Do Model Railroaders Have Other Hobbies?

HOWDY!

Since starting this thread back in Feb. 5 of this year, (see my original post for pictures),  I have added the following interests:

Home-brewing Beer.

Restoring old treadle-type Singer Sewing Machines.

Raising Young Barn Owls.

You know...the typical extra hobbies the model Railroader indulges in.

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So...Hal...what do you do with the young barn owls when they get old?  Also...maybe there's a market for barn owl eggs.

Actually, I have never raised a young Barn Owl, but when I acquire one, I will turn it over to my Wife, who is a Bird and Desert Tortoise fancier. 

She takes care of all the Avian species that frequent our High Desert homestead, including Turkey Vultures (some with 7-foot wing spans), Ravens (3-foot wing spans), Cooper's Hawks (a femele lives in the tall pine next door),  a Woodpecker (who is a frequent noisemaker), Goldfinches, Wrens, Hummingbirds, and even the common Sparrows, who are frequent prey to our Cooper's Hawk.

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I had a woodpecker as a neighbor, and it started working on the house. I wanted to take up gun collecting, specifically shotguns. But my wife talked me out of it and instead we had new siding installed. Never heard from the woodpecker again! Little *******!!

J

Well let's see...

1) Shooting

2) Backpacking

3) Camping

4) Boating

5) ASE Certified Master Tech

6) Playing Guitar & Bass

7) Golf

8) Scale Modeling (Air & Space)

9) Classic Mopars

7-9 are as time permits.  

Then I got this hankering for that Lionel Train I never got for Christmas as a kid...

HEY JOHN,

Our home has stucco siding and a tile roof, so the Woodpecker has no wood to peck!

We hear him on weekends machine-gunning the utility pole out in the easement. 

He pecks as fast as an M-16  on full auto!

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Trolley restoration.

1) Trains

2) 1/32 Slot Cars

3) 54mm WWII

4) Italian Sports Cars

5) Football

6) Auto Racing

7) Travel

8) Reading

ncng

those trolleys are sweet, nice work!

OK, for real:

racing large sailboats

racing small catamarans

skiing big mountains

home improvement

digging in the garden

my daughter's dance performances

collecting and rebuilding antique outboard motors and boats,  restoring a 1948 john deere farm tractor antique tractor pulling

Guys, guys.... I envy the **** out of you... cars, boats, campers, tractors, airplanes.... so jealous.

But between my full time job of executive producing the longest-running cooking show in America: Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito on PBS...(okay, okay, I'm bragging)....

...and being hopelessly in love with this beautiful person....

 ...my hands are full, except for my little Youngstown & Southern Rwy.

Hangin out with my best friend of 47 yrs and wife of 44 yrs. And driving my Z06 as fast as road and track permits

Veddy nice!

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Paul

Im impressed. Beautiful lady!!!!!!

AND Im jealous. I like watching cooking shows on PBS. I watch most of them.

Popi