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03-10-2010, 04:07 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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Reading is number one . I also enjoy swimming ,kayaking , cooking and photography .
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03-10-2010, 04:13 PM
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#22
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 1,543
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The normal stuff:
reading
flower gardening (very few veggies)
playing with my dog
eating good and different kinds of food (I don't like to cook tho)
travel (some)
movies
t.v.
internet
What I'd like to do if I could motivate myself a little more:
exercise (yoga, weights)
train travel
I bought a small weaving loom before I retired, thinking that would be a good hobby. But, after taking one class in weaving I decided that required too much brain power for me. I just don't get along with yarn in any form except I like purchasing already made sweaters. 
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03-10-2010, 04:37 PM
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#23
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Lexington
Posts: 714
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No where close to retirement, but I am sure this list won't change much.
Frugalling
Surfing the net
Video/PC gaming
Anime
Reading
Tea drinking
Cooking
Basic exercise of some sort
PC/electronics upgrading and repairing
Minor home repair
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03-10-2010, 04:43 PM
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#24
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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Um...um... 
Mainstays are gardening, cooking ethnic foods, reading, techno-babbling, learning by reading the links posted here and researching further. I definitely need to get some new hobbies in the mix.
Traveling solo is my latest venture.
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03-10-2010, 05:21 PM
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#25
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,934
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Bass fishing and overseas travel. The same two things that have haunted me since I was a teenager.
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03-10-2010, 05:30 PM
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#26
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Portland
Posts: 4,946
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Hmm... The current major activity seems to be taking the house apart and re-assembling it one room at a time. (We've been here 23 years, and some things have deteriorated to a combination of 'Eeech!' and deferred maintenance. I got 23 years out of a carpet with a 7 year warrantee, for example. Eeech!) I'm having fun with it, though, playing general contractor, playing with dangerous power tools, and generally messing about.
My longer term hobbies are still playing with small fast cars (time to thaw out the Miata), photography, and reading. Not so much on economics any more, after the recent real world science experiments.
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03-10-2010, 05:32 PM
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#27
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2006
Location: west coast, hi there!
Posts: 8,809
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Frugalling - is that like squeezing hundred dollar bills?
One I added after retirement: oil painting
Ones I've gotten much better at after retirement:
gardening -- the drip system is now doing better and lots more blooming plants
birding -- I know about most of the local regulars around here (I think)
running -- goal is 20 miles per week in the hills
reading -- goal is 2 books per month (slow reader)
investing -- got a fool proof system after 2008 ...  ...I really mean it this time!
wine tasting -- plumbing the depths of the wine cellar that's stocked with under $10 wines
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03-10-2010, 05:47 PM
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#28
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Frugalling (like the sound of that)
Gardening
Cooking
Feeding birds and squirrels
Internet
Need to start exercising again
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03-10-2010, 06:19 PM
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#29
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Ottawa Canada
Posts: 30
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- photography
- photographic technology
- repairing antique cameras
- my young son
- keeping fit, currently cycling and kung fu
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03-10-2010, 07:15 PM
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#30
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Smith
Posts: 743
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As I have a short attention span, I have many hobbies.
I actively:
Fly fish
Golf
Blog
Read
Play guitar
I occasionally:
Garden
Scale Model
Hunt
Play video games
Draw
Camp
I want to:
Go cruising
Go birding
Backpack
Foreign travel
Restore my Jeep
I'm sure there are things I forgot. I have no shortage of things to keep me busy when I retire. I may need a Mini-me to get it all done!
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03-10-2010, 07:45 PM
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#31
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At The Cafe
Posts: 6,873
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Love that photo, Khan, here's another.
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03-10-2010, 11:01 PM
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#32
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: North-Central Illinois
Posts: 3,228
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My hobbies are the same now as they've been since I was a kid...I just have a bunch more time to pursue them!
▪ Playing in the dirt! (gardening and landscaping)
▪ Playing with trains! (avid model railroader)
▪ Seeing the USA in my Chevrolet! (love traveling and going on day trips)
▪ Omnivore Enabler! (I love to eat, therefore I love to cook)
▪ Connoisseur of Life! (I love life and all that it has to offer)
Life is GREAT...and Hobbies are FUN!!! 
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03-10-2010, 11:13 PM
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#33
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 471
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Martha,
If you don't mind me asking, what make and model is your RV? I really like the lines.
Ck 6
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03-10-2010, 11:55 PM
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#34
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gone traveling
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 3,864
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Over the years, I have found that I seem to like learning new hobbies more than continuing them as a lifelong passion.
Things I wanted to learn, and still do occasionally:
1. Auto Body repair- love the smell of Bondo...
2. Private pilot- soloed a few times, decided it didn't fit with LBYM
3. Welding- proficient in MIG and FCAW, want to learn TIG.
4. Golf (though I don't play enough to be very good....)
5. Hunting- have been to Canada, Africa, and all over the West.
Hobbies that I still enjoy:
1. Reading- Child, Thor, Cussler, Sandford, Crais, Flynn, DeMille, etc.
2. Woodworking- currently dabbling in Molesworth reproduction furniture
3. Tilesetting - love designing and installing patterns and borders.
4. Stairbuilding (the more complicated the better- For some reason I really like this...probably the combination of math and carpentry)
5. Travel- have visited 50+ countries, goal is all the US National Parks
What is next?
1. FIRE- somewhere around 2013, health insurance a big factor
2. RV- probably a fifth wheel and big-ass tow rig...
3. Machining (mill/lathe with a slant toward custom gunsmithing)
4. Hiking- need to get out more, hard to find the time...
5. Volunteer work- probably Habitat for Humanity
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03-11-2010, 02:36 AM
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#35
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,600
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hiking/biking
travel/exploring
landscaping/ gardening
woodworking
tech - GPS/ computers/ programming
map collecting
pontoon boating
reading
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03-11-2010, 05:37 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,340
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Just exploring stuff I didn't have time or freedom to do before. I bought a nice motorcycle and thoroughly enjoy that. In the Washington, DC area that really isn't practical because of the traffic.
I'm thinking about taking up radio control airplanes again, this time with electrics because they don't have all the fuel issues to contend with. I did get tired of spending an hour after every outing cleaning up the airplanes.
I bought a small boat and that's fun. Again, it wasn't worth the bother dealing with DC area traffic to get to the river before. In WV I'm 20-25 minutes away and it's an easy drive.
And DW and I just signed up for a four-week class in digital photography at a nearby community college, so that will be something new that may blossom into a hobby.
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03-12-2010, 02:44 PM
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#37
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: minnesota
Posts: 13,228
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Originally Posted by check6
Martha,
If you don't mind me asking, what make and model is your RV? I really like the lines.
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LazyDaze. It is a small company based in California. One of the best class C motorhomes out there.
Mine is the 23.5 foot twin/king.
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No more lawyer stuff, no more political stuff, so no more CYA
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03-12-2010, 03:01 PM
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#38
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,072
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Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
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03-12-2010, 03:33 PM
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#39
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 662
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Here are my hobbies and they are not new
Reading--I am currently down to one book club--I was in three and this was when I was w*rking---found myself suggesting books from the other clubs just so the overlap would give me time to get them read
Yoga--I did this several years ago and have recently gotten back into it
Beading---Martha--I love the pictures you posted
Walking
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03-12-2010, 04:48 PM
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#40
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Frederick
Posts: 333
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Gardening - long time
biking - revived in retirement
walking/hiking - more in retirement
remodeling house - ongoing but more intense in retirement and it's not minor.
cooking (especially out of the garden)
reading - revived in retirement
I'm only 2 months into my retirement but I think I will get into these later on:
photography
woodworking
travel / possibly in a small RV
and whatever strikes my fancy down the road.
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