Hobbies for the middle aged man

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Women.

Prefferably married and of any calibre and taken back to Wally Towers for an hour while pissed up on white wine.Certainly not a grands worth, and they wont be getting a 20" cannon either. Trade off

 

[idahoblues]

I am currently bidding at auction on a 20” cannon barrel, in the hope of building a gun carriage for it if I win it.

Its allegedly a 19th century functional signal cannon - bit of wood and some hen house or shepherds hut wheels, it’d make a “large mini” cannon which I reckon would be cracking in my garden.

Saw similar a while ago, but didn’t want to pay £1100 for it (had a 22” barrel)
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‘Allegedly’ doesn’t sound like a way to value such things…..not that I know anything

 

[ballbag]

Guitar. Not just for the enjoyment of learning and the sense of achievement that brings. It has taken me approx. 4 years to stop sounding shit. But that's because I used to play really badly on purpose just to fuck the neighbours off. Getting an electric one in a few months to plug in the amp and plonk it in the garden and really ramp up the noise for the fuckstains.

 

[mexico1970]

I would just like to add that for some reason I can't get excited about American currency or numismatics, out of all the countries I collect they are by far the least collected.

 

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

Lego for me.

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If you like Lego you should check out the brick link designer programme. Official Lego sets but they are voted on and then if enough pre orders get made they are produced. Usually six months wait but are worth it as some of the designs are truly breathtaking. (Not the same as standard Lego ideas sets)

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/main.page

 

[Uwe Already]

If you like Lego you should check out the brick link designer programme. Official Lego sets but they are voted on and then if enough pre orders get made they are produced. Usually six months wait but are worth it as some of the designs are truly breathtaking. (Not the same as standard Lego ideas sets)

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/main.page

Crikey some top stuff there, didn’t see any prices apart from a comment from some bloke saying they got one of eBay for $330, so guessing they’re not cheap!

 

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

Crikey some top stuff there, didn’t see any prices apart from a comment from some bloke saying they got one of eBay for $330, so guessing they’re not cheap!

They have five sets a series and the prices ranged this series from £34.99 to £299.99

 

[Stuuuuuu]

Recommendations would be most helpful..things to do inside or out

And no weird shit!

Running thread

So left my job where I was commuting 16 hours plus a week. First thing I promised myself I’d do is buy some decent running shoes and join a running club. Having not run for years and it’s been tough but I’ve done 2 5 mile runs and a 5.7 mile. The latter was pretty tough with several hills...

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[Keith Moon]

Start collecting wine.

 

[flook]

Start collecting wine.

which leads seamlessly to the better hobby of start drinking wine

 

[Keith Moon]

which leads seamlessly to the better hobby of start drinking wine

There's always a bottle that's at its peak or nearing the end of its drinking window that needs to be opened, and you’ve got to try the new vintages too — collecting wine is really just a fancy way of saying you drink a hell of a lot of it.

 

[mexico1970]

Picked these up in the week, lovely looking coins too.

 

[nw42]

Had this just over a year, always fancied one but life got in the way, 1963 series 3 Li 150 Pacemaker Special. My late older brother had the same model in the mid 70s wish he'd been around when I bought it.
Have had plenty of enjoyment out of it so far, it's a reasonably healthy hobby, plenty of fresh air.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Run 6 days out of 7 - Serves me right for living in a Millwall area

Lake swim 2 days a week - When the cunts try to drown me

:)

 

[york away to this!]

which leads seamlessly to the better hobby of start drinking wine

Which in turn leads seamlessly to the even better hobby of pissing your pants whilst slumped on the sofa at 3am desperately trying to install a VPN...

 

[Bill Walker]

£1.80 mate, cheap as chips :)

When we pretend to have visitors I get all of my coins and notes out until their eyes glaze over and eventually make their excuses and leave.

 

[mexico1970]

I have been collecting a few different types of coins for variety as well as adding to my British monarchs date run.

ELIZABETH II-TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS-20 CROWN-1980

QUEEN ANNE-SHILLING-1711


QUEEN ELIZABETH ONE POUND SILVER PROOF COINS 2015

 

[Scoobz3]

Fly fishing - very relaxing and absorbing at the same time -you are constantly on the move, usually in beautiful environments.

Radio control aero modelling / flying - consumes vast amounts of time if you build your own ... when flying model as per fly fishing - usually in beautiful environments

 

[Marklr]

I've started to collect Hot Wheels cars...I don't know why. I just like the more real normal ones. The first one I got was a Ford Escort. I don't keep them in the boxes.

 

[pride in battle]

Apparently as a 1 1/2 inch bore it’s classed as “Antique / obsolete calibre” but I started out by collecting a few cannon balls, 32lb down to musket shot and there is deffo a couple of 1.5 inch balls in there - for display purposes only of course ;)

Hoping to courier it to me, thinking to keep the cost under £200 to buy and get it in my mucky paws

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