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#73703 20-Dec-2010 12:55

So what other hobbies/interests do geeks do when not playing around with tech stuff?
And Merry Xmas to you all.

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#419401 20-Dec-2010 13:10

Astrophotography, but that probably counts as "playing around with tech stuff" ;-)

Things are LookingUp.... A photo from my back yard :-)

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#419406 20-Dec-2010 13:17

I play guitar a lot, since I was about 12, so nearly 20 years :)

Still, I should be a lot better than I am for playing that long!

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#419428 20-Dec-2010 13:54

I play the drums in a band, been playing drums for about 10 years. Also I do a lot of downhill mountain biking, hiking, tramping, kayaking that sort of stuff haha ;)

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#419431 20-Dec-2010 13:57

building stuff from wood (aka lego for grownups)

I find there are very few activities as satisfying as using power tools or bashing the crap out of something with a hammer (or even better, a sledgehamer), so I take every opportunity to do it whenever I can.

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#419433 20-Dec-2010 13:59

I have a hive of bees... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXMwBIz8bkc&feature=feedu

One day I will have lots of honey!

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#419438 20-Dec-2010 14:06

Geocaching, the rich mans hobby.

Radio control models - cars and boats.

Quest rockets, building and flying them.

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#419441 20-Dec-2010 14:09

Rebuilding cars.

Currently in the early stages of transplanting a 5litre V8 into my 1996 Commodore (V6)

Mountain biking - however that has taken a back seat lately due to car work

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#419443 20-Dec-2010 14:10

Piano player since forever. Good way to unwind after handling some of the people on the forums

Looking to get one of these in the new year:

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#419445 20-Dec-2010 14:12

I like riding my motorcycle (Yamaha XJR1200). Playing golf and dabbleing in amateur radio.

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#419448 20-Dec-2010 14:16

Motorbike riding, Scuba diving, Golf, Hanging out with Jim Beam.

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#419449 20-Dec-2010 14:17

I've been involved in target pistol shooting for many years. Have been on the executive of the Wellington Pistol Club for about the last 10 years and put together a website (just using Apple's iWeb application) for the club. We attract quite a few techy people as visitors to the club, and quite a few have become members. We've hosted a group of 'LAN party' participants at our club so they can try out some firearms that aren't virtual.
I think we've got 5 club members now who have iPhones and a guy who has written us a score keeping PC programme....so it seems a bit of a crossover hobby.
http://www.pistolwellington.org.nz

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Mike

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