Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio)

Books. Books. Books. Six cats (Persian exotic shorthair). Four (sw)fish. One crab.

Hobbies: 1)Screaming down a snow filled trail at ridiculous speeds on my Arctic Cat ZL500 2)Sitting in a tree freezing my nads off waiting for that 12 point buck to come along 3)Cutting a hole in the river ice with a chainsaw and jumping in after a 200 degree sauna. (Requires large amounts of Yukon Jack antifreeze!) Kinda makes the high end seem normal eh? OLY from the frozen northland

Mine is Designer clothes and assessories- Suits, Knits, Trousers, Jackets (leather), ties, sunglasses, bags, shoes etc. All really top names. Georgio Armani is my favourite. I lean towards the Emporio Armani line because it has more casual and modern look. Versace is another extreme I go to. Calvin Klein, Mondo De Marco, Kenneth Cole assessories and more. I probably have 25 suits, 400+ shirts, 400+ ties, 40+ pair of shoes, 50+ pair of sunglasses, and tons of cool looking knits.( not to brag but some time I wonder is this a hobby or manic obsession?) I probably have more invested in my ( and my wife's ) cloths than the Stereo system. About 100K vs 50 K( 2 channel plus Home theater). Automobiles is my next hobby. Mostly read about , I mean. Currently I have Lexus LX-450 SUV for family ( 2 daughters) and Mercedes SLK for my self. I wish I could swap cars as often as cloths..... Next year I may swap my SLK for a Boxter.

Riding dirtbikes and ATV's, can't afford the Porsche 911 Turbo 2001 yet. Looking at attractive women is a nice passtime also. I used to aspire to be an industrial artist, but that part of me has died.

A fun thread John. AUDIOGON chat for the last year!!! As an old coot (57), I've been through a lot of hobbies & interests over the years. Trout fishing when I was poor(er); White water rafting and later kayaking; Dune Buggies and dirt bikes (Hi Carl) on the Oregon coast dunes; nature photography for 25+ yrs.; Handgunning, shooting, collecting, and loading for some years-- out of it now; Following college football, especially PAC-10-- big U of O DUCK fan; I've played guitars off and on for 40+ years, but I play my stereo much better:>) Cheers. Craig.