[Misc] Who has got an unusual HOBBY?

[*Gullsworth*]

I consider my new found hobby slightly unusual, after inheriting 4 of them I have become obsessed with........Pocket watches. Loads of research on the internet reveals some interesting facts. They are worth next to nothing, not that I would sell them anyway and to have them serviced cost an arm and a leg. Just nice to look at, wind and see them working, well 3 out of 4 of them work.
So bore us all with your hobbies

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Gold Prospecting & Panning in the UK. Beat that.

 

[Robot Chicken]

I enjoy geocaching, both finding them and hiding them. It's fun being taken to random locations and searching for well hidden caches as you get out and you never know what you'll see.

 

[Whoislloydy]

Supporting Brighton

 

[Easy 10]

I collect spores, moulds and fungus.

 

[Brighthelmstone]

I collect spores, moulds and fungus.

Are you a ghostbuster?

 

[father_and_son]

Guess not THAT unusual, but I play Dungeons and Dragons. I have on and off since the early 80s and still actively play every week (or did... Now moving to online options).

 

[BN9 BHA]

I consider my new found hobby slightly unusual, after inheriting 4 of them I have become obsessed with........Pocket watches. Loads of research on the internet reveals some interesting facts. They are worth next to nothing, not that I would sell them anyway and to have them serviced cost an arm and a leg. Just nice to look at, wind and see them working, well 3 out of 4 of them work.
So bore us all with your hobbies

Great if you have plenty of time on your hands.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

Not me - Soz

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I collect spores, moulds and fungus.

Are you a ghostbuster?

No. Just doesn’t wash.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I collect spores, moulds and fungus.

But enough about your toenails.

 

[Easy 10]

Are you a ghostbuster?

Uh-huh. Yes. Yes, those guys on TV.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Great if you have plenty of time on your hands.

Got to hand it to you, your jokes are getting better by the minute and they don't wind me up

 

[schmunk]

Paging [MENTION=34997]Your Mum[/MENTION]

 

[Bodian]

I consider my new found hobby slightly unusual, after inheriting 4 of them I have become obsessed with........Pocket watches. Loads of research on the internet reveals some interesting facts. They are worth next to nothing, not that I would sell them anyway and to have them serviced cost an arm and a leg. Just nice to look at, wind and see them working, well 3 out of 4 of them work.
So bore us all with your hobbies

Love my pocket watch. It's a ladies', so fits nicely in the little pocket you get in jeans (which apparently, as I didn't know and have just looked it up - is actually a watch pocket put there by Levi Strauss in 1879). I was in a pub with some colleagues (in those far off days when pubs were open) and got out my watch to see how long I had before the bus went. One colleague was astonished, whereas another who has known me longer just said 'might have known..'

Have you looked inside the back cover - many of them have dates/initials from when they were serviced and by whom.

 

[Justice]

Some threads are a waste of time.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Love my pocket watch. It's a ladies', so fits nicely in the little pocket you get in jeans (which apparently, as I didn't know and have just looked it up - is actually a watch pocket put there by Levi Strauss in 1879). I was in a pub with some colleagues (in those far off days when pubs were open) and got out my watch to see how long I had before the bus went. One colleague was astonished, whereas another who has known me longer just said 'might have known..'

Have you looked inside the back cover - many of them have dates/initials from when they were serviced and by whom.

Yes I know, getting to know the date marks, makers mark's and what metal, white metal sterling or plate metal, gold ect ect. Some have past owners, jeweller, servicers names scratched in the back. You find out which makes are good the bad and the indifferent. Great little hobby which extends to Pocket watch boxes to house them in, very often more expensive than the watches themselves

I tell ya.....I am obsessed with them now

 

[Biscuit]

I colourise black and white TV and film footage.

 

[Bodian]

Yes I know, getting to know the date marks, makers mark's and what metal, white metal sterling or plate metal, gold ect ect. Some have past owners, jeweller, servicers names scratched in the back. You find out which makes are good the bad and the indifferent. Great little hobby which extends to Pocket watch boxes to house them in, very often more expensive than the watches themselves

I tell ya.....I am obsessed with them now

My chiming clock (which I swapped in a junk shop in Farnham Surrey for my NatWest pig collection - best swap I ever did) is just coming up to it's hundredth birthday. You think watches are expensive to service...!

You may be interested to know that the pen I most frequently use dates from 1916 (Waterman PSF 12 1/2), and the others are all pre-1950 (mainly the 1920s). Seems a natural extension to your watch hobby, as it's all about pre-computer things that work and that you can understand.

 

[Swansman]

I colourise black and white TV and film footage.

Nice. How?