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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2008, 07:02:30 AM »
 I have quite a few other hobbies. Number one is nose picking  #2 seat picking #3 Odiferous gaseous emanation production, couch relaxation specialist but my wife calls it Lazy good for nothing waste of space specialist.

  First is my model trains in Standard gauge and O gauge. Next is restoring and using my 1950 40' Matthews custom sedan yacht, 1959 21' Chris Craft Cobra speedboat, 1947 18' Lyman Islander. Then come the cars, a Factory ordered 1969 Impala 427ci 390hp 4 speed .It now has a 572ci big block fuel injected with a progressive two stage Nitrous system and a titanium Lenco four speed with a blow proof bell housing and a slipper clutch. It’s a real sleeper on the street and really not eco friendly at 6 MPG at 55 MPH. The only thing that stands out or gives it away is the four-inch stainless exhaust pipes , mufflers and the  Vanity tag that says I WON. Yes I have all the number matching original parts. I also have a 1969 SS Chevelle 396 4 speed car that is a full on racecar. It now has a 496-inch Big Block with a nitrous set up also. At three thousand three hundred pounds it will still run an 8.20 168mph 1/4 mile pass. Hell if it had a good driver in it, it probably would go a lot faster. I enjoy the shooting sports, collecting Pennsylvania Rail road artifacts, collecting and building generators and Last but not least what takes the biggest amount of my time is, I work/ed as the crew chief on a professional NHRA drag race team. The SUBARU/ESX factory Drag race team for the last 5 years. We have 18 national wins in the last two years and 2 national titals.20 NHRA WALLEYS, and hold the NHRA MPH and ET records in our class, 6 NOPI wins, 3 IDRC wins, 12 number one qualifier times and all of this out of a little four cylinder SUBARU WRX STi. (3260lbs car with a 156ci 4cyl engine ran 9.01seconds at 165mph  1/4 mile passes on street tires and factory 90decible exhaust system). I almost forgot my wife and I collect rare Turkeys. We have 2 Blue Slate and 2 Royal palm turkeys. Whooo that was close I almost forgot to mention them; boy I never would have heard the end of it. ;D ;) Well I have spouted off enough so I i will let someone else have the stage.


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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2008, 03:23:21 AM »
Anything with a piston/turbine engine and wings. Spent 10 years as an aircraft mechanic.

Snowmobilles, motorcycles. Radio-control aircraft, eletcric and gas. Did I mention engines? And recently when I started working for a rental company, Diesel engines and       

Bio-Diesel. Deepcycle batteries and solar panels.

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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2008, 05:41:15 AM »
hmmmmm, not in any particular order

thinking,,,, best done with my eyes closed
reading,,,, mostly done on the throne
sleeping,,, anywhere i stop movin
argueing,,,, with anyone up for it
griping,,,,, best done on the can good isle at the grocery store
dreaming,,,, try not to,,, too scary
groaning,,, everytime i try to get up, roll over or move an appreciable amount
scheming,,,, when i ain't doing the any of the above :)

in all seriousness, i like discussing theory, working through idea's, researching, and digging for information anywhere and anytime i can find it.

collecting technical books, primarily late 1800's electrical, mechanical, blacksmithing, etc

doing stuff that isn't commonly done, like welding holes in pistons, replaceing gear teeth, making tools, cutters, drill bits, etc.

building engine's out of scrap/discarded parts
that perform as well or better than the next guy using all new parts :)
thats always alot of fun, and has made me alot of money over the years.

oh yes
lest i forget!
collecting iron!

bob g

ps: lately/mostly it would seem "COLLECTING OLD IRON"  :)

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« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2008, 04:39:49 PM »
Like mobilebob, I also collect old technical books and have some beauties from National Correspondence schools and similar publishers. They cover electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and other engineering. If you ever get the feeling that you joined the race too late, these texts put you back on the ground floor and are very understandable as they were written for working men looking for advancement in what were then relatively new fields. I also have a pretty complete collection of Popular Science Monthly from the 30s to the 70s. Saved them all because I liked the Gus Wilson's Model Garage stories. All you need to do now is Google Gus Wilson and a fellow named Mike Hammerberg has published on line all the stories from 1925 to the last one in the 70s. If you like troubleshooting machinery,( in these stories, automobiles,)  they are, for the most part, very entertaining.

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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2008, 11:23:52 PM »
Kawasaki Triples, Hit and Miss engines, Guns, Hunting, Guns, Fishing (carp esp), Vintage Winchester Lever guns, British centerpin and closed face spinning reels,ATV'n,Campfires, Bacardis Limon and Brown eyed chicks.Oh and guns.
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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2008, 12:09:42 AM »
ummm

Like driving Tanks, BFT types

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« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2008, 01:32:48 AM »
suzuki DR 350 dual sport.
Arctic cat zrt 600
honda 250 big red 3 wheel atv
magellan color mapping GPS for showing me where i was on above machines
glock 40 cal with crimson trace laser
camp in the UP built mostly from salvaged materials powered by 6-1
formula 1 racing, the highest form of motorsport engineering
2 beautiful teenage daughters
wood fired hot tub at camp
selling and installing earthlinked geothermal systems,nothing cheaper to operate
gardening

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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2008, 04:43:21 AM »
Other sources of large cast iron engines such as my collection in International Harvesters.
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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2008, 04:56:40 AM »
I like to fix mechanical and electrical things of all kinds.  I've been that way since I was a child.  In fact if you give me some tools and put me in a room with something that doesn't work right I'm just a big kid with a gray beard!  I get a lot of satisfaction and feel good when something starts up and works after I fix it.  Fortuneatly my employer doesn't know how much I like fixing things, I would rather do my job for free instead of sitting in front of the TV!  I do have a TV and a stereo in my shop though, and I find myself dancing around a bit when I'm "working" on something and listening to some clasic rock music!  In general it seems that some people break things and a few people fix things right, I'm a "fixer".  Observing things and trying to understand exactly how things work has seemed to have led me to spiritual matters and I spend a lot of time trying to understand the nature of existance, so I spend a lot of time meditating.  I divide my free time about 50/50 between fixing things and spiritual pursuits.                                   Leland
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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2008, 05:29:30 AM »
Wow, I get spiritual too, listening to Pink Floyd in my shop!  I guess we all have our own definition for spiritualism, as it should be.  :)
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« Reply #25 on: February 24, 2008, 10:13:53 AM »
Yay Stan, Pink Floyd is my favorite too!  I think it was a Who song that me dancing the other night though.  When I suddenly realized what I was doing I was glad no one was likely to be looking in the windows.  And it does seem that everybody is having their own experience of reality.  When the Beatles and the first other bands of "the english invasion" first came to America I remember hearing them on AM radio while reading the stories about Gus at his Model Garage.  I'm sure Gus and John Lennon both helped to get me where I am today!  The music of the late 60's and early 70's was some of the best ever and I found it inspirational.  I'm sorry to say that a lot of the new stuff I hear on the radio today is crap.  Hey, everybody is entilted to an opinion!                                                   Leland
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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #26 on: February 24, 2008, 02:13:46 PM »
Well from the looks of my place my first obsesion is hording.  I can't throw things away.

Secondly used to be booze but I managed to put that down.

Hot Rods - 1st car-65 Chevelle, 65 Mustang Fastback, 67 Chevelle with 69 Corvette engine/tranny and wheels,  66 Ford Fairlane, 59 Impala

Motorcycles - have had a bunch, Kaw KE 100- 1st bike  (12 yo kid screaming down rural roads at 90 mph), Honda V-65 Magna, Harley Sporster, Harley FXSTS, Honda Gold Wing, Yamaha SR 500, Yamaha RD 400, 68 Triumph Bobber, 63 BSA Pre Unit.

Self taught musician - I dabble with harmonica, guitar, bass guitar.

Metal Fabricating/Ornamental Ironwork

Flywheel engines - Saw one at an aution 8 years ago and have been glued to them since, particularly diesels.

Dodge Cummins - Seems to have replaced my motorcycle/hot rod obsession.

MLG Gib Key Pullers

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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #27 on: February 24, 2008, 04:43:31 PM »
Used to be into fishing, sailing, alternative housing, alternative living, alternative energy, alternative sex, working in my shop and traveling. Now that I am retired, I am thinking about taking up an ocupation.
The shear depth of my shallowness is perplexing yet morbidly interesting. Bob 2007

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« Reply #28 on: February 24, 2008, 11:16:03 PM »
Bob

Congrats

...a well rounded man at last!

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Re: Whats your other obsessions/hobbies?
« Reply #29 on: February 25, 2008, 12:59:39 AM »
Wow, I get spiritual too, listening to Pink Floyd in my shop!  I guess we all have our own definition for spiritualism, as it should be.  :)
Stan

I like listening to Classical music....

Shostakovic is my favorite, follow by Holst and then the greats.
I find it relaxes me and improves my driving ( prevents road rage and the desire to throttle people who ask me stupid questions and or make stupid statements )

 
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