What's your hobby?

Joe Alterio · Post by **Joe Alterio** » 8 Jan 2005 10:35 pm

I collect memorabilia relating to The Monkees. Not just old records....but also sheet music, clothes hangers, lunch boxes, puzzles, paint-by-number sets, trading cards, model cars, buttons, belts, shirts, movie posters, magazines, 8-tracks, reel-to-reels......

Joe

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 8 Jan 2005 11:37 pm

Actually, music is one of my hobbies. My other hobbies include drawing, writing, model railroading, and electronic sirens.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 9 Jan 2005 1:22 am

I enjoy cooking a lot, but I don't consider it to be a hobby. More like one of my more creative contributions to the household. Similar to my occasional interest in landscaping our property.

My main hobby probably is being a bass fisherman, something I never seem to have enough time for, even being self-employed and a boat owner. Lately my most frequent fishing partner has been Danny Hawk, another Austin steel player and one of my oldest friends. I also collected old fishing tackle until that got too expensive

. Likewise with .22 caliber lever action long arms, especially old Marlins and Winchesters... got too expensive. Last year I started learning airbrush technique and began painting custom crankbaits. That's a fun thing to do as well.

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Jeff Lampert · Post by **Jeff Lampert** » 9 Jan 2005 2:54 am

Tony, that is beautiful. I never saw that paint scheme, but everything New Haven did was beautiful.. An interesting point about the black GG1 that I pictured. The Pennsy color schemes were Brunswick green and Tuscan red. An incorrect batch of paint at the Lionel factory resulted in some black engines being painted. While not prototypical for the Pennsy line, it is nevertheless a much rarer engine than the Lionel 2332 GG1 in green (the "correct" color) and considered an important "variation". Lionel rubber-stamped the striping on top of the paint and the stripes were commonly faded from handling. The combination of condition and rarity of the engine I pictured makes it an exceptional piece.

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Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 9 Jan 2005 4:58 am

Hey Jeff, we should be careful here, we could turn this into another forum in a moments notice !

Your pictured GG1 is awesome..I almost purchased a pre-50's Lionel Tuscan for my brother a month or so back but he advised that I should not if I could not witness it running..He's still a huge Lionel owner/collector/dreamer..

Yes, the McGinnis paint scheme was a special run for the HO model from PENN LINE..although the real engine never existed it was an excellent tie in for when PRR took over NH.

Growing up on the NH to Grand Central corrider in the 50's/60's/70's I saw many
variants of NH Electrics and trains with some even being pulled by Tuscan GG 1's in the early 70's ..but nothing compares to Sunnyside Yard in Queens..thats a given.

anyway..Black GG1..#5796..you mean like this one below in HO ? This is the one I recently purchased which is still in original packaging and never run from approx 58 or 59..Full Die Cast weighs in approx 4 pounds..It came in a small wooden frame box inside the outer regular retail packaging.

I have been reading several books the past few months on the PRR and the GG-1..incredible reading..and history..

ok, keeping it Steel Guitar related, I am going to practice this morning...

Good stuff..we have lots of common ground, now if I could just catch a few of your licks....it would be a good day !

And the former NY Titans won last night too !
How about that !

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steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 9 Jan 2005 5:46 am

I find myself in the same boat as Michael since I also teach High School. What he said sounded so similar to my experience that it was eerie. During the summer though, there is time for golf, studying Chinese, playing steel, and reading. The rest of the year pretty much puts that stuff on hiatus. I do make it a point to walk or ride by bicycle 45 minutes 5 days a week and also take in the view of the lovely Chinese women in Beijing whenever possible. It'a perfect example of "muti-tasking" which hardly takes any effort on my part at all. It did take years of training on my part however. steve [This message was edited by steve takacs on 09 January 2005 at 05:49 AM.]

Webb Kline · Post by **Webb Kline** » 9 Jan 2005 6:26 am

Preaching, writing, making music..the things I do for a living. This way, I can get through life on my hobbies and never have a job. I do love swimming and baseball too, though.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 9 Jan 2005 7:44 am

In my spare time, I enjoy breaking into hotel rooms and leaving towels....

Steel guitar (all types) is my hobby.

Rick Garrett · Post by **Rick Garrett** » 9 Jan 2005 7:54 am

I have two. I enjoy writing and I enjoy Civil War and Republic of Texas relic hunting. I've got stuff from lead (soldier made)smoking pipes that I dug down in south texas from Albert Sydney Johnstons camp after the battle of San Jacinto, to mini balls and period buttons and even a sutlers stamp. Nothing quite like reaching out and touching the hand of history. I also once dug an 1843 gold piece in perfect shape down in south Texas. That was quite a thrill.

Rick

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 9 Jan 2005 8:23 am

motorcycles,love riding my Suzuki DL 1000 on weekends

flying, here with a great little Colt Piper owned by Bobbe Seymour.I didn`t have a chanse to fly this Colt but it is sure a sweet plane.

target shooting and collecting guns

Glock 21C ,Ruger SP 101 and S&W 60

dogs,Hans here on the picture,wouldn`t stay still for a second so the picture is not the best.He is bigger now.But still wouldn`t stay at one spot for a more than 1/2 second.

Db

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Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 9 Jan 2005 8:23 am

Now I enjoy going around where there are other steel players and giving them a hard time Kinda like Joe M.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 9 Jan 2005 8:27 am

It did take years of training on my part

"Practice makes pervert".....

Bill Pastuch · Post by **Bill Pastuch** » 9 Jan 2005 8:31 am

I don't have time for any hobbies.

Trying to master this pedal steel of mine, a Shobud D-10 Pro III Custom 8/4, the Dobro and jammin' with the guys is taking up all of my spare time not spent working and sleeping.

I guess I'm just a dedicated kind of guy and a pedal steel junkie. No matter how hard I try to shake it, I can't. It's my vocation, avocation and my passion.

It sure must be nice to have extra time on your hands to pursue an unrelated hobby.

On the other hand, maybe I'm just jealous.

Klaus Caprani · Post by **Klaus Caprani** » 9 Jan 2005 8:32 am

I always had a soft spot for railroads and motorbikes.

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R. L. Jones · Post by **R. L. Jones** » 9 Jan 2005 9:03 am

I like to make home made wine, I have made wine from grapes ,, muscadines cherries mangos blackberries ,, I have even made onion wine . now that is not fer drinking , it is used for cooking .I like drinking the grape and the muscadine ,,.It has a very high antioxidents ,, kinda slowed down on this account of health,, 81 yrs old now

R. L..

Steve Alonzo Walker · Post by **Steve Alonzo Walker** » 9 Jan 2005 10:01 am

Music And Model Railroading

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 9 Jan 2005 10:22 am

When I'm not playing the steel guitar, my hobbies are video games, classic cars, and my pets, who are two striped tabby cats, and listening to country music so I can get some ideas for songs to learn on steel. I also love learning about the history of country music and the steel guitar. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10[This message was edited by Brett Day on 11 January 2005 at 09:41 AM.]

John De Maille · Post by **John De Maille** » 9 Jan 2005 10:48 am

Jeff,
Maybe in the springtime we could get together. It's a little hectic around here, till then. By the way, there's a couple of P/C GG1's, on a siding, up near Cooperstown, NY. Been sitting there for quite a while. I contacted the "Leatherstocking RR Society", about them. They said they were going to try and spruce them up a bit for display. They have a small yard with some rolling stock and some passenger and RR express cars from the old D&H railroad.

Tiny Olson · Post by **Tiny Olson** » 9 Jan 2005 1:34 pm

Joe:

I have several hobbies including model railroading. I'm currently building a 12' by 17' around the room N Scale railroad room and layout in our basement. I'm also converting over to DCC which will be real nice. I've been interested in model railroading for over 40 yrs. and have been active and inactive throughout that timespan.

Like Herb Steiner, I'm also a bass-fishing fanatic. I have a 21' bassboat and the boat launch to the Mohawk River is less than five minutes from my house. Great smallmouth fishing, I can't get enough of it!!

I often combine my love of railroads and bass-fishing and railfan the busy, CSX Chicago Line (which runs right next to the Mohawk) from my bassboat. I've taken several rail photographers out on the boat and the fishing platforms work great for shooting and viewing trains. As a bonus, a few of my favorite "secret" fishing spots are right below the tracks. The ultimate is catching a big smallie while a train is coming by so I can show it to the crew as they pass... before I release the fish of course.

If you and John DeMaille ever want to come up for some railfanning / fishing let me know. I've seen those GG-1s along Rt. 7 that he mentioned. There were also a couple FL9s there last summer.

I love my family, the pedal steel guitar and my hobbies. I thank God for letting me live such a full life.

Chris "Tiny" Olson

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 9 Jan 2005 2:21 pm

Ridin' my Motorsickle, Mountain Hikes, Bird watchin', Archery, Snowboard, Astronomy, Tennis, Stamp collektin', & Wine & Cheese
(RL Jones is right up my alley !

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i had model Trains when i was a kid -
i'd love to see some of yours guys
(how can you get to sleep, when the whistle don't blow)
and go fishin' w: y'all too

John Cox · Post by **John Cox** » 9 Jan 2005 6:42 pm

"N" scale trains and Bass fishing, and PSG.

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 9 Jan 2005 8:03 pm

Motorcycles, steel guitar, photography. Pretty much in that order. I play around with my two dogs a lot but that is way beyond hobby, they are really family. I used to fly a lot but had to get out of it to make more room for these other addictions.

Sure seems to be a lot of interest in model railroading among steel guitarists. I read years ago, maybe in Bradshaws magazine, that B.E. was a model railroad enthusiast, and that he also had an interest in photography.

John Drury
NTSGA #3

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 9 Jan 2005 8:20 pm

Up until about (2)-yrs. ago, my biggest-hobby has been Custom-Leathercraft for about 50-yrs. I have a large collection of personal gunleather and accessories on one of my Websites, which I use occassionally when target-shooting. Just click here

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Herman Visser · Post by **Herman Visser** » 9 Jan 2005 11:59 pm

It was classic cars rebuilding. How its trying to learn how to play the steel guitar.

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 10 Jan 2005 1:07 am

For those of you who are model railroaders, there is good forum located at the following address:
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=88

I have two railroad-related sites of my own, one for prototype and one for modeling:
http://www.geocities.com/thjileypd/twilight.htm
http://www.geocities.com/thjileypd/trains.htm