One more thing I like is ocean fishing. Here is the biggest sheepshead I’ve seen that I caught. Can you believe it’s a wrasse!
What are your other hobbies
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I enjoy birding as much as fishing. My mom is an ornithologist, so it makes sense she has a giant spotting scope shown in pic 1. The pics are of the bird through the lense, and then the pic of bird without lense and zooming in
edit: forgot to add pics
edit: forgot to add pics
Here are some more cool birds. They may seem common to some, but in my defense, I never bring my phone.
1. Willet searching for Mole Crabs and such
2. Great Egret looking for fish
3. American Pipit just vibing
4. Deadly Swamp Alligator made of Sticks
5. Double-Crested Cormorants on a Powerline
6. Western Grebe that just came out of the water via the ripple behind
7. Great Blue Heron getting comfortable for the night
8. Belted Kingfisher; these are one of the rarer birds
9. A killdeer Vibing next to some flags
1. Willet searching for Mole Crabs and such
2. Great Egret looking for fish
3. American Pipit just vibing
4. Deadly Swamp Alligator made of Sticks
5. Double-Crested Cormorants on a Powerline
6. Western Grebe that just came out of the water via the ripple behind
7. Great Blue Heron getting comfortable for the night
8. Belted Kingfisher; these are one of the rarer birds
9. A killdeer Vibing next to some flags
Because of lockdowns at the DMV and trouble with getting appointments I have not really worked on my old cars for almost a year.
When I was a kid I used to collect broken TVs and radios off of the street corner and repair them or scrap them for parts. Since I put together a new work shed, I finally have a good place to do electronic projects and I’ve been hanging out there late at night.
Here is an old Sanyo quadraphonic receiver from the 1970s that I am rebuilding. It needed a new on off switch and a lightbulb and extensive cleaning of all the controls, the glass, lamps, and tuner mechanisms.
It still needs a new main filter capacitor on the power supply, as after 45 years this one is starting to get weak. If this receiver had had any serious play time that would be totally shot right now but mostly this thing sat around in a closet for almost 40 years.
It has nice milled aluminum knobs, and I spent a lot of time cleaning up all the brushed aluminum nicely.
I tested each channel last night and now I am ready to set it up and test all four channels at full power. Theoretically, 16 watts x 4 into 6 ohms.
I started working on this much nicer Realistic receiver. This one is 120 watts x 2 With much better distortion specs. It is also one of the first big Dolby units.
At some point this thing had the outputs shorted at power, & the main power transistors capacitors and bias resistors are all probably fried. Fortunately the parts are still available and generally high-quality.
Of course I needed music to work by so I assembled an audio system in my shed from old components that I had laying around, powered by a used computer power supply.
I’ve been hoarding these 7.5” mid range speakers for years and so I made a baffle board and put them up as a center channel.
When I was a kid I used to collect broken TVs and radios off of the street corner and repair them or scrap them for parts. Since I put together a new work shed, I finally have a good place to do electronic projects and I’ve been hanging out there late at night.
Here is an old Sanyo quadraphonic receiver from the 1970s that I am rebuilding. It needed a new on off switch and a lightbulb and extensive cleaning of all the controls, the glass, lamps, and tuner mechanisms.
It still needs a new main filter capacitor on the power supply, as after 45 years this one is starting to get weak. If this receiver had had any serious play time that would be totally shot right now but mostly this thing sat around in a closet for almost 40 years.
It has nice milled aluminum knobs, and I spent a lot of time cleaning up all the brushed aluminum nicely.
I tested each channel last night and now I am ready to set it up and test all four channels at full power. Theoretically, 16 watts x 4 into 6 ohms.
I started working on this much nicer Realistic receiver. This one is 120 watts x 2 With much better distortion specs. It is also one of the first big Dolby units.
At some point this thing had the outputs shorted at power, & the main power transistors capacitors and bias resistors are all probably fried. Fortunately the parts are still available and generally high-quality.
Of course I needed music to work by so I assembled an audio system in my shed from old components that I had laying around, powered by a used computer power supply.
I’ve been hoarding these 7.5” mid range speakers for years and so I made a baffle board and put them up as a center channel.
Here’s a clandestine photograph of the Realistic, under the hood, as it were...
Well I got all the speakers hooked up (14 drivers in 7 boxes) and everything sounds great with the Sanyo. When I looked up the specs again it’s really only seven watts per channel.
It doesn’t sound like much on paper, but those are 1970 watts, just before the great power inflation scam started.
After 1975 you really couldn’t sell a stereo unless it said at least 100 W on it.
So the 1973 Sanyo is only 28 watts total & on level two of 10 it is louder than the 1998 model “120 watt” Panasonic car stereo shown in my previous photo.
It doesn’t sound like much on paper, but those are 1970 watts, just before the great power inflation scam started.
After 1975 you really couldn’t sell a stereo unless it said at least 100 W on it.
So the 1973 Sanyo is only 28 watts total & on level two of 10 it is louder than the 1998 model “120 watt” Panasonic car stereo shown in my previous photo.
Funny that i missed this thread till now...
But i have way too many hobbies to list, although the serious ones seem to revolve around collecting... collecting Sneakers, street art, designer vinyl toys, horror movie related toys etc...
I used to run a lot of electric R/C trucks and cars, although they’ve been sitting on the back burner a bit due to lots of parts needing fixing and parts that are in need of a good cleaning before running them again...
Finally now that i’ve moved to the land down under, i’ve also been looking into modding my car too which i know is likely to get expensive long term which is why im taking my time with that one so the wifey doesn’t kill me...
There are also other hobbies of mine but i would say the ones listed are probably the main ones...
But i have way too many hobbies to list, although the serious ones seem to revolve around collecting... collecting Sneakers, street art, designer vinyl toys, horror movie related toys etc...
I used to run a lot of electric R/C trucks and cars, although they’ve been sitting on the back burner a bit due to lots of parts needing fixing and parts that are in need of a good cleaning before running them again...
Finally now that i’ve moved to the land down under, i’ve also been looking into modding my car too which i know is likely to get expensive long term which is why im taking my time with that one so the wifey doesn’t kill me...
There are also other hobbies of mine but i would say the ones listed are probably the main ones...
Lol I used to be a sneaker head but it was just to expensive. My friend still does, and has had great success re sells sneakers too.
^ once a sneaker head always a sneaker head... even my wife is now a bit of a sneaker head and always asking me to get her stuff when there are some crazy releases i have access to...
But yeah, can definitely make some decent money off them if you have the right hookups and willing to part with them instead of wearing them...
But yeah, can definitely make some decent money off them if you have the right hookups and willing to part with them instead of wearing them...
