Other hobbies

[Splodge s4]

Interesting Wayne,

I Assume you have the 'Discovery of the Titanic' Book by ballard and Marchall?,

And the 'Discovery of the Bismark' by the same. I also have a later book from a

Cameron expedition, along with it's accompanying DVD. On top of this i have about

14 hours of documentary and undersea footage of the Titanic, including Camerons

last dive when he reached the turkish baths. Recently i aquired a facinating book

that contains nothing but newspaper pages from the time. Shockingly some of the

april 15th papers claimed 'Ship sinking, all believed safe on carpathia', only to be

followed the next day with '1400 feared lost'...

Bit off topic I know but the sinking of the Hood gets me.... 3 survivors. How would you feel being one of three

[Jonathan]

Read a lot about the Hood, Prince of Wales vs Bismark, Prinz Eugen (sp?)

Although it was only a short engagement it was one of the last major Battleship -> Battleship punch ups before carriers / aircraft really took over.

The survivors are pretty key becuase of their rank and position on the ship, the chap near the bridge (cant remember the names) who survived give a good account of the captain when he knew the ship was done for and the crew with it, he didn't bother issuing the abandon ship command, he was just degected and resigned to the fact he just lost the flagship.

3 of 1,400 crew ? Pretty damn lucky !

Not only to survice that but also the water temperature.

[WayneB]

Interesting Wayne,

I Assume you have the 'Discovery of the Titanic' Book by ballard and Marchall?,

And the 'Discovery of the Bismark' by the same. I also have a later book from a

Cameron expedition, along with it's accompanying DVD. On top of this i have about

14 hours of documentary and undersea footage of the Titanic, including Camerons

last dive when he reached the turkish baths. Recently i aquired a facinating book

that contains nothing but newspaper pages from the time. Shockingly some of the

april 15th papers claimed 'Ship sinking, all believed safe on carpathia', only to be

followed the next day with '1400 feared lost'...

Yes Paul, I have read those books. My curiousity about the Titanic started ages ago when I read Clive Cusslers book " Raise the Titanic" (later made into a movie) , a fictional adventure story about raising the wreck of the titanic in one piece(which untill Ballard found the wreck was in two pieces some believed might be possible.)

The sinking was a tragedy, but in my opinion not as tragic as the scrapping of her sister ship the Olympic after all what that particular ship had gone through in the 1st. WW. Luckily some of her beautiful interiors survive as much of it was purchased and built into hotels and suchlikes.

The wreck of the Titanic does posess an erie beauty all of its own though (have you seen the imax film Titannica?)!

Edited August 1, 2007 by WayneB

[paul&paula]

Back to the thread .......

For me its...

Scuba diving (I'm a PADI instructor)

Underwater photography (see above)

Travelling (see above !)

Football (palace supporter.... coupled with my Lotus fixation that makes me officially a lost cause supporter)

Interior design (work orientated)

think thats about it !.......

[Laura]

Blimey, you're all a very interesting bunch.

I like to sit on my arse & watch TV.... I can't be the only one?

[abrussich]

Not to worry, you are not alone. That's usually what I am doing during the fine food, wine, beer, or glass of port moments. The wife is an excellent cook.

[Paul C]

The survivors are pretty key becuase of their rank and position on the ship, the chap near the bridge (cant remember the names) who survived give a good account of the captain when he knew the ship was done for and the crew with it, he didn't bother issuing the abandon ship command, he was just degected and resigned to the fact he just lost the flagship.

Jon,

Think the guys name was Briggs (my dad has the book at the moment) he was on the compass

platform and i think was made an MBE/CBE or something like that.

Wayne,

Yes i agree it's sad the Olympic was scrapped, but then had it not been for the titanic loss then those

three ships would not have had the fame they have today and no-one would care. The brittanic lies on

it's side as a sunk wartime hospital ship, and i've no doubt the same fate (or survival and scrapping)

would have been in store for titanic had she not sunk. For me, the saddest thing is the Olympic made

some 500 atlantic crossing without incident before being scrapped...

[james125]

so whats everyones other hobbies apart from cars?

mine are; motorcycle trials at which i am 3rd in scotland.

clay pigeon shooting

photography

music

[Vulcan Grey]

Snowboarding

Mountain Biking

Video Games

Computer graphics, 3D animation, art

hiking

white water rafting

going out to night clubs (is that a hobby?)

[iainskea]

so whats everyones other hobbies apart from cars?

mine are; motorcycle trials at which i am 3rd in scotland.

clay pigeon shooting

photography

music

Cool James - got any action pics to post?

Me - I enjoy RC model aircraft, mostly building 1/3 scale giants!

Also, home renovations (I am supposed to be outside doing some paving right now...)

Iain

[james125]

this was a near verticle step at almost 9 feet, i took it from a standing start

heres another on dropping into a river almost vertically

and easy end to a section a 2 foot verticle step, side on out of a slime covered slab

just over a roack nothing really exciting

.

here are a few of my better photography pictures:

James

[arbell9]

this was a near verticle step at almost 9 feet, i took it from a standing start

and easy end to a section a 2 foot verticle step, side on out of a slime covered slab

James

Hi James,

my brother and his mate ride trials every other weekend doing stuff over rocks on tirals bikes. Where abouts are you based?

Alex

Edited November 10, 2007 by Alex --GT3--

[mayevora]

Fort William (from another thread)

[GordonMasson]

Playing guitar

Edited November 10, 2007 by GordonMasson

[james125]

yeh in fort william.

i just got given dads old 1979 puch m50 grand prix (moped) so i can be a bit more independant at 16. cant wait its also in jps colours haha.

[Kimbers]

Poker

Pool

Puter games

Movies....collecting and watching

First World War Postcards....got about 1200

[t70]

OTHER HOBBIES??? SACRILIGE!!!!!

That being said... here's what I do in my other time:

wood sculpture/furniture (haven't done this in a while though)

Pool League..

clubbing (I say it's a hobby damnit!)

hmmm... thinking... thinking...

and then there's my private activities...

[talon]

Boating

Computer games

Boozing (I say it counts!)

[esprithk]

I am learning how to make wine.

that's fruit wine to be exact...

if I do it right, I will do sparkling wine as my next project.

hopefully, I can produce something similar to "Diamond Black"....

[Bibs]

I'm a semi-professional scenario paintballer at the weekends, I've been known to perform onstage with the Goldie Lookin' Chain and I also run their fanclub of over 8,400, I enjoy photography (it's my new hobby since I moved on from RC helicopters which I was good at flying but poor at landing!), I went surfing once, I like cars (fast ones with a monogrammed badge on the nose), I enjoy computer games, socialising as often as possible, being helpful where I can be and being a father to my kids and a boyfriend to my missus. Other than that, I've got loads of free time!

[bigsi]

too many too list

[jimmybondi]

My newest interest:

[stephenbirdsall]

My newest interest:

oo ooo ooooo, me too, they're great fun

I often have mine flying around in the office, buzzing the boss

[Autocross7]

Aside from car shows and cars in general, I like sitting at the beach, hiking in the out doors, and I enjoy my old gun collection. Not too old, WWI and WWII mostly. I also really enjoy the telescope and the sky, but it is very seasonal here as winter in the only time the sky is good for it. Tops is hanging out with my daughter (but that usually leads to car stuff).

Cameron

[tonyp]

What a fascinating bunch we have here !

Here's one of my favourite pastimes, the stubby & half eaten kebab are out of sight .....

Must take more Lotti pictures !