Your OTHER hobbies

[heathicus]

I have quite a few and very diverse hobbies. Some of my main ones are riding my Harley (2000 Fat Boy), I collect comic books, Dukes of Hazzard memorabilia, and Bob Dylan vinyl albums.

[smredleg]

Many eons ago, our first son was born in Germany. That same day he acquired a Fleischmann train set. We also gained two more children over three years and even more HO gauge trains. Santa always set up the train layout which wrapped around our “real” tree(s) on Xmas eve after the tribe went to bed. Time passed. The kids lost interest, so the trains, track and a lot of Germany “structures,” went into storage.
About five years ago I divided the HO equipment up between the boys and said, “Finnie.” Then I started reading about Digital Command & Control (DCC) systems. Two years ago I got back into the HO business with a Fleischmann sound-on-board DCC diesel/freight starter set. Great! Grandkids loved it.
Just can’t have a diesel without a steamer (with sound) and passenger cars. Now I’m awaiting the passenger car electrification kits PLUS the function decoders so I can turn the car lights off and on. Last year the switches were electrified and now are also DCC controlled.
What can I say. “It’s for the grandkids…” Plus the trains still go around our Xmas tree.

[discordanian]

Anyone into GEO Caching?

I haven't done it in the past year, but it's a blast. And it's a very family-friendly hobby to get into.

[beeg]

And that is??????

[mindpilot]

Anyone into GEO Caching?

I haven't done it in the past year, but it's a blast. And it's a very family-friendly hobby to get into.

Never tried that--not really the kind of thing that would interest me--but I have a buddy in CO who hunts for arrow heads. He uses a GPS to document where he finds them and he knows enough about the subject that he can tell you when where, and what tribe made it, and whether it was for hunting or warfare, etc. Apparently arrow-head hunters all load their finds into a global database so historians and archeologists can use that to plot migration patterns, get more information about how battles were fought, etc.

[beeg]

OH OK, I know what it is now. Someone hides "something", then posts the GPS co-ordinance for the players to find it. I just happened to meet a couple the other day that where trying to recover lost items.

[kalynzoo]

We enjoy our motorhome travel. When we travel, I love seeing the USA, but I miss my woodworking. So instead I stop by galleries and see the work of others, I look for interesting local lumber for crafting when I get home. I just found an interesting pocket book on whittlin. I think the next trip will find me on my lounge chair with a pocket knife and a piece of local twig.

[discordanian]

http://www.geocaching.com/

The jist is this. It's a 'treasure' hunting game. You get a handheld gps unit and people hide caches (normally a tuper-ware container or an old ammo box) and put up the GPS coordinates to this site. You type in the zip code you want to locate caches in and it'll give you lots of options. The caches have to be hidden in public places so you'll get a description of where it is and how much of a walking hike it is.

Inside the container are usually some small 'trinkets' and so you take a small item and leave a small item. There is also a small notebook. You sign that and usually describe what you left and what you took.

The site itself explains it better than I can. But for those that travel, this is a lot of fun. I even did some geocaching in Europe and South America on various trips.

[rcf]

My other hobbies include, but not limited to, are photography, computers, auto restoration, ho trains, motorcycling, and traveling (National Parks). Just winding down from a month long major remodeling project on the inside of our house. The Shopsmith sure had it's work cut out for itself.