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micahaphone wrote:Camping/nature. I love going away from all the hubub of city life and just chilling in a tent in a forest. Build a nice giant campfire, whittle some sticks, and relax. Heck, when I need to take a short break while studying at home, I'll pull out my pocket knife and hand sharpen my pencils with the window open. It's nothing close to the real deal, but it offers a nice little reminder of what I work for.

+1! Me too! Nothing beats lying under a tree on a hot summer day after running around, or staring at a creek for hours while you sip ice cold water, or looking over a cliff after a long day.... I was fortunate to be brought up in an area where no matter where you go, you're always around nature :3

Also, exercising. Not like, body building... Just enough to make you feel good and be happy with yourself. It's a great feeling. Running, doing a couple push-ups in between commercials, stuff like that.

Vietnam Movies. Especially ones with the Airmobile. I'm a gear-nut. Looking at equipment from old wars is like, neat.

Oh, and this patch. I was considering joining the army just to be in the airmobile

SilverMK2 wrote:I really love hand made leather bound books with hand made paper.

Bought one for my wife for our first anniversary. Really want one for myself but I know I would never use it or anything worthy

I almost bought one at Origins last year before I realized the same thing: I would never use it.

I mean, I spent more on a silly steampunk goggle/bowler set, but that's totally different.

Things that I really dig, but others think weird:

I have a very intense fascination with ravens.

Bikes and cycling gear, i mean, being in the military there arent too many of us guys who will ride a 3000 dollar full carbon road bike in the requisite lycra/spandex clothes.

Messing with electronics.. If I have a small screw driver, and there is an unattended electronic device lying around, more than likely i will take it apart, and see how it ticks (so to speak) It is partially my job in the army, and partly how i am (which also makes me rather successful in my job)

I also have a thing for classic stuff.. classic suits (complete with headgear), ultra classic cars, classic/antique furniture, original grandfather clocks (really want one in my house)

Annnnnd... the Organ.. something about the music that pipe organs in cathedrals and other opera houses/concert halls just strikes me. I guess the same could be said for the bagpipe as well.

Oh sweet this thread is coming along nicely. And oddly enough, its still on topic This is the reason I started the thread, because you guys have posted stuff you find fascinating and it really is a bit odd compared to normal things


I really, and I mean REALLY, like clocks. Not digital clocks mind you, they have to have the face and everything. I dunno why, but its like a shiny red ball to me, just grabs my attention when I see a boat load of clocks. Infact every single room in my house has a clock in it.

That's actually pretty weird...
I think i would freak out if my house was like that.

Clocks freak you out?! No my friend, THAT is weird. Sides, Im hoping that being surrounded by clocks, that someday we have a solar flare and it changes me into some type of badass super hero that can bend/control time. Ill call myself Timepiece. Eh?! Like that?

No but loads of clocks just ticking at me would freak me out...
Nice name though...

White noise. It helps ya sleep

Jacaru Hats, I have one just like this, I even wear it around the house



Rotary dial phones



how stuff works, not the show as much, but just the working of everyday things.

also pocket watches, I'm going to save up for a good one to replace my current one that I got on holiday

Smoking crack and playing Subbuteo.

KingCracker wrote:White noise. It helps ya sleep

No thanks...
Clocks are just creepy...

Anything with a mechanism which is visible (preferably geared and moving, but anything will do) - especially Hunter Pocket Watches with exposed mechanisms - I've wanted one of those all my life, and never found the time to actually buy one...

Also, to a lesser extent, I enjoy things which work in a clever manner. It's similar to my first thing, but it can encompass anything which works reliably and cleverly.

Albatross wrote:Smoking crack and playing Subbuteo.

Your a Rock star, those are normal things to do arnt they? This is about odd things you, the rock star, would do. So if you said you liked to sit quietly and knit sweaters, then that would be odd.

KingCracker wrote:Oh sweet this thread is coming along nicely. And oddly enough, its still on topic This is the reason I started the thread, because you guys have posted stuff you find fascinating and it really is a bit odd compared to normal things


I really, and I mean REALLY, like clocks. Not digital clocks mind you, they have to have the face and everything. I dunno why, but its like a shiny red ball to me, just grabs my attention when I see a boat load of clocks. Infact every single room in my house has a clock in it.

The coolest clock I've ever seen, was made by my great grandfather. It has a nice chime that goes off every every 15 minutes(surprisingly not that annoying), and each time, the song gets more complete, until the top of the hour when it plays the full song, and rings a number of times equal to the hour.

He did a good job.

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Annnnnd... the Organ.. something about the music that pipe organs in cathedrals and other opera houses/concert halls just strikes me. I guess the same could be said for the bagpipe as well.

The organ I thought of first was not related to music, but still related to pipes.


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Dastardly Dave wrote:Anything with a mechanism which is visible (preferably geared and moving, but anything will do) - especially Hunter Pocket Watches with exposed mechanisms - I've wanted one of those all my life, and never found the time to actually buy one...

I would kill for one of these.




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Albatross wrote:Subbuteo.

Weirdest. Game. Ever.

Pre WWII German international Friendship League lapel pins. I have about 10 of them. The Anglo German Friendship one and the German Japanese one are my two current favourites. Also, I would love to find the 1936 Olympic German Hockey Jersey they wore. They tied for 5th. Somehow, Great Britain won the Gold (Canadian Ringers - cough cough)

Penguin paperbacks, from 1935-c1950, and the poetry series that ran from '63-'65. Absolutely love them, I have a collection of about 100, but am on a buying hiatus until I have more space for them. I would direct you to my avatar for evidence but I changed it.

@KingCracker: I'm with you, clocks are awesome. I particularly like old railway station clocks.

Oh, and streamlined 1930s steam trains are cool.

Dastardly Dave wrote:Anything with a mechanism which is visible (preferably geared and moving, but anything will do) - especially Hunter Pocket Watches with exposed mechanisms - I've wanted one of those all my life, and never found the time to actually buy one...

Also, to a lesser extent, I enjoy things which work in a clever manner. It's similar to my first thing, but it can encompass anything which works reliably and cleverly.

I would agree with this - one of the reasons I like "steampunky" things.

http://artoflookingsideways.blogspot.com/2009/07/word-of-day.html

http://fillindetailslater.blogspot.com/2010/07/steampunk.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roblee/475519061/

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8-5iQ42mISs/THnUTgxjpxI/AAAAAAAAAZU/a2EnI9sQm8s/s1600/steampunk-usb.jpg

Gitkikka wrote:I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

Consider your reference caught and chuckled at.

I find physics fascinating. In particular, Quantum theory.
Also, desk lamps. Don't know why, but a desk never seems complete without a lamp.

CadianXV wrote:

Gitkikka wrote:I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

Consider your reference caught and chuckled at.

I find physics fascinating. In particular, Quantum theory.
Also, desk lamps. Don't know why, but a desk never seems complete without a lamp.

I'll take your quantum theory and raise it to string theory.

Also, I would really like a clock, if possible, to tell the time accurately yet still have an irregular tick. It would annoy me, but it would annoy other people too.

I find techno awesome.


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Under certain circumstances.

Morning star (weapon).

htj wrote:Penguin paperbacks, from 1935-c1950, and the poetry series that ran from '63-'65. Absolutely love them, I have a collection of about 100, but am on a buying hiatus until I have more space for them. I would direct you to my avatar for evidence but I changed it.

@KingCracker: I'm with you, clocks are awesome. I particularly like old railway station clocks.

Oh, and streamlined 1930s steam trains are cool.

Oh yea, Ill agree with that for sure. Id LOVE to own one... but not only would that cost as much as my house, but where the hell would I put something that large? Itd be cool as hell though.



And Steampunk stuff is just the tits IMO. Very cool looking.

KingCracker wrote:

htj wrote:@KingCracker: I'm with you, clocks are awesome. I particularly like old railway station clocks.

Oh yea, Ill agree with that for sure. Id LOVE to own one... but not only would that cost as much as my house, but where the hell would I put something that large? Itd be cool as hell though.

Very true. A man can dream, though. A man can dream.

I do love me some steampunk, but it really bugs me when it's pure aesthetic, and doesn't apparently do anything. Cogs are not just for display!

personally, i find stetsons brilliant. i bought one in Oregon and wear it fairly regulary. I also love archery. nothing quite like a good bullseye at 8 bays. Poetry, i love writing poetry, its a good release. Gun manuels. im 16 so cant own one but i love learning about how guns have changed, how they work and the different trains of thought from each gun company. The SR-71 blackbird. ill never fly one but it was one of my happiest moments when i got to sit one at the boeing flight musem up in seattle.

assultmarine wrote:personally, i find stetsons brilliant. i bought one in Oregon and wear it fairly regulary. I also love archery. nothing quite like a good bullseye at 8 bays. Poetry, i love writing poetry, its a good release. Gun manuels. im 16 so cant own one but i love learning about how guns have changed, how they work and the different trains of thought from each gun company. The SR-71 blackbird. ill never fly one but it was one of my happiest moments when i got to sit one at the boeing flight musem up in seattle.

Stetsons, poetry, and guns? Sounds like you've got the makings of a cowboy poet. Riding through the West, seducing women with your rough and ready, but surprisingly deep ways, and shooting down blackhats in duels. Replace the horse with a SR-17 and you're set.

To add to my list I also have a love of 1950's styled anything, no idea why.

I would put physics on the list too, but as someone studying to be a physicist I suppose that isn't really odd...

assultmarine wrote:
personally, i find stetsons brilliant. i bought one in Oregon and wear it fairly regulary. I also love archery. nothing quite like a good bullseye at 8 bays. Poetry, i love writing poetry, its a good release. Gun manuels. im 16 so cant own one but i love learning about how guns have changed, how they work and the different trains of thought from each gun company. The SR-71 blackbird. ill never fly one but it was one of my happiest moments when i got to sit one at the boeing flight musem up in seattle.


Stetsons, poetry, and guns? Sounds like you've got the makings of a cowboy poet. Riding through the West, seducing women with your rough and ready, but surprisingly deep ways, and shooting down blackhats in duels. Replace the horse with a SR-17 and you're set.

i wish i could be assed to learn to ride, but im not. i'd drive a quad though?

Not unless you plan on becoming an evil scientist. *this was directed towards Corpses*

Then maybe


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assultmarine wrote:

assultmarine wrote:
personally, i find stetsons brilliant. i bought one in Oregon and wear it fairly regulary. I also love archery. nothing quite like a good bullseye at 8 bays. Poetry, i love writing poetry, its a good release. Gun manuels. im 16 so cant own one but i love learning about how guns have changed, how they work and the different trains of thought from each gun company. The SR-71 blackbird. ill never fly one but it was one of my happiest moments when i got to sit one at the boeing flight musem up in seattle.


Stetsons, poetry, and guns? Sounds like you've got the makings of a cowboy poet. Riding through the West, seducing women with your rough and ready, but surprisingly deep ways, and shooting down blackhats in duels. Replace the horse with a SR-17 and you're set.

i wish i could be assed to learn to ride, but im not. i'd drive a quad though?

Make it a segway and thatll fit right in this thread

KingCracker wrote:Not unless you plan on becoming an evil scientist. *this was directed towards Corpses*

Then maybe

I was going to go into weapons technology if that counts as an evil scientist....

Mum said she would disown me though