We are living in busy times so what do you enjoy doing with your time?
What’s Your Hobby?
Ozjoey on 17/02/2023 - 00:16
Last edited 17/02/2023 - 09:29 by 1 other user
Last edited 17/02/2023 - 09:29 by 1 other user
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I searched this on my work laptop :(
rip
Now Googling- How to clear search history.
Garden, rare tropical shade plants, my lawn, my dogs, metal detecting, performance cars, 4wd, camping, target shooting and hiking
Watching videos on how to do hobbies without actually doing them.
80% of the fun with 0% of the cost
Buying all the items for hobbies without actually doing them.. wait
How many 3d printers do you own? ;)
Gardening, Home Automation, Travelling
whats your favorite garden automation? That's my next are to expand intp
Watering the garden based on the weather, season, and moisture level. Collaboration of BOM data and moisture sensor which I made by myself with the HA, personally BOM info is enough.
- home made ginger beer
- home made cheese
- 3d printing
- bass guitar
BUT very poorly skilled at all these because I spend too much PC gaming
So are you good at gaming then?
Not according to my kids…not into online games, prefer single player games such as city building games.
How do you make the ginger beer? I've tried now and then different receipes for years and it always spoils. The alcoholic stuff I mean.
never really worried too much about a recipe - boil the ginger (I have used fresh and crushed store bought ginger) and sugar (enough for around 8% alcohol), add lemon juice, add yeast (I just used basic yeast), wait, bottle and prime…like I said very poorly skilled but never had one burst yet….believe it or not but my favorite batch was my first…fermented in a 2L coke bottle with a balloon with pin hole in it on top…never tested strength or anything so seems I will be chasing that perfect combination for the rest of my life…there are worse habits I suppose
- Astrophotography
- 3D printing
- Wildlife photography/bird watching
- Travelling/hiking
- Robotics
- Scifi films/series
- Around house DIY projects
So, too many I guess!
Mine's R rated.
…username checks out ?
That's a bit boring. Try some X or RC and enjoy life.
*Cooking
*Magic the Gathering
*Playing PC games (mainly BoI and other rogue likes)
*Reading
*Whistling
*Leatherworking
*WoodworkingThe last 2 I'm not properly in to yet as I'm space-poor and also don't have many tools
Other hobbies I'd like to get in to are:
*Setting up/using my dodgy 3D printer
*Sport or martial art of some kind
*Ice skating
*Gardening
*Shooting
*Riding dirt bikes or quad bikes
*Juggling more than 3 balls
*Rock climbing
*Camping
*Learning an instrumentOf these hobbies I would not recommend PC gaming or Magic the Gathering as they will waste your time (Hasbro also seems to have a gripe with the people that give them money not giving them enough money for DnD and MtG)
I do not support Hasbro making so many iterations of Monopoly and I'm impressed they seem so willing to burn through any good will they have with their player base
Thank you for coming to my soapbox
I forgot
*Listening to podcasts
*Leatherworking
*WoodworkingOut of these two, leatherworking is WAY cheaper and WAY more space efficient. You can make lots of cool little items with very few tools. In saying that, I recently got well into woodworking and absolutely love it.
Where do you find wood source?
I usually get pine at Bunnings. It is fine for making things around the house (laptop holder, a few headphone holders, a few monitor stands, watch holder, a few PC cases, some shelves to hide things behind TVs). For some tables/benches, I used the acacia wood panels from Bunnings too. I also from time to time get wood from the street, old furniture people are throwing out.
From a few 3$ off cuts from Bunnings I made myself a bench, add a vice and you have a not-so-bad place to work.
Happy to hear where other get their wood… maybe I am sourcing it wrong.
Finding wood is actually tough - particularly if you don't own a jointer and planer to deal with undressed timber. I have used construction pine from Bunnings (which was fine for a Workbench I was making, but was mega shit to work with due to warping, loads of resinous bits etc). I have also used the Tassie Oak DAR boards from Bunnings which are expensive and require some hunting around between stores to find matching grain/colour and to generally get not shit ones. I have also bought full plywood sheets from a local supplier and had them delivered. Plywood from Bunnings looks to be pretty rubbish - so I wouldn't recommend. But I have struggled to find dressed hardwood from local suppliers online, as most places just seem to be selling to the construction industry.
Any tips on how to get into leatherworking? I am actually interested but I have no idea where to buy anything. What would be a good source of leather that you can recommend?
I can't really speak for Sydney, but I went to a local-ish leather shop in Brisbane and just bought some of their veg-tanned offcuts. These were awesome value because they can't be used to make big items (bags etc) but they are the perfect size for smaller projects like wallets and stuff (I.e the ones you'll actually be starting out with). I originally bought some very thin chrome tanned kangaroo leather offcuts from Birsdsall leather for $11/kg, but I found this much harder/less satisfying to work with than the veg tanned cow leather I got later. The tools themselves are pretty easy to find online - and you don't need much to get started!
This was the first video I watched, it shows you how to hand stitch without needing a pony: https://youtu.be/EIGT_RXi8ZM
Magic the Gathering as they will waste your time
Time is the thing I'm worried about losing the least when it comes to Magic the Gathering, let's not talk about cEDH/Legacy format decks and how many of them I shamefully own.
I'm currently teaching myself Unreal Engine, using different tutorials from Udemy or YouTube.
Apart from that, Overwatch is my go-to timewaster.
Cocaine
any bargains to share?
is that you Cassie?
Wrestling the kids, reading, edible gardening, Lego, bush walks, chess, puzzles.
Travel, been a tough few years but getting back into the swing of it. And food, either cooking it or plotting the aforementioned travel to land in places with good food, on a budget
pr0n, fapping, gaming, eating
disgrace you bomboclaat
I hope you wash your hands between #2 and #4.
extra minerals doesn't hurt
Most of it comes off on #3.
Video Games, Home Renovation, Latin Dancing
Travel and researching my next destination or holiday.
Smoking weed/video games
What games in particular?
Current games I'm enjoying
MW2 DMZ/warzone/infected
FH5
Friday the 13th
Age of empire 2 DE
GTAV next GEN Xbox series
Wreckfest
And quite a few more
I thought it would be sucking triangular shaped icy poles
I'll leave that one up to you
Tolerating Apex Legends while I wait for Sons Of The Forest to release. Trying to run a couple times a week. Learning to motorcycle. Want to get into BJJ.
Audiobooks, writing, bushwalking, crosswords, piano, cycling, reading
Friday - Sunday I stream on Twitch. I started back in January 2021 and it's one of the best things I've ever done!
what's your name on twitch?
Lure fishing and woodwork.
It used to do photography for fun. Then people started giving me money for it. I then quit because it became work.
so true!
running, gaming, cars, gardening, foraging, looking for work…
BJJ, weightlifting, walking the dog, landscape photography, writing, gaming and movies (of course!).
And gotta say. I really love a bargain. Feels good! I
Oss!
BJJ is ? I’m thinking blow…something something
Yes. That's correct. I love blow blow jobs. You need a selection of really strong fans.
Also Brazilian ju jitsu
Collecting money 💰
Metalcore
Paying bills.
Brodening
Donating maximum rent to poverty stricken landlord needing human rights assistance
😅👏🏻👌🏻
Give it to em'!
Doing whatever Andrew Tate tells me too lol
try to declutter by selling 2nd hands…more a chore rather than hobby.
Worth less than $50 ?
Give away or donate to charity.
My hobby is browsing this thread for more hobbies that may interest me, so far no dice
Hiking,Biking,Running, Gardening,Travelling
I got a large garden so I can sit in my garden for hours drinking tea, coffee and enjoyed the sound of nature, birds, frogs, water running
on a 35–40-degree days it is the coolest place to be , nature free aircon
Gliding.
I collect sea shells. I have a massive collection that I keep spread out over beaches all over the world. You’ve probably seen some of my stuff.
PC mods,little electronics projects,board games,growing mushrooms,hiking(sometimes with my cat,which is a hobby in of itself),portrait photography (and in this vein;cosplay and some spicier variants)
Altogether just too many things
Mushies aye? 😏
You eventually non ironically start wanting to grow gourmet mushrooms 🥴.
Oh I agree, its a very rewarding hobby (:
I'm surprised there's no other rock climbers here yet
They all bought discounted gear and fell to their deaths
Got a Garmin smartwatch in December. Never would I say I enjoy running until this. Collecting those badges is mighty addictive. Looking forward to my hike later today.
I play Elden Ring, love these types of games, put in 200+ hours and I am a busy man.
Pickleball
Hogwarts Legacy to tic off left wing extremist
Wait, what? I thought Harry Potter triggered the right because “witches are demonic” or some other BS?
even better piss of two losts of lunatics with one stone ;p
I think you’re getting negged by the far right…
I find it kind of ironic that people buy this game to piss off the 'woke' crowd, when the game itself is full of the things they consider to be 'woke'.
Gone are the days of buying a game because it is fun to play…
I find it kind of ironic that people buy this game to piss off the 'woke' crowd, when the game itself is full of the things they consider to be 'woke'.
in fairness the game is pretty good - i would of brought it regardless
Yeah I bought it also.
entering competitions!
What's your "hit rate"so far? I've entered some in the past but gave up because all I seem to end up with are promotional emails and advertising
i absolutely love it. i try to enter as many as i can per day when my kids are asleep. i've had months at a time not winning anything but a couple of weeks ago, i won a $100 giftcard to spend on baby/kids wear on a thursday
$500 cash on friday (instagram competition)
$200 stockland gift card voucher (facebook) on a saturday.
my big wins in the past are 2 tvs, 2 ps4's and 1 ps5.
Oh and i won a 20kg bucket of nutella a few weeks ago too! 🥰
Procrastinating
That's on my list to do next year.
What do people without hobbies do?
Mountain biking, about to have a go at my first race since 1990 :)
Hiit, weights
Motorbike riding
4wding
Camping/CaravanningI’m sure there are others…
What do people without hobbies do?
I used to wonder this too, until I realised one of my mates was like this during lockdowns. Absolutely no hobbies at all.
Works, drinks copious amounts of alcohol and smokes cigarettes. Sometimes ambles down to the local and plays pokies to pass time. Travels to Bali sometimes to drink. Activities usually centred around drinking. Makes decent coin for work but would be spending $300/week easily on smokes and alcohol.
This is true! Non smoker, not work the health implications or cost. I gave up drinking a few years ago, wasnt much of a drinker anyway. I've had family members with alcohol and gambling addictions so I rarely ever punt unless I'm on a holiday and go to a casino or similar. Spend my money on hobbies I guess haha
3D printing. I've got a Prusa atm. Might sell it to upgrade to a Bambu P1P, not sure yet.
PC gaming. I'll admit I'm a bit of a tightarse and pirate a lot. I did recently buy Rimworld though and I can't put it down.
Board gaming with friends.
Reading novels, especially sci-fi. I usually read a bit before bed every night.
Gym? I dunno if this is a hobby. Just something I somewhat enjoy doing because it makes me look better and feel stronger. If I could take a magic pill that gives me all the benefits of going to the gym I'd take it in a heartbeat.
And lastly cause it's Ozbargain: saving money. I love seeing that number going up, fighting against interest rate rises.
Lego , gym, swimming and gaming.
Propagating plants atm, it's a lot of fun to watch the roots form and duplicating the mother/father plant. If that's too physical, you can try Garden In! instead.
omg what did I just google?