Hobbies and Interests

[scaredychicken]

Just thought I'd see what hobbies / activities / collections / interests TBN members have.

I have had WAY TOO MANY collections over the years, and I am now continuing to purge things. I think that collecting stuff was my way of coping with physical limitations that prevented me from typical sports and activities. But here's the stuff that has amused me over time...

Aquariums and raising fish - not current or recent
Hobby Farming - a life long passion, but not practical to be a career for me, mostly smaller animals that I could manage, always chickens
Model Railroading - had I been able, this would have been a career
Cars: Classics,Muscle and Pickups - 3 El Caminos, Cutlass, Leata - car shows, car cruise local drives, show & shines
Fishing - going to the lake tomorrow, on a friend's boat
Hotwheels - probably 2500, since my Mom got me started when I was hospitalized regularly as a child (downsizing begins)
probably more, but I'm not including discontinued things like Stamp Collecting, Coin Collecting (not my things really). I have already gotten rid of most of my Coffee Mugs also.

Like I said, it's just too much. Time to focus.

 

[MoKelly]

I like watches. I have many watches.

I think it comes from men not wearing jewelry - except a wedding ring - and women having lots and lots of jewelry.

MoKelly

 

[MossRoad]

3 or more of anything is a collection.
3 or more collections is a museum.



I collect metal bottle and can openers.
My wife collects toothpick holders.

Both are small items and don't cost very much at antique stores and flea markets.

I have maybe 150 openers and they fit in 2 cigar boxes.

Her toothpick holders all fit on a nice old shelf that we found that was made out of recycled wooden bottle crates.

It's a fun hobby to just browse around shops.

 

[ranger danger]

My wife collects rubber ducks. She has over 300. Kind of nice because they don't cost much to feed.
I collect guns. Been collecting and competion shooting since age 6. Not going to say how many I have but, if I sold most of them I could retire in style .

 

[MoKelly]

I collect metal bottle and can openers.

I have maybe 150 openers and they fit in 2 cigar boxes.

So, my youngest son is 22. Soon to be 23.

He does not drink alcohol. Never has.

Last weekend he had a date with a new potential girlfriend. He decided to cook her a meal at our home.

The girl likes to drink hard Apple cider. So, he buys a 6 pack.

Getting ready for the dinner he tries to open the bottle of hard cider. Can’t twist off the cap. Asks my wife “how do get this open”? Wife says “can opener”. He looks confused and says “the electric can opener? How would that work”?

Kid is almost 23!!!!

I take him to our bar area and get out an old fashion can opener —- u opener on one side and v opener on other side. Say “here you go”.

He looks at it and says “Which side do I use”?

So, I can barely keep from laughing. I say “u side son”.

My gosh. How can you be almost 23 and never have used a can opener to open a bottle!

MoKelly

 

[workinonit]

By not drinking. Everything else is twist off or pull tab and has been for years.

 

[Citydude]

I have a small collection of bamboo fly rods and classic fly reels that seldom get used anymore.

For some reason, I have a collection of hats. I've thrown out numerous but they seem to multiply like pallets.

 

[PILOON]

LOL , I collect too much!
(I'd be embarrassed to show my shop and work bench.)

However I have amassed a decent collection of brass candlesticks.
Some from EBay bidding but most from yard/garage sales.

Then TOOLS as I like to have the right tool for that specific task and that ranges from aviation specific to general purpose metal and woodworking.
(I was an aviation A&P) but always enjoyed woodworking/building hence my collection.
Even working/modifying my CUT has found frequent use of some of those specialized tools.

 

[MossRoad]

So, my youngest son is 22. Soon to be 23.

He does not drink alcohol. Never has.

Last weekend he had a date with a new potential girlfriend. He decided to cook her a meal at our home.

The girl likes to drink hard Apple cider. So, he buys a 6 pack.

Getting ready for the dinner he tries to open the bottle of hard cider. Can’t twist off the cap. Asks my wife “how do get this open”? Wife says “can opener”. He looks confused and says “the electric can opener? How would that work”?

Kid is almost 23!!!!

I take him to our bar area and get out an old fashion can opener —- u opener on one side and v opener on other side. Say “here you go”.

He looks at it and says “Which side do I use”?

So, I can barely keep from laughing. I say “u side son”.

My gosh. How can you be almost 23 and never have used a can opener to open a bottle!

MoKelly

That is pretty nice. Most beer bottles are twist off, yet there are still some that aren't and require an opener.

I'd guess 99% of my openers are beer related. I have a few Coke and Pepsi. And some from Dairies for milk bottles. And a few paint can openers that have the prybar for the paint can on one end and a bottle opener in the loop handle.

 

[scaredychicken]

MoKelly - that's funny

 

[i7win7]

Done some wood working, built a nice sturdy router table

Got some toys, $20/gal to play with them

Lately collecting tractor toys

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[Wagtail]

That is pretty nice. Most beer bottles are twist off, yet there are still some that aren't and require an opener.

I'd guess 99% of my openers are beer related. I have a few Coke and Pepsi. And some from Dairies for milk bottles. And a few paint can openers that have the prybar for the paint can on one end and a bottle opener in the loop handle.

<snert> I'm mostly a red wine drinker and belong to a 'Wine Selectors' wine 'club'... the majority of wine, today, is a twist-off cap but every now and then a cork stoppered bottle is sent. I'm momentarily boggled and then have to search out one of my old corkscrews.

 

[MossRoad]

I still have my Vaughn's Tap Boy bottle opener/corkscrew that I got when I was probably 16 years old. I use it for bottle caps still. We have a nicer corkscrew for the wine.

 

[MoKelly]

I'm mostly a red wine drinker and belong to a 'Wine Selectors' wine 'club'... the majority of wine, today, is a twist-off cap but every now and then a cork stoppered bottle is sent. I'm momentarily boggled and then have to search out one of my old corkscrews.

Love red wines.

Every time I need to remove a cork I just pray it’ll come out in one piece! I hate cork pieces in wine.

MoKelly

 

[Citydude]

Love red wines.

Every time I need to remove a cork I just pray it’ll come out in one piece! I hate cork pieces in wine.

MoKelly

I use a battery operated opener. No more cork bits in my glass!

 

[MoKelly]

I use a battery operated opener. No more cork bits in my glass!

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My goodness. I’ve never seen that before.

I’ll have to check it out this weekend. Maybe a belated Fathers Day gift! Of course, if I get it, I will need to try it out a time or two.

Thanks for the tip.

MoKelly

 

[Frankenkubota]

i was a sales rep for a company in southern italy. they are crazy about wine....and soccer. mostly the men.

lots of memories but....

1. my girlfriend at the time was a wine mom and all she ever wanted was a wine opener with the pope on it. sure as chit, i found a few different ones!

2. the owner of the italian co had a wine opener that used compressed air from little metal cartridges like we used for BB guns? he asked that i bring him a bunch on my next visit, which i did.

i later found out i broke some airline regulations about bringing compressed gasses on an airplane.

i don't drink any alcohol at all and i almost broke their heart when i wouldn't even taste their wine, even if it is from Tuscany. i told them i thought it tasted like vinegar!

ignorant american!

i would tease them by asking if the French have the best wine in the world. to that leonardo would say....the french have no history, no culture!

compared to the italian peninsula, hes Right!

 

[MoKelly]

You can learn almost everything about how civilizations will evolve from the Roman Empire.

Origins, rise, decline and ending.

Those that don’t learn history are doomed to repeat history.

MoKelly

 

[Frankenkubota]

You can learn almost everything about how civilizations will evolve from the Roman Empire.

Origins, rise, decline and ending.

Those that don’t learn history are doomed to repeat history.

MoKelly

just read a quote by a history teacher

those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat the 11th grade.

 

[jaxs]

Around 1964 I was headed home after working outdoors in 100f+. Grabbed a cold 6 pack of Bud and back on the road. There was 32 miles between town near where I worked and town near home. I proweled through glove compartment,trunk,under seats and even under hood for a "church key"with no luck. Very next store I rushed in and bought an opener although I probably had a dozen scattered about at home. I was so poed when I saw the tab tops I used the dam opener anyhow.
Back to our hobbies and collections. I've kept several things from early life like smithing tools,bottle capper,can sealer,meat grinder,treadle sewing machine,various guns and other items I still enjoy.
My time is spent woodworking,smithing, old cars and tractors. During my adult life I spent leasure time with older men so now they have passed leaving few people with common interests or to reminisce with.