't believe in anything supernatural

I've spent hours watching urban exploring stuff on YouTube just to get that hit as I don't do it.

 

[Jackpot]

@David_Vi - you don't need to watch youtube anymore for all that, just get @Itch to stream his life for a week and watch that. Battling at the top of Pinball Republic league on Thursday, exploring secret underground tunnels and Dungeons on Saturday and gunning for more Pinball silverware at the Pinball Office on Sunday... What else do you need?

 

[GezTheHealer]

That urban exploring looks interesting. I teach photography and it looks like some great photo opportunities. 600hp Impreza sounds fun too!

Hobbies/pastimes I have other than pinball - short film making. I won a few short film awards for a short I made in lockdown called ‘To Do’ & have made a bunch prior. (Link below - Inc’s a pinball scene).

Aaaand motorbikes - last one was a triumph speed four 600cc, great fun for blasting about on the weekends & playing guitar.. &.. real ale

+ David_Vi - if you like trains + you like abandoned things, maybe you’ll like my short film on an abandoned train station -

 

[Andydn]

I like to masturbate in my spare time, basically beat it like it owes me money.

 

[Itch]

That urban exploring looks interesting. I teach photography and it looks like some great photo opportunities. 600hp Impreza sounds fun too!

Hobbies/pastimes I have other than pinball - short film making. I won a few short film awards for a short I made in lockdown called ‘To Do’ & have made a bunch prior. (Link below - Inc’s a pinball scene).

Aaaand motorbikes - last one was a triumph speed four 600cc, great fun for blasting about on the weekends & playing guitar.. &.. real ale

+ David_Vi - if you like trains + you like abandoned things, maybe you’ll like my short film on an abandoned train station -

Great video on the railway station, I think I have been there, does someone live in it, if it is the same one i am thinking about there is an empty pub about 100 yards from it,

And urban exploring is prime for photography, in fact most people do the explores purely for pics, I don’t take many for me it’s the thrill of the getting to the places,

 

[M4carp]

I like to masturbate in my spare time, basically beat it like it owes me money.

 

[Lickashot]

I like to masturbate in my spare time, basically beat it like it owes me money.

I was going to chip in with this too

 

[Andydn]

I was going to chip in with this too

How did you know? You been watching me

 

[Doggard]

I love a bit of drone photography, but that’s kind of taken a back seat, since re discovering pinball 2 years ago

 

[Fubar]

Pushing great big hunks of glass fiber around a grass field... Oh and we get to fly them sometimes too

 

[M4carp]

I need to dust my rods off this year, pinball has taken over my life!
40lber caught in Oxfordshire years ago, plenty of big ones these days to go after.

 

[AlanJ]

I collect used wine corks. it’s a rock n roll lifestyle

 

[GezTheHealer]

@Itch that train station was Hadlow Road up on the Wirral, someone may well live there - it’s well kept.

 

[Lickashot]

How did you know? You been watching me

No, I heard your war cry as you crossed the finish line.

 

[Mfresh]

I enjoy not thinking about elephants.

D’oh!

 

[Fantazia2]

I like to masturbate in my spare time, basically beat it like it owes me money.

Well, anything that keeps the heating bills down in Winter has got to be a winner.

 

[Andypc]

I love attending gigs and festivals and have been fortunate enough to see huge range of amazing bands over the last 30 years. I started collecting retro console games about 25 years ago and now have over 4000 games . I started collecting and refurbishing arcade machines about 15 years ago. I got my first pinball about 5 years ago. My wife agreed to me getting pinball machines, so long as I supported her in her new hobby, Burlesque. That was a really tough decision . She now has loads of new girl friends who all enjoy taking things off and I also get to play lots of Pinball. I call that a Win Win

 

[M4carp]

I love attending gigs and festivals and have been fortunate enough to see huge range of amazing bands over the last 30 years. I started collecting retro console games about 25 years ago and now have over 4000 games . I started collecting and refurbishing arcade machines about 15 years ago. I got my first pinball about 5 years ago. My wife agreed to me getting pinball machines, so long as I supported her in her new hobby, Burlesque. That was a really tough decision . She now has load of new girl friends who all enjoy taking things off and I also get to play lots of Pinball. I call that a Win Win

You died and went to heaven

 

[scottydoesntknow]

My alter ego Scott "The Sith" Ward, done martial arts most my life, decided in 2018 i would take up Thai boxing and step into the ring for cancer research, did it twice in 2018 this is my 2nd fight i managed a 3rd round knockout but was cut from youtube to brutal for charity i came out to heavy metal starwars darth vader, was one more of the bucket list heres the link if it works.

 

[Itch]

My alter ego Scott "The Sith" Ward, done martial arts most my life, decided in 2018 i would take up Thai boxing and step into the ring for cancer research, did it twice in 2018 this is my 2nd fight i managed a 3rd round knockout but was cut from youtube to brutal for charity i came out to heavy metal starwars darth vader, was one more of the bucket list heres the link if it works.

Mental note made not to fall out with you, , nice one

 

[JT.]

I enjoy woodwork. Pics of a few recent creations-

A pair of Japanese style lamps with Kumiko inserts; a jewelery box; and a birdbox










But any sort of craft stuff is fun. These are dried roses encased in resin, lit up with LEDs, with a walnut base.

 

[C&C]

I only rediscovered pinball 2 years ago (after playing a bit at college in the late 80's), so it's a relatively new hobby for me.
Other hobbies include:
Cricket - been playing for the same club for 27 years - not league, just friendly matches, but a great bunch of lads. Ages range from late teens to 70+.
Music - I play the violin (very badly) - started at school and still pick it up from time to time.
Music - Harmonica - did a few terms with Greg Miller, and got to meet some harmonica legends via concerts and several workshops, along with a new appreciation of blues music.
Juggling - not to @Juggler Spencer standard, but I can just about manage 5 balls, and am ok with diabolo, devilstick, and recently started to mess about with a yoyo.
Cars - (see the car porn thread) have done quite a few track days including SIlverstone GP, Rockingham, Spa, Nurburgring.
Kayaking - did loads in my 20's - whitewater rodeos, canoe polo, was a senior instructor, and at college, we were lucky enough to have Shaun Baker as our coach for 3 years, so we paddled a lot with him. I've recently been in touch with a local club and am intending to start paddling again this year.
Photography - I saved up my pocket money to buy my first camera (a Praktica MTL3 film SLR for £50) in about 1980, and have enjoyed taking photos ever since. A few that I'm quite pleased with:

The first was with my first camera, back in around 1984. The rest are more recent shot on mainly various DSLRs.

 

[AlanJ]

^ fuk me when do you sleep.

 

[Itch]

I only rediscovered pinball 2 years ago (after playing a bit at college in the late 80's), so it's a relatively new hobby for me.
Other hobbies include:
Cricket - been playing for the same club for 27 years - not league, just friendly matches, but a great bunch of lads. Ages range from late teens to 70+.
Music - I play the violin (very badly) - started at school and still pick it up from time to time.
Music - Harmonica - did a few terms with Greg Miller, and got to meet some harmonica legends via concerts and several workshops, along with a new appreciation of blues music.
Juggling - not to @Juggler Spencer standard, but I can just about manage 5 balls, and am ok with diabolo, devilstick, and recently started to mess about with a yoyo.
Cars - (see the car porn thread) have done quite a few track days including SIlverstone GP, Rockingham, Spa, Nurburgring.
Kayaking - did loads in my 20's - whitewater rodeos, canoe polo, was a senior instructor, and at college, we were lucky enough to have Shaun Baker as our coach for 3 years, so we paddled a lot with him. I've recently been in touch with a local club and am intending to start paddling again this year.
Photography - I saved up my pocket money to buy my first camera (a Praktica MTL3 film SLR for £50) in about 1980, and have enjoyed taking photos ever since. A few that I'm quite pleased with:

The first was with my first camera, back in around 1984. The rest are more recent shot on mainly various DSLRs.
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Great pics mate,

 

[Deleted member 2463]

I collect Space memorabilia and go to alot of space events - met 9 of the 12 heroes who walked on the moon. Got tons of stuff that has gone insane in price recently (makes pinball look cheap). This lead me to start collected space related watches, I have several makes but mostly Omega and not just new ones but many older watches such as this:



I do driver training every year at the ring and at Goodwood.

I also collect vintage computers.

 

[Judderman]

I have a fair collection of puzzles of various types - here's my favourite https://jpgamesltd.co.uk/Strijbos-Pachinko-Puzzle-Box, but this is my best looking

 

[johnwhitfield]

Music. Everything related to it. I missed live gigs so much during lockdown, I try to catch at least a couple of gigs a month. Used to work in the industry and was going to start promoting again but that plan has kind of gone out of the window. Now the kids are older I’m having a bit of a second lease of life and they are introducing me to new bands. Felt like I was going to be investigated by Operation Yewtree when I took the girl to see Yonaka recently. Currently trying to see anyone who plays locally if I previously bought a couple of albums by them. Kind of explains why I’m off to see Helloween , Anthrax, WASP, PWEI and Magnum. . Haven’t seen a goth gig (unless you count NMA) for a couple of years which is weird as I used to be so involved with the scene.

The music hobby has unfortunately now led to a large T shirt collection. Knowing how little bands get from recorded music now I almost always pick up a shirt unless they are taking the **** price wise. I genuinely have no idea how many I have. 200? 300? Anyone who has ever met me knows that I really don’t do fashion so almost all of them just get stuck in cupboards before eventually being relegated to the attic.

The dog. She had pretty much pushed everything else to one side. I’m barely playing pinball currently due to the time commitment needed for her. (Vaguely linked to the T shirt hobby as being outside now means I own Hoodies, which I loathe).

RPG. Started playing again when I was in my early 40s. Just once a week. Normally Call of Cthulhu. Have very little interest in hack and slay stuff but could be tempted by a Runequest campaign. Hated playing online during lockdown, normally play in a local pub on Wednesdays.

 

[C&C]

Kind of explains why I’m off to see Helloween , Anthrax, WASP, PWEI and Magnum. . Haven’t seen a goth gig (unless you count NMA) for a couple of years which is weird as I used to be so involved with the scene.

The first proper live gig I went to was Magnum at the Oxford Apollo - would have been 1986/87. Hadn't realised they were still playing!
Saw PWEI at Brunel Academy around 1988.
New Model Army are one of my favourite bands. Thunder and Consolation is a great album (especially Green and Grey). I'm trying to work out how to play the long intro to Vagabonds on the violin. Saw them at the Camden Rocks festival in 2019, and previously at the Reading Festival in 1989 (along with PWEI, Jesus Jones, New Order, The Pogues, Sugarcubes, The Wonderstuff, The Mission, GBoA etc..).
This was my room in student accommodation in 1989. I don't think the halls management were too impressed!

 

[windoesnot]

owned and raced a few go karts

What category and where? Raced TKM then Formula Blue for 12 years