Hobbies outside steel guitar
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- Bob Muller
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Bob, my Granddad was an enthusiastic amateur radio enthusiast. He picked up his interest during WW1, when he was serving in the Middle East, and kept it up his whole life. People from all around the neighbourhood would bring him radios to fix, and tell him that if they weren't fixable he could throw them out or use them for parts, so he accumulated a shed full of parts of all sorts and shapes, and hundreds of vacuum tubes, all filed away so that he could find them. He could fix almost any radio, and could usually be relied on to have a spare tube, no matter how rare.
He would drive my grandmother crazy in the evenings, fiddling with short-wave radio for hours. Every so often he would exclaim, "Hey, I've got China !" or wherever, to which my grandmother would mumble, "What good is that to you, you old fool. You can't speak Chinese."
He could speak fluent Arabic, though. He was in a medical corps in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, etc., throughout the period 1914-8 and was in charge of an Arab platoon. (There were a lot of Arabs in the British Army. Most of the Middle East was British colonies at the time.)
He would drive my grandmother crazy in the evenings, fiddling with short-wave radio for hours. Every so often he would exclaim, "Hey, I've got China !" or wherever, to which my grandmother would mumble, "What good is that to you, you old fool. You can't speak Chinese."
He could speak fluent Arabic, though. He was in a medical corps in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, etc., throughout the period 1914-8 and was in charge of an Arab platoon. (There were a lot of Arabs in the British Army. Most of the Middle East was British colonies at the time.)
- Bob Muller
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- Bob Muller
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Flying...
Teaching
Rebuilding Steel Guitars, and computers
Astronomy
Shooting
4 Wheelin
Fishing
Scuba Diving
Cooking
Scaring the crap out of politicians...
Teaching
Rebuilding Steel Guitars, and computers
Astronomy
Shooting
4 Wheelin
Fishing
Scuba Diving
Cooking
Scaring the crap out of politicians...
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I have that exact same bike.....love itRich Upright wrote:I am heavily into the Harley thing--Daytona,bike nights, runs,performance & cosmetic upgrades;Cotee River Bikefest coming up next month, etc. Ride an '07 RoadKing with some nice performance upgrades. The one thing about that is I can enjoy it on my own; with steel I hafta rely on other band members to make music.
Harleys, pedal steel, & guitars. I mean...what else IS there!?
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Genealogy and aspiring Ham Radio Operator
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- Don R Brown
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I guess I missed this back when it started. Being retired, hobbies and interests become your main job!
I'm restoring a '66 Chevy 3/4 ton truck, which I bought for $50 in 1982. We have a 1992 Corvette which we take road trips in, so far have been to 23 states and hope to eventually hit all of the lower 48.
Altho a career in railroading has left me unenthused about watching today's trains, I enjoy reading and researching about the industry 100 years ago. I am writing a couple books about all my experiences during my career. (I worked for 18 railroads in 7 states, and did everything from manual labor to President).
Also there's home rehab, grandchildren, grilling out - and taking a nap whenever I durn feel like it. Life is good!
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I'm restoring a '66 Chevy 3/4 ton truck, which I bought for $50 in 1982. We have a 1992 Corvette which we take road trips in, so far have been to 23 states and hope to eventually hit all of the lower 48.
Altho a career in railroading has left me unenthused about watching today's trains, I enjoy reading and researching about the industry 100 years ago. I am writing a couple books about all my experiences during my career. (I worked for 18 railroads in 7 states, and did everything from manual labor to President).
Also there's home rehab, grandchildren, grilling out - and taking a nap whenever I durn feel like it. Life is good!
Southwestern Oklahoma, 2012:
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- Mike Bowles
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Hobbies
nother bow hunter here paddy love putting out game cams get lots of bear pics sometimes they get on my back deck love to take the 4 wheeler in the woods. Ihave had some close calls
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- Roger Rettig
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Here's our operating museum in East Anglia. The group I'm a part of restores and preserves the trolleybuses while another bunch concentrate on trams (or streetcars in US-speak).
One tram here and a handful of trolleybuses along with an overhead maintenance vehicle. This takes up any spare cash I might have but I'm passionately fond of this era of London's Transport.
We have a half-mile of powered overhead. The vehicle on the right - K-Class #1201 is 77 years old.
One tram here and a handful of trolleybuses along with an overhead maintenance vehicle. This takes up any spare cash I might have but I'm passionately fond of this era of London's Transport.
We have a half-mile of powered overhead. The vehicle on the right - K-Class #1201 is 77 years old.
Roger Rettig - Emmons D10
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(8+9: 'Day' pedals) Williams SD-12 (D13th: 8+6), Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and several old Martins.
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