# Do you have any unusual hobbies? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196 "2014-01-31T13:56:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/61 "2014-02-04T00:01:44Z")
I’m learning to dance with horses. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/62 "2014-02-04T01:56:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I collect a specific magazine, the National Geographic magazine, also the maps that go in them. > > Anyone have NG’s from before 1914 they want to part with?😃 I have them all back to then, and a few from before. My dream is to own one magazine from before 1900. I do have a map from 1896. I think I have one from 1913 that covered the Novarupta eruption in Alaska. What’s it worth to ya? ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/63 "2014-02-04T14:54:59Z")
I don’t seriously collect “yet” but I like old TV Guides, mid-century-late 20th century food/drink and other types of packing and the artwork of that packaging (you’d be surprised at how much is dedicated to that on Flickr), vintage advertisements, and for a while I was really into numbers stations. I still am but I was utterly fascinated when I first heard about them. Pretty much anything from 1920 to 1999 I am interested about. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/64 "2014-02-04T15:01:34Z")
> [@jrsone](#): > > … and for a while I was really into numbers stations. I still am but I was utterly fascinated when I first heard about them… I had to look up what _numbers stations_ are, and I’d like to know a bit more about them. I have never owned a ham radio setup so it’s all new to me. ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/65 "2014-02-04T15:10:10Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I had to look up what _numbers stations_ are, and I’d like to know a bit more about them. I have never owned a ham radio setup so it’s all new to me. I don’t either, I just used the internets to search them out. Someone compiled a bunch and put them on a CD. I actually found out about them through the band Wilco on their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/66 "2014-02-04T16:01:41Z")
I favored [wintertime windsurfing](http://www.winterwindsurf.com/) on frozen lakes for several years. Alas I had to give that up when I moved to the Caribbean. Here I favor [technical diving](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_diving). ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/67 "2014-02-04T16:31:34Z")
I also collect pocket knives (I’m a sucker for a Boker), started when I worked for a cutlery retailer. I go for the simple single blades with unique handle materials. I cross stitch (still working on [this](http://xs-collectibles.com/detail.aspx?ID=1875) for TheKid, I’m close to half done) and hardanger (mostly Xmas ornaments and small hangings). I used to collect Murano art glass, but have no where to display it all. Our family used to spend weekends antiquing and flea marketing- each of us had a “thing” we looked for. Now we’re all too broke and out of space. I have no idea what I’m going to do with dad’s massive cookie jar collection and small push peddle car collection and mom’s McCoy collection once she’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/68 "2014-02-04T19:28:14Z")
My family is involved in 18th Century reenacting. American Revolutionary War in particular as Colonial Loyalists. I portray a Serjeant of the [King’s Rangers](http://www.kingsrangers.org) 2nd Battalion, 1st Company (The Regiment was raised by Robert Rogers late in the war). We’re always looking for new recruits who live in the Northern MA/Southern NH area. I also have built and play with a couple of wood fired cob ovens. One is at home, and the other at [The Fort at #4](http://fortat4.com) to bake bread and a variety of other baked goods (and some mean pizza at home). ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196/69 "2014-02-04T22:00:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Make any braided loaves? I’m always a little surprised how nice they look on the table. I’ll work my way up to that. Right now, I’m working on basic white breads. The last one was Beard’s Buttermilk White I tried a Dark German Rye, and I got a pair of bricks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196.md?page=3)