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What does everyone like to do outside of their workplace? We'll open it up to things you would like to start as well....

For me:

- Playing guitar / bass/ drums: I do volunteer at my church on a regular basis. I have been playing bass for 20 years, guitar for 14 years, and drums for 1.5 years.
- Recording / Composing music: I used to do this a lot about 10 years ago, but still dabble from time to time.

- I have always enjoyed architecture and design as well. It has been a while since I have done anything like that, but it's peaking my interest again.

- Future Endeavors: Videography, Animations & 3D renderings
  • in reply to dwade
    haha road sofa... I need me one of them!
  • in reply to dwade
    I'm on my 4th GoldWing, each was has been progressively newer and bigger. I love my '89 (151k miles and runs strong) and hoping she doesn't take much to get her road ready (I've got a vacuum leak I can't find) before riding season starts.... and I am on the bike a lot after the snow and ice is gone. If I buy another one it will be another 1500 maybe a '98 or '99. The 1500's are the longest wheelbase and are more comfortable for taller riders. And even though they are huge they handle like a large crotch rocket and are much faster than many think.
  • in reply to dwade
    I've always wanted a big bike with reverse gear. My Dad I have always flocked at them, especially the late 80's and all of 90's, but none have ever owned one... might have to soon.
  • I try to become a human...Slight smile
    Bip.. beeeeep... !

    Have a nice weekend, all !!!!!!!
  • in reply to dwade
    I have always had reverse in one form or another (wife gets off and pushes LOL) and the 89 I currently have the first GoldWing I've owned (I'm on #4 each time I bought another one it has been newer and bigger) that has reverse and I love it. Nothing will cause you to drop a big bike (900+ lbs) like trying to push it backwards on wet blacktop or grass.
  • My dad used to tell a story about a guy he saw pulling up to a 4 way stop. Obvious brand spanking huge new bike. Pulls up to the side of him, really revs up the engine, stuck out his left leg and dumped the bike over on the right side.
  • My dad used to tell a story about a guy he saw pulling up to a 4 way stop. Obvious brand spanking huge new bike. Pulls up to the side of him, really revs up the engine, stuck out his left leg and dumped the bike over on the right side.

    that's been told and re-told and re-re-told. In fact, I actually remember reading that one in Reader's Digest (comrade). Rider was used to having a side-car.
  • I do a lot:
    -Hanging with family, cooking most meals, playing with 4 year old and 12 year old
    -Mountain Biking
    -DIY anything: home improvements, car repairs, yard landscaping work, gardening, etc
    -the coolest thing i've discovered as a hobby as of recently, is the Gambler 500, look it up.

    In short the Gambler 500 is the most -LOW COST- fun you can possibly have with a motor vehicle. We go off-road driving in vehicles folks would have otherwise sent to a junkyard... and pick up trash along the way. The "Gambler" events typically take place over a weekend, with a Saturday night primitive camp, and consist of a pre-determined route-ish (set of gps waypoints, you find you own way to each waypoint) along a 200-500+ mile route, where the only rule is "Don't be a D!ck", and pavement is lava. This weekend, we just completed one here in AZ. We had 35 vehicles participate, and at the end of the trip, we had picked up at least 5 tons of trash from the desert and at a final location where folks left a bunch of shooting debris.
    Here's my terrible instagram account trying to document our madness. https://www.instagram.com/thunderturdaz/ also, here's a link to the 'OG" Original Gambler website https://www.gambler500.com/ the local 'chapters' are typically hosted as facebook groups.
  • I do a lot:
    -Hanging with family, cooking most meals, playing with 4 year old and 12 year old
    -Mountain Biking
    -DIY anything: home improvements, car repairs, yard landscaping work, gardening, etc
    -the coolest thing i've discovered as a hobby as of recently, is the Gambler 500, look it up.

    In short the Gambler 500 is the most -LOW COST- fun you can possibly have with a motor vehicle. We go off-road driving in vehicles folks would have otherwise sent to a junkyard... and pick up trash along the way. The "Gambler" events typically take place over a weekend, with a Saturday night primitive camp, and consist of a pre-determined route-ish (set of gps waypoints, you find you own way to each waypoint) along a 200-500+ mile route, where the only rule is "Don't be a D!ck", and pavement is lava. This weekend, we just completed one here in AZ. We had 35 vehicles participate, and at the end of the trip, we had picked up at least 5 tons of trash from the desert and at a final location where folks left a bunch of shooting debris.
    Here's my terrible instagram account trying to document our madness. https://www.instagram.com/thunderturdaz/ also, here's a link to the 'OG" Original Gambler website https://www.gambler500.com/ the local 'chapters' are typically hosted as facebook groups.

    A couple of friends and I want to do the 24 Hours of Lemons at NCM (Corvette Museum track). We all know the track very well from running the motorcycles there for the last 5-6 years.
  • in reply to A-machine-insp
    the 24hours of lemons has a lot of rules and need for fabrication (cage, fuel cell, all glass removed, battery in cab i believe, helmet and neck brace are also required from what i recall). gambler events have no rules, aside from the single not being a d!ck rule. You might be interested in HooptieX, which is a 'run what you brung' offroad circuit race. It's a bit of 24hours of lemons mixed with the gambler spirit of spontaneity and the idea that all cars are capable offroad when zero focks are given.
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