Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio)

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.

i, too, have had lots of hobbies other than audio, per se. i still collect japanese lp's and have finally completed all of paul simon's work but for his latest. i have several collections of art. in my music room, i hang my rock & roll art that includes several original album prepresses and signed original posters by the big 5 of the fillmore west/avalon ballroom days. i also have a fairly extensive collection of 19th century prints by audubon, mckenney &hall and gould.

Having been seemingly born with a strong belief that life is to be lived, not simply endured, I have tried many an avocation over the years. Only a few have survived the test of time. In addition to music (30+ years), the mainstays are computer gaming (20 years; mostly first person shooters and flight simulators; I even build custom machines for the task), backpacking/fishing (40 years; the two are synonymous in my mind), the San Jose Sharks hockey team (since their inception 10 years ago; even hold season tickets; front row, upper deck, visitor's blue line) and hang gliding (12 years; Advanced Pilot rating, approaching 1,000 hours; currently goal is to fly 100 miles (longest to date is 65 miles)).

Tubegroover. As they say, "You can take the kid outta Philly, but you can't take Philly outta the kid". Damn right !!!!***EAGLES***!!!! Tampa Bay is the better team, but we got the addytood. Proud of ya!

Everybody should check Albert Porter's web site. His work is more than just a "hobbie".