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Post by TheDaisy on Jun 22, 2009 15:21:27 GMT
I'm in a bit of a nosey mood today, and was wondering what everybody does when they're not either a) here or b) at work, wherever that may be. I spend a lot of my time collecting - although a little less right now, because I can't really afford to. The big kid in me dictates that I should collect toys from my childhood, so I have a HUGE pile of My Little Ponies (almost 1000 in all), Pedigree Sindy dolls and Care Bears. I love to read, and I'm a frustrated writer, in that I start off with a bright idea, haul it along for about ten chapters, and then junk it ;D I was an angsty teenage poet, and actually have had a few poems published *bighead* I'm arty, but not in a big flamboyant artist way - I do crafty stuff mostly, making badges, greeting cards, and I use Fimo polymer clay to make tiny figurines. Right now I'm still trying to knit a hat - the trouble I'm having is with finding an affordable poly head-shaped base to shape the hat onto, but one day I'll get it finished  So, feed my nosey - what do you do with your free time? |
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Post by Mystik on Jun 22, 2009 15:35:35 GMT
Photography. (this may have been mentioned before.... :-\) I play the ukulele (soprano and baritone, but mostly the bari.), bass guitar and double bass (when I have a dbl bass to play ) I have taken to reading again, quite vigorously. Currently working my way through Stephen Fry's entire published repertoire. And the internet. Because I am a nerd, at heart. |
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Post by Vixen on Jun 22, 2009 18:38:22 GMT
I eat.
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Post by lonesome aesthetic on Jun 23, 2009 17:08:23 GMT
Inbetween drinking tea:
-collecting - badges and postcards {mainly}
-art - anything from crafty stuff {cards, knitting} to 'proper' art {mail art, printing, drawing & photography}
-reading - I have a massive to be read pile, I've been avoiding it lately!
-adoring the manics!
and I've recently taken up breeding snails {not my choice... The snails made me!!}
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 23, 2009 17:14:19 GMT
I like taking photos too, playing in Photoshop and learning all about its bits, teaching myself how to use new bits of computer software (yes I am a geek)  I also collect mugs and glasses. The mugs mainly have chocolate bar names on them and names of biscuits/cereals, I started doing that when I was a child, just because I loved the way they looked and have been doing it ever since, I am always on the look out for new ones. The oned that are made now aren't as good a quality and the ones from my childhood though, that is a sad thing. The glasses have Coca Cola designs on them, I started collecting them when I was a kid too. I have lots now, haven't counted, but there are 2 very large boxes in the bottom of the wardrobe of my room full of mugs and glasses. Doesn't stop you collecting though!  Classic comedy too is a passion of mine. What's life without a bloody good laugh! And it goes without saying that TG and all the guys offerings are something to improve ones life too. |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 23, 2009 17:15:29 GMT
Lonesome - How does one go about breeding snails? I love snails, they are cute with their little feelery things on their heads. |
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Post by lonesome aesthetic on Jun 23, 2009 17:20:26 GMT
Lonesome - How does one go about breeding snails? I love snails, they are cute with their little feelery things on their heads. Well in my case, I just left them too it. Came home from work one day and found some eggs {well lots of eggs}, then it is just a case of fishing all the eggs out of the main tank and into a smaller one so that they don't get squished by the other snails, covering in compost and waiting for them to hatch. Oh, btw, these are gaint african land snails. ;D |
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Post by lew on Jun 23, 2009 17:21:33 GMT
Crochet ;D.....ask ly, gardening gosh I'm sounding ancient, reading always have a head in a book, on here far too much checking  ......cooking or collecting cookery books, rather like Eliza Acton, Mrs Beeton etc and collecting rubbish I call vintage ;D And drinking.....tea ;D  |
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Post by Vixen on Jun 23, 2009 17:25:41 GMT
Lonesome - How does one go about breeding snails? I love snails, they are cute with their little feelery things on their heads. Well in my case, I just left them too it. Came home from work one day and found some eggs {well lots of eggs}, then it is just a case of fishing all the eggs out of the main tank and into a smaller one so that they don't get squished by the other snails, covering in compost and waiting for them to hatch. Oh, btw, these are gaint african land snails. ;D Talking of, I put all of mine under the soil in the tank to see if they'd move, and now two of them are back on top. So I think I've got two left.... Will the new two be OK with them? |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 23, 2009 17:27:52 GMT
Lonesome - How does one go about breeding snails? I love snails, they are cute with their little feelery things on their heads. Well in my case, I just left them too it. Came home from work one day and found some eggs {well lots of eggs}, then it is just a case of fishing all the eggs out of the main tank and into a smaller one so that they don't get squished by the other snails, covering in compost and waiting for them to hatch. Oh, btw, these are gaint african land snails. ;D Aww, they sound lovely! Have you got any photos? |
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Post by lonesome aesthetic on Jun 23, 2009 17:32:41 GMT
Yeah they should be fine Vix I do have some photos... somewhere...This is Howard & the MuShu's when first got them, they are much bigger now!  I've got some more of Howard somewhere... |
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Post by Vixen on Jun 23, 2009 17:35:16 GMT
Cool! Thanks =)
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Post by lonesome aesthetic on Jun 23, 2009 17:52:08 GMT
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Post by Vixen on Jun 23, 2009 17:56:30 GMT
Wow! The eggs are a lot bigger than I was expecting!
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Post by lonesome aesthetic on Jun 23, 2009 18:02:19 GMT
Wow! The eggs are a lot bigger than I was expecting! But they is tiny compared to a fully grown snail! |
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Post by zuniga on Jun 23, 2009 18:07:56 GMT
Good gracious - that's a lot of eggs. Howard is a very fine looking chappy. Just how long is he from shell end to pointy nose bit?
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 23, 2009 18:08:31 GMT
Aww, the baby ones look so cute! He's huge!!  Where is mummy snail? |
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Post by zuniga on Jun 23, 2009 18:12:13 GMT
I. like crafty stuff - painting in watercolours, taking zillions of photos ( just to make sure i get 1 good one ) trying to grow stuff in my garden that isnt a weed ( tatties - I'm growing tatties. I was growing runner beans but the slugs and snails ate the plants before they could give me beans). Dressmaking, knitting. Anything I can do myself to save a bob or two
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Post by lonesome aesthetic on Jun 23, 2009 18:15:40 GMT
Aww, the baby ones look so cute! He's huge!! Where is mummy snail? The babies had um, two daddies! My little MuShu's parents were my friends snails, Simon and Ian's offspring. And my eggs where laid by Anthony and Gary! Howard it about 12" when he comes out completely ;D |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 23, 2009 18:31:11 GMT
Ooer! Snails are like cats, I think. They just do what they feel like doing on their own. |
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Post by thenonsensefairy on Jun 23, 2009 18:35:03 GMT
My hobby- is drawing and being creative really- photography, and making things, I make aprons and make my own jewelry out of bits and bobs, like old keys and pocket watches. I like collecting things, and sniffing around antique shops although I can never afford anything. I collect Alice in Wonderland things such as books, my favourite being a first edition copy of the Nursey Alice, from the late 1800's. I also collect 'gollywog' dolls (not sure if Im allowed to say that word though >_<), and various bis and bobs You all seem like wonderful arty and interesting people |
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Post by Wyvern on Jun 23, 2009 19:07:36 GMT
When it comes to hobbies, I go wherever the muse takes me. Sometimes that means I have another attempt at learning piano (something I've been attempting for over 20 years with very limited success), or playing my guitar or one of my recorders. Occasionally I paint, but I am very lacking in talent and only like finger painting. I am good at sewing though, and I love designing costumes. In fact, I have material for creating a costume based on the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstacy and I might get around to doing that some time soon. I also enjoy soft sculpting, and I'm planning to bring the costume and sculpting together by designing a Paradise in Plasticine inspired hat. I have the Fimo... now I just need to find a gutter-crown hat!
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Post by Mayfayre on Jun 23, 2009 19:49:25 GMT
I have an annual late June hobby of trying to find ways of using a ridiculous amount of strawberries in the space of 2 weeks. This has been forced on my by the strawberry plants at the bottom of the garden, that are trying to take over the World!
Does riding a motorbike count as a hobby? Not sure about that one.
I often find myself digging holes to see if there's anything old and interesting in them (aka archaeology) and sometimes walking around with a machine that goes "beep" (geophysical surveying) beforehand so we know where to dig. At least, that's the theory.
Going to see bands play. Various, but I prefer small venues where you get to talk to the people in the band, not huge places where they are just dots in the distance.
Cardboard cut-out models, mainly of historic buildings. They have to be bought from a relevant place (a castle from a castle gift shop etc) but I seem to have acquired some of amphibious vehicles recently ;D
I also collect mugs. Any mugs, so long as they are normal mug shape and have something interesting on them. I probably have over 200. I need a new shelf. Maybe I should take up carpentry! No, hold on, I already did that a few years ago when I needed some more book cases!
And whatever I end up doing, I take photos of it. Usually far too many!
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 23, 2009 20:06:40 GMT
Yay! Another mug person! I mean that in a nice way though. I have a few others too, one has a Love Bug Beetle car on it.
I also collect skulls and skellies. I love them always have done since I was a kid, they just look fab and cute and gorgeous. I nearly had a real one once, a big ram skull, but my mates mum wouldn't let me take it home. I was only about 5 when I saw it on a beach that we were at and it was perfect, had been bleached by the sun, had it's huge horns still attached, it even had it's bottom jaw still attached including all its teeth. I will never forget what that looked like. I thought it was lovely.
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Post by Mayfayre on Jun 23, 2009 20:26:33 GMT
Yay! Another mug person! I mean that in a nice way though. I figured I started collecting them so I wasn't the only mug around |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jun 23, 2009 20:42:41 GMT
LOL! Aww. By that token, I should collect old bags. |
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Post by katherine on Jun 24, 2009 1:08:20 GMT
Mine are birdwatching, birdwatching and birdwatching. When I'm not birdwatching I collect mugs with birds on, read birdwatching magazines and books about birds. I have my own binoculars and telescope and in the three years I've been a birder, I've seen 175 different species of bird and have attracted 28 species to my garden. I'm a member of the RSPB, the British Trust for Ornithology, the World Owl Trust, the Lincolnshire Bird Club and my local branch of the RSPB. I have met Bill Oddie twice, Simon King (Springwatch) three times and I've also met Chris Packham, Nick Baker, Jonathan Scott (Big Cat Diary) and Mike Dilger (The One Show). I go birdwatching at least three times a week.
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Post by Puss on Jun 24, 2009 3:25:51 GMT
Mine are birdwatching, birdwatching and birdwatching. When I'm not birdwatching I collect mugs with birds on, read birdwatching magazines and books about birds. I have my own binoculars and telescope and in the three years I've been a birder, I've seen 175 different species of bird and have attracted 28 species to my garden. I'm a member of the RSPB, the British Trust for Ornithology, the World Owl Trust, the Lincolnshire Bird Club and my local branch of the RSPB. I have met Bill Oddie twice, Simon King (Springwatch) three times and I've also met Chris Packham, Nick Baker, Jonathan Scott (Big Cat Diary) and Mike Dilger (The One Show). I go birdwatching at least three times a week. My aunt is a mad keen birdwatcher. She used to be a biometric statistician, which meant she would count birds and was involved in the international bird banding scheme. My hobbies are...cats, food, wine and attemping to play the guitar. |
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Post by katherine on Jun 24, 2009 10:47:26 GMT
Simon King............. yummm.........................
Over she goes..........
** THUD **
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Post by emmap on Jun 26, 2009 9:28:58 GMT
Writing is my passion, though like Daisy,I get a bright idea,write a few chapters and bin it.
UM I love classic comedy too,I collect Spike Milligan and Kenneth Williams stuff.
Reading, I'll read anything,though I'm getting more and more into poetry and the classic stuff at the minute.
For the past few months I've been a bit obsessed with collecting Bob Dylans music from here there and everywhere, must remember to tell dad I've liberated some of his albums *coughs*
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......cooking or collecting cookery books, rather like Eliza Acton, Mrs Beeton etc and collecting rubbish I call vintage ;D
