Posted on 06/05/2015 1:36:51 PM PDT by lulu16
Back in the day, leisure time was not thought of as a chance to “veg out,” but as opportunity to pursue one’s passions and interests, an outlet for the sides of a man that were not stimulated in one’s career. Unfortunately, we now often spend our leisure time camped out in front of the TV or computer. We say that modern life has become too stressful, that when we have free time, laying on the couch is all we can manage.
The truth is that spending our leisure time in satisfying pursuits, “fun work,” will refresh us far more than a non-stop marathon of playing Call of Duty. Hobbies can bring you joy, increase your eye for detail, keep your mind sharp, expand your creativity, and help you meet friends and learn valuable skills. They add interest to your life and help you become a more well-rounded man. If you’ve been feeling depressed, restless, or apathetic, the problem may be the lack of having something in your life you feel passionate about, something that brings you needed fulfillment.
(Excerpt) Read more at artofmanliness.com ...
Men only ever want to do one thing in their spare time.
After that, they have hobbies.
46) Coaching high school wrestling
One of the things about it is that it is so physically demanding. It’s like sitting in a paint shaker for 6 hours with a 2 pound weight on your head. At the end, you sleep for a couple days because of that combined with a 6 hour non stop adrenneline rush. And you know what pain feels like.
I had to get out of a truck in a San Felipe race to get it off a high-center/rock that jumped out all on it’s own and attacked the truck ;). This was after only 2 hours. Had a hard time just standing up. The guys that do it professionally are beasts.
I’ve always wanted to setup those little functional train replicas with the tracks and watch it go round and round. Quite soothing, I saw one once at a restaurant.
Model HO Railroading. Kicked my cars out of the garage and am working on a huge layout, good thing I’m retired.
-— He detailed the exhilaration of the drive as well as the frustration of having to repair a drive shaft in the middle of the night. -—
When I was a kid we took a vacation to Nova Scotia. The Esso map didn’t say that the interstate was under construction. After bouncing on a dirt highway for what seemed like hundreds of miles, the frame broke.
That’s not a typo. The frame broke. We got out of the car and the middle of the car was touching the ground. I was 9 or 10 and wondered if it would take more than an hour to get fixed.
We were in the middle of nowhere. Believe it or not, we broke down within a mile or two of a ship welder. He came out to the car, jacked it up, and welded the frame back together. It was nothing less than a miracle. Of course, I thought nothing of it at the time. A guy just came and fixed it.
One helluva of an outstanding job McGee!
Have you considered writing about the design and construction of the Pearl (iirc)?
Now if I could just find some pre-barnicled steel sheet...
;>)
He’s a wannabee ;)
Metal working here.
I started buying a small tool here and there while I was an engineer at an aircraft company. Then, I traded some engineering work for a bridgeport mill. Then, I found a CNC mill at an option. Now, ten years later or so, I have a shop filled with machinery making metal chips. Now, I practically live here.
I remember when one of my bosses started calling me at home to come in. He would ask me the day I came in, "How come you never answer your phone!?" "Huh? Oh, my phone is real bad. Sometimes it doesn't even ring. Gotta get that fixed."
I’m no sailor, but it looks pretty darn nice to me.
Stormcloaks suck go imperial!! I slaughter cloaks by the bushel
Put me down for beer brewing.
Assembly language is manly. Compilers are for wimps and wusses.
I actually took the final result to metal shop class to show off. They didn't lock down the school or suspend me. In fact, the teacher thought is was way cool and said he might have a future class do such a project. This was junior high, circa 1969.
Thalmor DOG!! We have the right of it. Mighty Tslos giides our hands. Solitude will fall...again. For I am Dragonborn.
And Lydia carries my burdens.
I really mourn for what kids today miss out on that we had (and I was an 83 grad). I wonder if a shop class remains in America.
Man! That second pic reminds me of going up the mast on my Dad’s 36 footer in a bosun’s chair. I told him I’d never do it again! But a line had come off the pulley, and someone had to do it! Yikes!
my LV 76 high elf will lightning bolt all you weak ass dudes
Serious though skyrim is killer
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