TOMsGPTurbo Posted November 5, 2004 Report Posted November 5, 2004 (edited) Heya Guys and Girls... I'm wondering whats your other interests... besides cars and the opposite sex(same sex for some), Mine are: Mountain biking and my R/C Yacht which I'm constructing .... :thumbsup: I have had a little progress with fitting some decking but I'm stuck on making the water tight container and rudder fit out. One of my life goals is to sail around cape horn in bad weather.. in a yacht I have designed or modified.. this is what I'll be up against: (Photos coming soon, I lost the URL) Edited November 5, 2004 by TOMsGPTurbo Quote
Teddy Posted November 5, 2004 Report Posted November 5, 2004 (edited) WoW ! Okely dokely ! My interests in no particular order..... Car model making - its a slow process which i get out and work on every 6 months or so ! Computers - having a 6 computer lan at home requires alot of attention :| - not to mention the constant problems my computer has :dry: - i also do graphical work on the computers... see pic below Music - belive it or not, i can play the paino :thumbsup: ! - I'm upto grade 5. :) designing stuff in spare time - lol ill leave it at that :D Movies - when i get around to it, i love a good action, comidy.. etc :D Blackmail - handy to have :) GO karts! - yeash i enjoy my gokarts ! can't think any more, too early! Edited November 5, 2004 by Teddy Quote
trdcamrypride Posted November 5, 2004 Report Posted November 5, 2004 (edited) ok here we go, my other interests are my gas rc car - I spend more time fixing this thing than I do using it, I have gone through 1.5 Litres of fuel in 4 months, because it keeps stuffing up. (pic below) ps2- well at the moment now that I have San Andreas (spelling) Lawn mower racing on my mates property - oh how fun, It's like a speedway. *Spelling Fairy* :thumbsup: Edited November 14, 2004 by Medicine_Man Quote
irokin Posted November 6, 2004 Report Posted November 6, 2004 Hrmm interest other than cars. I havent really had any other than cars for a while...but back when... I played first XI cricket (first 11) in highschool. I was a pace bowler and generally sucked at batting. I played inline hockey (like ice but on wheels) for 5 years. Tried out for state a few times. Never successful because we had such a strong state side. Then it started to get political so I told em to stick it where it fits and left. Next year Ive decided to get back into "studying". I did TAFE last year but it was so simple and boring I lost interest, found I had all this freedom and dropped out. This year I did nothing, just trying to find some direction. SO next year I'm starting my CPL (commercial pilots licence). The industrys very compedative and its quite hard to find jobs as a pilot (although when you get a job you tend to keep it). I don't really care, its what I want to do, Its what Ive wanted to do for ages, its just that now I can see that I can achieve my goal. Alebit it will take a while...with training costing ~$40,000. So I'll probably be at it for 3-4 years. No matter, so long as I get there eventually. As for what kinda flying I want to do? don't really care, so long as Ive got a set of wings strapped to me. Quite a while ago I was into aero modeling. A site my mate showed me last night, where these guys had build themselves a UAV from scratch promted me to start thinking about perhaps getting back into it (and toms RC boat). These guys wernt going to like 10,000ft. No...they were attaching this glider to weather baloons and sending it to upwards of 85,000ft where the sky is black and the horizon is curved. So it was pretty impressive. Quote
Nitephyre Posted November 6, 2004 Report Posted November 6, 2004 work bludging on computer bludging infront of tv bludging infront of ps2 bashing drums occasionally pretty boring really :thumbsup: Quote
NickZ Posted November 6, 2004 Report Posted November 6, 2004 (edited) Yes I'm still here. My wife and daughter come first. Computers take most of my time these days. trying to run a web server and web page of a LAN racing group I joint run. www.loosenutracing.com Run a online Live for speed league. I have no less than 7 computers in my house. 2 Hyperstims (http://www.hyperstimulator.com) Jus finished my RC boat...electric speed boat but its never seen water yet. Reading posts on Rollaclub :thumbsup: EBAY....EBAY....EBAY....EBAY.... Watching the TV. WWE Oh and WORK Edited November 6, 2004 by NickZ Quote
TOMsGPTurbo Posted November 10, 2004 Author Report Posted November 10, 2004 cool you like r/c boats too! Thanks for the kind words Nick, I'm kinda proud as I have absolutly no idea what I am doing lol... I look at photos of Yachts online and get a basic understanding how they work and what goes where :dance: All my bits are stuff I find around the house or buy at bunnings... no carbon fiber racing yachts here Quote
Mr Revhead[RL] Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 nick! when do you sleep??? :fuzz: my non car/women interest are: karate, i study bushin ryu, which is a little different from other styles, in that it incorprates a lot of other styles such as ikijitsu, torite, gung fu etc etc. its NOT sport based and everything we do is based on the assumption we will have to use it to save our lives one day. which makes it quite nasty compared to other styles :dance: we also do weapons training :P and last night attended a seminar on pressure points were i learned some very interesting things. well interesting if your the one doing them, not being done too!! pistol shooting. started a year or so ago, not going hard core yet but am a decent a shot! mate of mine used to train the nz champ and he reckons i should compete. maybe one day. i use a 38 special, which is a 357 magnum with different ammo. BANG hehe oh and for fun i use a .44magnum, just call me dirty :) and seeing as its non car stuff thats about it! Quote
trdcamrypride Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 (edited) Wow, that would be enough to make me scared. *Spelling Fairy* :dance: Edited November 14, 2004 by Medicine_Man Quote
Mr Revhead[RL] Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 good thingim a nice friendly kiwi. whos taken notice of whos made sheep jokes :dance: Quote
TOMsGPTurbo Posted November 12, 2004 Author Report Posted November 12, 2004 I wanna buy a Remington 700 LTR .... one day... I have never fired a gun before but it looks fun.. and because i'm not one for killing things... I would shoot targets :dance: Quote
wyldephyre Posted November 13, 2004 Report Posted November 13, 2004 (edited) Let's see what do I do..... Photography is my main interest... no particular form, but I think what I do best is documentary-style photojournalism, people at places, that kind of thing. I would love to travel the world, taking pictures, as long as it doesn't involve camping out :dance: I enjoy cooking, baking in particular, how often I do it depends on how clean our flatmates keep the kitchen. It has been regressing for a while, but has started to look better over the last few days. It's like a bloody stock market out there. I like the occaisional fragfest... currently playing UT 2004. I used to like gardening, and I still do, but now that I'm working full time, it's a bit too time consuming. Maybe after summer I'll take another stab at it. I've been trying to avoid programming/similar activities at home, because that's what I do at work. I might have to jump back into it for a bit, because I want to launch a site soon to showcase (and maybe sell) some photos. I like watching Anime, and Japanese and Chinatown action flicks. Currenly watching Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. I was learning to draw at one stage, but have been lacking a muse of late. Sportswise, I used to cycle a fair bit, but not much lately because of a knee injury suffered at a Shorinji Kempo training session. (I wasn't paying attention, and was thrown). Sometimes after work, I'll go shoot some hoops, yo. Oh, and I have a PADI Open Water license that hasn't been used for a few years. Anyone wanna go scuba diving? Edited November 13, 2004 by wyldephyre Quote
Redwarf Posted November 13, 2004 Report Posted November 13, 2004 Sadly, I struggled to think about what I do apart from cars..... I too, used to cycle a lot, competitively and otherwise, just haven't had time recently. I scuba dive with my wife anytime I can, although that's a little bit restricted at the moment due child... I'd love to start playing indoor cricket again, and have even got to the point of organizing a team with a mate.... GEEK ALERT!!!! I play a fair bit of chess online....... The biggest most time consuming thing at the moment is my beautiful son, Andrew..... There we have it! Quote
Mr Revhead[RL] Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 yeah i only shoot targets, less mess! Quote
Teddy Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 yeah i only shoot targets, less mess! Rolf - you are a funny bastard :dance: Quote
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