The life and death of hobbies...

Well, I don't know if it's a hobby, but resurrecting threads dead for three years certainly should go away.

Amen to that.  If people keep dredging up Manny's old posts I'm gonna start missing him again.....

Making mix tapes

Well, I don't know if it's a hobby, but resurrecting threads dead for three years certainly should go away.

Echo139er

Does anyone collect Pez dispensers anymore?

I still see them for sale all over the place.

Does anyone collect Pez dispensers anymore?

Everybody's probably seen this already, but since we're on the topic:
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Thump...Kevin

fermis

When I lived in Hawaii, a friend and his dad were on there bikes, going through an area that had cattle pastures. A crotch rocket flew past them, they estemated it at over 100 mph. A loose cow walked out into the road, and was split in two. The bike and rider continued on for another 100 yards or so then began to wobble and went down. When they got up to the guy, half his helmet and contents were ground down from the road.

One loose cow can ruin your whole day. And, speaking for the cow, so can a m0r0n doing 100 on a bike.

VanceCrozier

Wonder how long a bike could go without a rider on it??

2.29 miles...

Speaking of roadkill.......as of last night, there's one less racoon in my area. THUMP THUMP, it was a big one! Roads were bad, I wasn't about to try and dodge it and end up wrapped around a tree.

 When I lived in Hawaii, a friend and his dad were on there bikes, going through an area that had cattle pastures. A crotch rocket flew past them, they estemated it at over 100 mph. A loose cow walked out into the road, and was split in two. The bike and rider continued on for another 100 yards or so then began to wobble and went down. When they got up to the guy, half his helmet and contents were ground down from the road.

it seriously went over 1000' ,, down into a dip and up the other side.. it was still going when it hit the oncoming car.

I stil remember how freaked the other driver was.. all he saw was a riderless motorcyle...

the coveted,, dead moose w Acme Anvil wig fig leaves and mounted antlers badge.. !

Freaky, I can almost see Wilie Coyote running head-on into an anvil, motorcycle still going....

Wonder how long a bike could go without a rider on it??

So we can officially add "running into moose with a motorcycle" to the dead hobby list?

ok true Moose Vs Motorcycle story...

Moose steps infront of Motorcyclist,, rider hits moose in chest... moose stumbles away with busted ribs, and broken legs..

Motorcycle continues going up the road , no rider, still on 2 wheels.. about 1000ft or so.. it meets another car head on..

all this happened at night...

motorcycle rider was injured pretty bad.. he did live and recover..

other driver of the car that hit the bike was freaking out,, he thought he ran over the motorcyclist...

p38jl

umm.. some of our roadkill here in Maine....sometimes is to large to fit in your car,, unless you hack-em up first... Them Moose is big.. !!

in NB

How can an animal that large have 90% of its weight up top, just waiting to plummet into the front seat of a car?? I heard of a guy on a motorcycle a few years ago that had a moose jump in front of him. He had the presence of mind (or sheer, dumb luck) to ditch the bike & slide into the moose's legs...

umm.. some of our roadkill here in Maine....sometimes is to large to fit in your car,, unless you hack-em up first... Them Moose is big.. !!

shoot&scoot

Right after we were married my wife mentioned she likes going to home interior parties to find knick-knacks to put on the walls and of all the kitschy prints she's never seen any of roadkill so now whenever we see something splattered in the road we call it a "home interior moment".

Maybe if I started building roadkill dios I could sell them at home interior parties!  Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...............................................................

                                                                                                      Pat.

Ahhhh - roadkill under glass. I've always leaned towards the exotic ones like possum and kangaroo, but I just don't have the display space for them where I am. I stick to rodents, that, uhhh, were stuck to the road....

iraqiwildman

I did read recently that dressing up cows then shooting them has really dropped in popularity. What a shame, another dying hobby.

I read somewhere there was a problem with some groups refusing to wait until another group finished dressing the cows before shooting, there was an unfortunate incident...

j.edi

...working 40 hrs+/week with my nose 20 inches from a computer screen, I NEED to take a break from the techno-toys. I HAVE TO spend time working with my hands or else I'll go crazy....

I'm with you j.edi, once I get home at the end of a day, computer gaming or watching TV just don't interest me all that much. Modeling (sorta...) keeps me out of trouble when I'm not playing ball or hockey.

Cosmic J

Table top Role Playing Games are far less common than they used to be, although painting gaming miniatures still seems to be going strong.

 

subfixer

Those and the old Avalon Hill/SSI board games are pretty much history, too. Remember Panzer Blitz and the rest of that ilk?

j.edi

This is (was?) an intriguing thread (is it dead yet?) - I can't believe I read the whole thing!

I've been lurking for awhile, and this thread compelled me to register and respond.

As far as dead or dying hobbies go, I'll have to second the opinions on dice & paper role-playing games... 

I’m snaggin' a Badge! 

OctaneOrange

My brother's main hobby is dying.

My brother's main hobby is dying. He tries to get long distance commercial radio signals (not ham). FM radio is his core medium. Not only is the number of people doing it dwindling, but commercial radio in australia is entirely networked (and all the same where ever it's broadcast), also digital radio makes it impossible to receive the signals, which we are being forced to change to in the next few years.

so, those that think model building is dying, look again, it could be worse. at least we have manufacturers and a reasonable sized international community.

Bockscar

 

Sparrowhyperion:

 

Scratch and Sniff is OK, but it tends to wear out over time.  I had the Renwal 1/25 Possom Pate kit and the scratch and sniff stopped stinking after only 229 days... (We apologize for the intrusion into this message of references by another post which will remain nameless.)  I had to go out and try to get a bottle of stinky goo self setting stink spray.  Couldn't find it anywhere so I just gave the kit to the badgers to play with.

 

 

Okay, point taken. But as a sad defence, I remind you that after about 2/3 of a year, even squirrel jerky loses those fresh Michelin and Walnut notes. There's Beaujolais Nouveau, and then there's Bordeaux. 

Of course, one of the big three for a true associative predictor for psychopathy is bed wetting. Yeah, my dog likes to torment small animals, and carpet wets. But he has never lit stuff on fire.

I just love setting stuff on fire, as long as it is, ahhhemmmm... in the fire pit. 

Does pouring polyester resin to replicate oceans and lakes count, like, if you are sleep walking? ... always wondered about that...

 

I only thin it counts if you have at least one foot stuck in it when it hardens in the AM.

Sparrowhyperion

Scratch and Sniff is OK, but it tends to wear out over time.  I had the Renwal 1/25 Possom Pate kit and the scratch and sniff stopped stinking after only 229 days... (We apologize for the intrusion into this message of references by another post which will remain nameless.)  I had to go out and try to get a bottle of stinky goo self setting stink spray.  Couldn't find it anywhere so I just gave the kit to the badgers to play with.

Okay, point taken. But as a sad defence, I remind you that after about 2/3 of a year, even squirrel jerky loses those fresh Michelin and Walnut notes. There's Beaujolais Nouveau, and then there's Bordeaux. 

Of course, one of the big three for a true associative predictor for psychopathy is bed wetting. Yeah, my dog likes to torment small animals, and carpet wets. But he has never lit stuff on fire.

I just love setting stuff on fire, as long as it is, ahhhemmmm... in the fire pit. 

Does pouring polyester resin to replicate oceans and lakes count, like, if you are sleep walking? ... always wondered about that...

Aaronw

Mansteins revenge:

Is pulling the wings off of flies a dead hobby--or how about incinerating ants with a magnifying glass?

 

 

Nope I understand that is still quite popular with budding serial killers.

Yup, that's how I got my start.

Mansteins revenge

Is pulling the wings off of flies a dead hobby--or how about incinerating ants with a magnifying glass?

Nope I understand that is still quite popular with budding serial killers.

Manstein's revenge

Is pulling the wings off of flies a dead hobby--or how about incinerating ants with a magnifying glass?

Is pulling the wings off of flies a dead hobby--or how about incinerating ants with a magnifying glass?

Scratch and Sniff is OK, but it tends to wear out over time.  I had the Renwal 1/25 Possom Pate kit and the scratch and sniff stopped stinking after only 229 days... (We apologize for the intrusion into this message of references by another post which will remain nameless.)  I had to go out and try to get a bottle of stinky goo self setting stink spray.  Couldn't find it anywhere so I just gave the kit to the badgers to play with.

Sparrowhyperion

Yeh but I have heard that you need a lot of Zap A Goop to fill in the rib lines between the main ribs.  If you don't, the putrefied internal organs don't look quite right.  I think they are actually using the old Deaduard molds with just some minor retooling.  And the Hasagooa kit is supposed to have real imitation color molded gray matter for the head cavity crack.  AND it's PRE-FLATTENED!  That saves hours of ironing, sanding and adding glue and dirt to get the proper flattened and squished out look...

 

 

DoogsATX:

 

 

Sparrowhyperion:

 

I'll check out the coordinates.  BTW I heard Hasegooa is coming out with a 1/24 scale diorama kit including a squishie squirrel, and steam roller and other road work equip and a mystery bonus roadkill.  All for the price of $229.  Might be worth it.

 

 

Instead of forking over that kind of dough (not to mention resin paws and PE claws and teeth), you should look at Monotread's old, dessicated roadkill. The raised fur is a more accurate depiction of real roadkill, and they make a great canvas for scratchbuilding. Just get some extra dog fur and some sticks and your imagination! 

Some of the older kits might be brittle, but I've found soaking them overnight in water is usually sufficient to soggy them up.

 

 

 

Gentlemen, resin issues notwithsanding, you've overlooked that Renwal's 'The Visible Roadkill Squirrel" also has "NEW!!!!! INCREDIBLE SCRATCH AND SNIFF TECHNOLOGY"

Hey, I truly appreciate moist, pliable, and flattened innards (kinda reminds me of the jerky we got at Stalingrad) but double gosh, there's nothing like the aroma and the 'nose' of the scratch:

Hmmm...yesss...strong deco protein topnote...mmm yes is that Michelin, yes Michelin mid note, annnd, mmmm black walnut, giving this a bit f tannin, but not overpowering...

Yeah, the Renwal kit...

Right after we were married my wife mentioned she likes going to home interior parties to find knick-knacks to put on the walls and of all the kitschy prints she's never seen any of roadkill so now whenever we see something splattered in the road we call it a "home interior moment".

Maybe if I started building roadkill dios I could sell them at home interior parties!  Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...............................................................

                                                                                                      Pat.