Interests/Hobbies?????
 

So what do ya'll do for fun?.....other than hanging out here that is?

I enjoy movies, books, walks on the beach and .......oh crap thats for the other forum!!:happy3:


Main hobby for me is the family Mustangs. My wifes family all are into mustangs, thats how I met her actually, through car shows and getting to know her family that way...one thing led to another and we ended up married.

so we spend time at the dragstrip about 2 weekends a month. Mostly test n tunes, brother in law does race some 10.5 tire classes but we're inbetween cars for that right now.

Like to play golf, enjoy all motorsports, although I dont have my sleds, quads, or bikes anymore
as I sold them all a few years back cause I didnt get to use them enough.

Other than that its spending time with my 4 month old baby girl, watching football, NASCAR, wrenching on others cars and comeing up with the next mod for my truck.

Anybody else wanna share?

Just trying to get some more threads going!

Well, I have the spending time with the family as an obligated answer ha ha. Goin out and doin stuff with my wife and little girl takes up most of my time. Other than my truck I drum. I was in a band for a few years but once my good friend quit because of a new job (him and i started the band), the other guys were slackers and didnt want the responsibility of playing in a band, only the fun. I got stuck with some studio rent so I told them im out. Now Ive got my kit set up in the garage and im working on learning some covers instead. Maybe do some drumming gigs for some bars or clubs when I get a few songs down. Maybe join another band, im not really sure. I kind of enjoy the freedom to play what I want when I want and not have to depend on anyone else. Ive also been learning guitar, and working on some recording and editing stuff just for fun. Im big into music.

Spendn time with the wife and son. Helpn buddies work on there trucks. Ima a volunteer firefighter so that kinda keeps me busy. I used to race dirt cars but it cost to much so i droppd out. Mowin my yard and keepn my yard and crap neat n clean. Piddlin on my old truck. Thats bout it

when Uncle Sam isnt riding me, I love grillin out and drinking a few brews. I enjoy the crap out of some college footbal. i used to be all about the NFL, but the league has taken a nose-dive. I love fishing. I grew up catching rainbow trout up in the PNW, but I've fallen in love with the saltwater fishing since ive been in Florida. Mostly its all about family time for me. Taking my kids fishing. when i get the opportunity, id like to get back into hunting again. I was trying to get some people down here to do a hog hunt, but now im leaving FL too soon so...

[QUOTE=ssgjohnson;1297]when Uncle Sam isnt riding me, I love grillin out and drinking a few brews. I enjoy the crap out of some college footbal. i used to be all about the NFL, but the league has taken a nose-dive.


I enjoy college sports more than professional too. I will always follow my 9ers, but that's about it professionally, where as with college I could watch about any game. Iowa Hawkeye Fan all my life, cause they are only an hour away! But my favorite (non home) team to watch is Oregon :favorites37:

Great idea!

I used to be a mustang head (still am just don't have any at the moment) I've had 12 GT''s /LX's. I love them.

I used to ride street bikes ( HD bobbers is my bike of choice) and dirt bikes. I ride 4 wheelers some but not as much as I used to.

I like to duck hunt. Going to do more hunting this year cause of a job switch. Going turkey hunting is 2 weeks. Prolly get back into some deer hunting.


Also enjoy time with my family (they only grow up once) Working on trucks,helping Big'un when he changes his mind all the time :jester:

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Speaking of college fooseball ROLL DAM TIDE!

I am into racing of any kind. I love NASCAR, and I support a couple friends who race sportsman dirt cars. I have jetski's, boat, and an a Quad. I am looking to get a Motorcycle in the next couple years.

I love to work on my truck, and help friends. I grill out every weekend with the whole family. I'm also into camping... 5er style. I play sports with my friends, which is getting harder and harder with both rotator cuffs tore. But still do it anyway.

I really like to hang out with people, so I am doing whatever others are doing. Bowling... Bonfires... Movies... Dinner out. Whatever!

I hear that alot. i cant think of too many teams that are more fun to watch than Oregon. I mean, 2 rushes for 155 yds and two TDs!? You guys know that pretty soon we are going to have to start a CFB thread right? hell, we may even need to have sub-forums within. WTD!

i forgot something in my origional post, probably because i have been recovering from multiple surgeries for the past few months and havent been able to, but i LOVE working out. its probably the third biggest part of my life behind God and Family. Im also a level three Modern Army Combatives instructor and i dabble in brazilian jui jitsu. I met a friend here named Rob Khan, he owns three gyms and is an origional Royce Gracie black belt. He and i get together from time to time and he teaches me some things by causing me great deals of pain and discomfort.
my latest surgery is a product of said activities....

^^^ Thats awesome! I actually trained in shudokan karate for 11 years. earned my first degree certified blackbelt. Thats the culprit to my achy knee and most likely my lower back too...

thats friggin sweet, and dedicated. im more of a part time guy. I teach the courses at my unit and organize competitions and all that jazz, but im too injury prone to really go into it hard... wich sucks. I was a wrestler in HS and Rob keeps pushing me to do it more seriously... he tells me i'm a natural and could probably go pro MMA with about a year of hard training. I just dont think i got the heart or body for it anymore.

I hear ya man, I stopped when I was 19, thats where I met my gf at the time, she quit about a month before I did. so with working full time it was either time with her, or continue training. Since we were together for a long time I figured it was best to devote more time to work and her. Ive often thought about starting back up, but now That im married and have a kid its tough to do so, Im sure you know that game ha ha. Im way out of shape now, ive been eating better and once my back heals up Im going to start exercising more.

in order to kinda have my cake and eat it too, ive actually been training my wife and kids as well. wich in turn helps the wifey understand the need for me to train when i can. its still not alot, maybe a couple of times a month outside of teaching classes, but its better than nothing. and there is no better feeling than watching your daughter put a kid into a triangle choke for messing with her little brother! Ive started her on the kickboxing now that i feel she has self control. the rest of the kids have some maturing to do before i teach them anything substantial, but my nine year old daughter is catching on to this stuff scary fast.

I've gotten out of shape with this recent rash of surgeries as well. ive lost over 30 lbs since December. When i was lifting and everything, i was leveled off at between 240 and 250, now im right around 210 and soft everywhere... it blows. im actually thinking about not getting as big next time around and just staying around 215-225, but once i get back into it, i may not be able to stop myself.

Ha ha, my old roommate was like that, hes a short little guy so he had to work out to make up for it. He was working out for over a year and bulked up quite a bit, probably an extra 20 pounds, then he wrecked his bike and broke his wrist. he was out for maybe 6-8 months before he could start working out fully again. He gained it back within a couple of months, but it wasnt enough ha ha. he started going more and more, and doing more and more protein shakes, lots of pasta. he was eating ike 9k calories a day. it was ridiculous.

Kick boxing is a crazy good sport to get into for self defense. I hope my daughter gets into some sort of martial arts, the self defense and the confidence boosting is really god for kids.

I loved learning kickboxing during my level three training, it was probably the most fun ive had in the army. I still love the BJJ aspect, but there is something special about seeing your opponent shift his weight to throw a kick, and beating it with a right cross right on the button to put the lights out...match over! Martial arts is great for kids, but i dont think alot of people understand that. it builds a huge amount of confidence, as well as disciplin. you rarely hear about kids that train in martial arts running around starting fights.

the craziest diet i have ever went on was 14k calories/day. My wife and i were going through a rough patch on one of my deployments and i lost about 20 lbs because i wasnt eating, sleeping, or working out. when we smoothed things out i only had 33 days until i was going to be home for leave and i wanted to look as impressive as possible. I cranked up my calories, lifted heavy and hard for three days a week and ran to keep fat down. i ended up gaining 30lbs in those 33 days. muscle memory is sweetness!

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...realmuscle.jpg

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ba ha ha!!

^ where did you get my pic?











not even, at least i could still whipe my ass

Playin with my Fords, goin camping, ridin my jet ski at the lake. Take trips on my motorcycle, go muddin with my brute and racing my kfx450 at local tracks. I raise chickens, have about 30 of them so we get fresh eggs. Im quite the nerd. Love old cartoons like warner bros stuff. I watch Futurama, transformers. Love the big bang theory! I collect transformers and have tons of old and new hotwheels cars and matchbox cars. I love cutting wood since we heat with it. I've been gettin into rc short course trucks. We have a small motocross track here and we use it for the quads and rc trucks. I want to do more car shows once I get my cobra back on the road. I plan on doin the hot rod power tour hopefully in a few yrs. Painting it like the mustang police car in the first transformers movie hehe. I love goin to colorado to ride the trails with the quads! Go explorin old mines and ghost towns is a blast!

I am definately no nerd...... But I LOVE the Big Bang Theory! That frickin show is awesome. I have all the episodes on DVD.

I like watchn the big bang theroy to see the hot blonde , i cnt rmbr her name lol

Oh yeah she's hawt

Kaley cuoco or something like that. I remember the first show she was on, 8 simple rules. Man she was smoking! Still is!

...Penny,... Penny,... Penny

Duck hunting is the sh1t. By far my favorite hunting to do. Archery is a close second. I spend a lot of time snow boarding, cutting firewood, building kitchens, boating, wakeboarding, fishing... Yeah I mean I stay busy haha

"Building Kitchens" kinda just got thrown in there.....

Im watching it right meow... :leghump:

Tv and trucks are big here. That and football. Love tailgating, just bought our season tickets for the aggies today..... SEC SEC SEC.......really just like being outside doing whatever, helping friends with trucks or cars etc and getting out to the lake in the summer to take the boat or skis out. Work just gets in the way of wrenching but does help pay for a lot of it. Its getting to the point where my boy is able to help out and play outside alot more so this summer should be really fun That and drinking during most all of it

Im surprised no one has labeled "beer" as a hobby :jester:

You missed the last sentence of my post. Cough cough.

Thats what made me think of "beer" in specific ha ha

I also have all the dvds. Best show ever. Waitin for the new season.

I downloaded the whip app from the episode that was on a week or so ago Ba ha

One of my "hobbies" is doing spray on liners. I am a Vortex Liners Dealer..Custom Coatings Of Iowa. But I say it's a hobbie cause it doesn't provide enough income to be a job right now. I really like doing it, and hope someday it gets to be busy enough to actualy pay for itself! These are just a couple pics I have right now. We do bedliners, protective coating on trucks, and also decorative concrete coatings.


I Love nothing more than getting nice clean lines on them! This truck had a brand new B&W Turnover ball G/N Hitch to spray around.
http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/...19C40-orig.jpg

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/...E1C4F-orig.jpg

And some rockers I did on a superduty....
http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/...6450C-orig.jpg

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/...6AE0B-orig.jpg

That looks pretty awesome man! Since you do coatings I bet you're the guy to ask, I have a rhino lining spray in on my truck and it's beat to hell, it's peeling up in places and junk. I know trying to peel it all up would be a pain, but if I cut off the spots that are peeling up and "fill" it with herculiner, can I just do a roll on over the existing rhinoliner? Or will there be issues with it no adhering?

:happy160:Why thank ya!! I take lots a pride in it.....probably why I cant make a living at it yet, takes me too long!!

I wish I could me of more help to ya, but I dont know about the adhesion properties of Herculiner. They one of the better do it yourself kits, but I couldnt tell ya for sure if it would adhere to a rhino or not. I know that Vortex will adhere to any other liner..i originally had line-x in my truck, and after a year it was falling apart (bad install mainly) when I bought the vortex machine I sprayed over it and its been great for 3 years now.

I would reccomend calling herculiner, or just clean an area real good, try to scuff the old material some if you can, and try putting the herculiner over it and see what happens. It very well may work just fine.....but I cant guarantee it

Wish you were closer, i'd love to redo the lowers and do my bed of my truck. Would look sweet. Could you paint the vortex liners?

That's some great looking work dude :favorites37:

good lookin liner dude , and that sb wud b hot with sum black wheels

My favorite hobby. Flat trackin at Douglas County fairgrounds. Had to use the stupid numbers they asign you! Im number 16 but im really number 68!

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My 08 Kawi 450r.

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They also had a utility class. It was just me and my buddy racing our Kawi's. 05 Kawi bruteForce 750 4x4.

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Got first in my heat race and got to the main event. Finished 4th or 5th. I was up against guys that have quads made for flat trackin. They need to have a class with guys runnin flat track tires and us guys runnin knobbies.

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First time ever racin flat track. I was happy hehe. I was racin with 2 of my other buddies also runnin 450 kawi's.

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Got the holeshot!