An unfortunate collection of hobbies. Can anyone beat it???
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Following a bit of a catch up on the phone, a friend of a friend has recently married, I didn't attend, but by all accounts the father in law has some considerable range of hobbies:
He helps restoring a steam loco
He is in a Morris minors owners club
He helps out the scouts- not sure how
He is a bingo caller at an old folks home
He owns 3 caravans which he remodels the interiors of
He is an avid line dancer
And morris dancer
He 'abstains from alcohol'
He is a train spotter- often for weekends at a time
He enjoys brass rubbing (whatever that may be)
Now, I'm not to say that they are not noble hobbies, but combined?
Does anyone know of a more lacklustre collection of interests?
I can almost see the sticking plaster on the specs, the greasy hair, satchel and anorak.
I'm no indiana jones but f
king hell
He helps restoring a steam loco
He is in a Morris minors owners club
He helps out the scouts- not sure how
He is a bingo caller at an old folks home
He owns 3 caravans which he remodels the interiors of
He is an avid line dancer
And morris dancer
He 'abstains from alcohol'
He is a train spotter- often for weekends at a time
He enjoys brass rubbing (whatever that may be)
Now, I'm not to say that they are not noble hobbies, but combined?
Does anyone know of a more lacklustre collection of interests?
I can almost see the sticking plaster on the specs, the greasy hair, satchel and anorak.
I'm no indiana jones but f
king hell 
granted.
The hands on stuff- great
The volunteer stuff- great
I will go out on a (scorched) limb though and state I can't see the attraction of collecting train numbers. At all.
I can see getting involved working on a steam engine would be great, but standing by a track to just to say you saw a train that looked just like another except for a name/number??? Really???
The hands on stuff- great
The volunteer stuff- great
I will go out on a (scorched) limb though and state I can't see the attraction of collecting train numbers. At all.
I can see getting involved working on a steam engine would be great, but standing by a track to just to say you saw a train that looked just like another except for a name/number??? Really???
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Emsman said:
Following a bit of a catch up on the phone, a friend of a friend has recently married, I didn't attend, but by all accounts the father in law has some considerable range of hobbies:
He helps restoring a steam loco
He is in a Morris minors owners club
He helps out the scouts- not sure how
He is a bingo caller at an old folks home
He owns 3 caravans which he remodels the interiors of
He is an avid line dancer
And morris dancer
He 'abstains from alcohol'
He is a train spotter- often for weekends at a time
He enjoys brass rubbing (whatever that may be)
Now, I'm not to say that they are not noble hobbies, but combined?
Does anyone know of a more lacklustre collection of interests?
I can almost see the sticking plaster on the specs, the greasy hair, satchel and anorak.
I'm no indiana jones but fking hell
He helps restoring a steam loco
He is in a Morris minors owners club
He helps out the scouts- not sure how
He is a bingo caller at an old folks home
He owns 3 caravans which he remodels the interiors of
He is an avid line dancer
And morris dancer
He 'abstains from alcohol'
He is a train spotter- often for weekends at a time
He enjoys brass rubbing (whatever that may be)
Now, I'm not to say that they are not noble hobbies, but combined?
Does anyone know of a more lacklustre collection of interests?
I can almost see the sticking plaster on the specs, the greasy hair, satchel and anorak.
I'm no indiana jones but f
king hell 
Emsman said:
I don't know- I dont think he will keel over from adrenal overload though
The thing is, for him, they may well be exciting........... When that *insert name of rare train here* rolls into the station, he may well jump for joy.But he does sound like a right sad b****rd, sitting next to him at a party would drive me to drink (hell, perhaps I could drive him to drink!).
I recall the Ben Elton speech on the Occasion of Her Maj's 50th Anniversary, where he spoke eloquently in defence of those outside of the mainstream.
Something along the lines of "golf is pretty strange when you analyse it, yet people who play aren't considered wierd or socially inept."
"yet if your hobby happens to be pretending to be Frodo, dressing up and messing about in the woods with a group of friends, you are roundly condemed as a wierdo"
Clearly it was better put by the spangly suit wearer, but the sentiment was correct.
One mans meat is anothers poison.
Agree. Is it strange that I go and take pictures of cars which i have probabkly seen before, when they are in a car park?
Its not considered strange as they are Aston martins, and usually at AMOC events or race meetings.
But if they were...lets use an example... vauxhall vans, or recording of trains in motion/noises then i'm a weirdo
Persoanlyl, I'd rather meet and know someone who has hobbies then someone who doesnt, and will merely follow the crowd and call everything "sad" because thats, like cool innit. To not have hobbiesd, and to laugh at those that do is shallow and a bit pathetic.
Its not considered strange as they are Aston martins, and usually at AMOC events or race meetings.
But if they were...lets use an example... vauxhall vans, or recording of trains in motion/noises then i'm a weirdo
Persoanlyl, I'd rather meet and know someone who has hobbies then someone who doesnt, and will merely follow the crowd and call everything "sad" because thats, like cool innit. To not have hobbiesd, and to laugh at those that do is shallow and a bit pathetic.
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