ALfromN.H.  FSO wrote on 06/03/12 at 02:58:12:


Sounds like lots of exercise! My exercise is moving a few fingers on a keyboard!  

And it is great to spend time with family. Everyone will appreciate it in the end.

arteacher wrote on 06/03/12 at 05:56:41:


I used to consider myself an audiophile on a budget. Now I can't hear nearly as well as I did 15 years ago so the importance has slipped. I still own decent consumer stuff though.

I went through the aquarium thing, though not to the extent you did. I neglected it so bad that I was breeding SOMETHING in the tanks!  

rl153 wrote on 06/03/12 at 06:51:06:


When my parents were alive they owned a nursery/greenhouse. We always had a huge garden when I was growing up. I just never got into it. Everything I touch, dies. My brother continued the gardening tradition though. I did some mountain biking before illness. I still have my Gary Fisher bike rotting in the basement.

Everyone seems to have some interesting hobbies. I wish I had time and money for more!

Greg wrote on 06/03/12 at 08:28:32:


Exactly. I spend most of my time either working or raising my kids, but still make time for a couple of mostly-neglected hobbies.

I keep a couple of large fish tanks

I do the usual man-of-the-house fix up work, keep a small garden and like to fix up motorcycles

I make wine. Which is an excellent hobby for the procrastinator because it doesn't hurt anything to let it sit... oh, what a shame, too much fermentation!  

Boule’tard wrote on 06/03/12 at 08:44:57:


Wine making sounds interesting. I don't drink so it probably isn't a good hobby for me! And my man-of-the-house stuff is breaking things then writing a check to another man to fix it!  

RC Cars, Helicopters and Airplanes. Its a full time job repairing my UhOh's. My son is a very talented driver, we're on a race track about every weekend.

Greg wrote on 06/03/12 at 08:22:40:

I am 62 and can still hear 14000 cycles on a good day. Before I dropped the dime on the speakers I have now I asked on an audio forum if they were worth my while at my age and quality of hearing. Good speakers do a lot more than reproduce the frequency extremes, I was told. They reproduce better ambiance, image better, have better dynamics etc., etc.
So I bought 'em and they did sound a lot better even though I could not hear the highs that my previous speakers did not have.
The best tweak I ever did was to put dedicated power circuits, with isolated grounds, to the components, eliminating all the noise on the household power supply.
Dead quiet background now- no hiss at max volume at all.
As far as breeding stuff in an aquarium, I left a 35 gal alone after the last fish died- for 5 years now. It grew some interesting stuff before the water evaporated to the point that the remainder was so "hard" that nothing would grow. One of these days I am going to start it back up and put some "easy care" fish in it to inspire my grandson, who has shown an interest in fish. He has two small tanks, one with a beta, and another with some platies. He is 6.
Oh.... and you are always an audiophile on a budget unless you are filthy rich.
In th early '70's I priced out the most expensive system you could buy.
It was $65,000. Now you can spend that on a couple of cartridges for your $200,000 turntable.