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geargrrl

Turbo Monkey
May 2, 2002
2,379
1
pnw -dry side
Other than my skiing passion ( alpine and tele) I'm going to sound like a regular domestic goddess...
Cooking, from scracth,especially Thai food
Sewing... quiliting, making outdoors gear
Reading.. why watch TV when you can read a good book?
Gardening... I love perennials.


geargrrl
 

Morryjg

Mr. Ho Jangles
May 9, 2003
905
0
Littleton
Family and biking take up most of my free time. Between Mt Biking, Road Biking and occasional bouts of Trials I don't have much time or $$ to take up much other. Climbing used to be my passion but then I started biking again. I do Telemark and have started fly fishing a little bit. But I wouldn't call that a passion. I could enjoy pretty much anything in the outdoors but biking definitely is my passion.
 

ThePriceSeliger

Mushhead
Mar 31, 2004
4,860
0
Denver, Colorado
I Are Baboon said:
I'm from Southington, numbnuts. :D I was playing hockey long before moving to Simsbury. Besides, guys who grew up in the Avon area would never "slum" to deck hockey. :D It's like what softball is to baseball.
I've spent WAY to much time in Simsbury lately. I've met a few females in the commons, and the occasional goth/emo rocker. I like the EMS though.
 

TreeSaw

Mama Monkey
Oct 30, 2003
17,811
2,132
Dancin' over rocks n' roots!
hooples3 said:
i do many things.. but one of my favorites is racing turtles <only on the weekends>
LOL...I once entered my turtle in a turtle race. He took 3rd...could have won, but he was so much smaller than the other turtles and he got a little scared ;)
 

Shyrmp

Nekkid Girl Gone Wild
Dec 31, 2002
1,457
20
The suburbs of Mexico.....
I can't really compete with T's cake decorating, but I enjoy...

Camping and exploring in the desert



Hiking anywhere there is beautiful scenery



And I dabble a little in photography :)
 

jacksonpt

Turbo Monkey
Jul 22, 2002
6,791
59
Vestal, NY
I don't have much time for them these days, but my other 2 passions are wheeling and saltwater aquariums. I also play pool and shoot dars.

Pics from my old tanks:














Wheelin:








 

beestiboy

Monkey
May 21, 2005
321
0
Merded, ca
jimmydean said:
I am also looking to start a chopper project after I clear my garag out this spring. I want to build a new schoo/old school combo bike. Sort of the look I am headed with my truck. A classic look with modern technology.

My goal is a hard tail frame with inverted fork and fuel injection. Street bike power with old school flair, like spokes and white wall tires. I will be funky, that's for sure. Either Ducatti or Buell based donor, I know when I buy the bike to start with :D
You know I always thought that a rigid stretched out a little with an engine out of a Hayabusa would be pretty cool. Very unorthodox. But you cant discount the Ducati twin either.
 

biggins

Rump Junkie
May 18, 2003
7,173
9
uhhh banjo, guitar, upright bass, fly fishing, rock climbing, sex, beer, poker, darts and uhhhh photography.













 

biggins

Rump Junkie
May 18, 2003
7,173
9
carriage road boulders are real dope. there is actually some pretty hard bouldering in central park as well.
 

biggins

Rump Junkie
May 18, 2003
7,173
9
MudGrrl said:
my family doesn't live far from there ... about an hour or so north, so it looks like I will be making a trip up there late summer.


:)

maybe I'll be worthy by then
wasnt it you that had a post a while back about getting into climbing? If it was then how is that going for you?
 

MisterClean

Monkey
Jan 20, 2006
436
0
SoCal Supermarket Shelves
An incomplete list that I originally posted on mtbidiots in 2004, which still holds true.

sailing
operating heavy construction equipment
tiddly winks
surfing (in the ocean)
usenet
amusement parks
shopping
dune buggys
led zeppelin
scrabble
skateboarding
yahtzee
the crazy world of arthur brown
tom clancy books
cattle ranching
photography
midget wrestling
jacks
baseball
jai alai
skydiving
lapes
velvet underground
street luge
fishing
monopoly
australian rules football
figure eight racing
beach cruising
throwing rocks at guinea hens
quick draw competitions
ten years after
chutes and ladders
speedway
beach music
helter skelters
police ride alongs
low riders
amazons
danelectro guitars
john lee hooker
mini fourteens
icq
snowboarding
susie chapstick
mountain lions
desert flowers
blooms in the sun
homegrown
neil young
bananas
mensa
philberts
the midnight special
candyland
angus young
dr frankenstein
jazz
birds of prey
mountains
fresh water
ufos
movie posters
metal sculpture
the american flag
cereal bowls
green paint
gravel
bright lights
dim bulbs
solar eclipses
solariums
terrariums
aquariums
chinese fighting fish
the terminator
susannah hoffs
punk rock
leather jackets
mopar muscle cars
orienteering
the toledo mudhens
vibram soles (nordic welt)
lemmings
lemmy kilmister
astronomy
sand castles
the polar ice cap
north carolina lighthouses
speedway motorcycle racing
the seventies
michael schenker
surfer magazine
deputy weighmaster
mac reg three dash three
telling cops where to go
cpr
the bonzo dog band
bed and breakfasts
watching contrails
rainbows
haight ashbury
stanley owsley
golden slumbers
sitar music
green sleeves
purple passion
everclear
fresh fruit
snipe hunting
submarine races
locomotive breath
licorice pizza
the mad hatter
the intersection of holder and ball in buena park ca
oat bran crackers
jimmy mccullough
bronze age metal
mercury head dimes
ace bandages
the summer of nineteen seventy nine
watching rust grow
asprin damage
ice scrapers
see's candies
keith moon
animal from the muppets
conspiracy theories
levi's five sixties
hydroponics
amc gremlins
the smell of orange blossoms
the woodstock rock and roll concert theater in anaheim ca
watching bottlenose dolphins surf
the holy grail
newts
favorite colors
"ni"
herrings
bringing out the dead
the castle anthrax
the castle anthrax (i like the castle anthrax)
laughing at yngwie malmsteen
wet floors in fast food restaurants
the international phoenetic alphabet
blue lights in the mirror
waking up
samuel smith's old brewery pale ale
sheriff bart defeating mongo time and time again
the blues
the blue angels
the golden knights
the onion field
red onion on a hamburger
double double with grilled onions
belgian chocolate
dutch dikes
spanish castle magic
a new deli
buddy rich
ed sullivan
helemano drop zone
pineapple
sweet potato pie
cuban cigars
old movie cliches
pop psychology
soda pop
hop on pop
jalapeno poppers
john popper
john the baptist
southern baptists
southern rock
fender stratocasters
the wedge
rock climbing
stuka dive bombers
japanese world war two aircraft carriers (scuba diving)
whale watching
cartography
lithography
lithium
prozac
ken kesey
lakers basketball
ireland
antique glass
napoleonic wars
the fruit of the loom guys
gilligan's island
black powder rifles
scrimshaw
miniature golf
freedom
open spaces
badgers
vandenberg afb
baskin robbins chocolate rapsberry truffle ice cream
howard johnson's motor lodges
disguises
queen
special operations small unit tactics
the catholic church
full moons
green grass
high tides
outlaws
in-laws
lawlessness
outrageousness
freakishness
the rocky horror picture show
backgammon
ceramic tile
kenworth trucks
captain kangaroo
the gau five a
peach trees
seventy one cabernet
hollywood boulevard
picking strawberries
powerball lotto
over the line
sand dunes
the southern cross
german optics
total cereal
terraced rice paddies
cali colombia
the mighty gto
the ramones
bitburg germany
german beer
the red baron
snoopy
pictionary
julie newmar
code breaking
a good shorebreak
snorkeling
mud pie
swing dancing
antique fingernail clippers
hair design
cats
the fabulous furry freak brothers
cuidad juarez
natural hot springs
cliff diving
base jumping
tightrope walking
water skiing behind an airplane
the hindenberg
kill devil hills
seafood
two hundred eighty three
corn guns
sweet tea
john entwistle's guitar collection
peter benchley
blue spruce
blue monday
blue eyes
blue meanies
blue smurfs
h r puffinstuff
ringo starr
aborigonal rock art
stanley kubrick
john carpenter
brussels sprouts
rainbow trout
spinach
popeye
the far side
compact binoculars
brunton pocket transits
protractors
whipsnakes
bullfrogs
alligator wrestling
bird feeders
wireless communications
astrology
andres segovia
craftsman tools
bicycle commuting
chicago transit authority one
guitar solos
usgs benchmarks
pluto
hvac
rechargable fire extinguishers
volkswagen karmann ghias
map collecting
analog clocks
the daily show
january tenth
water cannon
the amboy dukes
the duke of earl
mack the knife
jack the ripper
glenn tipton
reggae
rock candy
christmas cookies
cookie monster
mt sneffels
the smell of aspen trees in the fall
picking tobacco
meunster cheese
yvonne decarlo
slot cars
patron tequila
baja california
waterfalls
ice climbing
cacti
ding dong ditching
fine wine
fine women
fine song
larry fine
wild man fisher
penguin steaks
roswell new mexico
los rodriguez brothers
air disasters
airheads
paris hilton
the appletons
politenessman
hercules amongst the north americans
true facts
the s and m equipment company in sanford north carolina
cape fear north carolina
robert deniro
loamy soil
vineyards
the grand illusion
grand pianos
the grand river
grand ole opry
branson missouri
les miserables
les nessman
deep purple
italian steel
british steel
damascus steel
sheik yerbouti
gerber baby food
energy bar recipes
betty crocker
crock pot cooking
john bunnell as a tv show host
ac cobras
nra patches
bowling shirts
metal halide lamps
genies
jeans
jim keltner
rocking around the clock
community radio
community policing
community homeless shelters
gimme shelter
spiders
monkey wrenches
rude bartenders
det cord
voluminous wine glasses
handiman
the ace of spades
profanity
clue
seven point six two miniguns
snow covered conifers
widowmaker pinecones
tap dancing
toy trains
toy robots
kentucky fried movie
bruce lee
monsoons
model airplane glue
the sr seventy one
c four
forward air control
sere
black dogs
late night with conan o'brien
 

Qman

Monkey
Feb 7, 2005
633
0
stinkyboy said:
Getting married/divorced/married/divorced/married/divorced.

Wheeee!
IRL are you 'Reed Weedakowski'?

Currently my hobbies are home improvement and muscle car restoration but not exactly by choice. It's somewhat rewarding I suppose but I'd just much rather be riding or skiing...or just about anything else. Can't pass up the appreciation opportunities on the house and car though.
Eventually my preferred method of home improvement will be just writing a check.
 

partsbara

Turbo Monkey
Nov 16, 2001
3,995
0
getting Xtreme !
these days (since i have been landlocked for years - no surfing :( ) i guess i d have to say...

- snowboarding - first rode in aussie in 91... took a number of years off and surfed the ocean... then got heavily back into it about 5 years ago... had about 16 - 18 days this season... lookin forward to CA pow...

- guitar... i love playing my tele... i m always on the hunt for a matamp or orange head...

- slot cars... i have a pretty mean slot car (1:32) set up.. it s more for winter time / few mates / many beers... good racing and pretty fun...

i m keen to get back into MX but i haven t owned a bike for almost 20 years and i m afraid my 36 year old body will dissintergrate... :hot: :redhot:
 

-BB-

I broke all the rules, but somehow still became mo
Sep 6, 2001
4,254
28
Livin it up in the O.C.
jacksonpt said:
I don't have much time for them these days, but my other 2 passions are wheeling and saltwater aquariums. I also play pool and shoot dars.

Pics from my old tanks:







Nice Zoos...
How did you like the Clown Tang?
Mine was a total bully and back to the LFS it went.
Right now I've got a 70g Reef and a 10g nano.



http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139514&highlight=tank
Man... it is weird to see some pics from jsut a few months ago. Everything is really growing.
 

bluebug32

Asshat
Jan 14, 2005
6,141
0
Floating down the Hudson
MudGrrl said:
Caving: I love being in places that other people haven't been, and it's a great fun.. Bats are cool
Wild caving is amazing :thumb: I checked out a wild cave in Schoharie and several offshoots of Secret Caverns when I was living up there. Have you spelunked the ones up that way?
 

jacksonpt

Turbo Monkey
Jul 22, 2002
6,791
59
Vestal, NY
-BB- said:
Nice Zoos...
How did you like the Clown Tang?
Mine was a total bully and back to the LFS it went.
Right now I've got a 70g Reef and a 10g nano.



http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139514&highlight=tank
Man... it is weird to see some pics from jsut a few months ago. Everything is really growing.
Thanks. Zoos are one of my favorites. There are sooooo many color variations, they are hardy, grow fast, and are easy to frag.

The clown tang was great. I bought him very small for a 44g reef. He was a little skittish for that small of a tank, but generally pieceful. I had him for about a year before I sold him locally as he got too big for the tank.

I'm on dial-up at home... I'll check out your link tomorrow from work (on broadband).
 

jacksonpt

Turbo Monkey
Jul 22, 2002
6,791
59
Vestal, NY
bluebug32 said:
I'm about 15 minutes away and so are some awesome trails!
Believe me... the thought has certainly crossed my mind about making a long weekend of things... climbing, biking, camping. Not sure it could get any better than that.