Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio)


It would be interesting to know what other things interest the audiophiles who are obviously so passionate about hi fi and Audiogon. I am similarly obsessively interested in cars and motorcycles. What are your interests?
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Well I enjoy cars(new), fun to drive/fast cars, currently have a 2001 VW GTI VR6 though not the fastest thing on the road, it holds its own(in particular for the money, super cheap!) and is built fairly well. I completely enjoy chasing women around, I mean what else to guys in there early 20's like to do more? I like to frequent fine dinning establishments as often as possible. I read lots of books(when not listening to the system), non-fiction only, self improvement books, small business, Philosophy and history. And I am also into designer cloths as well, I prefer Jhane Barnes, and Ermengildo Zegna to the fore mentioned Armani, shoes gotta be Prada, though I like any other high end manufacturer that makes stuff that I feel is cool. I have not bought much for cloths in the last few months, I enjoy that a lot, need to get back on track. I play the stock market as often as I can trying to make as much as I can, gotta support the audio habbit. And I also enjoy shooting/collecting guns, rifles, nice shootguns, and hanguns(I.D.P.A. competition shooting). And what I do in my spare time you might ask, I come to audiogon and try to make my business thrive!
Sinclair- You mean like a Swatch??? roflmao!! If you haven't checked it out yet there are a few of us who are into watches here as well, search for a thread called "What time do you wear"

~Tim
Sinclair-I hear you, I have a few though I have down sized a bit. I am dreaming of the Ulysse Nardin(the name slips my mind) it isn't on there website its around 65k and I think its worth it, like you said in that range things only go up in value. I currently wear a Cartier Pasha C and enjoy it more then anything else I have had(Rolex, Tag, Bvlgari-big mistake!) Sounds as though you have impecable taste in watches, I like most all Pateks, Piguet. I want a JLC reverso duo very bad but need a new play watch first(enter Fortis, Cosmonaut-a very cool simple watch if your not familar with them) too many toys not enough money or time!! Do a search and just use the word "time" and the watch thread here will show it face(heh-heh), its name is "what time do you wear" a few others here are into nice watches.

~Tim
Gheon- I like pens don't know a damn thing about them, are Monte Blanc good pens? I see them everywhere. I like there watches, but are there pens on the level? ~Tim
Gheon-That's sort of the impression I was under, seeing as none of the pens you listed are available at Staples, where would someone find out about said pen(s)? seeing as I can't walk into staples and pick them up!! Thanks,
~Tim
Hope you don't drive after you've tanked up, that could be dangerous! Have you tried cryoed sunflower seeds? I found best results with the mk II sunflower seeds(in foil of course). ~Tim