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I play Bass, but I wouldn't want to get paid for anything I do purely for enjoyment, the moment you do that it becomes work not fun... (I learnt that with electronics and programming!)
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Playing guitar and drink beer, yes I would switch if I could earn what I do coding to play guitar and drink beer with the same guys playing what we do now.
I like what I do, but if I could code for a hobby, maybe I could enjoy it more. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I build cars that offend the sensitivities of climate alarmists.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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A someone who did that in a previous life you get a thumbs up from me! 
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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I do some coding in my spare time (arduino stuff, a bit of this and that) and I used to spend a lot of my spare time riding my motorcycle, but since getting knocked off about 5 years ago I haven't really gt around to replacing the 'bike. These days I spend most of my spare time volunteering at my local amateur theatre on the lighting crew. Nine shows a year, each lasting two weeks per month, keeps us pretty busy.
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Unfortunately I chose a hobby of Continuous Improvement.
The benefit to my primary job has been great...
And luckily I have photos of my family... I am confident I would recognize most of them in a lineup.
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I got an Arduino a couple of months ago and am having fun with that. I would not want to make a career of it.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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Archaeology (a former career and passion), with which I'm happy to just supplement my pay but otherwise it pays too little, has no job security, typically offers no health insurance, and you end up living out of hotels a lot despite having a perfectly fine home of your own that you pay for.
Also, as evidenced by my full second refrigerator, there is my passion for beer hunting and drinking, especially New England IPAs (yeah, I'm one of those guys and unapologetic about it because they taste so damn good)... and (duh) I would love to get paid to do that, but also because it would offset the medical bills I will incur later in life due to all the beer drinking.
Oddly, the more I do either of those hobbies the less I want to be coding.
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Race around in the woods on offroad motorcycles, target shoot, make something cool in the shop when I have the time. I'm happy making money coding.
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- Photography
- Chainmaille
- Macrame
- Creative writing
- Old house maintenance
The photography has been a lifelong hobby that I'm now trying to turn into a business. Not sure if I'd do it full time even if I could -- if I did, I'd only find that coding becomes a hobby.
The chainmaille has also been a lifelong hobby, although it's been on the back burner ever since I broke my ring cutter. I've been substituting with macrame a bit, and it's fun too. It should get interesting when I make a new ring cutter this summer as I'm sure I'll end up merging the two.
Creative writing recently added itself to my list of hobbies. I've always wanted to give it a try, but now the characters keep wanting more bits of their story told. I'm a bit concerned this hobby will take over my life.
Lastly, if you have an old house, you already know that maintaining it is a hobby 
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Work outside on anything in the summer; code indoors during the winter.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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My main hobby is playing videogames, followed by reading. And I'm trying to get paid for the first...
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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M*A*S*H is owned by 20th Century Fox.
Fox was bought by Disney at the end of last year.
Doesn't that mean Klinger is now a Disney Princess? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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They won't sue you, if this passes under the Radar.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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His dreams come true... 
<sig notetoself="think of a better signature">
<first>Jim</first> <last>Meadors</last>
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Not to get political, but only mentioning to point out an interesting fact that most people don't realize...
Disney is extremely liberal (they own ESPN very anti-Trump) and they own Fox News which is very pro-Trump. Fox News has become more pro-Trump since Disney bought 21st Century Fox.
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Disney doesn't own Fox News.
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Slacker007 wrote: Disney is extremely liberal
Not really - shows how different views of the same thing are interpreted.
They follow a very conservative line at there theme parks and in pretty much everything they do. Historically, they did not oppose McCarthy and his gestapo mentality[^].
Yet - for as extreme as Faux news is, the Fox Network bring us things like The Simpsons and Family Guy, amongst other stuff that is certainly unloved by many a conservative!
As for Fox, owned by Disney? 21st Century Fox - Wikipedia[^] - apparently said acquisition was/is of interest to Disney. The plan, however, includes spinning of and divesting of Fox New, Sports, and a few others.
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Slacker007 wrote: Disney is extremely liberal
Is that why some characters like Donald doesn't wear pants?
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Slacker007 wrote: Disney is extremely liberal
In my opinion what is termed as 'liberal' nowadays is far from liberal - but that's a subject for the soapbox...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Things that make you go hmm... 
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You're a few months late on this one. I started seeing that joke a while ago....
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Last week my bosses spontaneously booked an appointment to take Mikeysoft exam 70-483 for me. Not much time to read and study, because the appointment was this morning.
That was too easy. I passed. Now, how do I get this Mickeysoftish smell away?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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don't worry, after the next software update your cert will be useless - just ask any recruiter.
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