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Various Non-Bald Discussions => Autos,Toys and Hobbies => Topic started by: ar3inc on November 03, 2006, 11:17:14 AM
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It is pretty clear that there is a good array of people and personalities in this forum. I am curious to see what type of different sports and hobbies are in the group. I know some guys have mentioned various interest in other post, but I figure to just make a topic about it by itself.
I keep very busy with the family, but I also do a little mix martial arts and love to race my car.
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My main hobby is off roading my jeep, and building it. www.cybersitze.com I love to weld and fabricate. www.rnrfab.com
I ride a motorcycle, and have thought about taking it to a track.
I restore and sharpen straight razors, dabble in wood working, and fix up the house when needed, and play video games, currently playing City of Heroes/Villians.
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I hunt, fish, raise APBTs in a limited capacity, am into old cars, lift weights a bit (took time off but getting started again here lately) , Muay Thai, BJJ and submission grappling , and reading .
Red
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I'm into hunting, snow skiing, wakeboading, weight lifting, golf, and baseball when it comes to sports.
For hobbies I like to build websites, read, and learn about internet technologies.
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Oh yeah I forgot. I use to play golf at least 3 days a week, but not so much anymore. And it is not like I really "played" golf. It usually was more hitting a little white ball closer to a not much bigger hole. I recently started to read for enjoyment, but now school has me reading so much the enjoyment is going to have to wait for about a year.
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you know it's funny - I work all day on a computer, answering questions on computers and what do I do when I get home-I mess around on my computer!
But at work it is mostly help desk stuff, at home I work on more creative stuff like media projects for my church.
For the most part though my time is spend working on homework. I am working on my Bachelors in Information Technology. Guess what, it is all online so when I need to go to class-I am at my computer.
If I need to get away I usually hop in my Vette and cruise around. There aint nothing like cruisin in a Vette.
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My hobbies include riding my motorcycle, working on my truck and motorcycle, tinkering, do-it-yourself projects, and basically anything that involves working with my hands. I really like getting my hands dirty. I'm also an avid fitness person and I try to do something physical every day. . . weight-lifting, running, hiking, etc. I try to not watch much television and most of my television time is consumed with surfing the net.
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My main hobby is photography... love to snap the pics! I've done a lot of scenic shots, but also have done a lot of event shots for bars and radio stations. I even got to be the official photographer for a visit to a radio station by Kevin Bacon...
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I even got to be the official photographer for a visit to a radio station by Kevin Bacon...
So, you're only one or two degrees away from Kevin Bacon? :D
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Heh!! I'm only one degree away... you guys are all now two degrees away from Kevin Bacon! Don't you feel special now?? ;D
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That's what that feeling was? Hell I thought it was somethin I had for lunch...lol That's cool Rob
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I love skiing, camping, motocross, traveling to new places. Notice I said I "love" doing those things. Money's tight right now so I haven't done many of them things in a while. Just bought a house in the Columbine area of Littleton, Colorado. So now I'm content with taking the family and our two Boxadors (lab/boxer mix) to the lake (summertime of course).
The thing I'm probably best at is playing the drums. I've played for about 30 years now. Was actually part of the Hollywood/Sunset Strip, BIG HAIR rock scene in the 80's. Released an album, sold about 80,000 records....hung out with and befriended all the biggies back then...Ratt, Motley Crue, Guns & Roses, and more.
See attached back-stage shot...circa 1986 or so (Miller Genuine Draft was my choice that night).  Our album is still bouncinig around out there (use links below).
Now I play in a rockin' church band.
http://vibrationsofdoom.com/test/test2/LetchenGrey.html
On one website we are ranked #233 in the top 400 releases of 1986 (link below - then scroll to #233)
http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/ep/1986/3
Great time....now I'm a family man....had to grow up sometime ;)
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. . . I also do a little mix martial arts . . .
ar3inc, yer my hero, man! My wife and I love to follow the UFC stuff. Favorite fighters = Andre Arlovski, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes (even though he beat my first hero, Royce Gracie).
Way to go! I've dabbled in martial arts since I was a kid...yellow belt here....orange belt here...blue belt there. But never achieved a black belt :'( Probably one of the things I want to accomplish in life.....black belt.....probably in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Or if I can find a good Jeet Koon Do MMA academy, I think they do levels...not belts.
Way to go!
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Robmeister, it's amazing how life can change. I bet it's much different now than the Sunset Strip days.
I also like to ride dirt bikes, but now that I live in the big city it's tough to do it.
Thanks for sharing with us.
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I keep very busy with the family, but I also do a little mix martial arts and love to race my car.
Love MMA .........if you don't mind me asking , where do you train?
Right now I work out at Fairtex in Mountain View and Ralph Gracie's also in Mountain View........maybe we can compare notes and strategies......
Red
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Most of my training has come trough the army. I started with high school wrestling. Took a bit of a break from ground fighting till about five years ago, when I became involved with the Modern Army Combatives Program. The whole program is based on Gracie Ju Jitsu, since Royce trained 2nd Bat Rangers. I have not participated in much outside the army, but would like some time to learn a bit Mu Tai. I can’t imagine to train with any of the Gracies.
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That's cool.......Muay Thai is it for me when it comes to standup....for the kicks,knees, elbows and clinch for hands I prefer boxing as the hand skills you get from boxing are the best....
Training in a Gracie school is for learning Jiu Jitsu what training at Fairtex is to learning Muay Thai......there no better place to learn the respective arts in my opinion......
Ralph rotates between the schools but one of the BlackBelts runs the school, and since they're both Gracie Barra Blackbelts the technical aspect of the art is great as well as having tons of support when entering tournaments (next year for me hopefully)
When considering one of the Gracie gyms though you have to understand that belt promotion takes a long time (if you are the type of person that likes getting belts) it takes anywhere from 6 to 15 years to get a BlackBelt under a Gracie ....it'll take at least a year or more simply to be promoted from white but I like the way they do it because it's based on performance whether in sparring, competition in being able to teach what you know or beating belts higher than you .....
Red
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It's cool to see what all of you guys are in to. I'm a huge sports fan, college football, NFL, NHL, UFC are my favorites. I spend a lot of time at the gun club where I practice with my Buck Mark .22 and GLOCK 19, and in the Spring I am in a target and tactical league. I play the bass, but I don't pick it up nearly as much as I should.
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Well, my main hobby is furniture refinishing. I am now teaching myself woodworking. I enjoy riding my motorcycle when weather permits. I have a past in Wrestling/martial arts, that has been suspended due to injuries and mostly, my work schedule. I'm an avid reader (mainly fantasy and horror) as well as a writer (working on my first novel *fingers crossed!!*) and blogger. I love music, and have everything from Marty Robbins to Slipknot in my MP3 collection (with the bulk of it being classic rock and various types of metal.) And ummm...computers is kind of a no brainer, huh? ;D
Other than that, I try to spoil my wife as much as I can O0
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My favorite hobbies include ....Big game hunting.....fishing.....camping.....and just being out in the woods.... O0
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I love camping, Professional Football & Baseball, College Football & Basketball, and kids sports (Little League baseball and basketball).
I love to golf but don't do it nearly enough anymore.
I love to read and I'm a bit of a news junkie.
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I play golf
Fly Fish
Hunt Deer, and Elk
Ride my Motorcycle
As far as hobbies are concerned.....I direct Porno films.......In my mind :D
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I guess I'm pretty boring because all I do is golf. I used to be a golf professional but couldn't make enough money. Teaching golf is my 2nd love and I still manage to stay at around a 0 handicap. I do other stuff like 3d graphics, air brushing, wood carving but that's mostly in the winter when I'm trying to stay sane.
When it's warm out (May to Nov) I'm all about golf. Love it.
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I guess I'm pretty boring because all I do is golf. I used to be a golf professional but couldn't make enough money. Teaching golf is my 2nd love and I still manage to stay at around a 0 handicap. I do other stuff like 3d graphics, air brushing, wood carving but that's mostly in the winter when I'm trying to stay sane.
When it's warm out (May to Nov) I'm all about golf. Love it.
Sweet, give me 2 a side and we got a game!
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A scratch player Schro. You may need more than 2 a side.
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Hobbies: record/play music
Sports: Baseball, Tennis - My mom created a program for teaching young kids tennis, so I've always been around the sport. I've been thinking about playing competitively again.
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I'm always up for a friendly match! We either play for money or you get strokes, not both at the same time. :x!
Actually, I'd do stroke play with handicap but never match play. I wouldn't stand a chance.
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I'm always up for a friendly match! We either play for money or you get strokes, not both at the same time. :x!
Actually, I'd do stroke play with handicap but never match play. I wouldn't stand a chance.
I know how that goes.
I'm a 4.6 and it's tough. Our club is in the NorCal Team Match Play Semifinals O0, and we have a lot of low indexes (I'm the #7 guy out of 12 in a NET Team event...go figure). Anyway, I still don't understand how strokes are allocated in net match play. If I'm supposed to give a guy 5 shots (which is what I typically have to give), I would rather play him straight up on the five hardest holes than play at scratch and have the handicaps spin off my index. There aren't many rules of golf that I question, but that's one of them.
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Stroke play and match play shouldn't use the same handicapping. Higher handicappers tend to have big blowup holes, double, trip, quad bogies. In match play I win the hole, counts as 1. Stroke play I'm now up by 2 or 3. Just can't make any ground giving 100% strokes in match play. Golf just doesn't play out that way.
Better than nothing I suppose but you as a 4.6 would give me a MUCH better match with 2 or 3 strokes than a 20 handicap with 18 strokes.
I played in a handicapped tourney where I had an eagle halved by a par in a match. Brutal. I shot 74 from the tips and lost 4 down. lol
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^^^
I feel your pain.