What are your hobbies?

[QuarterMillionMan]

If they win, do they need to come to California to collect?

If the ticket wins they could collect in-person (they go to Las Vegas often) or mail the ticket in.

[QuarterMillionMan]

For clarification, surfing for me has surpassed a hobby decades ago. It's actually a passion of mine. Much like how a hunter can read clues such as footprints in the ground, or broken branches in the forest, etc. I can read the clues in the ocean from which way the rip currents are flowing, tides, etc. The waves dictates my plans. For instance if I had plans for the weekend but the waves will be nice, I will often cancel my plans and will go surfing instead. Water temps in Los Angeles range 50-60 degrees. I consider myself a pretty hard core surfer but I have friends who are a lot more hard core. For instance one guy goes surfing during his 1 hour lunch break and after he finishes work for twice a day. Or another guy I know surfs in New Jersey where he often posts selfies on facebook with snow on the beach (water temp 40's). Dang I thought I was hard core but after seeing snow on the beach I realized I am soft core compared to him. The Atlantic ocean is so cold in the winter. I've been out at Atlantic City in the summer which is comparable to Los Angeles in the winter. And how ironic that the ocean in Tampa Bay in the Gulf of Mexico is so warm (80's). It felt like bath water the time I surfed there. And in Hawaii the ocean temp is 75 degrees year round, that's paradise where even in the dead of winter no wetsuit is needed.

[TexasHusker]

For clarification, surfing for me has surpassed a hobby decades ago. It's actually a passion of mine. Much like how a hunter can read clues such as footprints in the ground, or broken branches in the forest, etc. I can read the clues in the ocean from which way the rip currents are flowing, tides, etc. The waves dictates my plans. For instance if I had plans for the weekend but the waves will be nice, I will often cancel my plans and will go surfing instead. Water temps in Los Angeles range 50-60 degrees. I consider myself a pretty hard core surfer but I have friends who are a lot more hard core. For instance one guy goes surfing during his 1 hour lunch break and after he finishes work for twice a day. Or another guy I know surfs in New Jersey where he often posts selfies on facebook with snow on the beach (water temp 40's). Dang I thought I was hard core but after seeing snow on the beach I realized I am soft core compared to him. The Atlantic ocean is so cold in the winter. I've been out at Atlantic City in the summer which is comparable to Los Angeles in the winter. And how ironic that the ocean in Tampa Bay in the Gulf of Mexico is so warm (80's). It felt like bath water the time I surfed there. And in Hawaii the ocean temp is 75 degrees year round, that's paradise where even in the dead of winter no wetsuit is needed.

I always thought surfing would be fun and relaxing but it's not an option in Tejas. Is it difficult to learn ?

[QuarterMillionMan]

It's easy & fun. When beginning I'd recommend a big board such as 7', 8', or 9' as opposed to a 5' or 6' surfboard. Or easier yet is to learn on a boogie board with fins then advance to a surfboard.


BTW this is not photoshopped. And I use 80 SPF (not 15, 30, or 50 spf), and I stay under an umbrella whenever possible.

[Jellymint]

Watercolor painting. I even sell them on Etsy sometimes.

[TexasHusker]

It's easy & fun. When beginning I'd recommend a big board such as 7', 8', or 9' as opposed to a 5' or 6' surfboard. Or easier yet is to learn on a boogie board with fins then advance to a surfboard.


BTW this is not photoshopped. And I use 80 SPF (not 15, 30, or 50 spf), and I stay under an umbrella whenever possible.

That's awesome ! Nice watch too !

Ever see sharks ?

[QuarterMillionMan]

One time the HFD helicopter (Honolulu) made a U turn then hovered above me with his loud speaker on saying a 12 feet tiger shark under me. This was a Diamond Head (mountain cliff). When I came in to go to my car all the spectators on the mountain asked me what the helicopter was about.

At Manhattan Beach once I saw what appeared to be a shadow of an airplane passing above, it was a actually a juvenile 8 feet Great White below. I've been lucky but I've had numerous other encounters where I see them in a wave but sometimes I see the top dorsal fin emerge(rarely).

[TexasHusker]

One time the HFD helicopter (Honolulu) made a U turn then hovered above me with his loud speaker on saying a 12 feet tiger shark under me. This was a Diamond Head (mountain cliff). When I came in to go to my car all the spectators on the mountain asked me what the helicopter was about.

At Manhattan Beach once I saw what appeared to be a shadow of an airplane passing above, it was a actually a juvenile 8 feet Great White below. I've been lucky but I've had numerous other encounters where I see them in a wave but sometimes I see the top dorsal fin emerge(rarely).

Wow. so what type of watch is that? I can't make out the brand. It looks like my Rolex Sub.

[QuarterMillionMan]

$35 Invicta.

[rdevansii]

My hobbies are RC Flying, Flying Real airplanes, downhill Mountain Biking, camping, working on projects around the house. I am a father of 3 kids, so I keep very busy with them as well, where these hobbies are becoming more and more rare

[rennigade]

It's easy & fun. When beginning I'd recommend a big board such as 7', 8', or 9' as opposed to a 5' or 6' surfboard. Or easier yet is to learn on a boogie board with fins then advance to a surfboard.

I would not say its easy in the least bit. I always thought surfing didnt look too difficult.

Last time we were in hawaii the place we stayed at had a paddle board (massive looking surfboard you stand up on and paddle around.) When the wind was at my back it wasnt too bad. When I had to turn around to come back...going into the wind and it being relatively calm but still semi choppy...I probably fell 15 times before I gave up. I just knee'd on the board and paddled back. I couldnt even imagine being on a small board trying to ride a wave.

For those who paddle board on lakes/bays/rivers...all which are calm...its completely different in the ocean. Maybe it comes easy to some but dang...I wont have to bother with that again. Ill stick to kayaking.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Books. Kayaking, biking. Message boards....

[GrimJack]

As a kid (80s/early 90s), I was really into trains so I collected a lot of items for the various scales (N, HO, O, G).

I stopped adding to the collection mid-90's to early 2000's.

Got back into it recently.
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I am considering buying some trains and tracks to mount over my library. I want to use it to put point lighting on different areas - control it from my easy chair (expensive joke - track lighting). I really wanted to build some of the HO layouts that Boy's Life would publish back in my youth, never got past the dreaming stage.

[GrimJack]

My current hobbies are casting objects in glass and then giving them away with the phrase "This is a random act of art". The joy I get from the hobby is looking into the kiln to see the glass, mold, and kiln base glowing at 1800 F. The objects accumulate in the various corners of my apt. and I have to do something to make room for more. I have no desire to sell these items; I give the best to family and friends until they ask me to stop. When I was at my cabin last summer, I left a bunch on different trails hanging from trees, rocks and other places - not too obvious but not hidden. I am going back in August to place more.

I use unusual silicon ice cube trays like a 9 mil., Day of the Dead sugar skulls, Darth Vader and some of the troopers. I also found a cake place that has molds for toppings and make T-rex, bronties and so on. The weirdest is a casting I made from a coffee mug that is 'Weeping Angel' from Dr. Who.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

GrimJack, I was just looking up the transformation temperature of glass a couple hours ago. I have an idea for a garden project.

Can you tell me where you get the glass you use? And do you have your own kiln? Can you tell me what colors of glass are likely to be unstable in sunshine? I noticed for example, that the pretty light blue glass that Bombay Sapphire gin comes in faded to almost nothing by summer's end the year I had an empty bottle on the patio. Actually, I'm interested in pink, orange, lavender, yellow, and purple glass. My instinct says that yellow is going to be really unstable.