What Are Your Other Interest??

Nothing short of an amazing journey Toshi!

keavdog

Nothing short of an amazing journey Toshi!

 

Your friend, Toshi

Thanks for sharing your story, Mr. Toshi. I share your love of music. Even though my degree is in chemistry and I have taught it for 24 yrs now, my minor is in music and I’ve been able to serve as an assistant director of bands for almost as long. Teaching music to high school kids is truly rewarding.

Chemteacher

Thanks for sharing your story, Mr. Toshi. I share your love of music. Even though my degree is in chemistry and I have taught it for 24 yrs now, my minor is in music and I’ve been able to serve as an assistant director of bands for almost as long. Teaching music to high school kids is truly rewarding.

 

I got to teach at the Sweelinck Conservatory and the University of Hawaii in jazz history and it’s progression.  It was very rewarding.  Thank you for taking the time and reaching out to me, it means greatly to me!

Your friend, Toshi

skyraider0609

That is an amazing life you've led to this point Toshi. I've followed your WIPs for a long time, and so I know about the challenges you've faced, not only with your own TBI, but also your wife's battle with cancer. What I admire the most about you is your indomitable spirit. I've faced challenges in life, but nothing on the scale that you have. Your attitude is amazing! No wallowing in self pity for you sir! You are an inspiration. Plus, you are a very talented builder. I wish I had the skills you do. Keep up the good work and best to your wife as well.

 

But much is scary on the road to life but one must traverse at all costs.  This includes building kits, I originally refused to build any models and fought with my therapists with extreme anger until I realized to just try it, and if it doesn’t suit my taste then I move on.  I will definately keep up the work as best as I can and thank you for the well wishes for Mrs. Toshi and for following my WIP.  This now, you inspire me sir to be a better modeler and a even better human being.  

Your friend, Toshi

Well, Toshi is a hard act to follow.

I collect and recondition old FM/AM and SW broadcast receive radios.

Also, recondition and ride bicycles.

^ Converted into a replica WWII era military bicycle.

^ The only parts that are authentic Schwinn are the front sprocket, crank, and pedals.

Mr. Toshi,

You sir have lead an amazing life. To do and accomplish everything you have is such an immense accomplishment. I never truely had the bug...but I collect stamps for almost 4 years. Just learning the history of that one stamp was exciting. I am truely grateful that you and Mrs. Toshi are alive and well. Sorry to hear that you lost your cat. You are correct sir...this is going to be your year!! Thank you for sharing your story. And, as always I have truely enjoy all of your WiP's.

Hunter

Mr. Toshi,

You sir have lead an amazing life. To do and accomplish everything you have is such an immense accomplishment. I never truely had the bug...but I collect stamps for almost 4 years. Just learning the history of that one stamp was exciting. I am truely grateful that you and Mrs. Toshi are alive and well. Sorry to hear that you lost your cat. You are correct sir...this is going to be your year!! Thank you for sharing your story. And, as always I have truely enjoy all of your WiP's.

 

I enjoyed sharing my story here.  Thank you Hunter for the opportunity to do so.  This really helped my TBI.  

Your friend, Toshi

Third Reich Stamps

Stamps Honoring Reich Soldiers

WWII Japanese Imperial Military Currency

My other interests are table top gaming ( Malifaux, 40K, Saga, etc ), playing the guitar, reading, and building and setting up sets for my wife’s musicals. The rest of my interests will have to wait til I retire. I am also trying to figure out how to post pictures which may take me to retiremen.  

Reading everyone’s interests is a lot of fun. 

$5.00 gold coin piece.  Grading is AU53, either 74 or 76 are the highest grade so this 1880‘s gold coin is not too bad at all for its age.  

Ancient Roman coin.  I like collecting really old coins as it’s history is significant.

AD 37-44 During the reign of Herod Agrippa.  Now could this be one of the coins Jesus and his disciples used for currency?  

Another ancient Roman coin.

I like reading, listening to classical music, photography, and building R/C and plastic model airplanes.  I used to feel sick if I wasn't flying but in my 50's I got tired of being gone all the time and somehow I don't have that need anymore.  The thought of spending what it takes now to fly makes me shudder.  Lucky I got that out of my system!   And lucky to have been a pilot when what was probably the golden age of general aviation really was, from the 60's to the 90's.  I run an excavator and drive trucks once in a while, am treasurer of a couple of R/C clubs.  I should fly model airplanes more than I do, maybe I will this year.  I had a 65 Jag XKE fixed head coupe for 20 years, that was fun for a long time.  I spent many years in water well drilling and farming in a family business but airplanes are always where it has been at for me.  Last time I fired a gun was in the National Guard.

SpureOne,

Great job restoring that bike...it look outstanding. And, I must say very thrifty.

Mr. Toshi,

A most impressive collection you have there. I really like everything you posted.

Started teaching at OLLI SOUTH in Colorado. i am currently preparing a class on Russian Civil War for spring semester and will reteach my Siege of Leningrad class in tyhe fall at EAST. will break my Eastern Front class into two 8 week courses and ooking at doing a class on WW1 Not the Western Front. As you can imagine this includes reading, learning some Russian, building period AFV models, and using board strategy wargames.

i also like jigsaw puzzles, especially informational ones; biking at the gym; cooking (i do probably 75% of cooking as my frau still works); reading some scifi and historical fiction.

This term i am taking classes in Mindfulness, Dinosaurs, How We Make Decisions, History of Maps and Charts, and History of Scifi literature.

waynec,

Interesting and educational interest. The history of maps and charts would be something I'd like to take.

Swimming, biking and running. Before the kids were born wife and I were serious competitors with me making it to the elite level in the province...but just. No more triathlons for us but we do go swimming, running and biking now and then.

Photographing cargo ships and sharing the photos on shipspotting website is my favorite thing now as i used to work on them. It is an eternal love for sea

Toshi,

That was the best mini-bio yet!!! It read like a very short novel, and left me wanting more.

You are a fascinating man, and I'm sure your adventures are not over.

Here's to a great 2018 indeed, our friend, Toshi....

Greg

Toshi,

That was the best mini-bio yet!!! It read like a very short novel, and left me wanting more.

You are a fascinating man, and I'm sure your adventures are not over.

Here's to a great 2018 indeed, our friend, Toshi....

 

Your friend, Toshi

What a great thread.  It's amazing how creative people tend to share a lot of the same passions.  Like a lot of you I'm a musician.  Been playing guitar and piano/keyboards for 43 years.  Toshi, I loved your story!  A lot of it seemed  familiar to me, except my experiences all took place in the frozen wasteland of Minnesota.  hahaha...

Played in a lot of bands, primarily in the '90s, working a ton.  So much so that it finally burned me out and I stopped performing on stage in 1999.  I haven't played in a band since.  Now I just record my own music in my home studio.  Here's what the studio looks like:

In times of stress, like my current unemployment, this basement studio gets a lot of use.  It really helps me to relax.  I love experimenting with sounds and there are times when I can spend six hours "playing" with a sound and never record any of it.  But I always leave feeling wonderful. 

Cheers, Mark

I dig that inner sanctum.  Bet your mind can really go go go in there. 

A little bit of everything, to be honest. One day I might just be working my way through old episodes of Deep Space Nine, the next I may be reading in depth about psychoanalysis, and the day after that I might want to sit down and pick through my comics collection. I have a horrible habit of getting really into things only to burn myself out on them for a bit, but that means I end up knowing a lot about seemingly random things lol

Currently I'm really into scale modeling (of course), WWII history and photography. 

Baratheon, You are not alone.  I do the same thing.  I wouldn't say it's a horrible habit though.  There could be worse things that learning about stuff.  I work with lots of guys that seem to have blinders on and they are seemingly unwilling to vary from their track.  I can't imagine that.  Variety is where it's at.  This thread is neat because we get to see how varied we all are.

BTW, my wife and I just made it through Star Trek TNG.  It was fun seeing those episodes again.  I think they still hold up.