Trains.

Golf (sadly don't get to play nearly as much as I'd like, it's expensive)
Softball/baseball
Computers
Video Games
Playing with the world's cutest pit bull
hanging out with my wife.
Reading (non fiction history and fiction)

Martial Arts is my main one. Did Aikido for a long time up to 2nd Degree Black Belt.

Switched to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu almost x4 years ago. x3 Stripe Blue Belt studying for purple. Also put into the Apprentice Instructor program to help teach as needed. I love some murder cuddles!

Also PC Games. Stuck on Star Citizen right now. So much gameplay & so much to do.

I enjoy tinkering in my shop. I’ve got a pretty well equipped woodworking shop area and an extensive collection of automotive tools and a 2 post lift. I’m getting close to having my shop exactly how I want it, which will make it an even better hang out spot.

I collect Africana, that is books about Africa from about 1850 to 1963. I also got interested in books on the Rhodesian Bush War thanks to a forum member.

I don't know if I would call jujitsu a hobby but I'm been improving my physical and mental health through it for about 10 years. Currently a 3 stripe blue belt and i hope to live long enough to someday see purple.

I have an ever growing collection of watches and knives. All my knives are users.

I love to turn wood on my lathe, but to find something away from production turning, I brew my own beer. I'm now comfortable enough to experiment by changing the recipe with new malts or hops just to see what it tastes like. So far only a few failures but some, while drinkable, I would not repeat. Most are repeatable and really tasty.

My wife and I are retired and stay busy. My hobbies include:

Singing in a Barbershop group
Singing in a 30 member choir
Wood carving - little people
Reading - about 60 books a year
Guitar in a community rock group
Gardening

I have always had an interest in reading about historical events that few people know about. As an example, were there ever any engagements between American and German forces on the North American continent during WW2? Yes there was. The US Coast Guard exchanged gunfire with German Forces on Greenland during the war. (The Germans had several weather and observation posts in Greenland during the war.)

Motorcycles
Squarebody, 1987 GMC
Dog, Harvey
Watches

Simple gunsmithing

Fixing "things"

Lately, I've started working on watches and "making" automatic watches to give away, but nobody cares anymore. Oh well !!

I've recently taken up losing golf balls.

Sharpening

Razor shaving

Watches

Knives

Arguing on FB.

I do real fake swordfighting in the SCA (on the right):

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Originally posted by Jester814:
I do real fake swordfighting in the SCA (on the right):

Damn, that's scarey I don't want to meet you. I've never been in a fight in my life
Just kidding, I've never had the patience to learn something like that.

I have equipment for a lot of hobbies that I no longer am active with: bicycling, kayaking, astronomy, audio.

I just joined the San Diego Fine Woodworkers' Association, which has its own shop; just got tested on the usual fixed equipment. If I want can learn to use lasers, CNC, and turning. Great bunch of helpful people with more experience than me so looking forward to learning a lot.

I sing in the San Diego Master Chorale (in October we sang the Verdi Requiem, which was a first for me.) Also sing in church choir.

I read a lot lately, mostly military fiction, especially naval fiction e.g. from the Napoleonic era.

Most importantly--and this is not a hobby--I am a grandpa for two lovely granddaughters and a 4-month old grandson, and love spending time with them more than anything else--well, almost anything else.

I collect, buy, and sell antiques and collectibles.

Amateur racing, NASA, SCCA, and others. Current fun car is a '19 MX-5. Daily is a BMW M340Xi.

I too am an airgunner.

Wife and I also enjoy astronomy with our 8" Dob when conditions allow it.

I used to play guitar, still have a healthy enthusiasm for heavy metal, I now have a strong urge to take up drumming.

Being a father has reduced the priority on all of those things, but I do appreciate the value and influence of being a well-rounded person on the next generation.

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Originally posted by Suppressed:
Fishing for Striped Bass. I go out on the Chesapeake Bay two to three times a week up until the rivers freeze and I can't get through.

A striper trip on Chesapeake Bay has always been a dream of mine. Ever since I saw Jimmy Houston using 10" eels to catch monster striper 10+ years ago I've wanted to do it. Trying to talk my BIL and FIL who live in WV into a trip one summer.

Cigars (collecting, smoking and cigar bands); bourbon and rye; a few watches; several knives; a few antique cameras.

I also collect aches, pains, and fat cells, apparently…

Sigs, Cigars, Knives, Flowers and gardening, wheated Bourbon, Pretty much any food that tastes good and is bad for you, and of course The SIGforum!