other hobbies besides photography!!!!! (Page 2): 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...

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

Lmarc wrote:

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.

quote=sinatraman we hogers seem to be a very tale... (show quote)

I loved seeing the photo of Poncho Villa, my dad in his youth was in the Army that would chase that bandit back across the border on Horse back .
I only wish i had written things down as a child to be able to pass on to my kids and Great Grand kids.
Thanks for the Memories.

Holdrens Loc: originally Wellsboro, Pa

bsteed61 wrote:

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.

Congratulations on all 3 accounts! The paranormal interests me. When I moved into my house I knew the gentleman that owned it before me had passed away in the kitchen. For years after, I would periodically smell cigarette smoke (no one smokes in my house but he did) and I had to take my door bells down because they would ring at all hours and absolutely no one would be there. It was very creepy!

Holdrens Loc: originally Wellsboro, Pa

Some of my hobbies include, making quilts, doing genealogy, golfing and of course photography..I will post a photo of my most recent quilt in a few days when it is finished...

Lmarc Loc: Ojojona, Honduras

colo43 wrote:

I loved seeing the photo of Poncho Villa, my dad in his youth was in the Army that would chase that bandit back across the border on Horse back .
I only wish i had written things down as a child to be able to pass on to my kids and Great Grand kids.
Thanks for the Memories.

I have tons of photos gleaned from the National Archives website, old books, digitized books, etc. I try to grab every photo I can find of the Revolution. "Pancho" is a nickname for Francisco, like we have "Bob" for Robert. But his real name was José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, though there are differences of opinion about the exact name and spelling. He was an Indian peasant so there are no actual records of his birth. Heck, I'd change my name and be mean, too, if my mother named me "Dorothy" (very loosely translated).

Villa in uniform, a rare sight!

Villa in a suit. A much more common occurance.
Villa in a suit. A much more common occurance....

Villa with General Pershing and General Àlvaro Obregòn.

Villa in his usual attire.

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

I guess i would change my name as well..
LOL
This is one of the few photos i have of my father from that Time frame.
He was close to 18 in this photo.

iresq Loc: Annapolis MD

Many hobbies but this time of year its syncing Christmas lights to audio. Here is one example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZVCnakF6SM&feature=plcp&context=C359399cUDOEgsToPDskIu28NFTEn581AXZyU3me8w

I also like cooking/smoking/bbq and making movies. Here is an older version of bacon explosion. Warning, just watching video can harden arteries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFzOWPe-Qo&feature=plcp&context=C3d6abe5UDOEgsToPDskJps4Y_4XhB3biJUc_IIa_X

twowindsbear

Surely I'm not the only ham radio operator visiting this site?

john339 Loc: Clyde Calif. USA

I ran out of hobby room.
I am KE6IDM and have held a HAM license since I was 14.
That was 1956.

rocco_7155 Loc: Connecticut/Louisiana

twowindsbear AND John339,
Since there are no military or merchant marine listening stations for Morse Code anymore, do they still make HAM operators learn and test proficiency on your licenses?
Just curious.....
Rocco

Horseart Loc: Alabama

I love too many things. I started drawing and painting at 4, had my first camera at 8, first dark room at 10, loved horse since I was 3, love flowers, parrots, aquariums and gourmet cooking, play the organ and taught ballroom dancing for several years. I studied Interior design years ago and still love decorating!
I did wall murals for 35 years and have retired from that before I kill myself climbing on a ladder. I have hand painted (then scanned and printed) greeting cards since 1993 and sell tons of them at Christmas time in all 50 states and 5 other countries. I can still break a horse (though I am a lacey kind of southern lady) and ride a big blue roan that I still have to get on a ladder to get in the saddle. I'd say painting and riding are my favorites. With all I love to do, housework is at the bottom of my list of favs. before we married, I told my hubby "I can EITHER be a great lover or a great housekeeper." He said "forget the house". WELL, long answer. Sorry you asked?

My world grand champion, Caesar's Ghost

with SECRETERIATE in 1978
with SECRETERIATE in 1978...

Oil painting. I love yellow houses

Horseart Loc: Alabama

iresq wrote:

Many hobbies but this time of year its syncing Christmas lights to audio. Here is one example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZVCnakF6SM&feature=plcp&context=C359399cUDOEgsToPDskIu28NFTEn581AXZyU3me8w

I also like cooking/smoking/bbq and making movies. Here is an older version of bacon explosion. Warning, just watching video can harden arteries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFzOWPe-Qo&feature=plcp&context=C3d6abe5UDOEgsToPDskJps4Y_4XhB3biJUc_IIa_X

I love it. I'm scared to watch the bacon one. Call me chicken! :lol:

Horseart Loc: Alabama

iresq wrote:

Many hobbies but this time of year its syncing Christmas lights to audio. Here is one example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZVCnakF6SM&feature=plcp&context=C359399cUDOEgsToPDskIu28NFTEn581AXZyU3me8w

I also like cooking/smoking/bbq and making movies. Here is an older version of bacon explosion. Warning, just watching video can harden arteries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFzOWPe-Qo&feature=plcp&context=C3d6abe5UDOEgsToPDskJps4Y_4XhB3biJUc_IIa_X

OK, I went back and watched the bacon explosion. We owned a sausage plant for 26 years, but I never liked sausage (couldn't tell anybody that), but it does look good and my son will love it. Gotta send it to him!!!

rockdog Loc: Berkeley, Ca.

Lmarc wrote:

quote=colo43 I loved seeing the photo of Poncho ... (show quote)

I agree that was on interesting period in Mexican history. These old photos are great. Can you just download from the National Archives?

Lmarc Loc: Ojojona, Honduras

colo43 wrote:

I guess i would change my name as well..
LOL
This is one of the few photos i have of my father from that Time frame.
He was close to 18 in this photo.

Thanks for posting!! That's a great photo and a great heirloom, I'm sure. Was he in World War I?

The uniforms of that era were not high fashion, but I think they were pretty cool! The period from the Spanish American War through the 1930's was the "golden age" of the US Army, in my opinion. Here's one from the defenders of the 1915 Mexican raids across our southern border.

13th Cavalry, 1915

phishkillr Loc: Frostproof, Fl.

I always got enjoyment out of woodworking. It was a good relaxation from being a Paramedic. Then when I would get the time I would go out and shoot Skeet and Trap. That would go along with fishing.