HomeBrewerDude
Lifer
brewing beer is a great hobby
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Anyone have any neat hobbies?
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Heisenberg
Lifer
Yes, there's no possibility for any kind of addiction problem there. 😛
IHateMyJob2004
Lifer
investing
real estate
work
-or-
Go for a walk with a loved one
go on a hike
ride a bike
The best hobbies are sports. Great destressers, fun and gets your mind off things.
real estate
work
-or-
Go for a walk with a loved one
go on a hike
ride a bike
The best hobbies are sports. Great destressers, fun and gets your mind off things.
csyberblue
Senior member
to sum it up in a sentence or two, it's basically treasure hunting. People put stuff (knick-knacks, trinkets, toys) all over the world, and with a GPS device your goal is to try and find it. Some geocaches require you to just stop in a park and find it hidden next to a tree. Other geocaches are hidden underwater and require scuba gear, or are hidden in the side of a mountain that takes 2 days to get there.
http://www.geocaching.com/faq/ is a good place to find out where to begin.
http://www.geocaching.com is a great resource with geocaches in your local area.
mooncancook
Platinum Member
There are lots hobbies, and almost all of them cost significant money and that's why i'm always short on $$. here's some of my hobbies that you can consider:
1. Play guitar (or other music instrument). Play drum set if you have firends that play guitars.
2. Biking
3. Building scale models. Build them, paint them, and display them. It's satisfying. You can always find something you like, like military models, automobile/motorcycles, ships, anime resin figues, sci-fi...
4. RC cars. Buy one that you have to build. Upgrade as you go. And when you get good enough you can go to a local race track to race with others.
5. RC plane/helicopter. This is harder and more expensive the RC cars, and you can't play everywhere unlike cars
6. Drawing. I like drawing anime chics/mechas, and race cars
7. Pick up some sorts of sports
it's ok to play games, but life needs balance.
1. Play guitar (or other music instrument). Play drum set if you have firends that play guitars.
2. Biking
3. Building scale models. Build them, paint them, and display them. It's satisfying. You can always find something you like, like military models, automobile/motorcycles, ships, anime resin figues, sci-fi...
4. RC cars. Buy one that you have to build. Upgrade as you go. And when you get good enough you can go to a local race track to race with others.
5. RC plane/helicopter. This is harder and more expensive the RC cars, and you can't play everywhere unlike cars
6. Drawing. I like drawing anime chics/mechas, and race cars
7. Pick up some sorts of sports
it's ok to play games, but life needs balance.
HumblePie
Lifer
Get in shape with running, biking, or swimming
Learn the Guitar
Read Books.
Watch PBS, Discovery, Animal Planet, and TLC
Yah, they are just about a big a waste of time as playing video games but have one benefitial outcome.
Chicks dig a guy with a good body
Chicks dig a guy that can play the guitar
Chicks dig a guy that can read
Chicks dig a guy that has something to carry a conversation on that intelligent
Chicks don't usually dig a guy that can play a video game.
Well, I qualify for 2 out of 4.
Learn the Guitar
Read Books.
Watch PBS, Discovery, Animal Planet, and TLC
Yah, they are just about a big a waste of time as playing video games but have one benefitial outcome.
Chicks dig a guy with a good body
Chicks dig a guy that can play the guitar
Chicks dig a guy that can read
Chicks dig a guy that has something to carry a conversation on that intelligent
Chicks don't usually dig a guy that can play a video game.
Well, I qualify for 2 out of 4.
imported_Mike
Lifer
photography
imported_Mike
Lifer
that looks like it would be fun
sorry to bump this all the way back up
I actually tried brewing some beer last fall. I fell in love with hefeweizen while I was in Portland for the summer last year (incidentally I am back in portland this summer, Intel) and tried to make some. I researched and planned (which is something I love to do for some reason). I bought a small kit, it made something like ~25 12oz beers. I bought a thing of malt or whatever that said it was hefeweizen. Now the thing is, I didn't like ALL hefeweizens, particularly I didn't like the really hoppy ones so I didn't add any of the hops that came with the hefe ingredients. Made the beer, probably didn't add enough water. Anyway, I followed all instructions (included and from things I found online) and the beer didn't really turn out as expected. It was really hoppy (sweet) and it was very alcoholic (it tasted a lot *stronger* than the standard ~5% american beer, a whole lot stronger). I only drank a couple bottles and gave some away to some friends who used it more of a dare type things for people that came to their apartment, alas.
I'll have to try it. I own a mountain bike actually, a nice one at that (my grandfather is a biking freak and buys whatever is the latest and greatest yearly, he gave me the bike I have in '00 that cost him $900 in '99). Anyway, I will have to try it out. I have only rode on roads and all and find it painfully stressful to dodge cars and make judgement calls on when and when not to "act like a pedestrian or act like a car". I have never rode on trails or anything like that. I used to ride my bike to the nearest town when I was in junior high every day in the summer (10 miles) then around town all day and that was good fun if I remember correctly.
And for everyone saying "workout", that isn't really something that takes a ton of time. I worked out the majority of the time when I was playing DAOC (all but this summer really). Three days a week for 1 hour isn't really what I'm looking for. I've been very into working out before, but honestly, you don't see any more results than normal by getting all obsessed with it. I'm looking for something big, something I come home and do for hours and hours every day. I want to be obsessed with something. If I could code better I'd jump into a sourceforge project, but I only know perl inside and out and am not really interested in coding things on a small scale that perl projects would necessitate (flame away!).
I actually tried brewing some beer last fall. I fell in love with hefeweizen while I was in Portland for the summer last year (incidentally I am back in portland this summer, Intel) and tried to make some. I researched and planned (which is something I love to do for some reason). I bought a small kit, it made something like ~25 12oz beers. I bought a thing of malt or whatever that said it was hefeweizen. Now the thing is, I didn't like ALL hefeweizens, particularly I didn't like the really hoppy ones so I didn't add any of the hops that came with the hefe ingredients. Made the beer, probably didn't add enough water. Anyway, I followed all instructions (included and from things I found online) and the beer didn't really turn out as expected. It was really hoppy (sweet) and it was very alcoholic (it tasted a lot *stronger* than the standard ~5% american beer, a whole lot stronger). I only drank a couple bottles and gave some away to some friends who used it more of a dare type things for people that came to their apartment, alas.
I'll have to try it. I own a mountain bike actually, a nice one at that (my grandfather is a biking freak and buys whatever is the latest and greatest yearly, he gave me the bike I have in '00 that cost him $900 in '99). Anyway, I will have to try it out. I have only rode on roads and all and find it painfully stressful to dodge cars and make judgement calls on when and when not to "act like a pedestrian or act like a car". I have never rode on trails or anything like that. I used to ride my bike to the nearest town when I was in junior high every day in the summer (10 miles) then around town all day and that was good fun if I remember correctly.
And for everyone saying "workout", that isn't really something that takes a ton of time. I worked out the majority of the time when I was playing DAOC (all but this summer really). Three days a week for 1 hour isn't really what I'm looking for. I've been very into working out before, but honestly, you don't see any more results than normal by getting all obsessed with it. I'm looking for something big, something I come home and do for hours and hours every day. I want to be obsessed with something. If I could code better I'd jump into a sourceforge project, but I only know perl inside and out and am not really interested in coding things on a small scale that perl projects would necessitate (flame away!).
bonkers325
Lifer
playing games with girls who give u sex is :thumbsup:
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