gottabedone
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 09:43 AM |
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At the moment (well for 2 years now) i'm renovating our house.
I spent 14 years where photography was part of my job so I'm still well into it (digital EOS, lenses to 400mm etc)
I mountain bike as I was well into most sports but wrote off a knee badly and can't play any now
RC cars(offroad) since I was a kid
I'm also into gaming (not much time for it at the mo!!) I've have kitted out my house with a wired network with 4 machines (kids are into
online gaming) and a playroom with audio quality surround sound (6 x 105watts), projector and 7 foot screen
Buying carefully (ebay and forums) means it isn't too expensive for those of us without endless cash.
babies take a massive amount of time and come with a lot of hidden expenses so things may be a bit different for a while.
Enjoy and always keep the camera/video camera nearby.
have fun
Steve
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StevieB
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 09:59 AM |
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DIY has become my new hobby since finishing my Indy - mainly because of the long 'to do' list that has formed over 3 years of building my
car...
Since leaving the Marines Reserve, I also do things like this to keep me fit and because, frankly, I'm a
sadist for these things.
As said previously, when we had our boy I didn't stop in the garage, just slowed down to a couple of hours/minutes here and there. What I did
find were latex gloves and paper overalls were brilliant because you get called out of the garage to help with the baby every 5 minutes - rip of
gloves and overalls = instantly clean!
[Edited on 29/11/09 by StevieB]
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Toltec
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 10:03 AM |
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Fencing - the type with swords not posts. Not very expensive for the kit, a bit easier on the body than a Japanese martial art, but still fun and
competitive. Check to see if your local adult ed runs a course, they will have all the equipment to get you going, you can then start buying your own
gear if you get into it.
Buy a cheap Kart, proKarts can be had for a few hundred quid and tests days are usually £30-50.
[Edited on 29/11/09 by Toltec]
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Davey D
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 10:23 AM |
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My main hobbies include:
Gaming - on both Xbox, and PC
Snow boarding
Mountain biking
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02GF74
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 10:31 AM |
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baby eh? cars eh?
build a 1/4 size radio controlled battery powered locost, big enough to strap the littl'un in.
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flibble
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 10:34 AM |
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If theres any hills near you then paragliding is the superb fun and apart from a large(ish) one time outlay it's free thereafter 
If theres no hills you can always get a paramotor but you need a 4x4`s sized boot to fit it in. 'Tis even more fun though. (not that Ive done it
for ages!).
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rf900rush
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 10:38 AM |
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1st, having a new baby and a hobby, How? 
Mine are now 3 and 5.
I may now finally have time for the next project.
From Toylander.
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TimC
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 11:45 AM |
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I can see you with a lathe.
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 11:47 AM |
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Karting .
Make apoint of doing a different track every time you go .
simple , keeps you away for a bit , and you can just return home and relax .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 03:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Volvorsport
Karting .
Make apoint of doing a different track every time you go .
simple , keeps you away for a bit , and you can just return home and relax .
Sorry, hijack alert - What sort of karting classes are suitable
for those of us already carrying more than enough balast and having "a few" grey hairs?
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dhutch
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 04:26 PM |
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Quite into Sailing and Mountain biking. Not much of an inland sailer so that tends to only be over summer holidays to the coast but i get the mountain
bike out when ever i can, local trails as well as days and long weekends over to make single track at Llandegla/Canock/Glentress/Northface etc.
My most time consuming hobby (maybe equall with with the kit) is narrowboats, we have a rather unusual new build (well 1991) steam powered narrowboat.
But i also do a lot withint he historic working boat circles now and co-run a young boaters group and online forum
(YWBS and Canalworld.net)
Also off the back of that, steam trains, diesals, etc. Did schools karting when younger. Camping. And DIy and tinkering with cars.
Daniel
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 04:33 PM |
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Go fly a microlight....!
OK, so it's another 'mangle' that'll take hold of you, becoming more important than drink or drugs. BUT, initially, look at
55-60 quid/hour (microlight+instructor) and about 30 hours (tops) to get your PPL (unrestricted). It'll take a good long time to do that, since
weather and other life issues will prevent a consistent accumulation of hours.
If you're extremely shortsighted (like me) then you won't be able to take passengers when you've got your PPL, but otherwise, you
can then take the kids upwards.
Have you tried a turbine RC heli, by the way, quite a difference from IC.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 07:22 PM |
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I have a number of things im working on
I'm scratch building a solar water heating system for the workshop. Evacuated tubes with phase change heat exchangers.
Learning acoustic guitar.
Restoring old lathes
Olympic weightlifting
(Re?)Building a BSA B25 scrambler
Build Blog
Build Photo Album
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 09:33 PM |
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my life used to be divided into work and play. Now it is just hard work all day and paperwork all evening, and im still too skint to buy a new KC.
Still, on the plus side, at least having a baby is a good excuse to act stupid!
Hobbywise i think im lucky, as nearly anything will entertain me for a while. Recently ive been walking abandoned railway tunnels, the odd culvert,
and a spot of off road driving. Reading WW1 and 2 history books, and knitting.
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 10:25 PM |
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pro kart is the most simple one .
the fact that i 'could' get a kart in the back of my estate makes me think i might actually take it up .
ive been three time to micheal schumacher kart centre in kerpen , and it always makes me want to come back .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Gav
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 10:35 PM |
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Being doing Judo for ~ 2 years now, best thing i have ever done, my son is now 5 and i take him to the same clubs that i visit 3 times a week since
feb when he turned 5 and he loves it.
You see guys at the clubs 60 ish and some well into there 60's who are fantasically agile, supple and in great health who have been doing it all
their life, just hope i will be in such good nick at that age!.
Alos i've just got into 1/8th scale nitro rally cross racing, proper racing on a proper track not just bashing it at a playing field. fantastic
fun
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Simon
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 10:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by motorcycle_mayhem
Go fly a microlight....!
Yeah, but get your instruction etc done abroad intensively. It's the best chance you have of completing your licence. Say he who started
microlighting in about 1990, did exams 6 hours of solo and a gft to still not have enough hours of dual
Now 10 years since I've flown
ATB
Simon
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