Your spare time?

Ian

Ian

Administrator
Joined
Feb 23, 2002
Messages
19,878
Reaction score
1,509
I bet we have quite a range of interests on this site, so I thought it would be interesting if we all share what they are :D

If I'm not working, I'm normally tinkering with computer stuff or designing/building something. Used to have quite a few nights out with uni people, but now most of them have moved away with jobs so I'll have to wait until Sept to meet a new batch of PhD students!

Oh, and Newcastle United matches :nod:
 
Long list but heres some of what i get up to....

Quiz nights at the Local,
Darts at the Local,
Tinkering with pc and other bits,
Listening to music,
Watchin Dvd's,
Building my vast DVD collection,
Photography,
Scanning all the frequencies to see whats out there,
Flying kites with my daughter,
shopping for Gadgets.
watchin Superbikes on the tv (as i haven't got one at the mo):(
Crunching for cures,
Collecting porcelain figures,
Etc Etc Etc...


And others which i won't mention here....:D
 
Yea me too, Anything to warn off the boredom

Actually did a Karaoke night last night for a friend in a club..

Most of the singers were bloody awful, but a couple were ok. I guess in the long run its worth it to see 1 or 2 really good ones. Runner up prize was a case of WKD Blue, First prize was £100 cash. The winner was made up, she couldnt believe it lol. Her jaw dropped when I told her Final was 11th September and prize was £500 :D

I also help out in Rhyl on Sunday nights doin Karaoke too. Tis all good fun ;)
 
Last edited:
Hmm now what do i do...

Been up to quite a bit really - had a party here the other night because the rents went away... been working a little bit more than usual, been out with several different mates on a few occasions taking photos, went and saw Pirates OTC 2 with Lisa the other night... I like driving around too...

General sort of stuff really... alot of my day involves surfing the net and chatting to mates...Student stuff really!
 
Go out every friday either up town or meet all me mates round someones house and let out some stress from the week by getting blind drunk and making a fool of meself.

Work out every other day, and a mega work out on sundays.
Take me petrol remote control car out sunday and meet me mate with his.
Pool probably twice a month, im absolutly rubbish, i just go to drink.
Football every now and then, im pretty good and love it.
 
Last edited:
hmmm

Well I spend most of my life playing guitar, which never gets boring. No one has house parties in the summer holidays, but during the year that takes up a few nights. When we get bored we go watch a film, or walk around doing nothing really until 1-2am, then we go to someone's house, do nothing for a while longer and then go home. Aside from that we just sit in the pub for the evening. That was basically all that happened June through July.

Im so cultured. :p
 
Well, I've only had my 2nd cuppa this morning, so my brain hasn't quite kicked in yet but I'll give it a go...

Surfing the web would be high on the list
Reading when I can find the time
General mucking around with my children
Going out, our local, or dinner, or dancing
Walking & going for drives
& always take my camera
Painting (Of course)
Rowing & watching Videos/DVD's
Talking & listening (people can be amazingly fascinating)
periodically mutilating the garden
Surfing the web (did I mention that one?)
& Ask any Australian... Kiwi's always have 'six' between 5 & 7 ;)
Listening to music
Swimming/snorkeling in summer
Oh, & surfing the web... wouldn't want to miss that one ;)

I'm sure I'll think of more later, but that's what I can think of now :nod:
 
Last edited:
Took voluntary redundancy with early retirement 2005 at the age of 52 - now looking after my mum full time.
Surfing the Web computers etc.
Member of the Scouts Association - Former Scout Instructor & Assistant Cub Scout Leader - now with the Scout Fellowship.
Member of two national charities for the deaf and a deaf church.
Amateur genealogist and photographer
Volunteer with the local voluntary services - currently helping out at two local museums.
School Governor
Science Fiction Fan with a keen interest in Star Trek (I am not a Trekkie).
 
Working.
Crunching.
Tinkering on computers.
Gardening.
Drag Racing.

That about covers it.

I used up my lifetime alcoholic beverage quota in the eighties so I don't fall over much anymore. :D
 
Working
Plotting Wedding Number 3:lol:
Logging on here
Used to drink (a lot)
Learning more about IT & PC's
 
Let's see... :rolleyes:
Painting - oils mainly
DIY occasionally - built some kitchen units from scratch.
Crafting - making greeting cards
Cooking
Reading (anything from autobiographies to who-dunnits, sci-fi, natural history, etc.)
Radio listening
Music listening (and playing just a bit)
Playing Scrabble (using the Internet Scrabble Club)
Looking after 4 cats and one Husband
Using the internet for shopping, surfing, web games, chatting, crunching
Enjoying the PC
Spending time in PCR... of course :D
 
Pc tinkerer :D and PCR enthusiast ;)
Senior badminton player
Top batsmen and captain for North Baddesly cricket team
online games
Spending a huge amaount of time with my partner and supporting/helping with her artwork :D.
Used to be in the Scouts.
Heavy jefferson airplane listener :rolleyes:
Playing connect 4/snap
Reading/writing to Pcgamer

Edit: I'm really trying to get into the hardware/programming/computing side of er computers :D
 
Last edited:
PC's and online gaming, getting drunk, wondering where i got that bruise oh and working, amongst other things...
 
Ok here go`s

1... Working
2.. Babysitting 2 v/young children
3..drinking/ and satisfying very young 27 year old wife
 
oh it is an old one

Well here goes:

Surfing the net
Talking to beautiful women.
Going to the gym
Eating
Sleeping
Researching into the human body and different proverbs
Texting
Chatting on the phone
FOOTBALL watching it intensly.
Some other sports
Going out to pubs, bars and some clubs

and SLEEPING oh I already mentioned that
 
Right now... trying to learn how to use XP.
As a confirmed Mac user I am finding this quite a task.
But I haven't killed anyone yet, so that's ok.
My ex teaches Comp sci at the uni & he always used to say that
his theory was that the reason people kept on using wndows
was because, after all the trouble they had to go through to learn the system, they were f*ckd if they were going to let it all be for nothing :rolleyes:
mind you, these days, although he teaches all three systems, he does almost all of his work in Linux
&, going by muck's siggy, I suspect that that has the same psychology.
In the meantime I am learning windows.
As I figured that, after years of criticising the system, I should at least know what I'm talking about :o
Asides from that, most of my time at the moment is being taken up by family.
And I'm hoping to be able to start another painting soon.
This one's been sitting in my head for weeks now
& if I can't get it out on paper soon I'll lose it :(

I see you said you paint Taffy :)
I would be interested in seeing some of your paintings if you would like to put some of your photos up? :)

edit: One thing I can't get over is how different things look, especially graphics & fonts, but also some layouts (including this one) on a windows machine compared to a Mac. I must admit I always thought such things would look much the same regardless of what type of computer your were on.
 
Last edited:
Back
Top