Music PF Members' Hobbies: Music, Sports & More

[Sophia]

OK couple of mineral clumps from my collection

first a section of an amethyst geode

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and a conglomerate of a number of minerals
Stilbite, Quartz, Chabazite and something else I have yet to identify ( the small brown crystals)

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cheers
Dave

Amethyst has a marvellous colour but I like the second one more. It's a bit simpler and gentler (at least appears so on my mobile screen) yet has an interesting structure that could be observed for a long time

 

[wolram]

I like studying ( mostly science and Astrophysics - Cosmology in particular ), playing chess - I play since 8 y.o. and vacations. I love playing the electric guitar and play since 16 classic guitar. I managed to get a strat beauty back in '96, and a marshall combo after hard work. The last 5 - 6 years I've been much more serious about playing electric guitar, attending a lot of online lessons and playing - I thank America for that too. What inspires me most, is the groovy thing of Hendrix playing - the chords - phrasing alternation, and I follow his masterpieces in detail. I also like rock from 70's - 80's, some hard rock and a little bit of (old) metal.

I find cosmology fascinating, if you can play like Hendrix you are okay in my book why you thank America is beyond me all the best guitar players came from England

 

[James Holland]

That is a really nice interest.

Out of academia? Besides playing video games, training. I just like how it feels. Been thinking about doing gymnastics (always wanted to try this), but I'm not so sure of a place where I can learn it. Cool historic fact about gymnastics:

i love gaming too
an also rugby is fun and so is polo/riding however sailing defiantly takes the top spot

 

[QuantumQuest]

if you can play like Hendrix you are okay in my book

I wish I could - even very near to his playing, but it's really difficult; anyway I try my best and I go fine.

why you thank America is beyond me all the best guitar players came from England

I thank America, for the very good online lessons, that have helped me a lot and it's not only music it's education, too. While England has a long history of great bands and guitar players and I like it too, many great guitar players are Americans.

 

[James Holland]

I find cosmology fascinating, if you can play like Hendrix you are okay in my book why you thank America is beyond me all the best guitar players came from England

Rule Britannia

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Several hobbies, but one that takes a lot of my time is the creation/maintenance of an enormous educational website for information about wood:

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/

phinds, whatever made you decide to create a website on wood?

Not many people may find it interesting, but I really like making digital art. Really, really love it. I also like to sew and hike. Webcomics are good, too.

What cartoons and comics do you guys like?

Cartoons: the original Adventures of Tintin
Webcomics: The Gentleman's Armchair and the Pigeon Gazette.

 

[phinds]

phinds, whatever made you decide to create a website on wood?
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Why do some people collect matchbook covers? I'm a woodworker. I work with exotics and am interested in them.

 

[phinds]

Not many people may find it interesting...

Well, I wouldn't say that, exactly. My site gets 15,000 unique visitors per month.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Why do some people collect matchbook covers? I'm a woodworker. I work with exotics and am interested in them.

You're a woodworker? How cool! I guess a website about wood makes sense now. Did you make those bowls??

Well, I wouldn't say that, exactly. My site gets 15,000 unique visitors per month.

I wasn't talking about your website. I was talking about my art

15,000 is an impressive number. I'll show my father so maybe you'll get 15,001

 

[phinds]

Did you make those bowls??

Well, yeah. It would have been pretty silly to post pictures of someone ELSE's bowls

 

[wolram]

Well, I wouldn't say that, exactly. My site gets 15,000 unique visitors per month.

Can i have one of your bowls gratis i will pay the postage.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Can i have one of your bowls gratis i will pay the postage.

I second that request

 

[phinds]

Can i have one of your bowls gratis i will pay the postage.

Sure. The postage, depending on which one you pick, will be between $75 and $200.

 

[James Holland]

Sure. The postage, depending on which one you pick, will be between $75 and $200.

what if it was shipping?

 

[phinds]

what is it was shipping?

I don't understand the question. Have you been following the last few posts?

 

[James Holland]

yes i was wondering how much it would cost to ship one of your bowls over seas. preferably to the U.K

 

[phinds]

yes i was wondering how much it would cost to ship one of your bowls over seas. preferably to the U.K

I've shipped several to the UK. I don't remember the price but I do remember it was quite expensive. Something on the order of $60 and the cost of postage from the US went up quite a bit recently.

Please do not continue any discussion of buying my bowls in the forum. If you are interested, go to my bowl site and work from there:

http://www.phinds.com/bowls/

 

[James Holland]

I've shipped several to the UK. I don't remember the price but I do remember it was quite expensive. Something on the order of $60 and the cost of postage from the US went up quite a bit recently.

Please do not continue any discussion of buying my bowls in the forum. If you are interested, go to my bowl site and work from there:

http://www.phinds.com/bowls/

ok

 

[OrangeDog]

When my back isn't bothering me I like to do strongman competitions.

 

[phinds]

When my back isn't bothering me I like to do strongman competitions.

When my back isn't bothering me, I think about watching a strongman competition but it occurs to me how strenuous it would be and I go read a good book instead

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Nobody else likes to draw

 

[James Holland]

Nobody else likes to draw

i like to draw. however when i do it is an abomination to the eyes of all who behold it

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

i like to draw. however when i do it is an abomination to the eyes of all who behold it

At least you find pleasure in making that abomination You've made my day . . . what do you sketch?

 

[James Holland]

anything really. just depends what i feel like

 

[James Holland]

buildings are quite fun to draw.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

I only drew one building ever. Now that was an abomination. I'm much more suited to doodle people, I think.

http://41.media.tumblr.com/ae72f9df3c6c2adc60941765de4077f7/tumblr_o0xze29eUP1v57x4so1_1280.png

 

[James Holland]

that is without doubt astronomically better than the ones i draw
if that is an abomination then what is a master piece?

 

[wolram]

I only drew one building ever. Now that was an abomination. I'm much more suited to doodle people, I think.

http://41.media.tumblr.com/ae72f9df3c6c2adc60941765de4077f7/tumblr_o0xze29eUP1v57x4so1_1280.png

I find your picture very appealing, some thing like a run down bordello.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

that is without doubt astronomically better than the ones i draw
if that is an abomination then what is a master piece?

A very subjective question, but I've always liked this picture

We can all imagine that that one of phind's bowls is inside dining room

 

[OrangeDog]

I only drew one building ever. Now that was an abomination. I'm much more suited to doodle people, I think.

http://41.media.tumblr.com/ae72f9df3c6c2adc60941765de4077f7/tumblr_o0xze29eUP1v57x4so1_1280.png

That is a wonderful picture. I enjoy drawing too, but it is usually satire and sometimes distasteful for a place like PF. Just recently I drew a picture of my friend and I fighting off giant roaches in the basement of our workplace. He had dual Uzi's and I had a flamethrower. These were big roaches.

When my back isn't bothering me, I think about watching a strongman competition but it occurs to me how strenuous it would be and I go read a good book instead

Oh tell me about it. It can be really tough watching people lift weights and do work. You better get yourself a glass of lemonade too so you don't get dehydrated.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

I find your picture very appealing, some thing like a run down bordello.

I was kind of picturing a bed and breakfast, but oh well

 

[James Holland]

. Just recently I drew a picture of my friend and I fighting off giant roaches in the basement of our workplace. He had dual Uzi's and I had a flamethrower. These were big roaches.

that most definitely reminds me of fallout

 

[wolram]

I was kind of picturing a bed and breakfast, but oh well

Sorry of course it is a run down bed and breakfast, it was just my quirky imagination run riot
Are you going to show us more of your etchings?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Just recently I drew a picture of my friend and I fighting off giant roaches in the basement of our workplace. He had dual Uzi's and I had a flamethrower. These were big roaches.

That sounds so weird, it's beautiful

 

[OrangeDog]

that most definitely reminds me of fallout

These roaches were meaner and dirtier. It was in regards to a comment our boss made about how grimy our new building has become. We imagined walking downstairs to get some paperwork and being mauled to death by giant insects and other creatures.

 

[James Holland]

These roaches were meaner and dirtier. It was in regards to a comment our boss made about how grimy our new building has become. We imagined walking downstairs to get some paperwork and being mauled to death by giant insects and other creatures.

well it inspired me to make a fallout thread.
must be hard to draw well. sounds epic though

 

[James Holland]

Sorry of course it is a run down bed and breakfast, it was just my quirky imagination run riot
Are you going to show us more of your etchings?

i didnt get your first comment but now i see

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Are you going to show us more of your etchings?

You can see them for yourself

Phind's website is more impressive, but what can I say? I'm a student who lacks knowledge in a lot of things . . .

 

[James Holland]

I to have an unorthodox fascination with fire, i like to refer to it as pyromania

 

[James Holland]

Phind's website is more impressive, but what can I say? I'm a student who lacks knowledge in a lot of things

that makes two of us

 

[wolram]

You can see them for yourself
http://kurlioart.tumblr.com
Phind's website is more impressive, but what can I say? I'm a student who lacks knowledge in a lot of things . . .

I think this one is the best http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fgreatinspire.com%2F25-beautiful-pencil-drawing%2F&t=OTQ1NGM2N2YwZDIwZjNlZGM1MWEyZTA0M2E2OGIwNjUzMDYwOWVkZiw5VkJQWFhUUQ%3D%3D your hair looks good to me, i also like the TinTin one.

 

[OrangeDog]

well it inspired me to make a fallout thread.
must be hard to draw well. sounds epic though

Who said anything about it being any good! I couldn't sleep one night so I drew it in about 30 minutes.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

I to have an unorthodox fascination with fire, i like to refer to it as pyromania

I hope that doesn't lead you into any legal troubles in the future

 

[collinsmark]

@zoobyshoe is known for some amazing artwork. I'll leave it to him whether he wants to share or not. Either way, it's really good though.

 

[phinds]

I to have an unorthodox fascination with fire, i like to refer to it as pyromania

I'm a social pyromaniac. I build big fires in a fire pit instead of burning down the neighbors houses. When I was young and we were in North Carolina, sometime in the 50's when there were small-business tobacco barns everywhere, one of the bigger ones caught fire. A big wooden tobacco barn full of dry tobacco, all burning, is a sight to behold. I decided right then and there that I was going to be a pyromaniac, but the thought of going to jail keeps me contained

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

@zoobyshoe is known for some amazing artwork. I'll leave it to him whether he wants to share or not. Either way, it's really good though.

I hope he does!

 

[wolram]

One hobby i used to have was metal detecting, a good hobby if you like the outdoors and identifying bits of metal, my best find was a gold ring, i sold it for £300 but metal detecting is not all about money it is about history, many of my finds went to a museum.
One time i found a patch in a field that produced a lot of mixed foreign coins of all ages which had me baffled, only later did i realize the field was at the back of a church and the coins were what the vicar had thrown out from the collection tray.
Another time i had a good signal from my detector, so i dug a hole without success so i dug deeper and deeper for over an hour only to find a spade.

 

[wolram]

I'm a social pyromaniac. I build big fires in a fire pit instead of burning down the neighbors houses. When I was young and we were in North Carolina, sometime in the 50's when there were small-business tobacco barns everywhere, one of the bigger ones caught fire. A big wooden tobacco barn full of dry tobacco, all burning, is a sight to behold. I decided right then and there that I was going to be a pyromaniac, but the thought of going to jail keeps me contained

You should have been brave and run into save the tobacco

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

One hobby i used to have was metal detecting, a good hobby if you like the outdoors and identifying bits of metal, my best find was a gold ring, i sold it for £300 but metal detecting is not all about money it is about history, many of my finds went to a museum.
One time i found a patch in a field that produced a lot of mixed foreign coins of all ages which had me baffled, only later did i realize the field was at the back of a church and the coins were what the vicar had thrown out from the collection tray.
Another time i had a good signal from my detector, so i dug a hole without success so i dug deeper and deeper for over an hour only to find a spade.

I always thought that metal detecting was a distinguished hobby--and it inevitably gives the individual a lot of stories to tell. Wolram, now I want a metal detector!

 

[wolram]

I always thought that metal detecting was a distinguished hobby--and it inevitably gives the individual a lot of stories to tell. Wolram, now I want a metal detector!

The big problem with metal detecting is getting permission from the land owners and finding a good site, you have to find a place where there has been a lot of use.
one field i searched came up with loads of molten lead and musket balls and one silver penny that dated the site to the civil war.