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Poll Question: What other interest do you have? (READ QUESTION)
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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Originally posted by N Ellingworth N Ellingworth wrote:

I enjoy reading but I haven't had as much time to read as I would like recently. Cry

I'm one of those sad PC gamers who constantly throws money at their computer to keep it fairly current, but I refuse to play any so called massively multiplayer online games (World of Warcraft etc) simply because if I want to play a game with other people, I do it with friends rather than people I don't know, also I don't like having to pay a subscription just to play a game. The games I usually play are strategy or simulation games as they offer hours of entertainment instead of half an hour of mindless violence.

Still involving my PC, I do enjoy designing things (usually cars or aircraft) in CAD programs.

I used to be heavily in to electronics but the constant burns from soldering irons got to me and the expense of some parts is prohibitive giving my music buying habits.

If I had the space I'd also have a decent model railway layout as I love building things and building the scenery for a model railway would be a challenge I'd enjoy.

I also have an interest in practically anything with an engine that moves.


My father has one down the shed and I own a few of the locos. Embarrassed

Oh it's OO of course, but my father has built an O Guage loco from a kit (non-steam) and he takes it occasionally to Model Railway Exhibitions.

It is fun to do all the scenery though, especially if you're modelling it on a real place and you want accuracy.


I prefer the smaller gauges as you can get a lot in to a small space, my stuff is all German N gauge, I would like to build a Swiss HOm narrow gauge layout at some point though.

But I'm at university so I don't have the room to use my current track or build a permanent layout. Unhappy
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You forgot porn

    
Curious complaint from one who lists interests as "hating life and the world, crying, cutting myself, being misunderstood." I dread to think what form of pornography fits in with that little list...

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All of these except movies. Unfortunately only as a consumer; I couldn't create anything if my life depended on it Unhappy.
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i was the freak voting "Don't have any interests ,life is boring, kill me" LOL
 
actually this is because
- since i started working (ordinary job, nothing connected to my professional background) i don't have the time i formerly used for my hobbies and also i couldn't set a better time&activities management in order to get that back and/or draw new interests. while before i was a heavy reader (i took the book and only released it when finished), in the last 6 months i read only (almost) three novels... art is also keeping me less and less busy, almost to 0, but it doesn't count as a lost hobby as art was the my professional playground before. my interest & desire for film is still strong but coming back home tired doesn't set the mood for it. TV is not what i would consider a hobby because of random contents and because of the little fruition. i don't even have a TV set. PC Games i quit long time ago because i feel they're only waste of time (for me). the poor capacities of my computer also inhibit my rare tentatives towards gaming.
- since my short-sightedness has incresead and doesn't let me play any sporting games without my glasses anymore, footbal and basket-ball are also out of the hobby list. (i wouldn't play with glasses on as they're too expensive for me to break).
 
so this leaves me with... nothing. shoot me! LOL
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I like reading a lot.



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Movies, food, porn.. the basicsWink
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Life is boring.

Though I do have things I do a lot. Just not for fun.
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Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:


Originally posted by Australian Australian wrote:

Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:


Originally posted by Australian Australian wrote:


1.     Star Wars and Star Wars-related activates…
Such as? I used to be really big on the Decipher card game and I'm still grand champion amongst my friends in Trivial Pursuit (the fact that I can have them all on one team against me and I still crush them says something).

    
Same here all my friends, can name most of the characters (movies only) but that's about it.
Yeah, they're pretty good for movie stuff, but they don't have the vast knowledge or dedication that I do outside of the movies. Let's see if Jody sees this, he's another major SW fanatic.


Any time a list of things has to be made I always forget something,because Sci&Fi and Fantasy and especially Star Wars is a passion of mine.

It's easy to be knowledgeable about the SW movies but the real test is your knowledge of the Star Wars EU(Expanded Universe),which I am really into.I can give you very detailed back story on very minor characters in the films,or ones that are alluded to in the films.The EU is incredible,and if you like Star Wars you should start delving into the vast amount of EU books that are available.
    


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Other: nature/wildlife

and sports. Mainly football and I like late-night American sports on five, especially baseball, NFL and NHl.
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Mainly: Movie fan. Not a moviegoer but fan of any kind of cinema. 200 DVD on my colection (and counting) and a perverted love for directors as Tarkovski, Kubrick, Reygadas, Solondz, Jarmusch, Cronenberg, Lynch, Antonioni, Caiozzi, Fincher, Mann, Hawks, Ford, Hitchcock, L. Anderson, Truffaut, Cassavettes, Reggio & Fricke, Resnais, Jodorowsky, Scorsese, Ford Coppola, Malick, Altman, Leone, Peckinpah, G. Miller and many-many-many others...

Second (closer): literature. In fact I'm writing my first novel. Love Vonnegut, Philip Dick, Fred Brown, Dan Simmons, Garcia Marquez, Federico Andahazi, Pedro Juan Gutierrez, John Cheever, Bioy Casares, Armando Cassigoli, Palaniuhk amongst others...

Other interests and hobbies: History, TV documentaries, colect photos (from internet or impressions) and of course, drink beer LOL
... E N E L B U N K E R...
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i'm thinking of buying a photo camera (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz7/) in order to have a hobby again. would you visit my photo blog if i made one?
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Originally posted by progismylife progismylife wrote:

I read almost constantly. More often than I listen to music and spend time on here combined. Shocked

Seriously I have read so much. At least 20 books in the past 3 months.
 
Good for you! I wish I still had the time to be able to do this Cry
 
So, my own interests are reading, theatre, football (the one you play with your feet) and British films.


Edited by dedokras - January 18 2007 at 08:20
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Movies and Literature
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sport: cycling, running, skiing
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Art in many forms, aswell as history, politics, philosophy and psychology.
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Let's see:

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I like science fiction. Of any kind, as long as it's good SF, not a space-opera. SF-related movies, SF-related-books, memorabilia, SF-music (one of the reasons why I got into prog).

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I have a passion for secession. Not the political one; I mean art noveau, Gustav Klimt, paintings, buildings, Budapest, Vienna, fonts, design,  any visual art from the end of the 19th and beginning of 20th century.

3a
Music. I play keyboard, bass, guitar, mandolin and several other string instruments.
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I used to examine  very carefully scales, relations, structures, harmony, intervals...I'm trying to discover something new. I don't know what, though.
3c
Sound synthesis. Oscillators, filters, sine waves, modulations, LFO, ADSR, frequency modulation, additive & subtractive synthesis. I reached the point where I can create convincing grand piano sound using sine waves and FM synthesis. I created a few synths with unique, advanced architecture (only on paper, though, I don't have money, resources or knowledge of electronicsCry). Which leads me to...
3d
Collectioning of vintage keyboards & synths. Unfortunatelly, no Moogs or any modulars yet.

There are few other things, but they are not so relevant nowadays. To summarize: the closest choice would be movies and literature, but I'm more into an art genre than an art type.


Btw, I'm 100% anti-sport person. I tried; absolute failure.Thumbs Down Decided not to like sports.
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I picked other.

My passion is puzzles of all sorts, math, logic, word, jigsaw, ...
 
I also love games, not e-games though. My two favourites are bridge and role-playing, and I'm a big fan of party games, boardgames (esp strategy), card games.
 
And reading - I read quite a bit.
 
Oh, love sports but I'm to old for the aggressive ones. These days I prefer golfing & swimming (summer), skiing & skating (winter), darts and pool (all year).
 
Another hobby is cooking, one I'm looking forward to developing as the kids grow up and I have more leasure time on my hands.
 
Wine, did I mention wine? Hmmmm, wiiiiiine...
 
I try not to watch much TV. When I do it is mostly sports and movies.
 
I did go through a belly enhancing phase - now I'm trying to minimize my rate of growth! (and hopefully reverse it)
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1) L'immagine “http://www.trenistorici.it/avts19-E626231Pasquetta.jpg” non può essere visualizzata poiché contiene degli errori.

2)http://www.science.unitn.it/~iori/trentino/castelli/stenico.gif

3)http://www.ambrosiniviaggi.it/foto/art_114_1_la-rotonda.jpg

4)L'immagine “http://www.gossipnews.it/mondanita/party_dinardo/images/Margot_Sikabonyi_2.jpg” non può essere visualizzata poiché contiene degli errori.

5)http://abcvino.com/images/friuli/castellospessa/pinotgrigio.jpg

6)L'immagine “http://www.mondobirra.org/rimini/2006/rimini06258.gif” non può essere visualizzata poiché contiene degli errori.

Edited by MANDRAKEROOT - January 19 2007 at 12:51
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Originally posted by MANDRAKEROOT MANDRAKEROOT wrote:



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I like Palladio.
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hey phil, do you study the arts, how come have recognised the villa? Smile

mandrakeroot, are you sure this post wasn't meant for the "insert a photograph" thread? Question
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