Other hobbies or past times outside of detailing

PouncingPanzer said:
I try to spend my weekends at the USS COD Submarine Veterans Memorial in Cleveland's North Coast Harbor as a volunteer tour guide. Been with the boat for going on five years now. I was recently fortunate enough to be involved with the historic drydocking of the boat in Erie, PA at Donjon's Shipbuilding & Repair. Her first such experience since 1963. What an experience.... History nerd peak performance one may say. I am obsessed with the study and research of our submarine campaign in The Pacific during WW2 and the teaching of said history. People thank me for my tours but I end up thanking them for listening. I do it for selfish reasons....I just want to talk about our beautifully restored and maintained(best in the world, change my mind) fleet boat that turned 78 years old this year. I love the boat so much, and so does my wife, that we actually got married on the boat this September. It was perfect.

If you are in Cleveland ever, or just the Lake Erie coast for that matter, please stop by! I absolutely know more about old submarines and The Pacific War than I do about detailing, not gonna lie. Unfortunately the boat doesn't have a nice clearcoat to maintain and polish...that wouldn't be very stealthy. Measure 32 light grey it is. I kill 1-2 books a month, love to read and can't suck up enough knowledge on the subject.

Talk to me nerdy.
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That sounds fun. If I’m ever down there I’ll go. But how will we know if you’re there? I wouldn’t want a tour from someone else :laughing:.
 
Eldorado2k said:
I collect vintage car ads. Specifically Cadillac ads that were in Time/Life Magazine. All the ads are in near mint condition and I’ve put each 1 in their own acid free bag & board for long term storage. Each ad measures 11”x14”
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Eldo, If your house ever gets broken into and your collection disappears, I say we send KlasseAct back home to Michigan to knock on Cadillac's door - I bet they'd love to get their hands on so much of their history!!!
 
JDGolden said:
That sounds fun. If I’m ever down there I’ll go. But how will we know if you’re there? I wouldn’t want a tour from someone else :laughing:.
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Great question as I don't have a set schedule being a volunteer. Our regular season is over but we will resume normal hours(7 days a week 10-5) this coming April or May. During the start of the season I frequent more to handle the crowds, which we usually get on a sunny Saturday or Sunday. Best bet when you plan on visiting PM me on here and I should see it. If I have a weeks notice I should be able to work something out and make myself available. I can only swing weekends or holidays though. The best weekend to visit is Airshow weekend, labor day weekend. The aircraft approaching to land parallel the boat and are very close. Two birds with one stone.
 
Bosko said:
Not sure if anyone is into birds, here is a video I have on my channel if you want to check out some of my photography
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Nice work. I've done a good amount of BIF (birds in flight) photography. I don't typically do song birds though.
 
MisterSnoop said:
Nice work. I've done a good amount of BIF (birds in flight) photography. I don't typically do song birds though.
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thanks...there are so many in and around here in the winter, it makes it pretty easy to do.

I still like doing the portraits better

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Bosko said:
thanks...there are so many in and around here in the winter, it makes it pretty easy to do.

I still like doing the portraits better

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Amazing pictures! Great work


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Any cyclists in here?

I am mainly a road cyclist (gravel) but have a mountain bike as well. I usually get in 5k-6k miles a year but been busy last year or so and only was around 4k miles last year.


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Here's a few of my bird shots. The first 3 were on Paul's island (western Long Island).
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seabiscut88 said:
Any cyclists in here?

I am mainly a road cyclist (gravel) but have a mountain bike as well. I usually get in 5k-6k miles a year but been busy last year or so and only was around 4k miles last year.


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Yep. Mountain biker here. Not a ton of super gnarly stuff in SE Michigan, so opted for the hard tail life. Got back into biking over the initial 2020 spring/summer lockdown period. Planning on really upping my game come this spring because I’ve been on a bit of a fitness kick lately. Gonna shoot for about 500-600 miles this year, but it will be all mountain biking.

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BlackCarBlues said:
Wow! All super cool shots, but this one in particular really stood out to me. Awesome timing with that one!
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Thanks! It was probably easier than it may seem as they kept flying back to a small rainwater pond where they did this and weren't actually fishing.
 
MisterSnoop said:
Thanks! It was probably easier than it may seem as they kept flying back to a small rainwater pond where they did this and weren't actually fishing.
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you have some nice birds to photograph ...nice work...
 
[mention]BlackCarBlues [/mention] nice! Hard tails are great! I worked in a bike shop through high school and college and have my dad who works in the industry so I got a pretty sweet deal on a Trek Fuel EX8 a few years ago.

Mainly I ride my Trek Checkpoint with fatter road tires pretty much anywhere…. Just got Di2 on it in the fall am an dying to get out and ride.


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Sitting in a treestand waiting for the big one.
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Driving…. Fast.

Buying parts for car and then procrastinating on install.


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Mountain bike appreciation post. Just got a new fork (Fox 34 Factory) for her. Riding season can’t come soon enough!
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Golfing.

Trying to practice my swing at the shop . I've been getting more lessons and working on some drills. Another lesson in a week.
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