Outside work
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
What, no airplane / helicopter / hang-glider in the list? For myself: - Taking care of the house, yard and kids. - Welding (as a hobby). - Canoeing and sailing. - Flying (although my license isn't current).
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What, no airplane / helicopter / hang-glider in the list? For myself: - Taking care of the house, yard and kids. - Welding (as a hobby). - Canoeing and sailing. - Flying (although my license isn't current).
I've been meaning for a while to take flying lessons (either aeroplane or helicopter) since having an initial [cheap] lesson at University, but they currently conflict with my habit of jumping out of them at >10,000ft :) I nearly tried hand gliding at 16 but the opportunity hasn't arisen since :( I did a little open-sea canoeing when at school, but preferred wind-surfing (not got the strength in my arms anymore after screwing my elbow up in bike accident [trying a 360degree back loop... oops X| ]). Ray
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
Hi, I fight fires when not at work. The local fire department is always looking for people to help out and work hard. They've paid for all my training (100's of hours). They provide the equipment. There is always stuff to do, more training, maintenance on the equipment, etc. It is a very blue-collar atmosphere, and much different from the often solo computer-related tasks of the office. And when the alarm sounds, my work allows me the flexibility to drop what I'm doing, go answer the call, help people, get some adrenaline pumping, work hard, etc. And I can make up the time at the keyboard later on. The fire stuff takes up most of my free time, but I do manage to get out to the mountains from time to time, and just hike back into the wilderness for days on end. Jeff
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Hi, I fight fires when not at work. The local fire department is always looking for people to help out and work hard. They've paid for all my training (100's of hours). They provide the equipment. There is always stuff to do, more training, maintenance on the equipment, etc. It is a very blue-collar atmosphere, and much different from the often solo computer-related tasks of the office. And when the alarm sounds, my work allows me the flexibility to drop what I'm doing, go answer the call, help people, get some adrenaline pumping, work hard, etc. And I can make up the time at the keyboard later on. The fire stuff takes up most of my free time, but I do manage to get out to the mountains from time to time, and just hike back into the wilderness for days on end. Jeff
My freelance writing work pays my rent for living in the San Francisco Bay Area this summer :-) (sorry don't mean to brag). And I have done some skydiving. But I'm mostly a Physics guy... Sincerely Yours, Brian Hart "And that's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and the children are above-average." - Garrison Keillor
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
I used to be involved in Dark Age/Medieval re-enactment & living history with the Woodville Household and The Hounds of the Morrigan. The high point for me was a 4-day show at a German chateau where we took 40 participants across and the host gave us barrels of free beer all weekend (about 480 litres all told if memory serves me right...) :cool: These days, I've got a family and a cashflow problem, so I've been out of it for about 3 years now. :( Having said that, I've still got a cupboard full of armour, weapons, costume and other gear...anyone wanna fight??? ;) Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
(andy.metcalfe@lineone.net)
http://www.resorg.co.uk"I used to be a medieval re-enactor, but I'm (nearly) alright now..."
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
My goal is to attain a completely sedentary lifestyle, so I naturally choose hobbies that don't require a lot of movement. Astronomy. While it's fairly expensive to get into this hobby (scope, laptop, CCD camera, various eyepieces, auto-guider, computer go-to), you can manage to setup your scope (about half an hour of "moving around"), and then sit back and watch the universe go by on your laptop (fed by your CCD camera). Sex. Hell, everybody here knows that sex only *really* requires one hand. All I have to do now is train the dog to fetch sodas from the fridge for me, set up the telescope, and fetch sufficiently stimulating reading material (with copious amounts of pictorial supplements of course) and I'm good for the evening. :-)
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My goal is to attain a completely sedentary lifestyle, so I naturally choose hobbies that don't require a lot of movement. Astronomy. While it's fairly expensive to get into this hobby (scope, laptop, CCD camera, various eyepieces, auto-guider, computer go-to), you can manage to setup your scope (about half an hour of "moving around"), and then sit back and watch the universe go by on your laptop (fed by your CCD camera). Sex. Hell, everybody here knows that sex only *really* requires one hand. All I have to do now is train the dog to fetch sodas from the fridge for me, set up the telescope, and fetch sufficiently stimulating reading material (with copious amounts of pictorial supplements of course) and I'm good for the evening. :-)
Sex. Hell, everybody here knows that sex only *really* requires one hand. John, I'm beginning to see a bit of a theme in your posts ;P
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Sex. Hell, everybody here knows that sex only *really* requires one hand. John, I'm beginning to see a bit of a theme in your posts ;P
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Sex. Hell, everybody here knows that sex only *really* requires one hand. John, I'm beginning to see a bit of a theme in your posts ;P
Is true, I remember the Doll that John has....:-O Carlos Antollini.
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Is true, I remember the Doll that John has....:-O Carlos Antollini.
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I'm sorry, but this is getting to be a little too much *raunch* for me... Let's keep this forum a family channel huh? We all know what goes on in the private spaces know one knows about, but jeez you guys... "Latex Appendage Suit," who ordered that? Sincerely Yours, Brian Hart "And that's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and the children are above-average." - Garrison Keillor
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
Very cool question for the lounge. 1) My wife and I travel quite a bit. Since I do remote consulting and write, I can work anywhere. We just got back from England/Spain. After a trip to Microsoft later this month, we're planning to return to Spain in the winter. 2) We play pool quite a bit - typically 9-ball, 14.1 and 1 pocket. Not as glamorous as sky-diving and the other stuff you guys do, but it's fun and I walk out with more money than I go in so I can't complain too much :) 3) I'd like to get back into martial arts as well as guitar playing, but just don't have the time. Cheers, Tom "Ya got lucky, ya lucky prick" - Keith McCready
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
I just hang out on the internet trying to start arguments with people I don't know until my wife tells me its time to go mow the lawn or something. Sometimes I watch tv when my kids decide I can have a turn.
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I might be wrong, but given the premise that most of us around here are computing professionals, and as such may have (us single ones anyway) a little bit of extra cash to throw around on expensive/extravagant hobbies, what do you guys get up to outside work? (BTW: you students will get here soon enough, enjoy the cheap beer for now) Here are some from me: * I've been a skydiver for a little while now and I'm amazed as to how many other skydivers are somehow computer related in their profession. * A couple of years back when I lived in Germany, I'd head to the mountains almost every weekend (Nov-Apr) for Skiing/Snowboarding. Usually with packs full of developers/managers/etc from the European Space Agency and almost every company in the Darmstadt/Frankfurt area. * Downhill/off road mountain-biking (most of the summer months when I was abroad) -- hills are too small outside London. * Scuba diving when I can fit it in (skydiving takes most nice weekends now) * Go-karting and motor-racing schools (since it's cheaper than crashing my real car [not that it stops me :) ]). * Rock climbing (I've seen references from Chris that he's keen on this) however, based in the London area, this is limited to climbing walls (or the odd fire-escape when drunk) * On top of that, I'm happy to try anything likely to be weird/dangerous: I've got a fire-walk coming up soon! :) (Done all the boring bungee stuff :) ) Just thought I'd probe a little, and hopefully get some new suggestions. :eek: Regards, Ray
Married guys have fun too. Father Skydiving Mountain Climbing Splunking Scuba diving Motorcycle racing Hiking Martial Arts(4th Dan) and I used to kill people for the Government, seriously.
