What activities do you consider 'fun'?

[LightbulbSun]

I'm creating this thread to get some ideas on activities I could possibly do. I love golfing, hitting the batting cages, going to the movies, snowtubing, hiking etc. I'd like to know some other activites that some of you consider fun to do.

 

[turbo]

Playing guitar, gardening, making pickles and hot sauces, and photography all make the list. Until my knees went bad, so did downhill skiing and white-water canoing (class 4-5 rivers).

 

[LightbulbSun]

Playing guitar, gardening, making pickles and hot sauces, and photography all make the list. Until my knees went bad, so did downhill skiing and white-water canoing (class 4-5 rivers).

I gardened a little bit last summer and that was a lot of fun. I also want to learn the keyboard.

 

[turbo]

I also consider astronomical research and cosmology fun, but the data-collection and data-reduction can get tedious. Also, I have to have music playing in the background whenever I'm working.

Fly-fishing is a BIG fun for me, too.

 

[LightbulbSun]

I also consider astronomical research and cosmology fun, but the data-collection and data-reduction can get tedious. Also, I have to have music playing in the background whenever I'm working.

Fly-fishing is a BIG fun for me, too.

If I'm data collecting I can have music playing in the background, but when I'm trying to learn something I have to have silence.

 

[wolram]

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[Nabeshin]

Fun? Astronomical observation, solving physics equations, tinkering with circuits, snowboarding, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, playing video games, computer programming, listening to music, playing music (what little I can) and just general activities involving friends!

 

[lisab]

Hiking, skiing, kyaking - I don't get to do any of these things nearly enough. Family get-togethers. Cooking, eating.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

You might consider taking a martial arts or Tai chi chuan class.

I gave it up years ago but always enjoyed the martial arts. ...may even have a chance to take up something again in a couple of years.

Going fast on dirt bikes is always intense and a blast.

It's hard to beat the thrill of sliding down the face of a huge wave.

 

[lisab]

You might consider taking a martial arts or Tai chi chuan class.

I gave it up years ago but always enjoyed the martial arts. ...may even have a chance to take up something again in a couple of years.

I did martial arts for 3 years - loved it! I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed free-form sparring. It gave me a whole new appreciation of boxing.

 

[turbo]

I just went through over 2 years of data-collection and reduction for a paper on observational astronomy and intergalactic gravitational interaction (with 2 collaborators that I have never met in person). We spent another couple of months bringing the paper in line with the expectations of a referee (a good exercise, BTW) and have re-submitted. This was really grinding work that department heads relegate to grad students, but it is nice to have in-depth knowledge about the robustness of one's data set, and I feel good about the paper.

 

[ShawnD]

I hear sex has been gaining popularity since 1963. That might be worth checking out.

I usually look for friends to spend time with; it doesn't really matter what we do. If that fails, I play online video games.

 

[Poop-Loops]

I pretty much just sit in front of my computer and play Flash games 6 hours a day.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I did martial arts for 3 years - loved it! I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed free-form sparring.

Heh, yeah, a buddy and I liked to kick the crap out of each other.

I once went six rounds with a former Golden Gloves national champion. That was a mistake. :zzz:

 

[Evo]

sailing, snorkeling, bicycling. I also love cooking and drawing. Sculpting with clay. Making projects with wood, just about any craft project were I can make things with my hands or simple tools.

I love going to museums.

Things some of my friends do - hill climbing, rock climbing, mountain climbing, dancing.

 

[Astronuc]

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Woolie's version of 'nod, nod, wink, wink! Say no more.'

 

[turbo]

Before the knees went south, I used to love running. I ran (and skied) X-country in HS, and when the course was free of snow, I used to run it twice after school - then, I'd grab my stuff and run/jog home, over 3 miles away. I loved my ski-patrol work during those years, and when I went to college, I volunteered to teach downhill skiing in an intramural setting.

Most fun was running open-mike blues/rock jams at a local tavern on Sunday afternoons. It was only good for $125/for 4 hours, but it was great fun when parents would bring their kids to participate. We had some really talented pros and semi-pros showing up, too (close friends from HS on, in many instances) and it was fun to provide a supportive environment for young players, encourage them to take leads, etc. The most fun was when a kid had asked something like "how do you do those double-stop bends?" only to have them come back a week or two later and try to work those techniques into a song. Even better was when they'd come back after more practice and pull a technique off smoothly, grinning from ear to ear.

 

[Poop-Loops]

I hear sex has been gaining popularity since 1963. That might be worth checking out.

That's just a fad. I predict wearing paper hats will be the next "big thing" after this whole sex thing dies down. Give it a few more weeks.

 

[turbo]

That's just a fad. I predict wearing paper hats will be the next "big thing" after this whole sex thing dies down. Give it a few more weeks.

Damn! I thought I was ahead of the curve with the tin-foil hats! Paper doesn't keep out the dangerous pervasive signals.

 

[Cyrus]

Flying airplanes, driving my car, riding a motorcycle, hanging out with friends at a resturant drinking beer and eating good food, going to a club at night on the weekends. I don't know, there are lots of things you can find to do.

 

[scorpa]

Playing guitar (even though I am no good at it and don't think I ever will be :( ), mountain biking, hiking, rollerblading, camping, riding motorcycles (don't have one now unfortunately), skiing (to expensive to do often though), other sports like basketball and baseball and I guess that is about it. In the summer the possibilities for cheap fun are endless, it is the winter where things get a bit harder.

 

[wildman]

Birding, hiking, mountain and rock climbing, reading...

 

[LightbulbSun]

I haven't hiked in a long time.

 

[binzing]

Kayaking, fishing (lure and fly), rafting, mountain biking, photography, lots of other stuff.

 

[tribdog]

Checking out PhysicsForums when I should be working.