What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have?

I teach English and french to my 2 dogs...

And after breaking the inter-species barrier I walk the desert city with them… 

You should have got an English Setter and French Bulldog. They already know the language.

There are many interesting responses. These days, my primary interest is photography which has also been my lifelong passion for almost 50 years. I've had all the Minolta, Nikon and Canon gear and am now primarily a Leica and Hasselblad man shooting both medium format and full frame. I've been in Popular Photography and currently have a print on TV on a show called The Resident. It was cool to get a check from Twentieth Century Fox. For what I've spent on equipment, I could have bought a new Porsche 911.

I like to travel and have an Airstream Interstate. I've been to 46 states in it and have photographed my way across North America. I have enough solar and lithium to stay mostly off grid, and could have bought two Porsche 911's for what it is costing me. I'm currently downsizing and may just hop in the RV and hit the road.

I grew up in Charleston and spent years surfing, skiing and diving. I got a Divemaster certification in 1990 from the same guys who found the Hunley, the Civil War submarine. I've had a Whaler and used to run it 15 miles offshore. 

I just sold my woodworking machines and am probably going to even part company with my Festool stuff. I'm pretty spry for 59, but house maintenance is getting to be too much of a time waster and headache.

As for audio, I've had lo-, medium-, and hi-fi and recently sold the KEF's and Bryston's. I have an old ranch house with a lot of rooms and have it filled with SONOS which I am happy with. I just bought some MOVES which sound good enough. I bring the MOVES into whatever room I'm in and then have 4 speakers running. It's not hi-fi, but it's adequate. Don't worry hi-fi people, I still have a mid-fi main system that sounds like hi-fi.

I had a motorcycle, bicycles, and a beach house. My current cool thing is an electric scooter, a Boosted Rev. I've got about 500 miles on it since purchasing it in December. 

Check out my Instagram page where I have over 500 photos posted. If you don't have an Instagram page, open one and start exploring a new world of cars or whatever. It's not Facebook.

@coasttocoastphotoatl 

@rimo thank you thank you thank you for lovingly rebuilding and fixing my Dad’s 1965 MX-110Z

i cherish it and the letter you wrote on the repair order - “ a family heirloom and treasure indeed “

RIMO ( inventor of the filter so named ) only guy to catch factory mistake that intermittently shorted out MPX board !!!

best to you kind sir !

Too many hobbies!

High end audio - based in both digital and analogue, I still have a main system, an electrostatic speaker based system, a system made up of some of my old gear I can't bring myself to get rid of, and even a system in my library albeit a modest one.  Server drive with c. 3500 digital albums ripped by me, and a bit more than that number of vinyl LPs.

Wine - wide ranging dedicated cellar with almost as many bottles as LPs.

Cars - raced them for 30 years (still have my old race car, a 58 MG) plus a couple of other period MGs, a Jensen, and a couple of modern sports cars (Solstice, BMW Z4MC), Sold another Jensen and an old Lamborghini when I downsized.  Used to build and restore them, but not so much over the last decade.

Gardening - c. 300 species Rhododendrons (down from 800 at the old place) plus many Magnolias, Acers etc. 

Cooking - a natural meld with the wine interest

Clocks and watches - keep and restore a wide range from late 1600s on.

Fountain pens - used to use a different pen or two every day when working, less often now retired.

Antiques - furniture etc.

Photography - both botanically related and otherwise. Still have my first underwater camera (60s vintage) so tend to hang onto gear but did acquire a DSLR recently to replace a couple of fixed lens digitals.

Enough to keep me out of trouble.