Aside From Coins, Do You Have Any Other Hobbies?

I've always considered my profession, an Architect, as being a hobby simply because I thoroughly enjoy what I do. I get to play with cool design programs, 3d printers, and create virtual environments. About 3 years ago I started collecting historic (1890's era) lithograph maps and diagrams; mostly of my hometown. Recently I was able to purchase a full 1894 Atlas and Artfolio of my hometown produced by the Rerick Brothers. Not many copies, especially complete copies, of the book remain. I've also been playing guitar for 16 years and dabble in fabrication when there is time. I also hunt, fish, and hike.

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knee isn't bent enough for my liking...

 

I'm actually very envious of panzerman's career choice ... landscaper!!

When I was just a pup outta high-school and before I decided to go back to university, I landscaped for a Dutch-dude that was considered the cream of the crop ... yah, those were probably my 6 favourite work-years!!

=> because I was lowman on the totem-pole, I was always on the business-end of the shovel and wheelbarrow, so I was in great shape!! ... I had great coworkers, who loved to party after work => so all-in-all, it was heaven!!

... anyway ...

=> now I consider landscaping a hobby => and I "love" showing-off my skills to these dudes in my new hometown ... I still love demolishing a pile of sand and/or top-soil (for whatever reason, it must be a life-skill? => people are astonished at how quickly I can dig-shovel-and-re-create a yard!!)

again, I am very envious of panzerman and his career-choice => it is definitely one of my favourite "hobbies" (maybe if it was my actual career, I wouldn't think it was so cool?)

cheers, coin-bro

 

Steve/ Yeah I have to agree. Although, I call it work, still I can daydream about all those neat coins I have...plus i think about upcoming auctions, bids, all that good stuff! I have to admit, hard work is so good for the human body/mind....I have not missed one day's work in 30 years, never ever get sick. Nice side benefits, you do not have to wear a shirt/ can eat lots of calorie rich tasty food and not gain an oz. of weight/ drink some ice cold Coronas on the job Best of all, you can make a $1000 bucks a day or more. I notice these "do it your selfers". They order in 10 yards of black earth, takes them a week to do the job, most do not even try, so they pay me a grand to get the soil/ add it to flowerbeds, costs me 200 bucks material/5 hrs time. So, I can do 2/3 jobs like that in one day=$2400!
Last, their is a feeling of satisfaction, when keep your client's lawns/flowerbeds/shrubs looking pristine. Oops! almost forgot....you get a great tan and....have the Winter off!

 

Its acutally pretty neat to hear others people's hobbies. The best ones are working out and excercise, it squashes the typical stereotype of collectors in general. Case in point, at the NYINC there was a cutomer looking through coins with his arm covered in tattoos. I thought that was pretty cool, don't know how dealers percieve of customers like that.

 

So true, working out/exercise/walking the dog/physical job all add up to a very LONG healthy life to enjoy ones many hobbies, which keep our brains active. Definately a win win!

 

Yeah, when I finally finished grad school, my wife retired from chemical engineering and became a landscaper for a few years. It's got its own set of challenges, but it was just the change she needed at the time. When the kids came, though, she retired from that, too (although she did take the first baby along in a playpen while she worked for a while).

 

I have really enjoyed reading this thread, thank you to everyone who has replied!

 

Well, this was a fun thread to look through. You all have some interesting hobbies.
I'm to dull/poor to have more than one hobby at a time, so I'm currently only collecting coins.

I do like to drink different craft beers...is that a hobby sort of?


I did collect stamps as a kid.


before I collected coins I collected realistic military toys, mainly world war II. I still have a few..









I also play PC video games like some of you.

 

I am an avid fishermen and always will be. I have been fortunate enough to be able to fish all across the US. I am also a distance runner and sports junky. I suffer from Ankylosing Spondylitis (which is horrible) and the running helps. I used to be a big poker player, and sports gambler. I am very glad I gave that up a few years back.

 

Apart from collecting coins, I build ships out of LEGO in 1:50 scale:

 

Okay, the Lego ships are officially the coolest thing I have seen all day!

 

Many hobbies, more than I can fund. Here are a few things:

 

Impressive shelf of pottery Dorney, what cultures are they from (the Egyptian ushabti are obvious of course, although I would love to know what era they are from).

 

Quite a mixed group.

China, Han to Ming Dynasties (2nd Century BC to about 16th AD)
Apulian, 5th - 5th Century BC
Cypriot, 8th to 5th Century BC
Ghassulian Culture, Bactrian, Luristan, Marlik, Roman, the list goes on! Only one New World piece though.

 

In the last four years I have visited the American Caribbean 18 times for diving & sailing. Does that qualify as a hobby or just part of our daily business.....

I enjoy attending concerts. Also in recent years I've been working on new Vinyl record plants (to make money to buy coins). That's all just part of our daily business.......

Many years ago I would have discussed photography & astronomy as hobbies. I had 1,000+ mm optics and cameras from Japan & Germany.

During the summer months I enjoy fresh water fishing. This is the last fish I caught in 2016.


I've shared some of my current hobbies at CT before. I collect guns and make my own ammunition. FWIW, Anoob & I plan to shoot some of the ammo as soon as the local winter weather clears. New rocks, minerals & guitar picks enter my collections regularly.

It was nice reading about everyone's interests in this thread. Many of us share the same collector gene.

 

That is pretty cool and lego at that

 

Then here is some more eye candy for you:







This 1:50 scale model of the steam frigate USS Niagara (1855) is to my knowledge at 2,35 m length over all and 16 kg weight the largest sailing ship model ever built out of 100% LEGO (about 20.000 pieces including 34 working cannons and 80 sailors with no glue or other extra material used).

 

I have a few hobbies besides numismatics. Being self-employed, however, I just wish I had more time available to be able to dedicate more time to them.

Like Julius G. I also like to build ships. In my case I have a longtime project with this completely scratch-built, 2-deck, 32-cannon sailing ship. Everything besides the cannon have been built from scratch out of wood I buy at the hardware store. I draw my own plans, but roughly it is supposed to represent a typical late 18th. century vessel.

Bending the planks and epoxy-gluing them into place is a challenge (5-minute epoxy glue sticks like the devil to bare skin, believe me!), but this project is something I really enjoy.

I work on it as time allows, and still have ways to go, including the 2nd. planking, main deck, aft cabins and of course all the rigging.....




Another on-and-off hobby of mine are radio controlled helicopters. I was really wild about this until sickness struck, but I firmly intend to get back into it.
This is one of the models I built. It is semi-scratch-built, and actually got pretty good at hovering stably and flying it tail-on. I also put on a nice scale canopy for extra realism.

This is a hobby where you spend 1 hour flying and 3 hours fixing damage from the latest crash. Still, the technology behind it is fascinating and appeals to the engineer in me.



Besides the above hobbies, and in spite of a serious bout with illness, I remain an active sportsman and walk or jog 3-5 miles daily in the beautiful woods surrounding our house. Also some light weight-lifting.

As I said, the only thing I lack is time.....

 

I love your ship project!!! I have a couple of large wooden sailing ship models as well, but I must admit that I did not build them myself.

My latest Lego work-in-progress is SMS Cormoran, a pre-WW I German gunboat: