other hobbies besides photography!!!!!
Dec 16, 2011 19:27:11 #
we hogers seem to be a very talented bunch. I was wondering what other hobbies y'all might have.post photos of your other hobbies. The following photos are of some of my other interests. I would show you the photos of my orbital death ray with which I and SPECTRE will take over the world but she isn't quite ready yet. among my other interests besides world domination include civil war memorabillia and books, Also collecting police, fire and ems patches. the first photo shows a copy of Lee's Liuetanints perhaps the finest book on leaders and leadership written.on the cover i have put a couple of minne balls, the rounds used by both sides. below is a recovered saddle bag buckle and a reciever to a musket or rifle recovered in the Kennasaw georgia area. The next couple of photos are just a few of the over 200 patches in my collection, laid out over my police t shirt. lets see photos of your other hobbies.
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Dec 17, 2011 02:51:10 #
sinatraman wrote:
we hogers seem to be a very talented bunch. I was ... (show quote)
Being a gold miner most of my life, I still like roaming the hills with a dry-washer and pan looking for little bits of the yellow stuff. Never enough to be worthwhile, but fun to get out and explore.
I'm a history nut and read voraciously, especially about the era of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and WWI. "La Revoluciòn" was one NASTY war with more than twenty million deaths, but it's never mentioned in our schools so most people in this country have never heard of it. It brought out the best and (mostly) the worst in lots of people, and even a German plot to invade the US from the south. There were no real heroes but Madero and Zapata come close. The list of villians is MUCH longer, including Huerta, Villa, and Diaz, with Carranza and Obregòn somewhere in between. Some, like Rodolfo Fierro just enjoyed killing people and would have made Himmler proud.
I enjoy shooting, especially black powder. Fifteen seconds to shoot and fifteen minutes to reload. Makes me wonder how the pioneers ever survived.
Colt Navy 1851, favorite of Wild Bill Hickock
Pancho Villa
Citizen Soldiers
Emiliano Zapata, as close to a hero as it gets
Fierro, third from left, as close to the devil as it gets
Dec 17, 2011 09:54:12 #
In addition to photography I brew beer. I 'm an extract brewer, time and equpiment keep me from being an all grain brewer.
Dec 17, 2011 10:05:03 #
I enjoy investigating the paranormal. My team recently was the first team to receive a federal permit to do an after hours/overnight investigation of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield and the Historic Ray House, which was used as a confederate hospital during and after the battle. I also enjoy traveling and have a new book coming out in March 2012 on the Haunted Natchez Trace. I am currently writing another on the Haunted Mississippi Gulf Coast that is due to be published in June 2012.
Dec 17, 2011 10:32:41 #
Along with my love of photography I also print, mat & frame my work, I do stained glass, one of a kind jewelry, floral arrangements........I was an art major, can you tell?! :D
Dec 17, 2011 11:51:55 #
Dec 17, 2011 12:04:51 #
I have too many hobbies.
Sailing and living on our sailboat, rving, radio controlled airplanes and quads.
These pics show a quad in flight.
I attach cameras and take video from the models.
Rockhounding and making jewelry and cabochons.
My latest hobby is photography.
Sailing and living on our sailboat, rving, radio controlled airplanes and quads.
These pics show a quad in flight.
I attach cameras and take video from the models.
Rockhounding and making jewelry and cabochons.
My latest hobby is photography.
Dec 17, 2011 13:13:48 #
Dec 17, 2011 13:21:51 #
gardening, reading, boating, motorcycling, traveling to far off lands, baking, eating, taking something old and making it into something else.
the pic shows last years project...trying to decorate an ugly garage wall with potted plants
the pic shows last years project...trying to decorate an ugly garage wall with potted plants
Dec 17, 2011 14:54:33 #
Not sure if it counts as a Hobby or a Vice....
I love the rituals and the social aspects of cigar smoking.
(Thanks to my cigar afficianado, WWI vet grandfather)
I love the rituals and the social aspects of cigar smoking.
(Thanks to my cigar afficianado, WWI vet grandfather)
Dec 17, 2011 15:58:36 #
thanks for all the responses! what a wide variety of interests. i love history but must admit my knowledge in the various mexican revolutions is sorely lacking.I do know that among the american soilders who went south to mexico to stop pancho villa was one Lt George Patton, who actualy got into a shoot out cowboy style with some of villa's men. I too love cigars but at this time cant afford them. love maduro wrappers, churchill sized. among my favs are hoya de monterry excaliburs, partagas black label and baccarat. I love artuereo fuentes opus xx but not the $20+ per cigar price if you can find em.
Dec 17, 2011 16:14:05 #
sinatraman wrote:
thanks for all the responses! what a wide variety ... (show quote)
I am a robusto sized guy myself. I've had a couple of Opus XX and they are a bit over priced and maybe a bit over rated. I understand your predicament...after a 6 month "interruption of work", I have had to put a couple of "hobbies" on hold for a bit.
Merry Christmas S-Man
Dec 17, 2011 16:26:27 #
thanks and a very merry CHRISTmas to you to. Sometimes the most hyped is a disapointment like cuban cigars. overated, also idiotic to think that the commies could get anything right. alot of times i enjoy $5 a pack outlaw cheroots. lot of flavor for little dinero, makes me feel like im in a clint eastwood western.
Dec 17, 2011 16:42:21 #
sinatraman wrote:
thanks and a very merry CHRISTmas to you to. Sometimes the most hyped is a disapointment like cuban cigars. overated, also idiotic to think that the commies could get anything right. alot of times i enjoy $5 a pack outlaw cheroots. lot of flavor for little dinero, makes me feel like im in a clint eastwood western.
My grandfather always had 3 of the Italian Parodi's (crooked little cigars) stuck in his shirt pocket. I agree with your take on "Cubans". My last contract was for ICE and I was flying in and out of Central and South America weekly. Since the embargo act says its illegal for US citizens to smoke Cuban cigars, even in countries where they are legal... I've only heard ;-) that they are nothing to write home about.
Plus, all the premium cigars out there are grown from smuggled out Cuban seed....rolled by expatriate Cubans...and sold by Cuban emigree brokers....duh! That says Cuban to me!
Dec 17, 2011 17:19:22 #
rocco_7155 wrote:
quote=sinatraman thanks and a very merry CHRISTma... (show quote)
all the best cigarmakers fled cuba when fidel showed his true colors. all the talent went here. Maker"s Mark the whiskey company has a cigar where the tobacco is aged over retired wooden whiskey barrels that give off fumes of makers mark to goes into the leaf. mighty fine. here is the redone photo
bull run battlefield
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