sad hobbies

[Black Sheep]

You can read that either way...your dad dresses young, or....

I wanted a scooter project a few years ago...i think you get to a slightly bored part of your life and look for something to liven it up.

i know my dad always fancied an MGB but never had the money to buy one when he was younger, has waited until kids have grown up and left home (will be leaving uni this summer) and so he could afford to get one but i think he's not bothered now

i'd see it being doing what he couldn't do at the time but now has the ability to do so.

 

[Night Train]

My dad always had sensible family cars, Land Rovers, work vans and so on. Shortly before he retired he bought a mk1 3.0l Capri then a Renault 5 GT Turbo and a Land Rover Discovery.

My Brother and I grew up through our late teens early 20's with MGB GTs that were restored and race prepped. I think that sort of gave my Dad the go ahead for his 'madness'.

 

[bonj2]

As I get older (just turned forty) I seem to be collecting a rapidly increasing list of hobbies including tropical fish (two tanks, thinking about a tank room), restoring an old VW camper van, bodyboarding (think lazy surfing), photography (just bought a new camera), indy comics, a couple of dogs, and of course tinkering with the bike.

It wasn't meant to be like this. I feel so depressed.

most of these things aren't hobbies - tropical fish aren't a hobby, dogs aren't a hobby.Restoring a vw camper van is only just a hobby (would be more of one if it was vw camper vans, plural.)

 

[threefingerjoe]

Hey, you only have 1 life. Do all the things that you WANT to do (legally, that is)! I also enjoy the tropical fish...choral singing (with a GOOD civic choir, and with a not-so-good German men's choir), vegetable gardening...and my favourite: FIDDLING! Nothing better, after a hard day at work, than sitting on the back porch, playing your fiddle! Even after the worst day at work, a few minutes with the fiddle, and your problems melt away! :-)

 

[Aperitif]

There are plenty of people on the fiddle in England Joe - it's their full-time hobby!

 

[vernon]

I fancy an old british bike a BSA or Enfield, soemthing like that

I've just MOT'd my 1995 Honda CB500 - I've done just 46 miles on it between the last two MOTs and only 1500 miles since I acquired it four years ago with 7000miles on the clock. I think it's destined to become a vintage bike by stealth not by design.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Porch fiddleing...I wonder what pinky and perky would say

 

[peanut]

Mmmm, I seem to be yearning to own an old Vespa or Lambretta en route to Classic Ducati ownership...

yeah you and me too but they change hands for silly money. I can buy a nice classic Porsche for the price of a ropy Lambo

Really wish I still had my old 60's TV175 or even one of my LI150 series ll
I know I'd look ridiculous at my age cruising through the village in a parka but it would be a nice bit of nostalgia and something to restore in the winter months.

We should go for it.

 

[peanut]

I fancy an old british bike a BSA or Enfield, soemthing like that

I tried that a few years ago. Bought and devoured thousands of magazines for over a year whilst deciding what to buy. Decided I wanted a RE Interceptor

Ended up buying the first thing I looked at.. a bitsa BSA 650cc Spitfire 1966 with an undeclared 500cc engine .
For 9 months it shaked its way round Somerset vibrating all its nuts off (and mine ) until I went over the handlebars one day exiting the MOT garage.
One of the brake linings had become detached and jammed the brakedrum. It was like hitting a brick wall .Sold it soon after to some optimistic tyre kickers

 

[col]

As far as hobbies are concerned Iv dabbled in loads of different things, so much so my wife and son just roll their eyes and call me anorak now. There are plenty I still want to try, like remote control helicopters and planes, boats or anything remote controled actually. But that comes down more to finances than anything else, but we will see.

 

[peanut]

do you know I think this 'boys and their toys' thing comes down to trying to relive that part of our lives that was for most of us the happiest and most carefree . Our childhood.

The days were long, the sun was always shining ,always lots of exciting things to do or places to go. New experiences, new pals.
Not a care in the world and ya Mum and Dad to do everything for you.
ahhh great days

Are ya coming out to play then or what?

 

[Globalti]

We've just sold our Land Rover, we had it for over 10 years, longer than we've had our son. Not sure what we're going to do now to irritate Ramblers, maybe just cycling on footpaths; that really hacks 'em off.

 

[col]

do you know I think this 'boys and their toys' thing comes down to trying to relive that part of our lives that was for most of us the happiest and most carefree . Our childhood.

The days were long, the sun was always shining ,always lots of exciting things to do or places to go. New experiences, new pals.
Not a care in the world and ya Mum and Dad to do everything for you.
ahhh great days

Are ya coming out to play then or what?

You have a point there, most of what iv done can be atributed to nostalgia or something to do with that,or not getting/doing something back then and being able to now. It seems we are returning to our chidhood in many ways, the toys are similar, just more expensive.

 

[beanzontoast]

Nostalgia rules! I sourced on Ebay an old 'build your own radio' kit that I had for Christmas as a child. Haven't built a lot with it so far - components are getting a bit fragile now - but I did re-live the feeling of amazement when I first took the box lid off.

Can't be doing with hobbies that involve collecting stuff for preservation/show rather than use - buying things that are meant to be used only to keep them in their boxes and never actually enjoyed other than being stared at. I liked the bit on James May's toys programme when he went to an auction and bought a model train car transporter (outbidding a bunch of collectors in the process), chucked the box away and took it home to play with. There were examples of how train collectors won't buy stock that has actually been used - apparently some can tell by looking at the wheels whether the item has ever been round a train track and won't buy it if it has!

 

[col]

Nostalgia rules! I sourced on Ebay an old 'build your own radio' kit that I had for Christmas as a child. Haven't built a lot with it so far - components are getting a bit fragile now - but I did re-live the feeling of amazement when I first took the box lid off.

Can't be doing with hobbies that involve collecting stuff for preservation/show rather than use - buying things that are meant to be used only to keep them in their boxes and never actually enjoyed other than being stared at. I liked the bit on James May's toys programme when he went to an auction and bought a model train car transporter (outbidding a bunch of collectors in the process), chucked the box away and took it home to play with. There were examples of how train collectors won't buy stock that has actually been used - apparently some can tell by looking at the wheels whether the item has ever been round a train track and won't buy it if it has!

Yes Iv read that somewhere too about the trains. A bit over the top in my opinion, id have it straight on the track
A few months ago while at a car boot I spotted a subbuteo set from the early nineties, mint condition and seemingly unused. Now I never had one as a kid but always wanted one, so I bought it for the sum of £7