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Something/hobby you like but most people find dull.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I enjoy reading, crochet and visiting art galleries (contemporary and old). Many of my close friends find these things uninspiring. I can find inspiration in most things  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Jigsaw puzzles of sea charts. Now doing the one of Portsmouth and Langstone harbours. I have the real chart as well but doing the puzzle as well really familiarises oneself with the intricacies of the information.
I could go on but I fear I might bore you. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Love reading, also do cross stitch, just getting back into knitting and trying to learn to use a sewing machine (not very successfully so far) x"
all of these...though I have mastered the sewing machine too
They are a means to relax my mind as each one takes a degree of concentration which makes it difficult to think about anything else. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Running up hills and longer distances. Most people find that boring
Never been a fan of running. l like my bike though. lt's fun to cycle at night."
I just can't get past the numb balls when it comes to cycling |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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l just bought a diamond sharpening stone. Hand sharpening is very relaxing and it's cool to see an edge that is sharp enough to shave or slice newsprint. lt's also pretty to put a mirror polish with on the edge. l use polishing compound that jewelers use |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Running up hills and longer distances. Most people find that boring
Never been a fan of running. l like my bike though. lt's fun to cycle at night.
I just can't get past the numb balls when it comes to cycling "
l've had sore balls a few times. Tight jeans are the culprit :P |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Extreme camping but then again being a soldier I'm used to it loltry the isle here in winter for some extreme camping "
The Herbrides are pretty but too few trees and the salty air will corrode tools.
Galloway Park is great for camping. |
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"I'll happily explore London, sometimes aimlessly, for hours;just walking around. I love it and it fascinating, but I don't know anybody else who does. "
That's the best way to get to know London and find the interesting places that so many overlook. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'll happily explore London, sometimes aimlessly, for hours;just walking around. I love it and it fascinating, but I don't know anybody else who does.
That's the best way to get to know London and find the interesting places that so many overlook. "
Absolutely - often with no real plan, and more often or not, getting slightly lost. I might get a bit more wondering this weekend if the trains aren't buggered |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I'll happily explore London, sometimes aimlessly, for hours;just walking around. I love it and it fascinating, but I don't know anybody else who does.
That's the best way to get to know London and find the interesting places that so many overlook. "
l don't like London. My gran stayed there when it was British but lt's so different now. |
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"I'll happily explore London, sometimes aimlessly, for hours;just walking around. I love it and it fascinating, but I don't know anybody else who does.
That's the best way to get to know London and find the interesting places that so many overlook.
l don't like London. My gran stayed there when it was British but lt's so different now."
London's what you make it .... there's everything you could possibly want there, somewhere, it's not just the tourist attractions. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Title says it.
Mine is a passion for knives and steels. I love to sharpen my dad's chisels. Therapeutic and there is a geometry aspect to it."
I love colouring books  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"colouring in..
people still think its something you do as a child with crayons  "
Love colouring in. I have 3 pencil sets and a set of pens that no one is allowed to touch or even look at lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"colouring in..
people still think its something you do as a child with crayons
Love colouring in. I have 3 pencil sets and a set of pens that no one is allowed to touch or even look at lol "
Much like a mans tools in the shed lol |
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Cross stitch, reading, jigsaws both physical and online, sudoku. I want to re-learn crochet, I knew the basics as a kid, Nan taught me but I found it too fiddly. And I'm interested in upcycling furniture, I am eyeing up pieces in my home and getting ideas. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Adult colouring... people either look at you like you're bizarre or they totally get it. 
I read a lot too and some people still think it's nerdy, which makes me feel sad for them as it's such a brilliant thing to enter into whole new worlds via a book. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Adult colouring... people either look at you like you're bizarre or they totally get it.
I read a lot too and some people still think it's nerdy, which makes me feel sad for them as it's such a brilliant thing to enter into whole new worlds via a book."
Sitting and colouring with my little person is one of the most relaxing things in the world. Think I'll get one of the books out when I get home from work.
I do and have always loved books and reading. Have so many sat on my Kindle waiting to be read once I get through the bilge I am reading at the mo |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I play cricket... most don't understand the subtle strategy in the game and think it's just a bunch of men standing outside in the sun waiting for someone to.hit the ball vaguely in their direction |
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By *al2001Man
over a year ago
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I blade smith. Make knives. Usually kitchen knives. I get you on the polishing. Love to sand down the rough wood and steel at the end to get that gleaming finish. Hours of sanding from 200 grit to 2000 grit |
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By *exysuzi and Mr.SCouple
over a year ago
CONISTON .Stoke Suburbia. Staffs. BARMOUTH. The Lakes (Monthly) |
Working out in the gym. Colouring in, I have 7 colouring in books now. Goodness know how many pencil crayons and gel pens. And they're all mine. Nobody, and I mean # nobody# is allowed to to touch. XXXXXX Suzi |
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By *exysuzi and Mr.SCouple
over a year ago
CONISTON .Stoke Suburbia. Staffs. BARMOUTH. The Lakes (Monthly) |
"l don't understand the colouring as it's already done for you. l do like painting miniatures though, which is similar."
Yeh , the outlines are there. BUT it's just so therapeutic. My books are such intricate designs it takes days to complete just one. Xxxxx Suzi |
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Mine is car cleaning or 'detailing' as it is now known! It is bizarre as most people see it as a chore but I love buying and trying new products, snow foam, clay bar, fallout removal lol not to mention sealing, waxing and polishing I love it can spend a day on a car! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Running up hills and longer distances. Most people find that boring"
I'm a runner too and it's when people's eyes glaze over I know I've talked a little too much about it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have a fascination in public conviences ... So much so I've half written a book on them.
I'm talking the grand Victorian splendid piss palaces not your back street gutter ones. Although the Dutch /French pissouir is quite cute and functional x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Running up hills and longer distances. Most people find that boring
I'm a runner too and it's when people's eyes glaze over I know I've talked a little too much about it "
The running bible has some great memes on that |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
"Model making, Mainly of trucks and classic cars. And also simulators, flight, truck, farming etc.
I find it incredibly relaxing aswell as challenging "
I used to super detail 1/24th LeMan cars, try to replicate, engine bay wiring, fire control systems, oil/brake lines, everything. Usually take six months of a couple of hours most evenings..
Still have a few unbuilt models knocking about..
S |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Reading The Times Obituary's every day...a brief synopsis about the lives of some great and interesting people,and some equally some not so in the public eye.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I collect vinyl records, and have a dedicated music room. All northern soul, tamla motwown, funk, deep funk and ska. People think it's strange to want to play vinyl but to me it sounds better.
I'm a Line Dancer!!...yeah...I know!!
I have a telescope and love astronomy.
I grow stuff....good chillies this year
I'm in a gardening club and a book club.
I play table tennis in a small club.
I'm Football mad and follow the Arsenal
I love playing arcade games and on-line virtual games.
I'm not sure if my hobbies are boring or not? They certainly aren't to me.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I collect vinyl records, and have a dedicated music room. All northern soul, tamla motwown, funk, deep funk and ska. People think it's strange to want to play vinyl but to me it sounds better.
I'm a Line Dancer!!...yeah...I know!!
I have a telescope and love astronomy.
I grow stuff....good chillies this year
I'm in a gardening club and a book club.
I play table tennis in a small club.
I'm Football mad and follow the Arsenal
I love playing arcade games and on-line virtual games.
I'm not sure if my hobbies are boring or not? They certainly aren't to me.
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Viynal is just awsome, another of my things is to trawl the viynal in charity shops  |
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". can spend hours happily poring over maps or atlases ... there is as much to 'read' on those for me as there is in a book. "
Me too... I have quite a collection of maps and particularly like old ones.
I also "collect" plans of buildings and like remodelling them I'm the computer.
Cal also doesn't get my liking for old buildings and ruins. Thankfully my daughter does and she shares my love of museums and art galleries
Nita |
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". can spend hours happily poring over maps or atlases ... there is as much to 'read' on those for me as there is in a book.
Me too... I have quite a collection of maps and particularly like old ones.
I also "collect" plans of buildings and like remodelling them I'm the computer.
Cal also doesn't get my liking for old buildings and ruins. Thankfully my daughter does and she shares my love of museums and art galleries
Nita "
Remodelling on the computer  |
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"Extreme camping but then again being a soldier I'm used to it loltry the isle here in winter for some extreme camping
Yeah I could do that "
as a veteran I often go off on an extreme trip. I'm hoping to get up to sky later this month. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sorting my dvds and clothes odd but it relaxes me "
that would take me about three mins. I've only got a couple of sets of clothes and about ten d.v.d's |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I play cricket... most don't understand the subtle strategy in the game and think it's just a bunch of men standing outside in the sun waiting for someone to.hit the ball vaguely in their direction"
To be fair for most players that's exactly what the game is |
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"I blade smith. Make knives. Usually kitchen knives. I get you on the polishing. Love to sand down the rough wood and steel at the end to get that gleaming finish. Hours of sanding from 200 grit to 2000 grit"
can you make a machete to spec..?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I collect vinyl records, and have a dedicated music room. All northern soul, tamla motwown, funk, deep funk and ska. People think it's strange to want to play vinyl but to me it sounds better.
I'm a Line Dancer!!...yeah...I know!!
I have a telescope and love astronomy.
I grow stuff....good chillies this year
I'm in a gardening club and a book club.
I play table tennis in a small club.
I'm Football mad and follow the Arsenal
I love playing arcade games and on-line virtual games.
I'm not sure if my hobbies are boring or not? They certainly aren't to me.
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I would love to collect vinyls but it's an expensive hobby I'm keeping out of for my banks sake
My mum used to teach line dancing 3 times a week. God it used to bore me to tears!! Helping broaden my interest in music though and was good seeing her win a few crystal boot awards. I thank her for it now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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ferrets and ferreting..always kept them and love using them in winter. old school though, no locators or trackers. just trust in your animals and your own ability to get them back out of some big Warren in a brakeny wood or wherever. takes some trust to let them go in the wild and have them be out of sight for oooh up to 40/45 minutes sometimes..it's cool it's like we're all at work together...I do all the clearing of the undergrowth around the holes a couple of days prior to going in with the ferrets, on the day I set all the nets and then that's it..All down to the ferrets to earn their keep...and they do. They keep themselves in dinner for winter and I get some too win win |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Underwater goat farming
Collecting pieces of lint shaped like Kylie Minogue from old tumble driers
Writing extracts from Wuthering Heights in Norwegian using a red Biro |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Underwater goat farming
Collecting pieces of lint shaped like Kylie Minogue from old tumble driers
Writing extracts from Wuthering Heights in Norwegian using a red Biro "
They all happen to be my hobbies too!!! Its a small world |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
To me, anything involving transport, especially old trucks, buses and coaches.
I also have an obsession with maps and will read an atlas or street map in the same way someone will read a book or magazine, often for up to a couple of hours at a time!
I used to sing with choirs and gave performed across Europe. Will take up my classical singing again.
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, and can spend hours happily poring over maps or atlases ... there is as much to 'read' on those for me as there is in a book. 
