Do you guys have hobbies?

[IBMJunkman]

COBOL supported sequence number in columns 1-6. I believe all the card based languages supported sequence numbers somewhere in the card.

I'll never forget this story. My first semester of college, I had a really awesome intro to programming class with a professor who was part of the original team that brought CAD to desktops in the 70's & 80's, SUPER cool lady. She told us about one of their final programming exams on punch cards...her classmate was watching to class with hundreds of them in a stack, tripped, fell, dropped ALL of them, and just collapsed in a heap crying. There weren't any home printers back then, so they weren't labeled with a numerical order sequence. Ever since then, I adopted two habits:

1. I mastered the quick-save shortcut (ex. ALT + F + S in Word) & anytime I'm done with a chunk of work, I do my little keyboard-shortcut jig to force a save (this includes video games, haha!)

2. I save a duplicate copy at the end of day (if you don't have 2 copies, you don't have backup! RAID doesn't count!!). I saw too many people have their floppies die (back in the day), their USB stick not work, their laptop boot drive die, etc. I had a friend lose his PhD thesis that he had worked on for YEARS because his laptop's drive died beyond repair. These days, I'll often just drag a backup into an archive folder on my Google Drive or just email myself a copy.

Those two behaviors have saved me many, many times when things go haywire! Also, cool website!!

 

[IBMJunkman]

Schrödinger's cat?

I still have a box I made out of them and some clear tape. I won't tell you what I keep inside it, though.

 

[AdamK47]

Cars and computers. Same thing for the past 25+ years. I could probably rough estimate how much I've spend on both, but won't since I know the total would shock me too much.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Hookers and cocaine

 

[brianmanahan]

Brian, man (ahan), there's gotta be a better way to fill your time.

i wish there was

but after COVID all i do for fun is drive to random towns and walk around in graveyards

 

[Muse]

And it's on Youtube!

Nah, we were in no hurry.

 

[Greenman]

Is it still a hobby if you hate part of it? I've been building cabinets, which I enjoy, but hate painting them.
Putting the shop together has been fun, if a little expensive, building jigs and tools is a kick as well because you don't have to paint them.

 

[Kaido]

Is it still a hobby if you hate part of it? I've been building cabinets, which I enjoy, but hate painting them.
Putting the shop together has been fun, if a little expensive, building jigs and tools is a kick as well because you don't have to paint them.

If you don't hate it, is it really even a hobby?

 

[nakedfrog]

i wish there was

but after COVID all i do for fun is drive to random towns and walk around in graveyards

Ah, well, if you're at least walking around in graveyards, that's something

 

[Captante]

Ah, well, if you're at least walking around in graveyards, that's something DEEPLY DISTURBING.

Fixed.

Just sayin.

 

[purbeast0]

Okay here is my actual main list.

Weight lifting
Fishing
Home theater stuff
Console gaming
Arcade games
Pinball
SCUBA
Drones
Sports and sports betting

I could also put shit like movies, traveling, etc, but I dunno, I don't really consider that a hobby since I'd say most people enjoy movies, traveling, and stuff that would fit into that list.

 

[nakedfrog]

Fixed.

Just sayin.

I don't agree
It's not really my bag, but I know other people that have an interest in it. There are graveyard tours for tourists and such.

 

[Torn Mind]

Fixed.

Just sayin.

He is Poe-I-Am.

 

[Kaido]

I don't really consider that a hobby since I'd say most people enjoy movies, traveling, and stuff that would fit into that list.

One of my IT contractors doesn't like movies.

I didn't know what to make of that information.

 

[Captante]

I don't agree
It's not really my bag, but I know other people that have an interest in it. There are graveyard tours for tourists and such.

Depends... if you're a history-buff who is really into doing "grave-rubbings" or something similar then I concur. I recall visiting places like Sleepy Hollow with my dad and being fascinated by the tombstones from the 1700's for example.

OTOH obsession with death/dead bodies and/or the "afterlife" MIGHT not be such a positive.... IME folks who are into those things tend to be pretty miserable to be around in THIS life! (the only one we're fairly sure is "real")

 

[Muse]

i wish there was

but after COVID all i do for fun is drive to random towns and walk around in graveyards

Well, don't do it on moonless nights when there are open grave pits and you might be OK.

 

[MrSquished]

Biking and customizing my bikes
Computers and upgrading mine
Video games
Music and Audiophile gear to listen to music in the best ways possible
Photography
Hiking
Camping
Backpacking
Cooking
Food - as in finding tons of places to try in NYC (and wherever I travel) where options are almost limitless for so many kinds of food and cuisines
Tech in general/Drone flying
Politics
Gearhead - from the tech to outdoorsy gear

 

[Muse]

Biking and customizing my bikes
Computers and upgrading mine
Video games
Music and Audiophile gear to listen to music in the best ways possible
Photography
Hiking
Camping
Backpacking
Cooking
Food - as in finding tons of places to try in NYC (and wherever I travel) where options are almost limitless for so many kinds of food and cuisines
Tech in general/Drone flying
Politics
Gearhead - from the tech to outdoorsy gear

Uh, I have since forever loved quoting William Blake, a perfect example being in response to the quote above:

"Eternity is in love with the products of time."

 

[brianmanahan]

Depends... if you're a history-buff who is really into doing "grave-rubbings" or something similar then I concur. I recall visiting places like Sleepy Hollow with my dad and being fascinated by the tombstones from the 1700's for example.

i just like doing genealogy, then when i find some great-great-great grandparents i didn't know about, find the graveyard or check out where they lived

there's a bunch of places that i want to see in new york and massachusetts, but can't yet because i'd have to stay in a COVID-filled hotel

i've thought about sleeping in my car in order to travel more than a day away...

 

[lxskllr]

 

[Red Squirrel]

Nice! That's one seriously huge log.

Hoping to buy and setup a bandsaw mill this summer, though my focus will be on building a cabin and associated buildings and I might just buy the lumber for the initial build just to get it done faster. I eventually want to setup a decent mill though, with kiln and everything and maybe even go commercial.

 

[MrSquished]

i just like doing genealogy, then when i find some great-great-great grandparents i didn't know about, find the graveyard or check out where they lived

there's a bunch of places that i want to see in new york and massachusetts, but can't yet because i'd have to stay in a COVID-filled hotel

i've thought about sleeping in my car in order to travel more than a day away...

how high risk are you for Covid dude?

 

[snoopy7548]

Depends... if you're a history-buff who is really into doing "grave-rubbings" or something similar then I concur. I recall visiting places like Sleepy Hollow with my dad and being fascinated by the tombstones from the 1700's for example.

OTOH obsession with death/dead bodies and/or the "afterlife" MIGHT not be such a positive.... IME folks who are into those things tend to be pretty miserable to be around in THIS life! (the only one we're fairly sure is "real")

"Grave-rubbings", is that some new-fangled term for necrophilia?

 

[Captante]

"Grave-rubbings", is that some new-fangled term for necrophilia?

How to Do a Tombstone Rubbing (ThoughtCo.com)

 

[IronWing]

i wish there was

but after COVID all i do for fun is drive to random towns and walk around in graveyards

I’ve visited over fifty graveyards in the past year, searching for gravestones made of granite from my quarry. I found it in nineteen of them.

While doing this, I started to think about how one would plan and layout a graveyard. It turns out that there is no grand design that works. Some cemeteries have special sections for different denominations (the Catholics almost always have their own section) and special sections for Jews, Masons, and fraternal orders but there is always bleed over at the edges. Families like to be buried together but predicting family size is a crapshoot. Then there is a problem that is probably unique to the western U.S: folks used to use wooden crosses and range fires took them out so people had to guess where everyone was buried.