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...a few mention one or two in the posts below.
Me, it's still wine (big reds), women (my wife and daughters) and song.
Also cars, particularly customized older ones, reading, current events, politics and travel.
You?
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I work at a startup, so my outside of work activities got pared down to a minimum, but here's what's left:
1. Family (my free time hours are low, so this is the #1 priority)
2. Bike Riding (when I can. Sometimes to work)
3. Writing (when I can)
These are relatively low impact, but due to the craziness and unpredicatbility of a small company, I have shelved my piano playing (too much time for practice and lessons), vacations over a "long weekend" duration, etc.
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As audiophiles, we take what's obsolete, make it beautiful, and keep it forever.
Hey! I have a blog now: http://mancave-stereo.blogspot.com or "like" us at https://www.facebook.com/mancave.ster
Since retiring, I have been a full-time volunteer at the San Francisco SPCA, taking care of homeless dogs and helping to find new homes for them.
In no particular order ...
Love - all forms of it.
Live classical and especially HIP music.
Forte-pianos, but only two of the three different types.
Recording live acoustic classical music.
Poetry, and literature.
Philosophy.
Organic gardening and cooking.
Good for the money wine.
Real ales.
This planet.
History, and military history's lessons - for us now.
Systems approaches - to everything.
Getting good customer service.
Volunteering.
Clear thinking, and correcting idiots. Learning as I go.
Teaching.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Our local High School music program (Bands & Choirs)
A local state college marching band
Bourbon
Specialty coffee
My daughter, drumming, wine, sushi...
Hi ,
Aircooled Porsche 911's , 80's Ferrari 's , vintage BMW Coupe's
I love these toy's besides audio & music.
I wish I had more mullah to enjoy these hobby/passion but as always my family comes first since two of my kids are in college , the other two are in jr high in an international school.
Mondial
Food
Wine
Family
and travel
Happy Listening
Eating,Sleeping,Fucking,Getting High, and taking a Shit not in necessarily that order
Thanx Bill
Sex!
...banging out my thoughts on the keyboard, expressing my opinions on everything and anything, and my kids.
My ex-wife and my latest girlfriend, sadly, have cured me of one of my previous passions: women!
Now I just kind of say: 'nah' when any opportunity arises.
Maybe that'll change in the new year. Life is boring without women.
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Coaching Little League baseball.
That's my 11 year old in the pics.
And golf, hunting, fishing, target shooting, concerts....
Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
...I recall playing Little League.
I was terrible until my last year when I turned 12 - I pitched and hit 4 home runs.
howz about moving this thread to Central to replace the threads that DON'T belong where civil and family-friendly
discourse about off-audio topics (other than religion and politics) is welcome.
Compare and contrast.
You all can't be THAT busy (or unaware)!
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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but don't take my suggestion personally; it has little to
do with this thread, though much to do with your posts in
Central.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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...the cat picture bigger?
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if you need it even larger just use the view option on your computer
and zoom in to your heart's content!
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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Particularly tournament style Texas Hold'em, but also enjoy Stud/Omaha cash games. Though I mostly play home tournies and smallish cash games. No sense in having a gambling/money problem when I get the adrenaline rush at an affordable level.And I hate when anyone wants wild cards in a cash game.
Oh..and I love movies and Home Theater.
See ya. Dave
Edits: 12/03/15
Volunteering, cooking and the outdoors. In the last few years I have become a decent cyclist.
L-I-V-I-N '
family, humor, health, my girlfriend and her family and of course my 1965 Barracuda
I used to enjoy politics, but now despise the subject
I'm a gigantic boxing fan. Favorite sport by far.
I really got into photography when my wife and I took a trip without the kids to Curacao. I just wish I got around to upgrading my pre-amp first. Maybe someday. I combined my love of music with photography.
And also models/women. Beware - some are NSFW.
...I've been collecting antique fishing tackle for about 35 years.
Link below.
If I could afford it, I'd still be into watches. I've always been into cars, but just looking at them at shows is good enough, I don't have a desire to own a bunch.
Dean.
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reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Faith,family,friends,people in general,martial arts,tennis...
Tennis, Cricket, Steak and Books
Just read Salman Rushdie's latest. Am on Stephen King's latest.
Cheers
Bill
Obviously family too
These days Im not that able to climb and jump etc so my other passions have taken a back seat, so to speak , tho cruising is still atop
I have "surges" , like a renewed interest in one of the aboveand then pursue that till Im bored...
Rodney Gold Cape Town
SBT -DIRAC minidSP DDRC22-Devialet- Giya G1's , twin SVS sb13 ultras .. dedicated and fully treated room
Reading
Writing
St. Louis Cardinal baseball
Baylor and Auburn football
Baylor Basketball, men and womens
Cooking
Photography
Beatnik's stuff http://web.me.com/jnr1/Site/Beatniks_Pictures.html
nt
I take a number of life extension supplements and smart drugs to keep myself in optimal performance.
but 80% or more of their supplements aren't necessary or needed.
(assuming your are not deficient in any area due to medications or genetical heredity)
roger wang
Wine
Pugs
Guitars
Family
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The vast majority of my Twitter posts are about sports.........
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At work: making a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.
At play: photography and scuba diving, usually simultaneously
Importantly, both categories are family affairs
I love few things more than heading out to a beekeeper in the middle of nowhere and buying a 5 gallon bucketful of beautiful organic honey (it's organic because, it's a guy who just loves beekeeping...no profit motive) still full of chunks of hive and bee parts. Then I take it home and over the following year, I make it into 20 or so gallons of golden delicious mead. I always pay for the bucket with cash and a few bottles of last year's vintage.
Some years I do this two or three times and end up with much more than I could ever drink alone, so I give it away, storing a case away to age for a few years. Some years I only get one bucket, but I'm never without a few 5 gallon carboys in various stages of aging or fermentation.
Mata style
Competing, keeps the blood flowing and gives a sense of accomplishment (win or lose) - Tennis & GolfWine and top shelf margaritas
Fambly
Dramas - TV/Movies, love em, love em, love em!
Fishing (the thrill is slowly waning)
Travelling thru the SW and eating Southwestern cuisine (can't wait til spring for the next trip!)
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"E Burres Stigano?"
Edits: 12/02/15
History of philosophy, history of religions, politics, macroeconomics, human rights.
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"A fool and his money are soon parted." --- Thomas Tusser
Family is the main thing in my life. Nothing like coming home from work and both girls want to hug me up (just short of 5 and 2). Friends...
OK, material stuff/hobbies...?
-Cars, can't wait until spring to get my Z06 back on the road. Enjoying my 325i for winter, but selling it come spring.
-Renovating. Somehow therapeutic for me.
-Lawn maintenance. Ditto.
-Warmth. Wish I could afford to be a snowbird.
Family, of course, golf, painting, woodworking, mentoring young people starting out in my field. Oh, and long (5 to 10+ miles) walks anywhere that I happen to be.
Restoring fast cars!
Oh, this passion of mine! I have so much soul, I cannot control!
but I'll say it anyway, family.
then in no particular order:
Pursuing the musical genres that I love and adding new releases to my computer HD based systems.
The local wineries here in Southern Oregon
Cooking
Photography
Operating the new biz venture that I un-retired to chase after.
Sightseeing in these mountains
Clean fresh air
Rafting on the Rogue which is 200 yards away.
Laughing
My health
Speaking up for those who are unable to speak for themselves including nursing home neglect and abuse, wheel chair access for the disabled and Wisconsin state laws for the disabled that are being ignored. Hopefully the news media will pick up my current rant.
And no, they didn't care about the plight of the audiophiles, but I tried :-)
...my youngest daughter (25) is also passionate about social justice.
And she's taught me a few things...
I was on the board for 7 years of the local non-profit agency that handles funds ($300 million/year) for housing and services for the developmentally disabled.
nt
Coffee roasting
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ya think?
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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BMW Motorcycles
Ethnic food
Old radios and ham radio
Film
Travel in the USA
I too love old radios and ham radios. For me, radios are fascinating.
KK4GXN
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