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All hobbies are pretty silly, if you look at them from a strictly logical perspective. Even the "normal" ones - can anybody think about anything sillier than golf, or football? However, I would argue that's the whole point of them - they are an escape from the "seriousness" of real life. The best hobbies give you a place to go to relax, a place to express yourself and the very best allow you to escape into a "moment" where you are completely absorbed in your hobby, and the stress and hassle of real life can't reach you. When your in the middle of a game, when your about to crush your opponent or are about to be crushed by your opponent, you forget about the mortgage, the threat of redundancy, the boss, the client etc etc. And it's the same on the golf course (I assume), or when you nail the single track on your MTB, or top out on the route that's been scaring you for months. Which hobby isn't the point, its what you get out it.

And as for the "should your be playing with toys at your age" thing - well why not? Golf clubs are toys, footballs are toys, bike's are toys, fast cars are toys...... One of the most attractive quality in any person (man or woman) is a sense of fun, the "boyish" or (girilish!) glee in having fun doing something that is totally pointless. So why not play with toys. Grow old as long as you never, never grow up........

EYIG