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Topic: What other hobbies or interest. |
Dave Bertoncini
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Sun City West, Arizona USA
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Posted 4 Jan 2012 4:25 pm |
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Just saw this post...here is my other passion...building regular guitars
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 4 Jan 2012 5:19 pm
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Now I live in the USA I can't indulge my dearest hobby as much as I'd like, but I'm one of about twenty-five guys who own and operate a transport museum in East Anglia near Lowestoft.
Our particular area of focus are ex-London Transport trolleybuses - 30-foot long double-deckers that plied the streets of London from 1931 to 1962. We own four of them and all are in good repair and running order. A trolleybus is steered like a normal 'bus but draws electric power from twin overhead wires; unlike a tram (or streetcar) they're able to steer around obstructions in the road so are more flexible than trams. They're super quiet and very, very fast!
A handful of US cities have them (Cambridge, Mass, Dayton, OH, Philly, San Fransisco) but they're just single-deckers.
Here are three of our splendid restorations running in line at an open day at our site.
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Roger Rettig - Emmons D10s, Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and old Martins.
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Richard Plummer
From:
nashville tennessee
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Posted 5 Jan 2012 7:26 am
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| Amateur radio-call sign w4un collecting vintage hummel figurines and reading the bible. |
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Gary Watkins
From:
Bristol, VA
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Posted 30 May 2021 5:22 pm
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While cleaning out a few things after my wife died, I found my coin collecting stash. I had forgotten all about it. Time to take inventory.
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Chris Brooks
From:
Providence, Rhode Island
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Posted 31 May 2021 6:27 am
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What a bunch of interesting hobbies . . and the people that go with 'em! RC models, old Brit-bikes, cars (of course!) . . . even paleontology.
I am a foreign language guy: I have studied Portuguese in Portugal and for the past 5 years, Italian in Lucca (Tuscany). Still maintain my Indonesian and Spanish, and when brave, go back to reading German.
I keep sketchbooks: I suppose I am an urban sketcher (yes, that's a thing these days); and take pictures with an assortment of cameras.
If I could, I'd build model trains . . . but a guy has only so much time in the day!
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 31 May 2021 7:12 am
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Bamboo fly and spey rods, trout and steelhead fishing in the Idaho wilderness.
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A banjo, like a pet monkey, seems like a good idea at first. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 31 May 2021 7:39 am
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| Great shot Brooks! Picture tells a complete story. |
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Peter Krebs
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 31 May 2021 9:42 am
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| Nice fish, Brooks! In addition to collecting and playing 20’s and 30’s steel guitars, I’m a sucker for American history/ephemera from that period. My Dad was a Pearl Harbor Vet and I’ve had a lifelong interest in WW2 history especially. I work a lot on my 1927 Craftsman house, like to trout fish with bamboo fly rods and hang out with my dog, Dixie. Pretty good life! |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 31 May 2021 11:02 am
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Here's mine..
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David Ball
From:
North Carolina High Country
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Posted 31 May 2021 2:03 pm
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Hog and dog--good choices and nice examples of each!
My biking days are over since a car crash/airbag deployment killed my left ear and left me with unsafe vertigo. Still have a couple of cats though.
I'm building acoustic guitars and tube amps and hiking a lot these days.
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Michael Sawyer
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 31 May 2021 7:08 pm
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I hunt,fish,and walk plowed fields after a good rain,looking for arrowheads
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rick andrews
From:
Westminster Co 80031
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Posted 3 Jun 2021 5:31 am
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| I am aging out of most of my former pursuits, white water canoeing, skiing and mountaineering. I was lucky enough to run rivers and climb mountains on four continents. |
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Brooks Montgomery
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2021 8:37 am
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| rick andrews wrote: |
| I am aging out of most of my former pursuits, white water canoeing, skiing and mountaineering. I was lucky enough to run rivers and climb mountains on four continents. |
Rick, sounds like we have similar backgrounds. After 40 years of “free-heel†skiing, I went back to AT alpine skiing this year (I’m 67). Man is it easy compared to tele’ing.
My ski buddies refer to AT skiing as “Aging Telemarkersâ€.😎
In the mid-80’s I was Mountainsmith’s Western Sales manager in Golden, Co.
Wonder if our paths ever crossed?
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rick andrews
From:
Westminster Co 80031
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Posted 3 Jun 2021 12:40 pm
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Brooks,
I sent you an email. |
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2021 1:53 pm
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Rick, no email at my end, you might try PM
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rick andrews
From:
Westminster Co 80031
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Posted 3 Jun 2021 3:45 pm
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| Brooks, I sent a pm. Hope it gets through. |
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Nathan Collins
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2021 5:41 pm
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| I used to do some hand-tool woodworking and built a bench, a chair, a bookcase, etc. If I were more precise about it I might try to build a guitar sometime! |
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2021 1:20 am
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Love riding my RoadKing around Florida.
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A couple D-10s,some vintage guitars & amps, & lotsa junk in the gig bag. |
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Bruce Zumsteg
From:
Harrisonville, Missouri, USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2021 7:53 am
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I have dabbled in wood carving off and on for the last 35 years, mostly caricatures, and some attempts at realism. Here are a few examples.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 7 Jun 2021 7:57 am
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| Wow! Those are incredible Bruce. |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2021 1:46 pm
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| Wow! Those are incredible Bruce. |
No kidding! I'm hearing the little fella in that last picture as voiced by Slim Pickens: "So Mr. Fancy Vest, how you figurin' to use them two six-shooters 'thout no arms?" |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 7 Jun 2021 2:31 pm
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Because I play lap steel, all the therapy I have required because of that takes up most of my time.
When my doctor says I am OK to mix in society again, this little guy keeps me happy.
We adopted him 8 months ago. He's a 6 year old rat terrier and more fun than a 3-legged centipede.
I love the little guy.
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I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2021 2:53 pm Bruce Zumsteg
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 Beautiful carvings. Are you taking any orders? I have something in mind. PM me.
Wallace G Pfeifer |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 7 Jun 2021 4:40 pm
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I can't decide and I'm probably wrong, but I believe the one caricature first and last photos, with the arms behind the back is Hickok...if not, then Cody? I can never seperate them.  |
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chuck lemasters
From:
Jacksonburg, WV
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Posted 8 Jun 2021 9:54 am
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Aside from steel guitar, guitar and music in general, I like history, especially local history. I spend a considerable amount of time in the summer keeping the farm mowed and a couple of fifty year old tractors running. That doesn’t feel so much like a hobby as it once did. I also produce a 1900 vintage oil well, my direct connection to local history and supply of gas for homes on the farm.
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