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[ahofer]

If my friends and neighbors think kiting isn't nerdy enough, there's my cycling addiction, which comes with...interesting and loud gear:



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[Jim Foster]

We do Street Rods and vintage travel trailers.

Not nerdy, but loads of fun.

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[monkey]

I...

break computers.

destroy websites.

beat up guitars.

flog books.

[windpoacher]

I post on this forum......
honey do list..
honey do list..
honey do list.........................................
work at the inlaw's..
work at the inlaw's..

HIDE!!!!!!!!!!! ,,,,,,,,,,That never work's!!!!!!!!!

But.....I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!! .................

[sammy]

way to many to list but.....

Triathlon training
school
surfing
drumming
fishing
and much much more lol

[Wayne]

Astronomy (outdoors with telescopes, indoors with astro-friends)

Scuba (Caribbean reefs when budget allows)

and, necessarily, work for a living so I can afford a to fly a kite and do the others.

[SkyPuppet]

Gamble - poker mostly.

Exercise, all kinds.

Read.

Date.

I've been known to play a video game or 2.

I part-time promote for a couple local Las Vegas reggae bands, HaleAmanO and One Pin Short! Please, give them a listen sometime

[stroke survivor]

I wish for the rain to stop or the wind to blow, so I can go flying!!!

[--Pete]

Read
read
read
read (2 or 3 books a day sometimes)
Hang out in kite forums
Play with electronic gadgets
Watch movies (1400 movies; a mix of old and new on my system)
A bit of boating (no, that's not right. A boat is a tool to get you on the water; that's what I like. Still not quite right; I DO like boats. It's just that what most people seem to mean by "boating" is something like: hanging out with friends and oh, yeah, it's nice if there is a boat and some water involved. Think of Ratty's quote from Wind In The Willows: "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.")
...and one of these days, maybe I'll get around to a bit of kite flying.

I have to say: being retired is good. I could still use another 24 hours in every day and not get bored.

[hyzakite]

Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll,,

Not really, I tend to my land mostly, and hope the same for another year

[ahofer]

Read
read
read
read (2 or 3 books a day sometimes)
Hang out in kite forums
Play with electronic gadgets
Watch movies (1400 movies; a mix of old and new on my system)
A bit of boating (no, that's not right. A boat is a tool to get you on the water; that's what I like. Still not quite right; I DO like boats. It's just that what most people seem to mean by "boating" is something like: hanging out with friends and oh, yeah, it's nice if there is a boat and some water involved. Think of Ratty's quote from Wind In The Willows: "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.")
...and one of these days, maybe I'll get around to a bit of kite flying.

I have to say: being retired is good. I could still use another 24 hours in every day and not get bored.

I tend to read a lot as well, but since I spend all day hunched at a computer or in meetings, I need to find interruptions for my back and shoulders. And I totally agree with you and Ratty re. boats. My preferred mode of boating - sailing, requires planning and maintenance -not my strong suits!

[quaa714]

I try to find more time to fly.................

[SkyPuppet]

A bit of boating (no, that's not right. A boat is a tool to get you on the water; that's what I like. Still not quite right; I DO like boats. It's just that what most people seem to mean by "boating" is something like: hanging out with friends and oh, yeah, it's nice if there is a boat and some water involved. Think of Ratty's quote from Wind In The Willows: "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.")
...and one of these days, maybe I'll get around to a bit of kite flying.

I have to say: being retired is good. I could still use another 24 hours in every day and not get bored.

Hey! Looks like I do a lot of "boating" myself! And I live in the middle of the desert!

[kitecowboy]

Hey! Looks like I do a lot of "boating" myself! And I live in the middle of the desert!

But you do have some nice spots for boating nearby.

[SkyPuppet]

But you do have some nice spots for boating nearby.

Within 2 hours of where I live in Las Vegas, yeah. Lake Mead is an hour away, but the water is frightening to look into

The only boating I do is the connotation described above in --Pete's post

[--Pete]

But you do have some nice spots for boating nearby.

Oh, yeah! Living surrounded by the Great Lakes (and a fair number of inland lakes as well) is a great place to live if you like being on the water.

I've been out of sight of land for nearly a week on the lakes (long-ways down Lake Huron, in fog, against the wind - pre-GPS and pre-LORAN!). A Sailing Story tells the tale. I'm nearly the last alive able to tell that tale. (I should go back to my original slides and scan some decent hi-res versions of the pictures for that page. I first put that on my website when people were surfing the Web with 1200 Baud modems. I checked Wikipedia; that may be an exaggeration. Modems were getting up to 9600 for reasonable prices by then.)

As big as the GL are, fresh-water lakes are fundamentally different from salt water for boating. Not sure why.

A little mnemonic for those who like them: HOMES - Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior - the 5 Great Lakes (in a fairly useless order, but SMHEO or OEHMS don't spell anything very memorable).

[mbro]

Tying flies and fishing with them
Riding my vintage Schwinn
Reading
Gardening
Praying for wind(so I can Fly)
Chasing grandchildren

[Baloo]

Shooting, fly fishing, archery, scuba (not for ages), Harley, Radio Ham, RC sailboat, Drums, Off Road Driving, computers, some other stuff I must have forgotten about, difficult to see where I gt the time to fly, but I do!!

[Love2fly]

Hi Andrew-

Photography

Fishing

Boating

Yankees, Giants.....

Some reading, music, movies.... and just enjoying a beautiful sunset by the water (all year long!)

[xC4RB0NxR3104Dx]

What I do when I am not flying kites
Video Games
Building Computers
Computer Games
High School
Marching Band
Music (both listening and playing [saxophone])
Magic: The Gathering (card game)
Warhammer: 40,000 (tabletop game)
Paintball/Airsoft (I do both)
Researching kites/ Thinking about flying kites
Trying to learn more about computers