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By texasmark1 - 13 Years Ago
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mine's building vacuum tube guitar amps pics if anyone's interested... how about you...? Mark
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By yehaabill - 13 Years Ago
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Y-Guy Texas: I've often said "you can't say cheap and hobbie" in the same sentence, but my son, Reed & I are building a turbocharged 125cc & 175cc gas & fuel Bonneville bike, out of a Yamaha TTR 125. We hope to get it finished for this years event, so we can "Play" with Charlie & Todd. Bill
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By mctim64 - 13 Years Ago
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I like playing with these.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvqXR92b1t0&feature=channel_video_title and these.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwFzdfs92ZE
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By charliemccraney - 13 Years Ago
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Mine is not far removed from cars. I like to design and build things which usually has something to do with mounting and/or actuating some device. I've done some work for tractors and vintage stationary engines. One time I had to recreate a lever only using pictures from several different angles and the remains. That was fun. Every problem is different and requires a different approach which I like because I get bored easily which is why, even though I enjoy working on my own stuff, I couldn't be a mechanic to make a living. Plus my attention to detail is too high and I'd never survive in a flat rate world, but mine would be the best stuff leaving the shop.
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By The Master Cylinder - 13 Years Ago
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I like to "play racer"... Who says it doesn't snow in the California desert, haha.
Mark, yes, picture are alway fun to see.
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By Glen Henderson - 13 Years Ago
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Bill, you and Reed are just full of surprises! How about some pictures and by the way, who is the pilot? I'll let you know when I get ready to go to Montgomery.
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By yehaabill - 13 Years Ago
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Y-Guy Glenn: Reed & I have always wanted to go to Bonneville but we had to take some type vehicle, and a motorcycle is much cheaper(lol) Jamie Hacking(Monster Kawasaki) says he will ride it(Reed builds turbo's for him) I plan on riding it in one class, IF I can lose about 20 lbs. We are just going for a good time and enjoy the "Happening". Bill
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By lowrider - 13 Years Ago
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Harley motorcycles, travel & traveling on Harley motorcycles. I stay close to the intrenal combustion engine.
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By MoonShadow - 13 Years Ago
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Guys for me thats a tough one. I've built kit radios, built and occasionaly flown RC and control line airplanes. Built all sorts of model boats, cars and planes. But I always come back to motorsports, and Hot Rods. My Y passion started just after High school with a 57 Ford convertible. Took a long break until I retired from the Army. During those days I was involved with just about any type of competitive motosport involving cars. I've been hill climbing, drag racing, dirt track racing, SCCA racing and probably some more I've forgotten. Most of the time I've been working in the Pits but occasionaly I was the one driving. Once I retired from the Army my 56 Vicky came my way and its been Y's ever since. I still like all sorts of motorsports but really seem focused on the Y. That is other than killing the "enemies" in computer games like Call of Duty or Crysis. Thats about it for me. Chuck in NH Oh yeah, and making new friends! 
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By 57FordPU - 13 Years Ago
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Doesn't seem like there would be time for anything else besides sewing and quilting for Corene and building race cars for me, but we do ride bicycle quite a bit. We average from 2-3,000 miles per year. 
After another serious crash a year ago, we changed to recumbent bicycles. Hers is a hotrod that I rebuilt from the ground up with a pink and black theme. 
Mine is a rat rod that is very functional, but very ugly with primer paint frame and torn seat cover. (Hey, a Mexican blanket seat cover would be cool!) 
I found them both in a pile at a yard sale.
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By The Master Cylinder - 13 Years Ago
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MoonShadow (5/28/2011)
killing the "enemies" in computer games like Call of Duty. Thats about it for me. Chuck in NH Oh yeah, and making new friends!
Chuck, you ever play Call of Duty on ebox live?? I'm NFG but my grandson Kicks butt!! it's fun to watch him and his friends go into action and actually talk to each other Live to strategize (is that a word?) against other "Teams".
I like to play IHRA Professional Drag Racing Game, the Pro Mods are a hand full to get down the track.
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By Hollow Head - 13 Years Ago
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Well, my other hobby is servicing my sons bikes and giving them opportunity to do what they like most 
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By Tom Compton - 13 Years Ago
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Shooting and hunting with flintlock rifles 
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By Missouri Mike - 13 Years Ago
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I have half a dozen Morgan horses and as my knee replacement heals I'll be getting back in the saddle and trying to improve my pathetic roping skills. Used to handload and loved to varmint hunt using 22-250, 243, 220 Swift, and 22 Hornet. It's hard to find a good place to go now but if I ever figure out a way to get those blankety blank moles to stick their heads up out of the ground I'll be dusting off a couple of old Ruger number ones. Mike
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By PWH42 - 13 Years Ago
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Mike........If you get lucky and see one of those pesky moles working,a full magazine of hollow-points from a 45 works good on them.You don't even have to wait for him to stick his head up out of the ground.
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By mctim64 - 13 Years Ago
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I may add that along with the Y-Block powered vehicles and th airplanes (models and full size) I have been a fan of British sports cars since I was 15 years old. I have had several including the three pictured (I don't know if you can call a Herald a sports car but they did build the Spitfire on a Herald chassis) the MGB GT I bought when I was 16 and has stayed with me the longest. 
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By Rudder2fly - 13 Years Ago
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Rudder2fly is a good hint as to my other passion!!!!!
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By MoonShadow - 13 Years Ago
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It's striking how so many of us have toyed with the same types of hobbies and projects. Each settling on their own specialty. I even lusted after a MG and a Super Swallow 100 (became Jaguar) while in England. I guess with my travels In the Army I settled on beer drinking and tourism for those years. I did, however, keep up with the car passion and always had a "performance" car around. When I could afford it I went to a lot of different style races including a Grand Prix in Germany. My kids are all growed up and have their own families now so I get to deal with grandkids now. The 24 and 19 year old boys are local but neither is into cars. I have an 11 year old grandaughter and am waiting to see! I normally play games in singleplayer mode, offline. I'm far too slow to go at it with the kids. Chuck in NH
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By Missouri Mike - 13 Years Ago
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Paul Never considered a handgun but late one night many years ago a good friend who had access to dynamite suggested we could "hunt" them with quarter sticks come daylight. However when the sun came up it didn't seem like near as good an idea as it had in the middle of the night when copious quantities of alcohol had been involved. One of the keys to becoming old and wise is to be able to live through the young and dumb years. Mike
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By YellowWing - 13 Years Ago
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I'm somewhat fond of motorcycles. But shooting and old west reenactment is at the top of my list too.  
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By LON - 13 Years Ago
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Living the Dream . Playing with Y-Blocks, Traveling to Columbus, Driving Y-Block powered vehicles, Driving Route 66, Meeting some great people (with Y-Blocks ,Making fun of some Canadians, Telling a few tall stories, Driving to Bonneville, Visiting USA, Telling MORE tall stories, Fixing Y-Blocks, Helping mates fix Y Blocks, Playing jokes on some Canadians, Having fun, Living the dream downunder,. But most importantly, spending time with my darling wife .(CORRECT answer) Lon PS . I don't really enjoy making fun of Canucks ?????????
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By Moz - 13 Years Ago
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lets see after 12+ hour days at work playing with my cars talking on facebook internet work stuff being on here reading the latest topics my favorite hobby would have to be sleeping !
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By texasmark1 - 13 Years Ago
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Tim, I dreamed of an MGB GT when I was about 16!! even wrote off for some sales literature inquiring about metric fasteners... being from a "country boy" background, I just wasn't sure about a car that had metric nuts and bolts. never got an MG; had to be satisfied with used American cars thru HS and college. Bought my first "new" car in 1980... a Honda Acord... cause it looked like a BMW! yes, I've repented since then, getting rid of anything but American iron... ... will throw up some pics of my tube amps soon as jr gets home from school and shows me how! Mark
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By speedpro56 - 13 Years Ago
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Mines Guitars, Guitars, and Guitars!!!
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By texasmark1 - 13 Years Ago
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Gary... details, details, details... electrics, acoustics, tube amps, solid state... come on, man...! Mark
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By mctim64 - 13 Years Ago
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texasmark1 (5/31/2011)
Tim, I dreamed of an MGB GT when I was about 16!! even wrote off for some sales literature inquiring about metric fasteners... being from a "country boy" background, I just wasn't sure about a car that had metric nuts and bolts. MarkShould have got yourself one, MGs and Triumphs don't use metric fasteners.  Although the early ones use Whitworth which needs a whole different set of tools.
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By Daniel Jessup - 13 Years Ago
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The past 3 months, I have had about zero time for any kind of hobby, not even the Y block... However, the family and I really enjoy the outdoors. Outdoor anything, really. This past week was our first excursion in a canoe and raft down the South Branch river, tributary of the Potomac, about 7 miles.  My wife, April, 13 and 11 year old daughters Kayla and Leah, and my 8 year old "bassmaster" EJ. We put 3 or 4 of us at a time in the canoe, and we let one or two of them float down the river in the raft.
 
 
The last 3 images are almost like those crazy "item in a picture" search games. My son EJ actually caught a smallmouth and it blends in well with the rocks on the riverbank. That is a real, live Bald Eagle in the two "tree" photos. We about floated right underneath of him/her. The kids loved that. This part of the South Branch River is very remote...no people, no houses, just about nothing buT you and God's creation. The part we were on is called The Trough and was named by George Washington years ago back when all of this was in Virginia. The river got its name because the water flows very quickly (and narrow, too) between two very steep and high mountain sides. So steep there is only a railroad track through one of the banks, no roads unless you cross the mountains. Mama got a little worried out there, especially when the canoe got sideways, we got stuck over rocks in rapids, the tow rope got tangled, the water snake that was heading right for her when she was out of the canoe, the new raft sprung a bad leak, etc, etc, etc, BUT we never tipped over one time, and the kids caught quite a few fish. The kids and I loved it. Mama, not so much, she is too much of a city girl, but she appreciated the time well spent with family. If I had more time, we would do much more of this type of thing. My kids would rather be doing this than being in front of a tv or computer screen.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 13 Years Ago
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Farming. I live on the 50 acre farm I grew up on. When my Dad passed away, Mom didn't want to stay here, so I bought it from her. With all the rain here this spring, the crops aren't in the ground yet. Had one field almost ready yesterday, and it rained again. Luckily, I don't have to depend on the farm income to make ends meet.
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By Glen Henderson - 13 Years Ago
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John, just the oppsite down here, crops are drying up in the fields, we need rain bad. Even with all the storms, it has been a very dry spring and hot, supposed to be around 100 degrees again today with no rain in sight.
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By mctim64 - 13 Years Ago
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Sorry you aren't getting the rain Glenn, same old story, plenty of water just not in the right places. We have had a very wet year after ten years of drought, it rained all day yeasterday while working on the uni, it's June, should be 100 out here by now. Not complaining, just saying.
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By pops - 13 Years Ago
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One of my other hobbies is radio controlled model towboats, barges and cranes.
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By MarkMontereyBay - 13 Years Ago
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I have been working on this project for many years from here in California and in Ecuador.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-AwUytxnzc
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By LordMrFord - 13 Years Ago
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Those and a lot more, but nothing too serious.
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By Hollow Head - 13 Years Ago
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Hey, don't be shy Simo! I think you are quite serious about beer drinking .
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By yblock55 - 13 Years Ago
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 Listen to this man
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By LordMrFord - 13 Years Ago
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Hollow Head (6/6/2011)
Hey, don't be shy Simo! I think you are quite serious about beer drinking .
Bah...I cannot fool you.
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By rgrove - 13 Years Ago
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Hmmm...hobbies? Well, whiskey, radio control boats, cars, planes, and helis, full size boating, and almost any motorsports.....its a wonder i never have any time!
Lately ive been getting into fast electric rc boats....messing with a twin motor catamaran that im going to try to get into the 50 mph+ range...ill try to post pics eventually... Im lucky, my 4 yo son loves all this stuff too...of course, we have another kid onthe way (about 4 weeks out!) so i dont think ill have much time for any of it!
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By Canadian Hot Rodder - 13 Years Ago
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Fixing up an old Chrysler boat, coaching & refing hockey, coaching baseball and especially beating Aussies in races!!!!!
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By aussiebill - 13 Years Ago
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Canadian Hot Rodder (6/9/2011)
Fixing up an old Chrysler boat, coaching & refing hockey, coaching baseball and especially beating Aussies in races!!!!! Oh well rob, success 3 out of 4 is ok.
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By yfreak57 - 13 Years Ago
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 Hofner 172 1962 Hofner 172 1963
 SeaRay Seville 17' 1987, Mercury 100 hp 1988 and beer.
 Summer place in Anttola by lake Saimaa.
 Skiing every winter in Alps.
... and much too more to mention.
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By glrbird - 13 Years Ago
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Jyrki You guys seem to be living the dream over there, any room for some Yankie y-blockers
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By BFOOTER03 - 13 Years Ago
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I used to collect Matchbox cars but after collecting for 30 year and collecting several thousand I sold most of them a few years ago and bought my first Y-block but my favorite hobby is this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JZAKZidqEM
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By Duck - 13 Years Ago
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Besides this one? Being impoverished, apparently ...
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By texasmark1 - 13 Years Ago
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DANG!! that's some chopper action on the water!! that's a hobby??!!
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By 569104 - 13 Years Ago
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Mine is chasing big game all over the west. Here are my 2010 results: 
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By BFOOTER03 - 13 Years Ago
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texasmark1 (6/10/2011)
DANG!! that's some chopper action on the water!! that's a hobby??!! Yes and quite an enjoyable one at that.... or atleast until you fall.
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By taycotrains1 - 13 Years Ago
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I was able to "marry" two of my three hobbies together.
I collect and restore Wheel Horse garden tractors.
and I been a train collector for about 31 years now...
Bob T
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By texasmark1 - 13 Years Ago
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I'M SPEECHLESS!!!
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By mctim64 - 13 Years Ago
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Love the trains and the tractors! Very cool!
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By aussiebill - 13 Years Ago
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No wonder the kids have big smiles all round!!
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By Y block Billy - 13 Years Ago
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Catching large Moth's after dusk and watching the cats chase them around the house. I caught one last night near as big as a bat.
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By Talkwrench - 13 Years Ago
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Before my accident a few years ago these were my passion .. also like a fish every now and then
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By The Master Cylinder - 13 Years Ago
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Luve Duc's (Duck's). 
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By yehaabill - 13 Years Ago
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Y-Guy Billy: Was alcohol involved, in the moth chase????
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By old cars - 13 Years Ago
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Hobbies,Well mine would be mowing grass and tilling our garden in the summertime and in the winter I bring firewood in to stay warm you know I may be in a rut
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By lovefordgalaxie - 13 Years Ago
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Building plastic models:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovefordgalaxie/sets/72157625166552114/
Building card models:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovefordgalaxie/sets/72157626144600157/
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By texasmark1 - 13 Years Ago
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WOW on those models!!
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