Your hobbies...

innsaneink said:
Restoring old furniture people chuck out
A.bit of gardening nothing serious something the missus and me both can get into...we got a herb garden going now and a few veg...
Gym about 5 times a week
When i got home after my liver cancer op in ' 22 I had 8 weeks.off work...i made a scale replica of our house with furniture appliances etc with match sticks...was a skow hobby like my recovery was very suitable.
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“i made a scale replica of our house with furniture appliances etc with match sticks”

WOW!!!

I have to let that sink in.

Was there a Big Bad Wolf?
 
Leck said:
I'm a nerd, so whenever I'm in Newton with the family, we drop into Astros for some old school gaming love, and a good feed.

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We're both weirdos, most nerds don't like sports
 
I follow the music scene in Sydney. There are so many talented musicians playing in venues and I'm out and about every week in various places catching them play. Know lots of them now and have met a lot of like minded people who have become friends. Fills a gap that my footy team has failed at for the last 15 years in terms of enjoyment.
 
Oscar Martinez said:
Pinball machines. Particularly late 70's early 80's machines like Flash, Six Million Dollar Man, Sinbad, Disco Fever etc.

My wife once asked me what our house would look like if she died before me . I pointed at all the furniture and said "All gone, just the television and one bed would remain. The rest of the space would be pinball machines".

She now plans to make sure she outlives me.
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I have been pushing for a pinny for years with no luck. I am building a new shed for my "retirement". I have a plan!
 
Hard to split hobbies and self sufficiency for me. I have a few acres so grow what I can including cows for the freezer, make beer from grain (not grain from the property), smoke meats etc along with renovating the property. Still got a couple of projects to finish before I will get time to get stuck into the hobbirs: a decomposed grainte driveway with sandstone retaining wall and basalt durface drains, and a retirement shed.

My real passion bubbles along at a much slower pace. That is the restoration of classic bikes and cars. Fortunately I have plenty of shed space, that is chockers at the moment. I have a couple of late 40s and early 50s Royal Enfields that are complete but have little time to ride and two car restos on the go: a Ford Capri XR2 Turbo convertible for the wife that is up to painting and an FC ute on a rotisserie finishing the body repairs.

Hidden in the shed and under covers in the paddock are several bike and car projects lined for my retirement: a V twin side valve bike project, a 43 International ute as a Summernats project with son 2, and an 04 VY SS ute as my run around (only needs a repaint).
 
Telltails said:
I follow the music scene in Sydney. There are so many talented musicians playing in venues and I'm out and about every week in various places catching them play. Know lots of them now and have met a lot of like minded people who have become friends. Fills a gap that my footy team has failed at for the last 15 years in terms of enjoyment.
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As a musician myself, happy to hear this! That said, things aren't certainly what they used to be, when it comes to gigs...And I talking CHEQUERS; War And Peace, Trade Union Club...there is a thread on this somewere here I think..
 
Jolls said:
Hard to split hobbies and self sufficiency for me. I have a few acres so grow what I can including cows for the freezer, make beer from grain (not grain from the property), smoke meats etc along with renovating the property. Still got a couple of projects to finish before I will get time to get stuck into the hobbirs: a decomposed grainte driveway with sandstone retaining wall and basalt durface drains, and a retirement shed.

My real passion bubbles along at a much slower pace. That is the restoration of classic bikes and cars. Fortunately I have plenty of shed space, that is chockers at the moment. I have a couple of late 40s and early 50s Royal Enfields that are complete but have little time to ride and two car restos on the go: a Ford Capri XR2 Turbo convertible for the wife that is up to painting and an FC ute on a rotisserie finishing the body repairs.

Hidden in the shed and under covers in the paddock are several bike and car projects lined for my retirement: a V twin side valve bike project, a 43 International ute as a Summernats project with son 2, and an 04 VY SS ute as my run around (only needs a repaint).
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I love a good retaining wall and an Enfield.
 
Buttface said:
Nice there’s a bloke around the corner who does up Enfields and Nortons. He had a sidecar for sale couple of months back.
But sorry Jolls that retaining wall is a glorified step.

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Yes, 100%, compared to that mine is a glorified step; but, I did it my self though.

I personally lifeted every one of those sandstone blocks in ...... with the excavator.
 
Jolls said:
Yes, 100%, compared to that mine is a glorified step; but, I did it my self though.

I personally lifeted every one of those sandstone blocks in ...... with the excavator.
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Well it just got better, DIY, nice.
Did you use a crushed concrete/rock base and back filled?
Any drainage behind?
Anything done behind an excavator is more fun.
 
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