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Reading. I read a ton and have turned to non-fiction more and more often to learn about any darn thing. Daily.
Sports: I never say no to participating in any athletic endeavor/event. I love moving my body. Most of all, I love chasing, striking, strategizing about, etc, a ball. If the sport has a ball, I am extra interested. 5-7 times a week.
Cooking: Not day to day survival cooking, but inventing, trying out really fancy or exotic recipes, etc. Finding recipes, researching flavor combinations, etc. Weekly.
Cars and dogs: I collect both extensively in my head (only have 2 dogs and 4 cars), but I avidly research and window shop them. 4-7 times a week.
Gun CollectingNot a collector per se but do have a shotgun. In my construction years decades ago I worked with a couple guys who had impressive gun collections.
Coin Collecting--I did as a kid, kept it up until I turned 30. My COBRA benefits expired and when silver went to goofy levels in the summer of 1980 I sold 90% of my collection as I needed knee surgery. To this day I still miss it, I was a member of the ANA for a short time.
Camera Collecting
Hobby Mining
Exploring ghost towns-I live in western Colorado, in the late 60's/early 70;s I 4 wheeled my way to a lot of them.
Model, toy, and full size trainsI would love to have gotten into it!
Collecting militaria, particularly Third Reich
Recreational shooting of all sorts, both formal and informal
There's a world of enjoyment in these and many others What's your favorite? Note: watching television doesn't count.
I still enjoy music collecting. The first 45 I bought was "Bristol Stomp" by the Dovells and the first lp I bought was "Drag City" by Jan and Dean-bought both of them at the local Woolworths in my neighborhood. 80% of the collection is from 1956-1980, favorites include anyone from Hank Williams Sr. to Elvis to Marty Robbins to Buddy Holly to Duke Ellington to the Drifters to Bill Monroe to the Beatles to the Beach Boys to Sinatra to Patsy Cline to the Dillards to the Four Tops to lots of other groups and solo singers. I like me some tunes!
I used to enjoy shooting and archery with a friend at a club but then I moved away.
Another fun thing to do was hitting the gym, lifting and playing racquet ball.
Today I still fish and boat but my main hobby is model trains. I'm always tinkering on building or improving something for my large scale trains and running them on the layout. I have even written articles for a train magazine.
When my wife and I travel I often seek out hobby stores and train related attractions.
They say that model trains is a dying hobby but they have been saying that for years. It has diminished from what it once was but still chugging along it attendance at train shows is any indication.
Recently I have taken up peg loom weaving and have made several rugs for myself and for my son. At some point I want to get into weavinggwith other types of looms if I can. And perhaps lockerhooking.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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My car hobby is thriving still, with a huge aftermarket, restoration, and classics sales thriving as many of us are reaching an age where we can afford the restored or project dream cars that we longed for as teenagers. When I go to classic car shows and swap meets the majority of attendees are 50-70 but there are some younger people, even teens there. The Discovery and Velocity TV networks, have such programs as "Overhaulin', Wheeler Dealers, Fast and Loud, Jay Leno's Garage, Counting Cars, Graveyard Carz, Garage Squad, Chasing Classic Cars and Fantomworks. I would expect this to drop off some in the next 20 years, however.
Really? Collecting Third Reich stuff is a "thriving" hobby?
Thriving among what type of crowd? Willing to bet that if it is indeed "thriving" (which is isnt), that its "thriving" with the Fox news watching crowd.
Really? Collecting Third Reich stuff is a "thriving" hobby?
Thriving among what type of crowd? Willing to bet that if it is indeed "thriving" (which is isnt), that its "thriving" with the Fox news watching crowd.
Military collecting has always been big. I see military stuff for sale at flea markets and craft shows all the time. In my area, Calvary gear from the Indian Wars is huge. Not to much from WWI, but Viet Nam is getting more popular all the time, and WWII has been collected since the war ended.
Has nothing to do with politics, most are historically interested people like the reinactors that put on Civil War battles.
They just enjoy it.
Recently I have taken up peg loom weaving and have made several rugs for myself and for my son. At some point I want to get into weavinggwith other types of looms if I can. And perhaps lockerhooking.
I'm a reader and a knitter.
Egad.... that makes me sound like I own 9 cats. Lol. I assure you I do not.
Really? Collecting Third Reich stuff is a "thriving" hobby?
Thriving among what type of crowd? Willing to bet that if it is indeed "thriving" (which is isnt), that its "thriving" with the Fox news watching crowd.
You must be joking. There are over 12,000 listings on eBay.
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Willing to bet that if it is indeed "thriving" (which is isnt), that its "thriving" with the Fox news watching crowd.
