Interests and Hobbies other than music and HT

[Kam]

My main interest is photography. I have been doing fine art photography for years along with some portrait work. I have done a few shows here in Houston and I am considering a offer to teach. Although I doubt I will take it. The last show is one of the main reasons I have been so scarce of late along with work. I am working on getting a website up an running in the next few months so maybe soon I can get some feedback from you guys when it's up.

JSE

same as jm, defn let me know when the site is up. am an avid amateur photographer (just falling in love with the bronica etrsi) and love looking at other's photographs.

[JSE]

same as jm, defn let me know when the site is up. am an avid amateur photographer (just falling in love with the bronica etrsi) and love looking at other's photographs.

That's a geat 645 camera. I had a GS-1 for a while and loved it. Then a Mamiya RZ67, Hasselblad, and even a Toyo large format. All now gone except for the Toyo. I never use it but I can't bear to seel it. It's so beautiful. Bronica is way way underated and their lenses are stellar. I have gone through so much gear it's depressing. I recently sold off most of my MF gear to make room for a digital system toward the end of the year. That cost is going to hurt. Probably what ever Nikon's flagship is at the time. Although Hasselblad's H1 digital is looking mighty fine but mighty expensive with a back. I am mainly just shooting 35mm right now and having fun. Kindof a back to basics approach. It's been really refreshing.

JSE

[piece-it pete]

Just swung by to say hello to my old buds and wala! here's the perfect thread.

Strangely enough I consider record collecting as being somewhat seperate from audio, but not entirely.

I ski (not so much anymore), and camp. I do the garage sale thing too. Beer, not fanaticly but often .

Gosh now that I think about it I'm getting boring. Am I getting old, or just jaded?

Pete

[L.J.]

WOW! Photography, hunting, dancing, billiards, painting, sculpturing, beating up little kids and taking their money...........what a lively group!

I'm in the beer of the month club myself. About once a month, I go down to Costco and pick up enough beer to last until the next month.

[GMichael]

WOW! Photography, hunting, dancing, billiards, painting, sculpturing, beating up little kids and taking their money...........what a lively group!

I'm in the beer of the month club myself. About once a month, I go down to Costco and pick up enough beer to last until the next month.

Strange that there is no mention of porn. Me thinks that someone is holding something back.

[L.J.]

Strange that there is no mention of porn. Me thinks that someone is holding something back.

Excellent point GM!!!!

[L.J.]

Well, speak up! We're waiting.............(tapping foot on floor, hands crossed).........well...........out with it........

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Strange that there is no mention of porn. Me thinks that someone is holding something back.

Whistles, taps his foot while looking away.......

[PAT.P]

Strange that there is no mention of porn. Me thinks that someone is holding something back.

Ok I confess

[L.J.]

Ok I confess

I knew it!!!! Yes!!!!! GM, pay up!

[JSE]

Just swung by to say hello to my old buds and wala! here's the perfect thread.

Strangely enough I consider record collecting as being somewhat seperate from audio, but not entirely.

I ski (not so much anymore), and camp. I do the garage sale thing too. Beer, not fanaticly but often .

Gosh now that I think about it I'm getting boring. Am I getting old, or just jaded?

Pete

Pete!

What's up buddy. I have not conversed with you in a while. Still drinking some fine brewsky I see. Some things never change.

I'm actually off to have cold one, or two or three, right now.

Have you or anyone else here ever heard of a beer brewed in Philly called something like LingYang, or Ying Lang or something like that? A buddy of mine had one in Dallas and said it was the oldest brewed beer here in the States and probably the best beer he has ever had.

JSE

[noddin0ff]

Have you or anyone else here ever heard of a beer brewed in Philly called something like LingYang, or Ying Lang or something like that? A buddy of mine had one in Dallas and said it was the oldest brewed beer here in the States and probably the best beer he has ever had.

JSE

Yuengling. It's been a few years--a decent beer, true. But, it does make me wonder what beer they drink in Texas.

[dean_martin]

Just swung by to say hello to my old buds and wala! here's the perfect thread.

Strangely enough I consider record collecting as being somewhat seperate from audio, but not entirely.

I ski (not so much anymore), and camp. I do the garage sale thing too. Beer, not fanaticly but often .

Gosh now that I think about it I'm getting boring. Am I getting old, or just jaded?

Pete

Yes, good to hear from you again, Petey!

I play around on guitar and considered it seperate from audio for a long time until I got into recording a little bit. Nothing fancy - just a 4-track cassette recorder and some decent microphones I saved for. But then things started to merge for me when I realized that I've always played guitar through a tube amp. Even though I've tried solid state, I always came back to and preferred my tube amp. Then suddenly it hit me. I needed to change my stereo system from solid state to tube amplification. Anyhow, my next project is finding the easiest way to transfer my tapes to digital.

But my main interest or other hobby is keeping up with what my kids are doing. My son who plays drums is putting together a band and they're practicing tonight so I'm off to check them out. I've promised him I would come up with a PA system for them. The kids get my money, but, hey, it might be fun to have a PA system handy.