Hobby Thread - February 1, 2025 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread and we are rolling out the red carpet.

We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and apparently it was feeling seasonal and recreational. It said WINTER SPORTS. Here we go!

Winter hobbies and interests can take many forms. Are you or were you a skier? Downhill? Cross country? Where did you ski? Every skier has a favorite hill or mountain. Did you or do you ice skate? Figure skate? Speed skate? Just trying to avoid falling over? Did you skate or play hockey on a frozen lake? Did you sled down a hill on a toboggan, flexible flyer or an intertube? Do you cut a hole through perfectly good ice and sit in a temporary tiny house in an effort to find fish? Maybe you just lay on the ground and make snow angels.

Long shot, but have you tried Olympic winter sports like bobsled, curling or biathalon? Even if you have not competed, have you been close to the winter sports as a helper, crew member, official or Russian judge?

What winter sports do you enjoy participating in or watching?

What are you hobbying these days? As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Your participation does not need to limited to the theme. All hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. Pants, as always, are optional (but you might be a little chilly given the theme). Just make a restroom stop BEFORE you put on your snowsuit.

From the mouths of babes:

Biggest ski jump...in the world.

Bolero with Torville and Dean:

If you followed Olympic figure skating, you know Dick Button. He passed away on January 30 at 95 years old. Press release from US Figure Skating.

Shovel racing needs a better marketing campaign than "Break every bone in your body," but maybe it is true:

This is a Hobby Thread where we like building and making things, right? Has anyone made their own snow?

Terminology question: this past weekend, I heard two people from North Carolina reference a tasseled stocking hat as a toboggan. Say what? Apparently in Appalachia, a knitted cap used when people would go tobogganing was called a toboggan hat. Somewhere along the line, the term was shortened to just call it a toboggan. TRex only knows a toboggan as the long narrow wooden sled rather than as an article of clothing. What say you, Horde?

How to build a toboggan. At some point, TRex will learn how to bend wood. Has anyone mastered the art of bending wood (whether to make a toboggan or not)?

I could not resist including this:

Ice sculpture carving:

Suppose this could go in the Hobby Thread or the Gun Thread, but we will keep it here given the ammunition and targets involved:

From the (phantom) Hobby Thread emailbox: "TRex, I like meat and beer. I also like model railroads. Are there any restaurants that serve burgers and beer via model railroad? Are there any in Prague?"

Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week with a theme of handmade jewelry? The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

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