hrm screw the natural water filter i like my Reverse Osmosis system just fine ;) Put in raw sewage come out with drinking water something pretty kewl about that ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 3:58 PM Subject: RE: Hobbies
> Exactly. It's a matter of choosing something that fits your time schedule > and the amount of involvement you want. Something like camping for instance, > I can't see somebody doing every night, so that may not fulfill your need to > constantly fiddle with something. > > Pets on the other hand, dogs come to mind, can change your lifestyle in a > dramatic (usually unforeseen) way. No more weekend ski jaunts to Colorado if > you can't find someone to take the dog for a crap. This is why I chose > fishies - I actually like being involved in knowing what's in the water and > why it's being affected the way it is. Having cool fish and plants is just > the perk, not the actual hobby. It's involving if I want it to be, but I > have room to let it chill for a week without attention. I'll just drop some > vacation feeders in there to keep the fish held over. I've got the lights on > a timer, so I don't need to be around for that. > > One thing I'd like to get into when I'm older and have more time is natural > water remediation. Collect water from the roof, running it through a series > of natural filters (peat moss, carbon, etc), creating pure water. Laugh if > you will, but you'll be the first at my door when them damm terrorists get > to our water supply that we take for granted ;) > > If I didn't rent an apartment and actually owned some land, I would build a > greenhouse to grow my own food in. I might even sell some of the excess > organic produce to some of the yuppie restaurants around here - they freak > on that crap. That would be a valuable hobby to teach your children. Raising > children to take the grocery store for granted, like I was, probably isn't > the best idea. > > There I go thinking high-level again :( sorry to sound like a nut, I'm > really not, hehe. > > Adam. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:20 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Hobbies > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:16 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Hobbies > > > > > > > > > Used to do some Brazilian Ju Jitsu. Have been considering going > > > back into that. Also I found a new National Guard Light Infantry > > > unit now, so I am really looking forward to doing some demo work > > > or shooting some. > > > > > > Tim > > > > Shooting was actually going to be my suggestion. > > > > Most of the activities people have listed seem like they > > could lead to a lot > > of frustration. Planting an aquarium? Ugh, too much fiddling > > with Ph and > > such. Writing? To much frustration when the words don't come. > > > > The trick is to find the hobby that never turns into work. > > Heck, my hobby is > > building computers and some days I just dread the troubleshooting. > > > > That brings up another thought. Why is it that we always pick > > expensive > > hobbies? Sure reading a book isn't that expensive, but > > building computers > > is. Or balsa RC planes. > > > > But I figure you've got a gun or two and I know when I used > > to shoot that it > > always put me into a "zone" where nothing else existed. It > > was much more > > effective for that than various martial arts. Those take a > > lot more work to > > become good at and there's that frustration again when you > > just can't get > > that third kick in during the jump. > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
