Hobby Combos: Mando and ????

[sbarnes]

music (profession) keyboards/bass
mandolin - hobby level so far
watercolors
sailing

[mandozilla]

So many hobbies, so little time...I can hardly wait to retire.

Bluegrass Mandolin, guitar, singing, songwriting
Jamming & BG Festivals
Gardening
Woodworking (which I hope to parlay into luthiery when I retire)
Classic B & W Sci-Fi & Horror films (pre 1960)
Reading, primarily history...US & World history, music history, film history
Ozzie, Sharon, & Rufus...our crazy Chow dogs

[Greenmando]

Let's see

Mandolins
Banjo
Guitar
Books - some can cost more than mandos
Bicycle riding
Off roading plus camping
Woodcarving
Knive making
Goldsmith
Beer when time allows.

[Kay Kirkpatrick]

My job requires me to be around people, and be nice to them, ALL DAY LONG. I just realized my hobbies are all designed to keep me away from people unless I'm being paid. I tend to go through cycles of which one(s) I spend the most time doing.

mandolin
digital photography/graphics/editing
hiking
raising turtles
I just started vegetable gardening

[billkilpatrick]

... I just realized my hobbies are all designed to keep me away from people unless I'm being paid.

spoken like a true pict ... clannish greetings - bill

[Will Kimble]

Mandolins, guitars and hot rods, that's mine in the foreground:



Anybody have an old Ford they might want to swap for a mandolin?

Will Kimble
www.kimblemandolins.com

[SternART]

Being an artist is more a way of life..... a passion or a hobby..... but it is also my job..... I'm a Mandolinist, audiophile, Citroenist......I collect & books, as well as music..... enjoy cameras & photography, grow orchids, and have Maine Coon cats.

Car photos for Will Kimble & John Monteleone!

[mandopete]

1) Cowbell bangin'
2) Clarinet cursin'

[journeybear]

Citroen, eh? I wonder if their might be a bit of heightened interest in them now that the lead character of a TV series (CBS' mildly successful "The Mentalist") drives one.

[SternART]

Journeybear............I missed that.....don't watch much TV. Is it a DS Convertible? They are like the Loar's of Citroens....custom bodied by Henri Chapron...and really rare in the US.

[Jim MacDaniel]

My body shop guy is a a major Citroenphile. He even crewed for Citroen for a world rally season one year.

[SternART]

Must be Henry Hanzel......he restored my car, I've known him for decades. His father was the original Citroen dealer in the Bay Area.

[journeybear]

Journeybear............I missed that.....don't watch much TV. Is it a DS Convertible? They are like the Loar's of Citroens....custom bodied by Henri Chapron...and really rare in the US.

I seriously doubt the show's producers have paid much attention to detail. They probably just wanted something unusual with a slightly elitist "public persona" to correspond to the character's personality. Someone somebody knew had one, and that was good enough, I'm sure. The show is on CBS Tuesdays at 9 EDT. We expect a full report on this!

Or not ...

[thistle3585]

My interests seemingly have no common thread (at least that I can detect).

My main hobbies are :
mandolin, golf, fly fishing.

Pretty much in that order.

They seem fairly unrelated to me, and kind of curious. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Just wondering what other hobbies people are investing their time in that aren't "mando-related".

John,
Those seem to have very much in common. They all require the same level of concentration, patience and mechanical skill. They all have very little room for error in execution.

Personally, my hobbies are hockey, sailing, mandolin building. The latter leaves very little time for playing.

[Keith Wallen]

Mandolins and dirt bikes. Matter of fact I am leaving this afternoon to go riding in upper Michigan. I have a 2001 KTM 520 and I spent the last two weeks rebuilding the top end so I can't wait to get on the trails.

Take care everyone

[ApK]

I gave up a lot of hobbies to simplify my life, however whether I actively pursue them or not, some of my interests include:

Watching TV and power-lounging.
Skiing
Tennis and racquetball
Scuba diving
Martial arts (aikijujitsu and karate)
Golf
Film and video production
Target shooting
Geocaching -- yeah, the whole family enjoys that. We haven't gone out hunting this year yet. Need to.

I work in the tech field, and several people have noticed that tech and music seem to go together often.

I also used to fence a bit. Interesting to see that mentioned here more than once.

Oh, that's in addition to making music, of course, which is my main hobby now: Guitar, fiddle, etc.
ApK

[LKN2MYIS]

John,
Those seem to have very much in common. They all require the same level of concentration, patience and mechanical skill. They all have very little room for error in execution.

Personally, my hobbies are hockey, sailing, mandolin building. The latter leaves very little time for playing.

Perhaps the skill will come with more concentration for me .................

[mandroid]

I have several Bicycles too, MAS & BAS, I guess.
or since last acquisition is a Brompton Folding bike , BBAS.

[300win]

Mine are playing mandolin, guitar, banjo, recording, reading , esp US history, mainly the Civil War, target shooting, center fire, rim fire, and muzzle loader, reloading, hunting although not so much of that anymore, grilling and eating what I've grilled, thats a big one, I love beef, pork, chicken, venison, basically I'm a carnivore. Although the only thing I've eaten so far I don't like is okra. Might add that I love fish big time. Used to do a lot of catfishing. Like to go places with my wife we ain't never been before, since the boys are grown men. She is a goodun'. Used to watch a lot of baseball, still love the game. There is just too many things I like to do that I can't list them all.

[SternART]

I work in the tech field, and several people have noticed that tech and music seem to go together often.
ApK

I too have noticed an unusual amount of mandolin players are in the tech / computer fields. And then there are the mando-nerds like me, and proud of it!

[Jim MacDaniel]

I too have noticed an unusual amount of mandolin players are in the tech / computer fields. And then there are the mando-nerds like me, and proud of it!

It isn't a hobby, but I work in IT. (Although I am a PM, so I guess I'm not exactly a techie -- and I suspect the engineers on my teams might not think what I do is work. )

[Greenmando]

Citroen, eh? I wonder if their might be a bit of heightened interest in them now that the lead character of a TV series (CBS' mildly successful "The Mentalist") drives one.

Didn't Peter Falk drive one in Columbo?

[Gene Cannon]

Playing mandolin, performing in barbershop quartet (baritone)

[mandozilla]

Originally Posted by journeybear
Citroen, eh? I wonder if their might be a bit of heightened interest in them now that the lead character of a TV series (CBS' mildly successful "The Mentalist") drives one.

My Uncle Bill was killed in a Citroen rollover accident in Wyoming back in the 1960's...nearly killed Aunt Alice. Uncle Bill was a fiddle player.

[SternART]

Didn't Peter Falk drive one in Columbo?

Peugeot for Colombo.......French, but the DS Citroen was like a Franch Cadillac & the Peugeot more like a Chevrolet. I enjoyed that Colombo character.