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I have what I refer to as rotating hobbies. Currently I homebrew and fish (I run bass fishing tournaments),but other rotators are:
Bicycle riding
Camping
Woodworking
Writing
Reading
Painting
Veggie Gardening

There's no predicting when an interest will wane and another rotator will take its place.
 
Hobbies beside homebrewing-

Baseball cards.
Reading.
BBQ.
Whitetail deer hunting (archery & muzzle loader)
Scale model building (sci-fi, cars and planes being my preferred kits)
Art
Video games (Battle Pirates and Dino Hunter-Deadly Shores on Facebook)
Going in costume to a Renaissance Festival.
knife making (been awhile since I've done this, as I still need a proper workshop)
Podcasting (really wanting to get back into this one at some point. Used to do a program on Blogtalk Radio similar to the format of Coast To Coast AM. UFOs, conspiracies, government cover-ups, that sort of thing. Yeah, I know, I'm weird. :p)
SWMBO wants to start a garden next year (Perfect excuse for me to lay out a spot to grow my own hops! :rockin::D)
SWMBO also informs me she is thinking about learning how to keep a few beehives for pollination and collecting fresh honey. (I see mead and honey laced beers in my future, perhaps.)
 
Used to play the Bagpipes, drag racing, keeping saltwater fish and restore old military vehicles. Currently metalworking, woodworking, shooting/gunsmithing, Ham radio (Amatuer Extra licence), gardening, home canning, fishing and whatever else strikes my fancy at the time.
 
I make custom vinyl decals, play bass and ukulele and used to play a lot of paintball scenario 24 and 48 hr games.
 
Pyrotechnics... This is my baby at 33:55.

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Anyone else here ever build a potato cannon? I used to mess around with them until a flaming potato nearly caught my entire backyard on fire. Not cool......
 
Cooking of course. Building stuff of course. And working out 3-4 days a week so I can feel good about all my drinking and eating...
 
It's fun, frustrating, and scary. Just a heads up.

Oh I know, this isn't my first house. Sold my last one three years ago, so I've been renting since then. The ex and I had it built, so there wasn't much in repairs or upgrades to do to it. I'm looking forward to buying an older house, and the projects that will come with it.
 
Motorcycles (2004 Honda VTX 1300C, 1981 Honda CB900C). Both are complete runners. I had to replace the entire charging system on the 900, and I still have the scar below my right eye from attempting to press in a new fork seal for the 900 as well. Maybe I should post that under "Don't Do That".

I make yogurt. I have been doing this for about two years. I have finally gotten my schedule correct so I have been using a starter from the previous batch to make the next batch. I'm about 6 months into this starter.

I make soap. It started out as a way to dispose of the oil from frying turkeys at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Make soap to solidify everything and toss it in the trash. A funny thing happened...we tried using the soap as soap and liked it. We have given the soap away and gotten rave reviews. Yes, I have even made a homebrew IPA soap with hop pellets as a botanical additive. We now have a niece who wants to learn the process.
 
Used to be into motorcycles, just never had time to ride.

Cars took the front runner for a while, I have a 1980 VW rabbit pickup that always needs something, and I swapped a '98 TDI into a 1990 VW Corrado, full ODB2 electronics, - its sitting wait for a bit more work before road time.

Beer and dogs are my daily ones. Plus I swim, for mental and physical health.

I ski in the winter- might push myself into hiking+skiing, but I prefer downhill only for now.

Just did a sprint triathlon on Sunday- that might become a thing for me... which would require me to improve my road biking.
 
I make stuff with my hands, including leather shoes, furniture etc. I rock climb (mainly boulders at the moment) and ride bicycles (bmx for about 12 years, road bikes a few years and now building a Santa Cruz Highball 29'er for mtb). It's hard to find time for all my hobbies between working and architecture school, but I'm happy!
 
I ride bikes, play drums and a little guitar (although not as often as I should), read, listen to/buy music, hike. I could probably use another hobby to be honest, a lot of those don't occupy all that much of my time.
 
I play the guitar, photography/editing photos, I press and make longboard skateboards, collecting/discovering new music and records, love to cook/slow cook/smoke meats, snorkel/swim/fish, play pool, drawling and painting, working on my truck, traveling, etc...

I pretty much love anything that has self expression involved in it. I have too many hobbies... I've actually been thinking about cutting back on them. I'm a jack of many trades but a master of none. I think the closest thing I've come to "mastering" is brewing. I love my beer and I'm happy with just about every beer I make.
 

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