Passions

[Pilgrims]

So what are your hobbies? No need to say family and friends etc etc that's a given. Mine are:

Wine (The whole subject, it is what do but I have an obsession with Piedmont)

Rugby (Just coming to the end of playing after 30 years but will now coach and ref)

Horseracing (Flat and jumps)

Cigars (that's why I am here)

Skiing (if I had my way every holiday would be skiing holiday)

Watches (Just a recent addition, love Bremont and want to learn more)

So what are yours??

[Guest rob]

Music

Hi end audio

Golf

[Geo17pip]

Cigars (That's why I'm here)

Watches (Slowly building my collection)

Music (I play drums and guitar)

Food (I love to cook and eat)

Girls (I'm turning 25 in June so yeah you get it haha)

Harley Davidson (Love to work on and ride my bike)

Fishing (Fresh water fishing ever since I was a little kid)

[CigarAsh]

Passionate about golf and most sports. Cigars, fine Belgian Ales and whiskeys (new to whiskeys).

But my biggest hobby is woodworking and furniture making. Built a lot of furniture for my own and made my own office suite for the office:

A few pieces from home:

[maverickdrinker]

Cigars

Wine

Watches

BMWs

[bebster]

Wow. Those desks are amazing! Wish you lived in Australia so that I could commission one off you.

My hobbies include cars, long distance shooting (tactical, f-class and target rifle), olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, scotch (specifically islay malts), cigars (obviously) and rugby (both playing and watching).

[ptrthgr8]

Here's my list, in order of importance to me (and not including family as suggested by the OP).

1. I am an avid gun collector and shooting enthusiast. Last time I counted I had over 120 firearms in the collection, but I've done a lot of horse trading in the last year or so and would need to recount to see where I'm at. The majority of my collection is martial in nature, primarily spanning the end of the 19th Century through the middle of the 20th Century. I've got many more modern examples, too, but I prefer the craftsmanship and history of the older firearms.

2. Hockey. The greatest sport known to man. I haven't played any games in years (getting way too old for that), but I like to hit the ice a few times each winter with the wifey and friends to hit some pucks around, etc. I love watching the NHL on the tube and enjoy living in a town that's home to one of the more storied teams in college hockey.

3. German cars. I've driven German cars all my life. The only temporary move away from German cars was when I first moved to North Dakota and figured my 1985 VW Scirocco would need to be replaced with something more North Dakoty. So I got a Ford Explorer. Boo. I then moved to a 2007 VW GTI MkV and loved that car until I traded it on my 2011 Audi S4. I've driven many other car types (Japanese and American, primarily) but I've always loved the manner in which the Germans build their cars. The Audi S4 is one of the greatest car designs ever made, IMHO. I've had it for a little less than a year now and I still get a smile on my face every day. Cornering, power, AWD, and sexy-beast good looks. What's not to like?

4. Cigars. I love cigars, but of everything else on the list they're the one I could live without first. I gave up ciagarettes 5 or 6 years ago and never looked back, but always knew I could never voluntarily give up cigars. I've been smoking cigars for years, but it's only really been in the last year or so that I've really gotten into Cuban cigars. I've always pooh-poohed those who say CCs make NCs pointless, but I'm very quickly learning the truth to that notion... I just wish they were easier to acquire.

Cheers,

~ Greg ~

[Rushman]

Cigars

Motorcycles (Harley mostly but I also have an 81 Honda cb750 turned into a cafe racer)

Wine (not much since I've been in PDC)

Scotch (also not much since I've been in PDC)

Golf (was a 3-4 round per week guy in 2000-2005 and then at least once per week until I moved to Mexico. Breaking my leg my first month here put a dent into that and I haven't swung a club since)

[cigcars]

CUBAN Cigars!

Automobiles

MMA Championship bouts

Cigar-related reading material

Reading good books

[Hypersomniac]

Passionate about golf and most sports. Cigars, fine Belgian Ales and whiskeys (new to whiskeys).

But my biggest hobby is woodworking and furniture making. Built a lot of furniture for my own and made my own office suite for the office:

A few pieces from home:

That is some really good work. Very nice.

[Kosh]

For me it is like this:

Cigars (of course)

Single malt whiskys (mainly Scotch although I've enjoyed others)

Japanese martial arts

Food (I love to cook)

Literature

[tdlfoto]

Photography - aside from work, I still like to get away once or twice a year to just shoot for myself....mostly landscapes and street life

Music - both collecting/listening and playing (guitar, harmonium)

Cigars - two years into this and still loving and learning a ton!

Reading - Non-Fiction, mostly poltical...Slavoj Zizek, Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, David Harvey

[LateApex]

Great thread, thanks for starting it.

Mine:

1. Cars - Most cars, but lean German

2. Racing - Most racing, but heavily emphasize road racing (F1, ALMS, GranAm, Porsche Club, etc)

3. Wine - Lots to learn here, but I like indulging

4. Cigars - See wine

5. HiFi Stereo Gear - really geeky hobby

6. Coin Collecting - Varies with the market

7. Food - Grilling, eating out, etc... I can find an appreciation for a hole-in-the-wall to 5 star, a hot dog on the grill to a porterhouse

[rcarlson]

Skydiving. If only I could keep one lit in free fall.

[carnivalhobo]

Cigars

Working on Cars

Poker

Watches

Scotch and Vodka

[Michel1968]

Cigars

Wine

Whisk(e)y

Food

Music

DIY tube audio

Books

[Squarehead]

For over 50 years I'm making French Poodles out of solid copperwire.The smallest ones are made with telephonewire and takes approx.50 ft of wire.The biggest I ever made was out of 10AWG and approx.300 ft of wire and the size of a Toy Poodle.Time to make one is anywhere from 45min.to 5 hrs.

Other than that I like gardening and traveling.

[CanuckSARTech]

Hans wins.

[Jason55555]

1.Stock Market (my job, my love, my #1 passion since was 17/ not to mention it allows me to get and do the rest of the stuff on the list lol)

2.Cigars (Stared smoking did not understand what the big deal was with cigar smoke it all tasted the same to me, but then I finally smoked a real Cuban and was enlightened lol rest is history)

3.Golf (Play every weekend allow me to get together with friends and meet new people on the course)

4.Wine/Rum/Scotch (Vice like cigars that just make life extra enjoyable)

[aes8]

My Wife

Cuban Cigars

Work (I love my job)

Stocks and Options

Boxing (sparring and training)

Scotch, wine,travel and cooking.

[LeafLover]

Taking care of my wife and family is my only passion other than, and above, cigars.

Single malt whisky (single malt scotch to be exact) comes in third.

Other people around me might say my business. But, in truth, my work/business is just a tool to afford me my first passion.

[rsanz]

In no particular order...

Cigars (bloody obviously)

Work (I actually really like my job)

Scale Modelling

Islay (mainly) Malts

Movies/DVDs etc

Vintage aircraft

A love/hate relationship with watching my favourite rugby teams.

[audio1der]

1) Cuban cigars

2) Car and home audio; planning, fabricating and executing installs myself

3) Beer and burgers.

4) Cars; auto-x'd my car when it was newer with great results, would love to do it again when funds and kids allow.

[jacktarnold]

Here is my list:

Cigars

German Cars especially Porsche and Volkswagen

Golf

Tech Gadgets

Watches

[Eltoasto]

Great cigars, family, friends, drinks, food, weather, music, conversation and just about anything that allows me to enjoy all of that more often.

Alabama football is a given passion where I am from though and luckily I can enjoy that while doing all of the above.

Pretty simple existence here. Everything else just seems to get in the way.