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What do you do for fun?

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  • N Nicholas Butler

    I went for an hour's flight in a PA-28-161 Warrior[^] yesterday and it was awesome :) I got my pilot's license when I was 19, but haven't flown for 10 years - I really don't know why :confused: I love it :-D Any other ideas for things to do that don't involve staring at a screen? Nick

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    Dan_Martin
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    I walk, run, cycle, play sports, tinker with cars and also read quite a bit. I stopped programming for fun at exactly the same time as I started doing it for a job.

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    • N Nicholas Butler

      I went for an hour's flight in a PA-28-161 Warrior[^] yesterday and it was awesome :) I got my pilot's license when I was 19, but haven't flown for 10 years - I really don't know why :confused: I love it :-D Any other ideas for things to do that don't involve staring at a screen? Nick

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      Chris Meech
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      For relaxing, there's nothing I enjoy more than getting out my chain saw and cutting up a tree. Then I take an axe and split the wood. A few hours of that is a pretty good exercise regimen. :)

      Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]

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      • H Henry Minute

        Russell Jones wrote:

        the truth is that more people die driving home from a dropzone

        They get hit by falling people?

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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        Russell Jones
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        That would suck!

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        • D Dan_Martin

          I walk, run, cycle, play sports, tinker with cars and also read quite a bit. I stopped programming for fun at exactly the same time as I started doing it for a job.

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          Russell Jones
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          Dan_Martin wrote:

          I stopped programming for fun at exactly the same time as I started doing it for a job.

          That sums up my experience of programming pretty well. When I've had time out of work i've found enjoyment in coding again. I guess unless your style of home coding involves writing tedious mountains of documentation or reimplementing a really dull feature for the twentieth time because the management numpty who commissioned it didn't actually understand what he wanted, you're going to find programming for a living to be a disappointment.

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          • N Nicholas Butler

            I went for an hour's flight in a PA-28-161 Warrior[^] yesterday and it was awesome :) I got my pilot's license when I was 19, but haven't flown for 10 years - I really don't know why :confused: I love it :-D Any other ideas for things to do that don't involve staring at a screen? Nick

            ---------------------------------- Be excellent to each other :)

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            John M Drescher
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            Um.. You guys have time for that (fun)? Just kidding. For the most part the time spent with my SO and going on bike rides every weekend with her on the local bike trail.

            John

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            • D Dan_Martin

              I walk, run, cycle, play sports, tinker with cars and also read quite a bit. I stopped programming for fun at exactly the same time as I started doing it for a job.

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              John M Drescher
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              Dan_Martin wrote:

              I stopped programming for fun at exactly the same time as I started doing it for a job. Quote Selected Text

              I still do this but its not as enjoyable as it used to be.

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              • N Nicholas Butler

                I went for an hour's flight in a PA-28-161 Warrior[^] yesterday and it was awesome :) I got my pilot's license when I was 19, but haven't flown for 10 years - I really don't know why :confused: I love it :-D Any other ideas for things to do that don't involve staring at a screen? Nick

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                John M Drescher
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                Nick Butler wrote:

                got my pilot's license when I was 19, but haven't flown for 10 years - I really don't know why Confused I love it Big Grin

                That is one thing I would like to do. The 19 part is way way out but 40 is a better possibility..

                John

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                  I code for fun! :)

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                  Harvey Saayman
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                  F***in A :thumbsup: Why would anyone down vote that? Stupid trolls

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                  • S Simon P Stevens

                    Apart from coding, which I do consider fun sometimes. But only if have the prerogative to give up before it's finished. I've never actually finished a personal programming project. I'm currently building an RC plane It's a model of a piper cub, 1.8m wingspan, 0.7cc 4 stroke petrol engine. I've got most of the body done, but I'm still lacking a back wheel. The wings are done but unattached. I still need to mount the engine and finish off the electrics. Occasional rock climbing.

                    Simon

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                    Big Daddy Farang
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                    Simon Stevens wrote:

                    I've never actually finished a personal programming project.

                    I don't think any programming project is ever finished. :)

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                    • N Nicholas Butler

                      I went for an hour's flight in a PA-28-161 Warrior[^] yesterday and it was awesome :) I got my pilot's license when I was 19, but haven't flown for 10 years - I really don't know why :confused: I love it :-D Any other ideas for things to do that don't involve staring at a screen? Nick

                      ---------------------------------- Be excellent to each other :)

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                      Nick Butler wrote:

                      Any other ideas for things to do that don't involve staring at a screen?

                      I enjoy making sawdust.

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                      "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

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                      • N Nicholas Butler

                        I went for an hour's flight in a PA-28-161 Warrior[^] yesterday and it was awesome :) I got my pilot's license when I was 19, but haven't flown for 10 years - I really don't know why :confused: I love it :-D Any other ideas for things to do that don't involve staring at a screen? Nick

                        ---------------------------------- Be excellent to each other :)

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                        PIEBALDconsult
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                        Coach my kid's ball team. Keeping them oriented to the object of the game is a challenge.

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                        • B Brady Kelly

                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                          I am also trying to build a clock

                          From scratch, or old clock parts? Quite a strange pastime.

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                          andy_pagin
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                          I imagine trying to build a clock whilst on horseback would be challenging. Not surprised you dropped the jousting element.

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