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Discuss Hobbies. Can you have too many? in Hobbies & The Great Indoors on Navy Net; While having a recent think about my monthly outgoings, it became dangerously apparent that I spend far too much time and money on various leisure activities.
Of my various hobbies and interests, besides the ones ...
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Hobbies. Can you have too many?
While having a recent think about my monthly outgoings, it became dangerously apparent that I spend far too much time and money on various leisure activities.
Of my various hobbies and interests, besides the ones that I have mentioned in 'Lils, I do these ones on a more than regular basis and to a fairly high standard:
Snowboarding
Horse riding (Polo and hunting)
Shooting stuff
Cycling
Cooking
Collecting rare pocket watches
Photography
Travelling
Sailing
Drinking heavily
Gardening
DIY
Writing snotty letters to the council/my neighbours
Fcuking about on this website
Playing the guitar
Of the hobbies which I have that I still do occasionally but have had to limit for cost and time reasons, I can list the following:
Motorsport (motocross, karting, stock car racing)
Flying my remote control helicopter
Flying my remote control glider
Flying/Gliding
Tinkering about with old cars
Playing my Wii
Running
Going to the gym
Going to gigs/festivals
I have realised that doing all of this stuff, coupled with day to day living, running a factory and being in the TA, leaves me fcuk all time to myself, not to mention the cost of buying all the associated crap that goes with all these hobbies.
In short something has to give especially if Mrs 2_Deck starts dropping sprogs any time soon, which is probably on the cards.
Anyone else have too many hobbies?One cannot begin to fathom the immensity of the fuck I do not give.
22-03-10, 10:36 #2Senior Member 
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Re: Hobbies. Can you have too many?
Well at least some of those involve opening the front door and getting out, that can't be bad - there are rather a lot of them though
Couldn't you count some of them as common or garden household maintenance, cooking for instance, that would knock down the list a bit.
My bottom line is that as long as you can stay solvent, why not enjoy what life has to offer?First they ignore you, then they mock you, then they fight you, then you win.
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Re: Hobbies. Can you have too many?
Hmmmm you have a point there. I suppose DIY, gardening and cooking are more to do with day to day living, even if I do enjoy them.
Originally Posted by sussex2 Well at least some of those involve opening the front door and getting out, that can't be bad - there are rather a lot of them though
Couldn't you count some of them as common or garden household maintenance, cooking for instance, that would knock down the list a bit.
My bottom line is that as long as you can stay solvent, why not enjoy what life has to offer?
I think my major problem is that I enjoy all this stuff so much but I can't pick just one or two to concentrate on, which means I don't get as much out of each one as I could.
I blame the mob for giving me too much AT leave and getting me addicted to all this stuff.One cannot begin to fathom the immensity of the fuck I do not give.
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Re: Hobbies. Can you have too many?
Yes, you can have too many hobbies. Which is why I never have any money as I spend it all on kit for the following which is in no particular order of preference:
Ski-ing.
Climbing.
Fell walking / wilderness camping.
Cricket (Yes I have to have a new bat / pads / gloves every season, what of it?)
Golf (I am shit, but it is the club / putter that is always the issue, hence always buying new ones.)
Gardening (whilst listening to the cricket)
Music: Guitar playing (badly) and on my home studio.
Football, yes new boots every season.
Running, 10k's and half's mostly.
Charity codswollop, which takes up far too much time.
I am "ahem" a member of a political party.
Shooting (I will be owning a SAKO TRG in the near future)
Drinking
Xbox 360
Trapping
Squash
Following Carlisle United
Upsetting people on internet forums.
In addition, I intend to take up the following this year:
Biathlon
Monogamy
Model railways
Jensen interceptor restoration
Kayaking
Windsurfing
I have no money and no spare time, fortunately the RN subsidises all of this with a ridiculous wage and copious amounts of time off in cheers easy drafts.
22-03-10, 12:33 #5Re: Hobbies. Can you have too many?
you going to Wembley on Sunday Monty????
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I am indeed, a weekend of lash and debauchery. Originally Posted by chockhead819
23-03-10, 08:42 #7Senior Member
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Re: Hobbies. Can you have too many?
Since you cnutbags are going to be in my neck of the woods anyway, do any of you fancy a pint after the match?
One cannot begin to fathom the immensity of the fuck I do not give.
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Re: Hobbies. Can you have too many?
Yes, I fucking do. Originally Posted by 2_deck_dash
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Oh Dear..... Hobbies.
Guitar, (Jazz. Not too bad)
Woodworking. (Made all my own furniture)
Painting.) Not too bad at all. sell some now and again)
Writing (Working with an agent on my first novel. Everything else on back-burner.) No it's not about the sea. Well not all of it.
Walking. (Breaking-in a knee replacement)
Running. (If I ever meet a real scary predator)
Cooking. (Not so much now since I went on a Steak Tartare and Sushi diet)
MOTD, Aston Villa, (Wouldn't pay what they ask to actually go to the Park)
Astronomy (It's looking up.)
Archaeology (It's looking back.)
Studying extinct species. (on the way out)
Cycling. (Keeps my wheels going round).
Messing with and buying replacement PCs.
Fishing (For compliments , cos I never catch anything else.)
Watching Dicky Attenborough's nature programmes ('Cos they are superb.)
Making my daughter envious when I tell her about listening to whale-song, seeing Stromboli from the Straits at night, and seeing St. Elmos's Fire; and all the other marvels we matelots got to see that other mortals didn't.
My favourite pastime is wishing I had never been sent to the Hell-Hole near Ipswich! Apart from that 'draft', I loved it all!
Up Spirits!Last edited by Hooky; 07-11-11 at 15:34.
When I joined the Andrew, I had nothing. When I left, I had even less; and now I still have most of it left.
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Whoring.
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