other hobbies

[ckresmer]

I'm just curious what other hobbies beside ems and fire that ya'll have.

mine are horses, crochet, needlepoint, and reading

[CaptainGonzo]

Fire and EMS isn't my "hobby"... it's my profession.

To answer your question.....
Cars, detailing, photography, flying, free lance writing/reporting, beer afficionado, collecting fire memorabilia.

[SAFD46Truck]

Fire and EMS isn't my "hobby"... it's my profession.

Amen to that Chief. In my spare time I like to ride motorcycles, read, play guitar and exercise.

[FWDbuff]

My hobby is my name......my restored 1958 FWD Pumper. My sons (3 and 2) are getting into it also!

I also dabble in Aviation- especially helicopters.......I like to cook, I enjoy a good book (Reading Stephen King "From a Buick 8" right now)

Home Repair, when I am in a good mood and things are going right.

Bettering myself as a father and a husband..........

[dave29]

NASCAR and Country music, just starting to learn how to play guitar

[RFRDxplorer]

.........Writing, Reading, Swimming, Camping, Hiking, Rock Climbing, Rappelling, Water Polo, Paintball, handiwork(anything and everything), Snowplowing, some Graphic Design, photography, fire buffing, collecting fire memorabilia (esp. shirts, but anything firefighting), working out, alot of time is spent doing homework and studying...not that I enjoy it, ummmm I think that's it.

[LVFDghosthunter]

investigatin' the unknown... and photography..;)

[ndvfdff33]

Hockey,Rugby,Golf,Puttin A Few Cold Ones Back and taking in the odd movie

[SPFDRum]

Working on my cabin, beer, anything outdoors, beer, throwing money at old tractors, beer, and teaching my twins as much as I can (without so much beer-makes me fall off things)

[KenNFD1219]

Working on my cabin, beer, anything outdoors, beer, throwing money at old tractors, beer, and teaching my twins as much as I can (without so much beer-makes me fall off things)We share similar interests (I have 10 year old twins and I love beer).

In my limited free time, I read, bicycle, and am the computer geek for friends and family.

[XRaysJL]

My hobby is mainly photography: Wildlife (Elk, deer, raptors, ect), astro (Stars at night), and action (Rodeo, Nascar West series).

[emsff32515]

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[lvwrench]

Gold dredging, numismatics(coin collecting) and studying military history.

[WaterbryVTfire]

Golf (poorly), trout fishing (pretty good I must say), travel (the wife and I love Nashville (been the last 3 years.)

[nadeau526]

Golf, Beer, Boating, cars, shooting, Installing Emergency lighting and audio systems in cars.

[jasper45]

Football (NFL/NCAA), weightlifting, downhill skiing, mountain biking, and plenty of beer.

[mcaldwell]

Photography, Travel, Off-road Exploring (Wheelin ;) ).

But my REAL passions are:

Fitting another set of LED's on my POV, experimenting with POV response light colour, pattern, and effectiveness, building van-mobile scanner and radio communication stations, wearing two radios, three phones, and four pagers, experimenting with multiple hoods and pants. :o :D

[SSHANK42]

Firearms, motorcycles and atv riding, 4x4 pickup trucks(playing in the mud), fishing, horses, and poor carpentry.

[ubshockey]

Hockey, hockey, shagging and more hockey

[Kamododragoon]

Mine besides, college, work, fire&EMS is Snowboarding, Mt Biking, swimming, working out at the Gym, fishing, camping and rock climbing. I am a net and computer Geek. I also fly on my flight sim and yes I use MS flight sim and Janes F/A 18 flight sim. I am a fan of history especially military history.

My music taste are U2, Linkin Park, Nickelback, The Rolling stones, Janet jackson

[BFDNJFF]

Giants Football , Yankees Baseball , Shooting Guns , Headaches from my woman ! ;)

[PJFFCV1]

im a volly for Phoenix Herpetological Soceity. http://www.phoenixherp.com/content/
I work with the venomous and non-venomous snakes there and help out with anything else they may need. I also like to REST, work on a new project on the truck, alot of hunting, adding stuff to the AR...... etc

[OlieCan]

Watching the Bears go to the Superbowl, Football...

And I just spent 600 bucks on the New Playstation 3, so, I like trying to get my moneys worth out of that, which should take a while.

[HenryChan]

Fire and EMS isn't my "hobby"... it's my profession.

To answer your question.....
Cars, detailing, photography, flying, free lance writing/reporting, beer afficionado, collecting fire memorabilia.

"Firea nd EMS isn't my "hobby"...it's my profession. <-- Dead on.

Hobbies: Fly fishing, sports - watching and playing, running, and other stuff.

[hwoods]

Tractor Pulling, Fishing, Tractor pulling, NASCAR, Tractor Pulling, 4X4 Off Road Stuff, Tractor Pulling, And......... Did I mention Tractor Pulling?....:D :D

[FlyingKiwi]

Isn't that an offence in some countries?

Oh, you said Tractor. :D

My Hobby.

Here fishy, here fishy, gooood fishy. Come to dinner with us fishy. :p

The rest of life after fishing is work.

[polecat]

I took an add out years ago in firehouse magazine to swap shoulder patches. with-in 2 months I had a collection of 300. Over the years my collection grew and today they are proudly displayed at our firefighters club, the hose and hydrant. I was a little reluctant to donate them, but i figured this way more people can enjoy them.

[LtDPSJFD]

Travel, shooting, FD related message boards, beer, and home improvement. Old houses = plenty of off day work.

[rangercap]

My job is my kids so by default my biggest hobby is our horse (see the avatar)! LOL! I also write and try to create something resembling art whenever possible. LOL! Photography is something I'm just getting into. Snowboarding (I used to race so usually a few runs through the gates makes my day), fly fishing (though I broke my rod. caught it on the dog run while practicing. :mad: But at least it wasn't the old hook in the head again. :eek: ), gardening, working on our hundred year old house, cooking, reading Tolkien (not enough).

As far as movies: By far, my favorite is the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Music: Some of everything, really. As my husband says, anything from Strawberry Shortcake to death metal. Depends on the mood. Right this minute it's "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado. Who knows what's next on the playlist! LOL!

As for the beer drinkers, I'm with you there! Any chance I get! LOL! Though with three kids, those are few and far between! LOL! I also like wine, love Tequila and Jagermeister. Love Bailey's. I've got a good liquor cabinet. :D

I guess my biggest hobby is the horse and my two daughters. My oldest was 2006 Leadline Champion so it's a huge time committment. My younger daughter is going in this coming summer with her eye on the same title as the oldest moves up in competition. We go up every day so Big Girl can ride and I try to get Little Girl up there to ride at least once a week. Plus we go up for grooming and all that. I have a video online of my oldest working on her first jumps if anyone's interested! LOL!

Okay, I've bored you long enough!

[hwoods]

Golf (poorly), trout fishing (pretty good I must say), travel (the wife and I love Nashville (been the last 3 years.) Just got back from a week in the Music City area myself. I couldn't find a gig as a Bass Guitar player, so I came back to put out more Fires instead......:D :D :D We have a son and daughter-in-law who live about 20 minutes SE of Nashville (Wilson County) and that, along with a love for country music, gets us down there as much as we can.

[RFRDxplorer]

Golf (poorly)

Me too!!!!

I've only been playing for a few years but there hasn't been much improvement.:D

[JHR1985]

Sleeping.

And part time work... but I never get enough sleep like i wanted to. For the first two years... I did nothing part time. So I would get off work and sleep all day.... and repeat the next. Now... I seem to never get enough sleep.

What days I do get off I somehow end up working overtime.....



but that isnt too much of a bad thing

[FWDbuff]

Giants Football , Yankees Baseball , Shooting Guns , Headaches from my woman ! ;)

My condolences..........

FLY, EAGLES FLY, ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY...............

[OlieCan]

My condolences..........

FLY, EAGLES FLY, ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY...............

Bears > Eagles.

[ckresmer]

there are some hobbies here I've never heard of and never would have known about. It's neat learning new things.

[MasterMerlin]

When I get time, I also have twin girls (5), I like to Golf (not good at all), and go to the gun range. I'm a pretty big gun nut. My boss says it's my addiction, which can be more expensive than drugs. Here lately we've been thinking about buying and selling houses. Not sure about that one yet.

[hwoods]

Here lately we've been thinking about buying and selling houses. Not sure about that one yet.

Noting your location, would those houses be with or without wheels??..... :eek:

[MasterMerlin]

:D Well... anything I can make a few dollars on... But actually I've been looking for the non-wheeled investments.

[MalahatTwo7]

Me too!!!!

I've only been playing for a few years but there hasn't been much improvement.:D

Sounds like my game. When someone asks "Whats your handicap?" I tell them, "You take me out on the course, and I AM the handicap." :D:D

[Murph64]

When I'm not doing something with 2 1/2 year old Mini Murph, 6 month old Mini Murphette, or the 2 GSDs, I'm playing with this -
http://www.jeepaholics.com/rides/images/user1086id554pic1.jpg

Which realistically, is not all that often :(



Andy

[Cappy05]

I guess i am the Geek!! I am an IT Analyst so my hobbies are....yep you guest it computers, gaming and programming. I write FD databases and setu netowrks for FDs. I am also a huge music addict (Everything but bluegrass..I know I must be evil or something). I have built a training center for my FD and I would like to start seting some up for other FDs. I spend a lot of time with my daughter and her homeowrk. I have attempted to rebuild a few cars. Oh yeah, I try to irritate my wife as much as possible!!!!

[FFF1607]

Fishing, hunting, anything outdoors. NASCAR and college basketball. Did someone say BEER??

My music tastes are Southern Rock, Classic Rock, and a very little country.

[Dave1983]

For now, golf and photography. Im not very good at the first, but have been told Im quite good with the second. People that see my work cant belive Ive never had any formal training, or that I use a rather low-tech camera. :o

Once the kids are out of the house (within about 3 years) Im going to take over one their bedrooms and get back into my first love which is building models. My favorite has always been ships although I do have some very nice fire apparatus models waiting for me in the closet. :cool:

[Leeland]

Well I build model airplanes, occasionally go hiking, and I dabble a bit in photography.

[bcarey]

"Travel, shooting..."
Am I the only one who caught that?

"Did I mention Tractor Pulling"
You mean they have that over here? I thought it was a Eastern Shore sport back home..

Let's see, I'm blessed with a beautiful wife and daughter, so I'm usually fixing something, driving something, putting something in shopping cart, looking at clothes, putting something in a van...

Aside from work, I'm into painting (firefighting scenes, hunting/waterfowl scenes, equestrian scenes), shooting (smallbore four position, largebore long range matches, and a little bit of black powder shooting), horses and horseback riding, writing, reading (military history), the Boston Red Sox (now holding out for a World Series in my daughter's lifetime), baseball cards, Boston Fire Department, fire photography, camping, the beach, being outdoors. I also like tutoring at my daughter's school, and as a family we volunteer with a theraputic riding program for kids and adults.

...fix dinner, let the dog out, dust, take overdue video back, let dog in, cut grass, going to ballet lessons, shovel the driveway, helping out at church....

I tell friends, I have a wife and daughter, my dog is a girl, the cat is a girl, and the only other male in the family is a gelding...

[arhaney]

Camping, RC Airplanes and even worse now......RC Helicopters. "The" crack of the RC world! :eek: :eek: :p :rolleyes:

[LtTim556]

Working on my 1965 Chevy Impala 4-door sedan. I call it, "SSWANAB" since I plan on beefing up the motor, put bucket seats in it, center console for the shifter, and Super Sport trim on it.

[fortythreetwo]

NASCAR, photography, camping, tennis, swimming, fishing, working out, listening to music, and the occasional video games :D

[baileydonk]

I ride a donkey.

And as if that's not weird enough, I have recently gotten sucked into my sweetheart's hobby - he does 11th century historical reenactment. Yup, I spent a good portion of the last two weeks sewing tunics and such for a big "war" we're driving to in Arizona tomorrow - thousands of people in tunics, armor, and all... activities ranging from weaving to glass blowing to battling with polearms or swords, jousting, etc. And beer, lots of beer.

[brian441]

I race motocross, hunt, fish, mountain bike, golf. My kids are starting race now, so it gets to be a pretty busy weekend.

[Babygirl03]

collecting cow stuff and salt shakers ..

[hwoods]

collecting cow stuff and salt shakers ..


Look, There are a lot of us on here who are Farmers. And we have Cow Stuff, BY THE TRUCKLOAD!! Where should we bring it??.... :D :D :D


If you get into collecting Horse Stuff, call Bill...... (see above post)

[275fbvfd]

Beer, fishing ( any fishing, but primarily shark ), sportbikes

[bcarey]

"Look, There are a lot of us on here who are Farmers. And we have Cow Stuff, BY THE TRUCKLOAD!!"

You mean there's cows someplace else in the Northern Division other than at the BARC?

[summermist21FD]

restoring my 69 camaro.
working on my 07 mustang..


scrapbooking.
working at a day care.
teaching CPR classes to High School students.

fun stuff like that

[Dusty27]

hobbies...oh that stuff i do when i dont have to work or be at the station...lets see...Off Roading, playing with my 1978 Ford Bronco with a 505 V8 gas sucker and 38" Mudders...shooting anything i can get my grubby paws on. fishing, hunting, working on my 1969 Ford Mustang, hooking up emergencey lights for yet another stemwacker at my fire station. and most important spending time with my future wife (T-3 months 23 days 2 hrs 29 mins and 17 seconts...)

[JimMccarthy]

Of course my family comes first. Then Ham Radio, playing my Bass Guitar (badly, but getting better), fishing, driving my boat.

Jimmy Mac, RN, FF/EMT

[angel427]

Buying and remodeling houses, then renting them out. Any thing my kids are into-I have 5 right now. I just bought a house with 8 1/2 acres, so there is more room for the 4-wheeler. I want to dig a pond and stock it so I don't have to leave my house to go fishing every day. I love to karaoke, but I don't get out of the house by myself too much, and I don't care to find a babysitter for some of the kids. Mowing-no I don't have a tractor, landscaping and planting flowers.