# Former hobbies **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148 "2007-02-06T23:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148/21 "2007-02-07T23:13:37Z")
I loved, loved, loved skateboarding. But when I moved out of my parents house I just left it behind. They store it in their garage and let the grandkids play with it when they visit. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148/22 "2007-02-07T23:21:14Z")
Role-playing games - time to play and even time to find a decent, adult group was just too much for me. Racqetball - physical limitations; my knees ain’t what they once were. Fishkeeping - House doesn’t have a good spot for a tank (away from direct light and heat). Those are the three that came to mind first. I’m sure there are others. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148/23 "2007-02-07T23:36:17Z")
9 Ball. I was really enjoying it, but found that I only did it at bars. But when I decided to cut back on drinking, I stopped shooting. ---
**Author:** ![Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roboto)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148/24 "2007-02-07T23:39:20Z")
Used to brew beer, but had a 0% success rate . . . ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148/25 "2007-02-07T23:48:51Z")
[QUOTE=Roboto] Used to brew beer, but had a 0% success rate . . . [/QUOTE] Oh, right, there’s another one. I made some pretty good beer, and some pretty mediocre beer. Also made a couple killer batches of mead, but after a bad streak I kind of stopped. Didn’t help that I don’t drink much, so several gallons of brew sitting around didn’t make much sense. Kept several aquariums, but when the stingray died off I packed everything up. Photography took too much time - trying to get a few seconds away from the family for something I enjoy is doomed to failure. This killed skiing and mountain biking, too. There’s probably more that I’ve forgotten ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148/26 "2007-02-08T02:25:25Z")
I was a line-dancing _fool_ but clubs don’t play country music much or offer lessons anymore around here. I would also walttz and two-step and cha-cha. I’ll never give up my cowboy boot collection in case it becomes popular again. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148/27 "2007-02-08T06:14:42Z")
**Asimovian** ’s thread reminded me, I used to bowl quite a bit, but I don’t anymore. My wife isn’t into it, and since my work keeps me out of the house for 90% of my waking day, I feel a bit guilty about using what little time there is bowling on my own instead of being with my family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-hobbies/391148.md?page=1)