[Guy L Johnson]

Just wanted to know how much shared interest in the following. I was at the Gun Club the other day (Delaware County Field And Stream) talkin with 5 guy at the table and the subject came up about common interest and of the 5, 4 were pilots and 3 were Amature Radio Operators.(N3XKV)So I got to wondering how common these activites were with those evil "Gun Nuts".

How Many Pilots?
How Many Radio Operators?
Or other common interest

Guy L Johnson

[veloce851]

I'm sure there are several motorcyclists on the board.
'91 Ducati 851 here.

Not a pilot, but always wanted to get my license.
I'd also be a regular skydiver if I could afford it.

But of course gun collector is one of my hobbies too :D

[10-Ring]

I've got an interest in motorcycling too. If everything goes as planned, I'll be buying around the new year.
Does being a single parent count as an activity or an interest?

[dustind]

I love motorcycling, on and off road, I use a dirt bike for my daily driver. I would fly if it was more convinient, I have friends who fly so I may get a chance. I think being a gun collector, shooter, etc makes you more likely to have other physical type hobbies.

[willyjixx]

yup gota 66 barracuda, a 78 Rustcharger and a 85 Ramcharger. funny thing is i got pistols i paid more than for the 78. my ol 30-30 is worth more than what i paid for my 85. addicting habits an hobbies.

[blades67]

Mopar Addicts Anonymous

See now, if you were a Chevy Addict you wouldn't have to be so embarassed that you have hide your identity.:neener: :evil:


I don't have a plane or a HAM radio because I have too many other money sucking hobbies, and kids that claim they must eat more than once each day.:D

[Zundfolge]

I'm a computer geek, gun nut and a Porschephile (1970 Porsche 914, tricked out). :p


I also like puppies and long walks by moonlight ... :neener:

[Mike Irwin]

Pilot -- No.

Radio operator -- No, other than the stereo.

Motorcycles -- No.

[coldshot03/04]

Im into Radio monitoring AM,SW,LW,FM Police radio (scanners).
Guitars Mostly Ibanez acoustics.
Video games XBox & PC.
Computers, Cameras.
Dirtbikes, Dunebuggies.
And of course my favorite hobby of all Chasing pretty girls.:evil:

[Jim March]

Biker here :).

If any Highroaders in the SF Bay Area are about to start on a bike, call this a standing offer for instruction. Just supply gas money :). It's a lot trickier than it looks. I've been a "bike only" guy for about 15 years, used to streetrace back around '86/'87. If I wasn't so friggin' big, I could have raced for real. Oh well.

[igor]

No pilot, nor radio amateur (that's what ham radio is called here) - I'd like a bike but have no time to make the extravagant insurance costs worth it...

but I'm pretty sure all here from an inherent reason share some extent of interest towards computers and the Net. :scrutiny:

What about working dogs?

Martial arts?

Making music?

Baking, cooking? :eek:

Beer? :D

[sm]

Divorce Club myself :D
I thought maybe it was a pre req ...

Have raced dirt bikes.
When the law changed and said one had to have motorcycle license and couldn't ride with reg DL I gave up. ( well legally)
Have raced cars, strip, street. (some question the latter being past tense):p
My shooting buddy and Dr does the radio bit.
I used to have some friends that had small planes, crop dusters (FUN) and helicopters. When I turn 50 I will skydive...its... nevermind...gotta do this once...wingwalk perhaps.

I'm a good cook, I read.

Since going back to school I don't get to some things I had time for...but I will. Learning the CIS/IT stuff at the moment...

[Thumper]

Another motorcyclist here.

[Matt1911]

Igor, working dogs?,well now were talking! I have English setters,German shorthairs,and labs.All hunting dogs,and i've just started helping with my neihbors(a local LE)"cop-dog".She is flat out amazin!

[Ed N.]

Pilot, no. Probably someday.
Ham radio, no. Occasional scanner listener.
Motorcycles, not yet but thinking about it.

Race car driver (road race an RX7).
Cave diver.
Guitar player.
Hunter & flyfisherman.

[JonnyB]

Pilot - Yes.

I hang out at a couple of usenet (remember that?) groups relating to aviation. It's amazing to see the number of RKBA supporters and handgun shooters over 'there'. The homebuilt group is especially independent.

I'm restoring a '58 Champ in my garage; bought it as a damaged basket case. I have single-engine land & seaplane ratings.

Radio - No.

Motorcycles - Used to, but not for ~30 years.

Dogs - Have 1.

Computer geek - Nope, other than work-related stuff.

Jon B.

[hd1.]

Motorcyclist here- touring class.

[Newt]

No pilot or radio operator, but you start talking about making music, hunting, fishing, or shooting. I'm there. I play the drums. I love to hunt and fish, and love long walks on the beach. J/K :D

Newt

[Logistar]

Motorcycle, yep.
Radio - always wanted to but ended up with only CB (years ago) and BBSs.
Pilot - only flight simulators :rolleyes:

Logistar

[Nathaniel Firethorn]

Got a ham license, haven't used it in an age.

Ditto a private pilot glider license.

Motorcycle, BMW R1100R. Ride 1 or 2 times a week.

Geocaching. See www.geocaching.org . Hide and seek for adults, using a GPS. Good excuse for a walk in a nice place. BTW, it looks like a fairly high number of cachers are also shooters.

- pdmoderator

[Legionnaire]

Motorcyclist ... on leave. Deal with my wife is to buy another when the youngest graduates from highschool. Oh well.

[cslinger]

I've had some flight time in fixed wing small aircraft and rotary craft. No license but I was working towards it. Too much money.

As for other hobbies, computers, writing, cars etc. The shooting thing pretty much uses up my disposable hobby income right now though.

Hobbies are expensive, any of them.

Chris

[rick newland]

Borzois (Russian Wolfhounds)

Started off as my wife's hobby twenty years ago but of course I get stuck doing half the work and all the walking. But I love it. Puppies due on sept 15 and of course my wife will be tdy at that time.

http://www.geocities.com/newlandzoi

[OF]

Things I like to do besides shooting?

Diving (water, not sky),
Audio Engineering,
Computers (working on a completely silent PC project right now...),

I like to cook too, but (thank God) my wife is way way better than I am.

Most of the other hobby stuff is taking a backseat to shooting lately...which is fine with me :)

- Gabe

[Jesse H]

New biker, about 600 miles and a month and half of riding. Is it possible to love cruisers and sportbikes? Although I tend to prefer standard V-twins.

Loved cars since I can remember. Used to be an avid autoXer in my CRX. Stopped autoXing after I decided to throw in a new motor, lost interest 90% into the motorswap, discovered bikes. I'll just autoX my daily driver now.

Used to be a musician, can still sight read and my ears are still pretty good at tuning.

Play alot of pool. If I didn't have the above hobbies I'd be tempted to get a $300 cue stick.

[Thumper]

Is it possible to love cruisers and sportbikes?

Absolutely!

:D

[tobeat1]

Guitar player, video game fanatic, cooking, GUNS, used to ride a motorcycle (just not practical for me) Been doing martial arts for about 15 years. Amateur bladesmithing. I have tons more hobbies but these are the only ones I keep coming back to.

[Mike Irwin]

"What about working dogs?

Martial arts?

Making music?

Baking, cooking?

Beer?"

Hum, now we're getting a lot closer.

I have two dogs (one named Ruger). Technically they're both working dogs, but they think they're on disability. They just lay around the house drinking all day long... :)

Martial arts? No.

Making music? Not for a long time. Used to play several instruments.

Baking/cooking? You bet. I make all of my own bread, and am a very good cook.

Beer? No, not really.


How about...


Reading/Book collecting?

Home improvement?

[sm]

Live Theatre anyone ?

Hey, if you had the young cute instructor I had in the cast of "Pajama Tops" you would have gone too. :D

"Swiss Family Robinson" at the Children's Theatre , at least they used prop guns practiced 4 rules, went bang with smoke and all. Took the nephew $10 for the both of us.More entertaining and better gun safety than a Hollweird flick.

Art Galleries, Museums?

[JSolie]

Okay, let's see.....

Pilot...no

Ham radio...no

motorcycles...no

--- However ---

Woodworking...yes
Model railroads...yes
Computer stuff...yes (unfortunately.... :rolleyes: )
Camera / photography hack...yes
Firearms....duh, why would I be on this site? :D

Cooking?? grunt grunt...cook hunk of meat over fire! Like everything, I'd be better if I practiced more.

[Mike Irwin]

"Art galleries/museums"


Whoops, forgot those. I love museums.

[Mostly Harmless]

Another biker here. Used to be a M/cycle courier in Central London (when I was young and foolish).

Computer Geek (still pays the bills)

Good enough cook to have people come back for more. And I bake my own bread too.

But my big thing is Fiber Arts. I spin my own yarn, design and knit all sorts of stuff. I've just started to get into dyeing yarn and am giving serious consideration to learning to weave.

My current major project is knitting hats, scarves, mittens, etc. for a local Homeless Vets shelter -- I've enlisted a few friends so we'll have a big pile of nice warm stuff to give them around Veterans' Day.

and to keep it gun-related, I've always used gun oil to lubricate my spinning wheel -- good machinery deserves good oil!

J.

[illuminatus99]

I'm a computer geek and musician, I don't know if music would qualify as a hobby anymore though since it always feels like it's work and for the time I spend playing I get paid more than I do at my regular job.

I'd love to get my pilots license but my wife is scared of small planes, whenever we're on a plane she tries to sleep or read, I've got my face glued to the window looking down at the ground for the whole trip.

[iamkris]

Private pilot (although I don't seem to be able to both fly alot and shoot alot...must be something about a limited bucket of time and money)
Shooting
Hunting
3-gun and Cowboy Action competition
Cooking
Military history
Camping

[Stoker]

Ex military aircrew, ex motorcyclist, quite new to owning and shooting my own guns

[Hemicuda]

I'm a pilot. (Jet, multi-engine, float, ski, & instrument ratings).

I keep WORKING CB' radios in ALL my vehicles, I own a portable, and there's a base station @ home...

I own and ride motorcycles both on and off road,

I am an active Off Roader (Jeep CJ and Dodge Ram 4x4's)

I am restoring my own musclecar.

AND I play around W/ old vehicles all the time...

I am a draftsman by trade...

[Bobarino]

i'm a pilot. i'm up to a whole whopping 59 hours now.

not a HAM radio operator.
snowboarder
R/C plane builder/flyer
golfer (build my own clubs too)
and of course, a shooter.

given the choice of all of the above, flying is numero uno. its the reason i don't own more guns. airplane rental is expe$ive! but worth it.

here's a link to a thread i started on a flying/pilot's website. pilots seem to be mostly pro-gun. http://www.ipilot.com/forum/topic.aspx?fid=860

Bobby

[Devonai]

Let's see... military history is certainly one.

Kenjitsu is another, although I haven't had any formal instruction in years. My friend and I keep each other sharp (and bruised).

Not to mention my service in the Massachusetts volunteer militia. But I only get to do that once a month. :)

Then there'd be politics, scotch, politics, bourbon, politics... wait a second.

[RocketMan]

Not a pilot, but I've been through ground school. Seems like a shortage of funds in my case, too.

Did the warbird thing for about ten years, flying as a crew member in WWII airplanes to airshows around the country.

Amateur Radio Operator WB7VHR, for more than a quarter century. Extra Class.

High Power Sport Rocketry. (See my handle.) The BATFE is beating this hobby to death, however.

Like to shoot my Garand and M1 Carbine, but don't get to often enough.

Storm Chaser

Computer geek.

Is there such a thing as having too many hobbies?

[mtnbkr]

camping, hunting, mountain biking, collecting knives, computers, photography, 4wheeling, reading, cooking, tinkering.

Chris

[Larry Ashcraft]

Pilot... No
Ham Radio... No
Motorcycle... Sold my Honda CX500 Custom 20 years ago after 26,000 miles. Wife heaved a sigh of relief.

Here's a weird one. I collect and restore old John Deere farm tractors, have 4 of them.

Gardening, canning - wife is the cook.

Fixing up our 1933 farmhouse.

[braindead0]

-Boating, (and boat building)
-Blacksmithing
-Weaving
-Knitting
-Cooking
-Website CMS system design
-Programming (that's what I do for a job anywho).
-Motorcycled for over 20 years, just sold my last one cause of too many other hobbies..not enough riding time.
-Sword/knifesmithing
-Armorsmithing
-Woodworking
-Winemaking
-Videography
-Coffee Roasting (fresh roasted coffee is never more than 7days old)

There's more, that's just the things I can think of at the moment......
:what:

edit: Reloading (how could I forget that? Oh yeah, Walmart 100packs ;-)

[jsalcedo]

Rifles,

Pistols,

Shotguns,

Carbines

pocket pistols

reloading

target shooting

cooking

brewing

[braindead0]

Now, somebody needs to compile the list.. and start playing matchmaker :neener:

[Harrison]

In addition to the guns...

Astronomy

History

Reading

Ham radio....WC5A

[DJJ]

Private pilot here. Strictly recreational. ASEL with hiperf, tailwheel, aerobatics. Flew Citabria & Super Decathlon regularly when I lived in the bay area. Nothing available here. Miss it tremendously. :(

Reformed motorcyclist. Couldn't shake the feeling I'd get hurt someday, and gave it up.

[Skunkabilly]

Photography (of guns),
computer games (with guns),
action figures (with guns),
enough hours and experience to solo but never got my pirate's license (you can mount a gun on a plane),
ham operator--tech plus class for tactical comms....

[digex]

I'm a computer guy, love the video games.
Over the last few years, my home has slowly turned into a ferret rescue as well. Between my family, school and the ferrets, I just try to whatever I can to have fun :)

[RocketMan]

Skunky,

They don't allow encryption of ham radio comms. How can you be truly tactical without encryption? :D

[Chris Rhines]

Motorcycling - took the ABATE class a year or so ago, presently in the market for a first bike.
Ham radio - No, although my Dad is a ham so I picked up a little bit about it.
Flying - I promised myself that as soon as I got my first motorcycle, I'd concentrate

Aside from shooting, I'm into audio engineering (mobile DJ and front-of-house), knifemaking, gunmaking, amateur machining, and, recently, adventure racing. I also read a lot and write a little.

- Chris

[QuickDraw]

Ham radio KC6UNF
Pilot wannabe
ex-motorcyclist
Home shop machinist
Reloader
Carpenter/Contractor ( my job,job)

QuickDraw

[ambidextrous1]

(Ex) pilot -USAF. "High Flight" notwithstanding, for me it was just a job I performed for the Air Force.

(ex) HAM - I left the activity when a majority of those on the air got there by casual use of their credit card instead of diligent use of the drill press and soldering iron; that changed things. I continue to monitor domestic and international shorrt wave, but much of that has moved to satellite.

Motorcyclist: You bet! Both cruising & off-road!

Sailing - both racing & cruising; am I the only one?

Shooting - pistol & long guns; I do a bit of competition.

Reloading - of course.

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

I used to skydive and rebuild trashed motorcycles, but I gave that up when I decided old age had a little merit. These days I doubt I could pass an FAA physical, so I suppose flying is going to be out. No decent wild rivers close to here, and I probably don't have the endurance for kayaking anymore. A couple of guys at work always were after me to get my amateur radio license, so that may be next unless it ends up taking too much time and money away from shooting. Used to shoot competitively, but then I got divorced and decided to spend that time at home since the company improved at that point in my life. :D

For now, it's cooking, computers, dogs, cats and the new wife who shoots. She is trying to get started in brewing and winemaking, and has made some terrific mead that should be even better in a year or so.

Dang but I sound domestic these days...

Regards,
Rabbit.

[RCL]

Here are some links to pictures of what I spend a lot of my spare time working on (this was taken at our local track).

http://www.tdcphoto.com/pphotos/2003/stock/dypicgen.cgi?gallery=Late%20Model&pic=11540A.jpg


http://www.tdcphoto.com/pphotos/2003/stock/dypicgen.cgi?gallery=Late%20Model&pic=115402A.jpg



http://www.tdcphoto.com/pphotos/2003/stock/dypicgen.cgi?gallery=Late%20Model&pic=100223A.jpg

[Khornet]

Operated the MARS system on USS TRENTON LPD-14 in the Med, so sailors could call home, 1986.

But people, WHERE ARE THE FLY FISHERMEN? Tying your own is the equivalent of handloading. You can go with bamboo rods and silk lines, just like the muzzleloaders, or fast graphite rods and plastic lines like the black rifle types. You can fish for experienced, selective trout which may not be huge but you'd better be accurate, like a bullseye shooter, or you can go in the salt for a brute fight with a 100-lb tarpon, like the big game hunters. Endless fun. AND, Agricola et. al. , England makes fine bamboo and superb Hardy reels and Partridge hooks from Alnwick. France is famous for her Pezon et Michel parabolic rods, and is selling good silk lines again.

Classical guitar, homebrewing, bicycle racing in my younger days, columnist for a right-wing fascist website, husband, father of five, gastroenterologist. That'll have to hold me for now.

[sm]

I flyfish...well I don't get to do some stuff as I once did. Took a class and learned to tie flies...kit is put up, I use what I have, or I get from my buddy(gasp have bought sow bugs at the fly shop). I'll get back into it. Though I use Orvis and Sage rods. I still get the biggest kick out of 20 year old glass rods bream, crappie, bass...single action martins and having fun.

I'd probably tie my thumb instead of a fly nowadays...
Oh you ever use the Krups coffee bean grinder...wait for the wifey to finish chewing you out...then tell her..."Honey the coffee bean grinder is in the kitchen...this new one is mine for flyfishing". :rolleyes: I thought the guys in white coats might get called that night.:D

[Freakhouse]

Flying.... absolutely (Private pilot multi and single engine, instrument, tailwheel)

Motorcycle... got bit with that bug about three years ago. Rebuilding one now...

Skydiving? Wish I could. College student, and money seems to disappear.

Anything to do with cars or machining or engineering.

Nuff said

Oh yeah... Guns.... lots of guns.... well, actually just three, but that will change soon (ok, couple of years)

[greyhound]

Cooking real barbecue

Chili (Cincinnati style as opposed to Texas style):)

This close to taking up Civil War reenacting!

[braindead0]

Sailing - both racing & cruising; am I the only one?
I used to sail quit a bit, no sailboat.. I am thinking about building one, but my wife doesn't listen to me.. and single handed sailing isn't my forte ;-)

This close to taking up Civil War reenacting!
Much better choice that what passes for Renaissance/Medieval in Ohio.. been to most of them and they are themed flea markets, nothing more.. Can't believe the Queens progress had an idiot with a top hat in it...

I saw a friend of mine on 'Mail Call' a while back, showing what troops ate in the Civil War.. so it could make you famous if you specialize ;-)

[H Romberg]

Hey Ambidextrous, you're not the only one. If I had to choose between guns and sail boats, I think my head would explode from the effort.

What are you sailing now? I've got a Hunter 37 on the Chesapeake, and I'm thinking about moving up to something I can live aboard to avoid DC area real-estate prices. Now if I can just get a sailboat with a quad .50 mount on the foredeck...........:)

[jthuang]

Motorcycles: yes, although my last bike died in 1997

Cars: I like them but I don't own one (I get to walk to work)

Radio: no

Pilot: no

Music: played rhythm guitar for a band in college

Beer: I drink it but don't know much about it :)

[Ed]

Ham Radio: KD5TXX
Building Flintlocks
Shooting
Woodworking
Reloading
Fishing
Reading

[enichols]

First and foremost I'm a musician (classical pianist).
Of course, I love shooting.
I also enjoy hiking, camping and virtually anything out of doors.

[Skunkabilly]

People who would jump out of a plane with no black stuff coming out of it and all the shiny white things still attached just boggle my mind! :eek:

I was taught to pull her back to ~70 knots and look for a decent spot to set her down, not bail o---OOOF there's that left elevator!!

[Strings]

... and here I thought I would be the only winemaker here. Dad got me started helping with his elderberry, and we've now added mead to our list (will be starting a cherry mellomel in a couple weeks). Otherwise:

-shooting (CAS, practical pistol, trap, clays. Looking at service rifle soon)
-reloading
-rollerblading
-bicycling
-motorcycle (just got my temps 2 weeks ago. Will be rebuilding a Kaw zl600 this winter)
-blade making (again, dad got me into it)
-music (I play AT several different instruments. Favs are hand drums)
-model builder (suffer from AMS)
-gaming miniatures
-toys (especially 12" figures)
-reading (sci-fi/fantasy mostly)
-role playing (although not much in the last couple years)

Will probably be taking my dad-in-law sky diving sometime next spring: he says he's always wanted to do it, and would make a fair present for his b-day (and would give me an excuse to go to)...

About all I can think of off the top o' my head...


>edited to add<

I forgot paintball!!! Oh, my... how COULD I do that?!?!

[MicroBalrog]

-reading (sci-fi/fantasy mostly) - YES
-role playing (although not much in the last couple years - YES
-shooting - NO:banghead:

[Partisan Ranger]

1. Shooting.
2. Running/lifting weights
3. Reading
4. Writing
5. Gardening

[trooper]

OK, this is me:

- running
- swimming
- cooking
- computer gaming (to some extent)
- shooting (obviously)
- martial arts
- hiking/camping/backpacking

I'll be getting into sailing this year, too. And you can add enjoying good wines and beer (can't deny my nationality :-)

I might even try out hunting sometime in the future.


Regards,

Trooper

[ambidextrous1]

Romberg, I sail out of Marina Del Rey, about 5 miles north of LAX. The Channel Islands and a few main land marinas are les than a day's sailing distance; have never sailed on the Chesapeake, but have heard great things about the area.

That's about the only thing I'll miss when I escape from Kalifornia at the end of the year.

[tomkatz]

shooting and guns
mountain bike riding and racing
guns and shooting
camping, hiking, backpacking
more guns and shooting
road bicycling(and racing)
my dogs
martial arts
oh yeah, did I mention guns and shooting?

here's my wife....:banghead:
here's me.....:neener:

..........;) tom

[Ian]

Currently, my main interests are:

Shooting (duh)
Hiking/backpacking/adventure racing
Music (bagpipes)
History
Cooking
Writing

If I were to include the things I want to become skilled at in the future, the list would overwhelm the server. :)

[feedthehogs]

Private pilot.
Long time biker trash - current - 02 Indian Chief.
Firearms collector and reloader.
Firearms and CCW instructor.

Gave up bands a few years back. Clubs wouldn't pay much anymore and if I had to play Gloria one more time I'd swear I would ........................

Would like to get into am. radio though.