Life outside Boating

Life outide the boats is different.

I go to school (8th Grade) and I grateful to be able to get an education that will get me through life, but I'm also grateful to be able to see my buddies at school. Generally after school, I get home from the bus and go out an ride my bike and go to the local skatepark which tends to be boring since it't the size of my room . But I usually ride around after that just trying to find a set of stairs or some cool spots to hang out at. I then get home eat dinner with my parents and now only my other brother and sometimes his girl friend. I then usually go on this site, or The Come Up Bmx forum. (not as good as CCF ). Then it's usually time for bed. Then repeat.

Now what do you all do outside of boating/skiing?

serve my community

ride my Harley

go to minor league baseball games


john

hey adam .david didnt go to college but you can be his mentor.hope your trip down under is going well.

Oh and most importantly, I am a hunter. If it's bow season, do not disturb me!

Plastics my boy....PLASTICS!!!

Old Ford Trucks

Old(er) Harleys

Missing my old Correct Craft

for me its enjoying my dogs ,travel and a couple of classic cars and one not so classic harley, i have a heating and air conditioning business and a landscaping division sort of all tied up together .

Uh, Justin...I didn't see anything about homework in your daily routine. Other than that, your description made me flash back to late 60s, early 70s when I put about a billion miles on my bike, after school, after dinner, weekends. Riding around town and beyond with my buddies. Originally had a decent Schwinn 5 speed, then in about 9th grade, upgraded to a nice Schwinn 10-speed. That may sound quaint, but back in the day, they were not so common. A typical after school ride was to the Dairy Isle for a root beer float. No organized sports in your schedule? No they are not for everyone, but in the winter, my student life was dominated by swimming, practice and meets. Huge part of my life, contributed to who I am today. Discipline, hard work, team work, camaraderie, fitness, all good and important stuff. Still swim to this day. Still compete,, periodically.

Today....first joy is hanging with my family, not so routine anymore as my oldest is several states away and my youngest has his own life, but when we get together, its a hoot. Routinely, I am a putterer. Always have some house or yard project going on. Fixing, cleaning, painting, yard work (That's what I did this past weekend....mid winter yard clean up - love living where it doesn't snow and you can do yard work on a 50 - 60 degree February day.) This time of year, 2 or 3 trips to the pool a week, a walk with wifey, or dinner out or a movie. And in the summer, anything in, on or around the water: swimming, sailing, kayaking, boating and skiing obviously, and just sitting on the dock with a cold pop, watching the yahoos. And on occasion, I still get out my bike (yet another upgrade from the last one, but is still about 30 years old) and go for a peddle around the neighborhood.

davidg wrote: Plastics my boy....PLASTICS!!!

Dave,
You're dating yourself. I'd have to say most here don't know where that line came from! BTW, I'd say you took the advice and it worked out well!

Knowing the type of people you and Dana are, I'm sure you will find the time.

8122pbrainard wrote: davidg wrote: Plastics my boy....PLASTICS!!! Dave, You're dating yourself. I'd have to say most here don't know where that line came from! BTW, I'd say you took the advice and it worked out well!

Pete....I was wondering who would be the first to catch that line. You are good! Link to clip from "The Graduate" below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk

Did I mention I love classic movies?

SNobsessed wrote: I joined a senior citizen's band (the bass drummer is 100).   But don't be fooled, these people rock. I play euphonium, haven't played since high school 45 years ago. One of the pieces we are working on is a dixieland version of Amazing Grace, really cool. Playing music is harder than my old job!

Music is practically my life. Any kind of music is awesome. Just love listening to it no matter where I am. 100? Must be one cool dude to play the drums at a 100 years old.

Ok so I do have another hobby and this one is probably more of an addiction than the boats.

I have a pretty decent hi end 2 channel audio system and do a lot of listening. Currently running a pair of 100 watt tube powered mono blocks that feed a pair of speakers that I built last winter. The speakers were designed by a Danish audio engineer that designs, builds, tests his speakers and then you can buy the internals cross over circuitry and drivers then build your own cabinets to his specs.

The ones I built are a transmission line design (open on the bottom) with an 8" mid, a 1" tweeter with waveguide and 2 10" rear firing woofers.   95 decible sensitivity and with the tubes driving them they sound amazing. A few ccfans stayed around late at our Halloween party this year and we cranked them up. With a JL Audio sub backing them I'm amazed we don't crack windows.

So here's a few pictures, they're not great because photography is NOT one of my hobbies. The front baffle is made out of lacewood and yes the dark strips of wood are leftover mahogany, bet you can't guess where that came from.

Riley wrote: Very cool Alan. With all the modern gadgets for delivering music today, "listening" to music doesn't seem to be the favorite past time that it used to be. That's a great set up. I'd love to hear it.

I'll turn it up Saturday night Bruce, put your ear to the west and you just might hear it!

As for gadgets I have a good friend who owns the local Hi End audio store so I bring home quite a bit of very expensive gear to test drive on the weekends. Granted I couldn't afford most of it but it sure is fun to sample it.

The latest craze is Streaming but I refuse to listen to compressed music.(yes I am an Audio snob) I recently found a streaming service that's almost identical to the popular Spotify with the big difference being they only stream CD quality lossless files, the service is called Tidal music streaming. Well worth the $20/month subscription. I scrapped Spotify for these guys and the quality is amazing.

My co-conspirator is Raindog, he's as much in trouble with this stuff as I am except he still spins vinyl.

Look man, You can listen to Jimi but you can't hear him. There's a difference man. Just because you're listening to him doesn't mean you're hearing him.

phatsat67 wrote: Those are killer Allen. That picture on your TV however Creeepayyy.

haha yes Porcupine Tree, awesome Prog Rock band ala King Crimson Styling. give em a try.