Subj : Hobbies...
To : Vk3jed
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jun 12 2019 09:16 am
Re: Hobbies...
By: Vk3jed to All on Wed Jun 12 2019 04:12 pm
Vk> Firstly, there's Amateur Radio. Been licensed for 30 years, held the same
Vk> callsign since day 1 (check my handle ;) ), though I picked up an
I've thought about getting into HAM radio for a long time, I just haven't yet..
Vk> bed in 2008. Over the years, I've dabbled in photography and video
Vk> editing, and done a bit of announcing/DJ on community radio. I also chased
That's another thing I forgot to mention, in the past several years I've gotten
into photography a bit. Sometimes I enjoy trying to get a nice photo.. I
bought my first DSLR in 2015 and enjoy taking photos with it sometimes.
Vk> 2007. Drone flying has caught my interest, as a tool for photography and
Vk> video, but also the act of flying itself.
Yeah, I think it would be interesting to get some photos with a drone.
Vk> And of course, BBSing was a big hobby for me in the 1990s, and it's now
Vk> back, as you can see by my activity on here over the last few years. ;)
I was a little surprised how many BBSes there were online when I got back into
BBSing in 2007. I thought BBSes were pretty much dead when I took mine down in
2000. And now I've been running my current BBS longer than I ran my original
BBS in the 90s.. About twice as long now, actually. I ran my original BBS for
6 years (1994-2000), and I've been running my current BBS for 12 years.
Vk> But these days, what has dominated my free time has been sport. My
Vk> sporting career didn't start too well, because I have some very
Vk> significant coordination issues. As a kid, I was guaranteed to come last
Vk> in the 100 metres. That changed when I was 13 and played (well, attempted
Vk> to play ;) ) AFL style football. I'm still crap at football, and most ball
Vk> sports, but the hard training brought out my natural speed. A few years
Vk> later I found myself doing gymnastics, because of my younger syster, which
Vk> really helped with the coordination stuff.
I've always heard it's healthy to have a good amount of physical activity.. I
enjoy playing sports sometimes, but it's not something I've ever done
regularly.
