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Posted 2009-July-07, 00:49

So what are your favorite hobbies besides bridge? Anyone do anything truly unique?
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Posted 2009-July-07, 00:50

The waitress was not hot. However... Triinu lives in Estonia!
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Posted 2009-July-07, 09:09

I like the Baltic.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 09:33

jjbrr, on Jul 7 2009, 01:49 AM, said:

So what are your favorite hobbies besides bridge? Anyone do anything truly unique?

I'm a magician. Also read a lot, write a lot...also play chess, poker, backgammon. And I'm a hack at piano/guitar, but still enjoy both.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 09:36

Been doing a lot of mountain biking the last few years. Had a bad spill a month ago (could have been REAL bad), but otherwise no issues. Golf is something pclayton did.

Looking for something good to read this summer if anyone has any suggestions.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 09:44

Bridge would be the answer I would give to normies....

Other things I do I would consider normal. I play a lot of sports, cook, just started brewing beer, I garden and read books....

I guess I'm just a typical dude :P
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Posted 2009-July-07, 09:48

Lobowolf, on Jul 7 2009, 10:33 AM, said:

jjbrr, on Jul 7 2009, 01:49 AM, said:

So what are your favorite hobbies besides bridge? Anyone do anything truly unique?

I'm a magician.

Do you have a trick that is your favorite to perform or that you think is the most exciting/intriguing?
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Posted 2009-July-07, 09:48

Not much that isn't bridge and/or internet-related.

I swim thrice a week.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 10:00

jjbrr, on Jul 7 2009, 10:48 AM, said:

Lobowolf, on Jul 7 2009, 10:33 AM, said:

jjbrr, on Jul 7 2009, 01:49 AM, said:

So what are your favorite hobbies besides bridge? Anyone do anything truly unique?

I'm a magician.

Do you have a trick that is your favorite to perform or that you think is the most exciting/intriguing?

I do mostly close-up card magic. There are some tricks I like to perform more than others. You might find someone doing them on You Tube. Matrix, Reset, Jazz Aces...

I've always been intrigued by the "Any Card at Any Number" plot, which is pretty much what it sounds like...a spectator names a card and a number from 1-52.

I also like something I invented, which is on a compilation DVD for teaching some different tricks to magicians. I'm not much of a creator, magicially. I generally add my own presentation to other people's effects. So I'm probably disproportionately pleased with this one.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 10:07

helene_t, on Jul 7 2009, 10:48 AM, said:

I swim thrice a week.

Me too. I'm a total hack, though.

Theoretically, it's a launching point for my being a casual triathlon/distance runner. I'll never win a race, but it's fun and keeps me in shape and motivated.

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Posted 2009-July-07, 10:22

Among the more common hobbies, running, eating, sports, reading, traveling, I also enjoy volunteering around the community (coaching soccer teams when my schedule isn't so prohibitive that i cant commit to attending all the practices/games) and reading Latin poetry (Catullus, Horace, Virgil, et al). I played chess when I was younger but that was replaced by bridge. I also like hiking/camping in New Hampshire but obviously don't get a chance to do that as much as I'd like.

Swimming sounds like a good hobby to pick up. I understand it's one of the best workouts one can do. And I imagine it's very relaxing at the same time. Seems win-win.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 11:31

Phil, on Jul 7 2009, 10:36 AM, said:

Been doing a lot of mountain biking the last few years. Had a bad spill a month ago (could have been REAL bad), but otherwise no issues. Golf is something pclayton did.

Looking for something good to read this summer if anyone has any suggestions.

what kinds of reading do you like? I am a voracious reader... There are any number of excellent books I have read in the past....well... large number of years

Non-fiction includes history, evolutionary theory, paleontology, psychology

Fiction: some 'serious' writers and a great deal of science fiction ranging from space opera to more thoughtful works... Neal Stephenson is an incredible writer, as one example.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 12:43

mikeh, on Jul 7 2009, 12:31 PM, said:

Phil, on Jul 7 2009, 10:36 AM, said:

Been doing a lot of mountain biking the last few years. Had a bad spill a month ago (could have been REAL bad), but otherwise no issues. Golf is something pclayton did.

Looking for something good to read this summer if anyone has any suggestions.

what kinds of reading do you like? I am a voracious reader... There are any number of excellent books I have read in the past....well... large number of years

Non-fiction includes history, evolutionary theory, paleontology, psychology

Fiction: some 'serious' writers and a great deal of science fiction ranging from space opera to more thoughtful works... Neal Stephenson is an incredible writer, as one example.

I started to read a lot on the history of Istanbul a few years ago, but it didn't hold my interest.

For fiction I've read most of Crichton, and I confess to liking Ken Follett. I basically hate sci-fi.

Best non-fiction I've liked over the past few years was Fooled by Randomness and The Tipping Point. Also a few books on chaos theory I liked.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 13:28

Am I crazy, or did the first post....... never mind.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 13:36

jdonn, on Jul 7 2009, 02:28 PM, said:

Am I crazy, or did the first post....... never mind.

Heh - I ALMOST listed editing posts as a hobby. :P
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2009-July-07, 13:55

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Posted 2009-July-07, 14:19

Phil, on Jul 7 2009, 07:36 AM, said:

Been doing a lot of mountain biking the last few years. Had a bad spill a month ago (could have been REAL bad), but otherwise no issues. Golf is something pclayton did.

Looking for something good to read this summer if anyone has any suggestions.

I read Blink and 'The paradox of choice' and recommend both.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 14:33

qwery_hi, on Jul 7 2009, 03:19 PM, said:

Phil, on Jul 7 2009, 07:36 AM, said:

Been doing a lot of mountain biking the last few years. Had a bad spill a month ago (could have been REAL bad), but otherwise no issues. Golf is something pclayton did.

Looking for something good to read this summer if anyone has any suggestions.

I read Blink and 'The paradox of choice' and recommend both.

Summer reading:
Nonfiction try How Rome Fell by Goldsworthy.
Fiction try The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Larsson.
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Posted 2009-July-07, 14:38

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Posted 2009-July-07, 15:10

My non-fiction is similar to Mike's, although I don't read history books, and I occasionally read about cosmology. I especially like books about the evolution of the human mind, I just recently finished "Adam's Tongue".

I've read pretty much everything by Dawkins, which led me into atheism books, but they're all pretty similar so I've stopped (how do I tell Amazon.com to stop recommending them?).
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