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Dean.
It sounds like you have broad interests. I also appreciated aquaria and tried it for a while with moderate success. I ended up building models of historical sailing ships as my major leisure time activity when my dad gave my son a kit that was too difficult for him.
It's a hobby you can do in a fairly small space. I took bypass doors off a six foot closet and put in lights, worksurface, etc. I don't like water or boats, but sailing ships are art unto themselves. You don't have to join anything, but there are forums and clubs available. The tools are totally cool and not very expensive. Models come in various difficulty levels so you can get very intense if you want to. I spent 25 years on one ship (not continuously). They are very nice accessories when finished. I have moved from kits to scratch building. You do need patience for it though.
And I am quite fond of my Bose 901s.
It sounds like you have broad interests. I also appreciated aquaria and tried it for a while with moderate success. I ended up building models of historical sailing ships as my major leisure time activity when my dad gave my son a kit that was too difficult for him.
It's a hobby you can do in a fairly small space. I took bypass doors off a six foot closet and put in lights, worksurface, etc. I don't like water or boats, but sailing ships are art unto themselves. You don't have to join anything, but there are forums and clubs available. The tools are totally cool and not very expensive. Models come in various difficulty levels so you can get very intense if you want to. I spent 25 years on one ship (not continuously). They are very nice accessories when finished. I have moved from kits to scratch building. You do need patience for it though.
And I am quite fond of my Bose 901s.
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I can't throw any stones in Bill's direction. You should see all the damned speakers and canes I have lying about. 
I'm giving up the speaker stuff and selling them off for a smaller and more basic system, but I won't give up on my canes. In fact, I have my eye on two beauties right now that I'm hoping Santa might see fit to bring me for Xmas.
This one which I think is very fitting for me:
Silver cane
And this one, which I also like a great deal
Buffalo horn
I'm giving up the speaker stuff and selling them off for a smaller and more basic system, but I won't give up on my canes. In fact, I have my eye on two beauties right now that I'm hoping Santa might see fit to bring me for Xmas.
This one which I think is very fitting for me:
Silver cane
And this one, which I also like a great deal
Buffalo horn
BTW, I like the model ship hobby suggestion. If you have the patience that could be a neat hobby, you can do it with the music blasting!
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Dean.
It sounds like you have broad interests. I also appreciated aquaria and tried it for a while with moderate success. I ended up building models of historical sailing ships as my major leisure time activity when my dad gave my son a kit that was too difficult for him.
It sounds like you have broad interests. I also appreciated aquaria and tried it for a while with moderate success. I ended up building models of historical sailing ships as my major leisure time activity when my dad gave my son a kit that was too difficult for him.
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You'd better be good if you want Santa to bring those canes. I bought one for my mother that has butterflies on it. It set me back about $20.00. You have champagne taste when it comes to canes.
BTW, I like the model ship hobby suggestion. If you have the patience that could be a neat hobby, you can do it with the music blasting!
BTW, I like the model ship hobby suggestion. If you have the patience that could be a neat hobby, you can do it with the music blasting!
As for my canes, many of mine are cheapies. Ranging in cost from $11 to my most expensive cane, which is a custom, hand carved cane with the head of my Black Lab along with her name, Maya, carved into the handle. It was a gift from a friend given to me after Maya died.
I also owned a custom Sterling Silver and ebony cane with a sixteen inch blade concealed in the shaft, but I sold it a while back. It was illegal to carry it around in public, so it was of no real use to me.
Plus, people tend to get nervous when I'm given access to sharp pointy things.
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I like hobbies that could make money, or at least break even. I love to fish so I plan to take people fishing on my boat when I retire. Lately, I have found that I enjoy taking apart fishing reels and fixing or just maintaining them. It is not as delicate as watch repair, or labor intensive as car maintenance, but still very interesting and rewarding, for me anyway. When I retire, I'll probably drive around to yard sales, pick up used fishing equipment, clean it up and sell it on Craigs List. Once I know what I'm doing, I might do it for others.
I like hobbies that could make money, or at least break even. I love to fish so I plan to take people fishing on my boat when I retire. Lately, I have found that I enjoy taking apart fishing reels and fixing or just maintaining them. It is not as delicate as watch repair, or labor intensive as car maintenance, but still very interesting and rewarding, for me anyway. When I retire, I'll probably drive around to yard sales, pick up used fishing equipment, clean it up and sell it on Craigs List. Once I know what I'm doing, I might do it for others.
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I don't see that anyone mentioned tracing your family lineage via Ancestry.com etc.
I guess this takes a certain type of person, but I am fascinated with the things that I've found out about my family (a great aunt that I never knew existed b/c she died at age 5; a clipping of my parent's wedding announcement in a PA coal country newspaper; the address of the barber shop of my paternal grandfather who died 28 yrs before I was born; a news story that explained how a maternal uncle was killed in a hunting accident when he was 21 yrs old). The linkages that can be found via census and immigration records are amazing.
When I get my act together, I want to re-join Ancestry.com and do a lot more research. You can link photos and other items of interest into the digital record. Just an idea....
I guess this takes a certain type of person, but I am fascinated with the things that I've found out about my family (a great aunt that I never knew existed b/c she died at age 5; a clipping of my parent's wedding announcement in a PA coal country newspaper; the address of the barber shop of my paternal grandfather who died 28 yrs before I was born; a news story that explained how a maternal uncle was killed in a hunting accident when he was 21 yrs old). The linkages that can be found via census and immigration records are amazing.
When I get my act together, I want to re-join Ancestry.com and do a lot more research. You can link photos and other items of interest into the digital record. Just an idea....
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Dean.
It sounds like you have broad interests. I also appreciated aquaria and tried it for a while with moderate success. I ended up building models of historical sailing ships as my major leisure time activity when my dad gave my son a kit that was too difficult for him.
It's a hobby you can do in a fairly small space. I took bypass doors off a six foot closet and put in lights, worksurface, etc. I don't like water or boats, but sailing ships are art unto themselves. You don't have to join anything, but there are forums and clubs available. The tools are totally cool and not very expensive. Models come in various difficulty levels so you can get very intense if you want to. I spent 25 years on one ship (not continuously). They are very nice accessories when finished. I have moved from kits to scratch building. You do need patience for it though.
And I am quite fond of my Bose 901s.
It sounds like you have broad interests. I also appreciated aquaria and tried it for a while with moderate success. I ended up building models of historical sailing ships as my major leisure time activity when my dad gave my son a kit that was too difficult for him.
It's a hobby you can do in a fairly small space. I took bypass doors off a six foot closet and put in lights, worksurface, etc. I don't like water or boats, but sailing ships are art unto themselves. You don't have to join anything, but there are forums and clubs available. The tools are totally cool and not very expensive. Models come in various difficulty levels so you can get very intense if you want to. I spent 25 years on one ship (not continuously). They are very nice accessories when finished. I have moved from kits to scratch building. You do need patience for it though.
And I am quite fond of my Bose 901s.
I grew up on the coast of Maine where there were still a few of the old, classic wooden shipbuilders in existence. I remember as a kid playing in the huge piles of sawdust they had there. I'd climb up on the roof of the building and jump into the stuff like it was a pile of snow. And I can still remember the smell of the hot pitch that was used as caulking back in those days. So ship models would be an interesting way to reconnect with my childhood, I think.
Are there any volatile glues or solvents involved? I have to avoid exposure to anything that might irritate my respiratory tract.
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Originally Posted by Lainey' timestamp='1384046741' post='22869691
You'd better be good if you want Santa to bring those canes. I bought one for my mother that has butterflies on it. It set me back about $20.00. You have champagne taste when it comes to canes.
BTW, I like the model ship hobby suggestion. If you have the patience that could be a neat hobby, you can do it with the music blasting!
BTW, I like the model ship hobby suggestion. If you have the patience that could be a neat hobby, you can do it with the music blasting!
As for my canes, many of mine are cheapies. Ranging in cost from $11 to my most expensive cane, which is a custom, hand carved cane with the head of my Black Lab along with her name, Maya, carved into the handle. It was a gift from a friend given to me after Maya died.
I also owned a custom Sterling Silver and ebony cane with a sixteen inch blade concealed in the shaft, but I sold it a while back. It was illegal to carry it around in public, so it was of no real use to me.
Plus, people tend to get nervous when I'm given access to sharp pointy things.
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You need to scroll back in this thread a bit, methinks. Sue and I discussed exactly that. And she's been of great help in my attempt to track down any living paternal relatives I might have, as well as correcting some erroneous info I was given regarding that side of my family.
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Originally Posted by Kyras
Photos, please. Nice to see a post from someone new!! Please continue!