What are your other talents?

[oldhippy]

I am a retired general contractor. I have fathered 8 wonderful children. Built and designed my 2000 sq ft home, wife helped. Without hiring anyone Did the carpentry, electrical, plumbing, drywall, flooring, tile. Well all but the block work, and roofing. I can roof, but I hate it. I can also brag. Thanks. Ed

 

[480sparky40 39]

I recently mastered walking and chewing gum. And at the same time, too!

 

[Bossy]

I paint and build and do hair and sew.

 

[Designer]

I'm an excellent whiner, complainer, criticizer, dreamer, and all-around PITA. I used to be an architect with absolutely no people skills. My other hobbies include remodeling, (this old house) cooking, shooting, writing, skiing, and of course, watching TV. I've learned carpentry, masonry, electrical, plumbing, landscape gardening, tree work (professionally for over 10 years), painting, and just about every other kind of building trade that I need done. I can't afford to hire it done, and (see above) cannot abide shoddy work done by the pros.

 

[LakeFX]

I don't much anymore, but I play the bass guitar. Also played sax and piano when I was younger.

At some point I need to dig the bass out and see if I can get some kind of cool picture of it. Maybe a macro to show the dust on it

I just got back into playing a bit over a year ago. I have two decent basses that just feel great.

I also coach and compete in fencing, play ultimate frisbee, cook, teach, and do a lot of database, programming, and GIS work.

 

[ronlane]

I can play guitar, mandolin, a little bass. I tried singing but it took us a week to find the dog after that I quit. Oh, and I am a single digit handicap golfer.

 

[Tiller]

I play fingerstyle acoustic guitar. I'm an avid reader. I'm learning to program Python.

Occupation-wise, I'm about to receive my bachelors in Accounting, and will be going to law school for tax law. So I know a good bit about taxes and accounting stuff.

 

[paigew]

I am good with animals, I trained dogs for several years in obedience as well as doing dog grooming for over 10 years. I taught myself to sew and I am a pretty good baker.

 

[Tiller]

I am good with animals, I trained dogs for several years in obedience as well as doing dog grooming for over 10 years. I taught myself to sew and I am a pretty good baker.

I'm glad my fiancé can't bake. My sister can bake extremely well and my brother-in-law suffers the consequences

 

[weepete]

I used to be a mechanical fitter making custom made parts so I can machine metal, plastics and wood to a very high standard given the right equipment. I can also turn my had to most practical things.

I'm a decent angler and can usually pull out some fish. I've built a couple of rods and I can tie flies pretty well though mostly I go sea fishing from the shore now. In the UK it's probably the most challenging, diverse and hardest to do IMO.

I make a mean bottle of homebrew wine and I do some excellent smoked chicken and my pulled pork is none too shabby either.

Oh, and I'm a third Dan in Shotokan Karate which I did for over 17 years so you could consider me pretty good at that though I switched styles a couple of years back and am more into Jujutsu (Japanese not BJJ) now

 

[limr30 3]

Lots of musicians here! I used to play piano and tried picking up the bass. Ended up learning the first two measures of "Smoke on the Water" (who didn't?) and shlepped that bass and amp three states before I finally gave it up. Haven't played the piano in more than 20 years. A piano is not so easy to shlep

I was a bartender for a while and can still mix up a mean drink. I'm still really accurate with my count pour, too. Latest thing is aged cocktails - currently cooking up a tea-infused Manhattan. I'm very good at cooking, passable at knitting, and reasonably skilled at doing my own car maintenance (oil, spark plugs, brakes...).

Mostly, I'm good at language. I've been studying, teaching, or writing about language for almost 25 years. I don't speak another language fluently anymore because it's been 10 years since I've had to use anything other than English on a regular basis, so I've lost a lot of vocabulary. But I do pick up the essentials and a base for communication fairly quickly.

 

[robbins.photo]

I sing and play the Sax.
I'm also super crafty and have a knack for getting screaming babies to take a nap.

Wow.. what a coincidence - I really love... oh wait, you said Sax.. with an A.. ok, nevermind.. lol

Ok, I've got a few rather varied skill sets. Professionally I do fraud detection, so I'm pretty good at rolling through thousands of financial transactions and finding stuff that's bogus.

As far as hobbies of the non-photographic variety, I really like to cook.

 

[robbins.photo]

I am a retired general contractor. I have fathered 8 wonderful children. Built and designed my 2000 sq ft home, wife helped. Without hiring anyone Did the carpentry, electrical, plumbing, drywall, flooring, tile. Well all but the block work, and roofing. I can roof, but I hate it. I can also brag. Thanks. Ed

Ok, and we'll be getting photographs of Casa De Hippy .. soon I hope? Lol

 

[limr30 3]

I am a retired general contractor. I have fathered 8 wonderful children. Built and designed my 2000 sq ft home, wife helped. Without hiring anyone Did the carpentry, electrical, plumbing, drywall, flooring, tile. Well all but the block work, and roofing. I can roof, but I hate it. I can also brag. Thanks. Ed

My father did the same with the house I grew up in. We lived across the street while he and his friends built the house. My brother helped a lot, too. I was just a toddler, but I do have vague memories of "helping." I'm sure I was also told to go away a lot

 

[Newtricks]

I play banjo, fiddle and guitar, sing baritone, do leather and woodwork. I ran an industrial sewing machine for a living working as a Motion Picture studio
Grip (local #80).