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General Category => Everything Else => Topic started by: Heno on August 13, 2014, 06:24:52 PM
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so yeah, i thought i would start a little thread about this topic and what people do to alleviate it. no matter wherever you look everything is on repeat. we wait with deep desire for the next season of this or that to be released. but in reality for most of us around here we've seen it before in some form or other.
so what do people do to address this? what pastimes, interests, hobbies, etc. do you have that keeps it real.
maybe, just maybe, there might be one or two topics that get discussed in here that justify a thread of its own or a bump of a now defunct one
i love cooking to be honest. and am slowly getting the hang of it. family and friends will eat it with choking with reluctance. i like the whole prep thing too. love to use as many natural ingredients as possible and am looking at growing some and also making mine - like my own bbq sauce or hoi sin sauce or the like.
i also used to like making military models, particular tanks and oft times germans ones since they were were the best
and i like fishing. sea fishing, rod and line, even pots and nets.
anyway, for all us here, for now it'd be good to share how you alleviate the possible boredom
if any wants to ask any questions about what i mentioned,. feel free.
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Nice,
Possible boredom? How about real boredom - that's why I can write so much shite ;D Honestly you should see the reams and reams on this machine and on paper that I've spewed out. There's one of the ways I occupy myself right there. Sometimes if I'm feeling really brave/pissed/stoned I think I should find a local writing group or spoken word bunch but I've never managed to stay brave/pissed/stoned enough to follow through on that. Mind you I have very recently got a "The Guardian" comment account and that seems to be quite cathartic ::)
Warhammer 40K models. That's another one. Picked it up through my son and while he's long grown out of it I still make the models. Dark Elder that's my army and each winter there's another squad being done. I'm most proud of the Bloodletters of Khorne I did for him and the Soulgrinder - check the Warhammer website to see what I mean, my babies are awesome!
Archery is my favourite though, it's a bit like chess, easy to learn really hard to master. 4 years I've been into it and I've never found anything so satisfying, don't matter if I'm having a crap days shooting or if I'm getting golds. Just a few hours a week in the zone away from everything is what matters. Good fun too, we shoot targets, zombies, drop shots - all sorts.
Last is gardens, plants, trees, landscape, natural world. More about flora than fauna, there's something about plants that gets me. I could be the NMA Board Gardener's Question time :D
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I am never bored. If i am i get really depressed. Therefore I work two jobs and keep busy.
When i do have free time, I focus on physical fitness mostly. I have ADHD so my energy is endless. If I don't burn a lot of energy I also get depressed.
I also do a lot of hiking and mountain biking for solitude and to be among nature. it keeps me sane.
I also like cooking but doing it for a living makes it not as enjoyable. However creating new recipes and flavor combinations is always fun.
Driving around aimlessly is also very enjoyable. I spend more time in my car than at home.
I also enjoy visiting privately owned coffee shops. I drive for 30 minutes just to visit a particular one aout 4 times a week. That may contribute a bit to the non-stop energy
Basically boredom is not part of my vocabulary. :)
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anna, i'm with you on the writing. i have so many notepad files called musings with a date on them from years of thinking something or years of typing something, thinking i've rambles on too much and then copying out the whole piece saving it for later. hundreds in fact. not sure i would go as far as getting comment account. i think if i do then it will only happen when my brain has the time away from being busy bored......
used to love warhammer. got whole boxes of unmade stuff from our kid was younger. used to make them with him. i can make the models to perfection but being as colour blind as i am doesn't lend itself to painting them or the settings. i have about 10 finished tanks, or ones that need a coat before i continue and can't bring myself to try just in case i ruin what is so well put together. think i might go and dig out the warhammer stuff in the autumn. the hwole setting and imagery allows me to drift away and escape anyway.
cool on the archery. never tried it. not sure i have the patience to be honest. things like that i can stick with if i can be good from the outset but lose interest if it takes too much practice.
you must be on the impulsive adhd end if the adhd spectrum amandistan. how does that go for you. i am very familiar with the passive end.
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Live for fishing ;D
Luckily on the west coast of Wales,I've got the sea,rivers and remote mountain lakes.It's a great leveller.you think you've got it mastered after a good day and next time -Nothing.Also love cooking sea food foraged(and occaisionally caught)from the shore.Also collect old fishing tackle.Used to tie flies but lack patience(except when fishing) and eyesight not so good now.
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that'd be the irish seas......so thats where all our fish are going
never really got into freshwater fishing. i did catch a pike in cheshire once. 13lb or something. also tried fly fishing on lakes and just couldn't master the cast
what sort of sea fishing where you are dilla? do you get plaice and codling and the like? do you know the depth of water?
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Hi Heno,
Mostly bass and flounder.My mate catches codling from his Kayak,but we hardly ever get them from the shore.All the rivers around here are spate rivers with wild brown trout(tiny but tasty)sea trout,and very occasionally a salmon.fish mostly at night to avoid the jet skiers,speed boats etc and get some piece and quiet.
Fished Ireland a lot in the past, but mostly around Co Mayo.
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Cooking. I love it.. and the eating. I run the "Let's get cooking" club at school which encourages parents to come along to. We cook cheap/healthy meals in less that an hour and show just what you can do in a limited time on a limited budget. The kids learn about a balanced diet and are encouraged to try everything and most discover they like a lot more than they thought. He's one for you...we had a mum and kid last term who made a fuss about every ingredient we used (bah,hate that...never had it..urgh what is that etc..). Mum didn't know what a parsnip, courgette, swede, butternut squash, chick peas or kidney beans were and said all her boy would eat was bacon sandwiches. He piped up "That's coz it's the only thing you make me". ;D
It's the most popular club at school and we have been begged by kids from the Juniors to run the club for them too.
Away from school I love my garden and grow fruit, veg and flowers. I've had an amazing crop of plums this year and my little tree has suffered with bowing and snapping branches.
I love to decorate. I've glossed the window sills and doors this weekend because I have the house to myself. I'm having a cup of tea now as a break from painting the kitchen cupboards just to spruce them up a bit.
Sewing. On Friday I bought a £2.50 quilt cover from a charity shop and turned it into 2 pairs of curtains and tie backs for the kitchen.
Yesterday I made a new Jolly Rodger flag to fly on my car aerial.
I'm also doing a cross stitch to put up in school. It's the words of "All things bright and beautiful" with pictures of animals and flowers around the outside.
Animals. I love my 2 black cats. Jet and Ebony. I have tropical fish ( 2 tanks) and a pond with frogs, snails, dragon flies and fish in it.
If I'm not doing any of that stuff I always have a book on the go .
I quite like the New Model Army too.
:)
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like wow. that is some going
we had a cat called jet. brightest one we ever had
got a few kittens at the moment. orphans we took in. hand feeding them. full time job. but one of our dogs does all the maintenance cleaning them and watching over them
Hi Heno,
Mostly bass and flounder.My mate catches codling from his Kayak,but we hardly ever get them from the shore.All the rivers around here are spate rivers with wild brown trout(tiny but tasty)sea trout,and very occasionally a salmon.fish mostly at night to avoid the jet skiers,speed boats etc and get some piece and quiet.
Fished Ireland a lot in the past, but mostly around Co Mayo.
fishing in mayo is good. anywhere on the south or west coast is good. we have a shallow bay here and the mussel trawlers come around every few years and drag the bay for the mussel spate to plant elsewhere leaving nothing for the ecosystem to grow from. fishing used to be good. have to go far off to get anything these days and with the weather so unpredictable its hard to know when.
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fishing in mayo is good. anywhere on the south or west coast is good. we have a shallow bay here and the mussel trawlers come around every few years and drag the bay for the mussel spate to plant elsewhere leaving nothing for the ecosystem to grow from. fishing used to be good. have to go far off to get anything these days and with the weather so unpredictable its hard to know when.
Much easier if you do it in water !
:D
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I'll add myself to the list of those who love to cook. I've spent so many happy hours in my kitchen cooking experimental (and sometimes quite extravagant) things, which are almost always even more fun to eat! My husband also loves to cook and we're both rather good, so we eat well. I'm coeliac, so in order to avoid gluten I tend to eat mostly fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat. I'm also becoming quite good at gluten free baking, which can be tough to get the hang of. Bread is still not particularly great, but I make some pretty fabulous cakes and biscuits.
Also, I love to read, I'm an avid walker, and the husband and I like few things more than to park ourselves in a pub and watch the world go by.
Even though I'm a musician (singer) by trade, I still find that there are a lot of musical pursuits I'd class as hobbies - things I don't do for a living and are therefore a bit of a break! I write songs which will probably never see the light of day, I do covers and arrrangements of artists I love that will similarly probably never see the light of day, and I am getting back into solo classical piano playing (although I do play for singers/instrumentalists as part of my job) which will never be my career, but working on and playing a beautiful piece by Chopin, Ravel, Debussy etc to a high standard is enormously satisfying.
I'd be lying if I didn't mention my love of shopping, which has had to be curbed quite drastically since we got a mortgage ;)
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some of these posts are making me feel a little boring, not just bored
i've a wheat intolerance so was diagnosed coeliac back in the day. but i have not trace of it now. and you can't grow out of it so i guess i never was. gluten free baking is really tough. big L has made some excellent cakes though including the most ridiculously almond flour based chocolate cake with a raspberry jam in the middle and just below the chocolate covering on top.
the music interest sounds great. you should do some a share with the other occupants of the shed in private on youtube or something. be great to hear
Much easier if you do it in water !
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ahahaha
prefer to do it in a boat to be honest
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Well I often look at next couple of days what I'm going to do at home. Then next next couple of weeks what I'm going to do outside at the forest and to our house. Also, because I have to live quite often "from hand to mouth" what comes to resources; or simply wealth - if there is any; I have to be prepared for the big bills from renovations that takes all my money. On the other hand I'm always looking at particularly next half year or so: at late autumn after preparing to winter I start timber work and chopping that will last to April or May. That's work you could not do at summer because of the pests and fungus that attack the woods - in the case you don't do the work straight from start to the finish. Last couple of years I've chopped 16 cubic metres of wood. At winters we use 5 to 8 cubic metres of them.
I like to make woodcrafts at my working room. Should do also print making (woodcuts, engraving, collagraphs, dry point and embossing) and graphic arts there, but the renovations and main job takes all my time... I make my own experimental digital music with samples, synths and a computer. Used to play drums in bands quite long too but I quit it 2 years ago.
[...] i like the whole prep thing too. love to use as many natural ingredients as possible and am looking at growing some and also making mine - like my own bbq sauce or hoi sin sauce or the like.
I like to cook too, but my wife's taking more and more that area. Interesting Heno that you do your own hoi sin sauce! I make at times tahini from sesam seeds, and some "beef" from veggie ingredients. I think I'm quite excellent with making seitan too. First I started with grain and nowadays moved to using only glutein.
I and my wife love to watch birds and other animals too. We feed them massively during winter. :-*
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2 kids. What's boredom? ;)
Beside that I love to strum on my acoustic and master the final solo of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" on my electric guitar. When I become too frustrated because David Gilmour still does it better than me I go out and fly my RC planes. Cooking is another favorite of mine, especially grilling with my Weber barbecue kettle. There is so much you can do with it. I've documented some of my latest attempts on german site Grillsportverein.de (vegetarians, beware!):
http://www.grillsportverein.de/forum/threads/kleiner-pfingst-flashback.215451/
http://www.grillsportverein.de/forum/threads/griechenland-in-owl.214051/
http://www.grillsportverein.de/forum/threads/lieber-pizzabaecker-des-vertrauens.200112/
Sh*t, I'm getting hungry already... ;)
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rusco, you're making me hungry. when i'm experimenting with sauces i always make one i know is liked and then try a variation to one side. i have started to add tumeric as part of the rub to roast pork and reduced the amount of ginger. the results are ridiculously good and different.
guido, that is some cooking. i'd advise everyone to look at the images of what guido cooks. seriously. the banana will be tried here tomorrow
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i have started to add tumeric as part of the rub to roast pork
Tumeric is a great spice. I don't know what the other cultures say but here there's a tradition about tumeric being a spice of love...;) Have you ever tried to add a hint of dragoon with rice? It gives a fresh taste there too.
I'm curious to hear what ingredients you would use in making hoi sin sauce? I don't know if I'm right but ain't it mashed plums in hoi sin sauce? Orientals may add some bonito fish extract to some hoi sin sauces, but I think you don't have to have it. (I'm allergic to fish).
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must start adding more tumeric to the recipes!!!!!!
if you just want to mix something up quick then this works really well. Great as a dip.
liquidise to combine
4 tablespoons wheat free soy sauce
1 and 1/2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 teaspoons sesame seed oil
Half a chilli pepper finely chopped
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
or to be more traditonal and to really get the flavour for cooking
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 garlic clove, finely chopped
2/3 teaspoon chinese five-spice powder
half a chilli pepper finely chopped
1/2 cup red miso paste
1/2 cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons brown rice vinegar. i sometimes use 3 of apple cider vinegar and add it at the end on high heat and let it boil off quickly
heat the oil in bottom of a small pot over medium heat. cook garlic and five-spice powder for about 45 seconds. you'll really get the fragrance. then add the remaining ingredients whilst constantly stirring, let it boil, then cook for 3 to 4 minutes whilst still stirring. stop once it slightly thickens. let it cool before using.
you could add some black bean to it to get it more smokie and less sweet. Also, you can use honey instead of maple which gives a nice variation
i'll often start a variation using a bigger pot with 3 onions chopped and cooked on medium heat for six minutes, add brown cane sugar, 1/4 cup and cook for a further 5 minutes stirring constantly. most important to stir with the brown sugar and stir at the bottom of the inside of the pot and avoid the sides. have to make sure the sugar liquidise with the juice from the onions. then only a 1/4 cup of maple in the recipe. makes a great relish for all sorts of wraps and flatbreads.
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******* hell, Heno, can I come round to yours for dinner one night? ???
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like anything ray, its easy once you take the time to learn what to do. and then you have to do it it loads of times and get it right. i tried experimenting with a brown flour and herb mix for slightly crispy southern wicklow chicken and nearly killed myself. for some reason the flour burnt before the spices and the ruined the flavour. probably oil oil too hot. i dunno but it will take me a while to figure it out.
i like to cook. with my brain it gives something to do for a while, many different tasks, can have music on in the background, and something good comes from my madness.........
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I'm probably going to try the recipe some day soon, Heno. I see you've changed the plums with a miso paste, right? It's a good idea.
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go for it. plum sauce, miso paste. really i depends on the dish. plum for dips is great and good with duck too. but miso is great with pulled pork and crispy shredded chicken both of which are rubbed in a cinnamon or 5 spice mix. straight on to the pork or added to the flour for the chicken
big thing is to try it out and later it to alter it for the taste buds
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I just ate a Daily Milk bar and dipped it in slightly microwaved melted peanut butter.
I feel a bit ashamed.
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love it ray
i'd often melt the chocolate, then swirl in a spoon of peanut butter, then dip with anything with a crunch
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well well well
thought i'd bump this since i think it has potential for sharing craft and skills and hobbies
Big L went to the doggie craft show today to sell he hand made bandannas, doggie beds and pieces of furniture that she customised into all sorts of doggie and moggy beds. sold some which is great
me, i'm going to get some of my models out in the darker winter and finish off a few tanks that i started previously.
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I wish I could find some sad old bugger here that wanted to waffle on about Gardening. Right now I'm stupidly proud of one of my Sunflowers. Kid ya' not 3m tall and multi-stemmed - I lopped off the first huge flower head and it just went mental. It turned into this giant goblet shaped Sunflower tree. Right now there's 14 flower head on it and 2 in my bud vase. Shame I can't show ya' a picture.
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why can't you show a pic?
did i mention that i am going to try and turn part of the garden in a plot for growing produce? the things is that i haven't even got a clue where to start. my goal is to use everything that is naturally available in completing it. and i would really like to come out the far end only paying for thee seeds or bulbs of what grows. and even then select veg types or fruit types that you can use to replant it for the next year or that they seed themselves out
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Heno my friend, what have you done? You idiot!
Too late tonight to get started on this one, I'm pretty much worded out ::) You better come up with the NMA growing your own thread.
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i'm with you there, but keep in the shed thread
anyway, its sunday night, going to get some sleep once it comes to me, and then start at 6am with prep for some meetings. i have a couple of books that give the basics of where to start. the garden has a lawn at the moment, it has some sun and some shade. there is an underground stream that we originally put in french drains to deal with but it is still extra damp all year round in some parts. its not that big either
i like the idea of growing things like rocket and garlic and things that let me flavour dishes naturally. i really want to stop taking in so many sulphites. and i wanna move to a veggie/fish diet.
i was joking with big L that i think i am turning into a hippie to which she broke her arse laughing since i don't smell and shave my head bahahahahahahaha
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I have to admit there is some kind of a stereotype here about English people as some kind of gardening crazed folks. :) It's probably much to due because of gardening tv programs that are mostly English. But I know there is (or must be!) some programs that are French too. Hehe.
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I have to admit there is some kind of a stereotype here about English people
Ruscoe - love you dude x Finally I fit a stereotype, I'd been feeling a bit lonely out here on my own ;D
Heno - before you start you gotta look around and see what your local gardeners are growing. That will show you what you can grow - unless you're talking about glasshouse growing as well in which case different ballgame. Once you have got the gist of what your local soil will produce then you better get ready for some digging. That and chucking in whatever ameliorants will help build your soil health. Then a bit more digging. Trust me, preparation is everything. And it will reward you season after season.
For productive growing though, before you even break ground you have to clear the vegetation. This is the only point in the process where I unreservedly and totally recommend the use of Herbicide. Specifically Glyphosate. It's systemic which means the once a plant had taken up the application it transports it through the vascular system killing off all the plant not just the top growth which many of the shit things you buy in Garden Centre do. It also becomes inactive when it touches soil so there is no residual effect and it's ok around kids and pets. Spray the frack out of wherever you're gonna dig. When the vegetation is dead, scrape it off (use it as the sub-base for your now essential Compost heap) and dig! Decide where you want to be Spring next year - then work backwards to now.
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wow that is so cool anna.
i got to take the time to go through it and then come back with any questions if thats ok
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wow that is so cool anna.
i got to take the time to go through it and then come back with any questions if thats ok
Any time Heno - sure I'll manage to dig up some words from somewhere ;)
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ahahaha, nice little pun
cheers
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I am never bored. If i am i get really depressed. Therefore I work two jobs and keep busy.
When i do have free time, I focus on physical fitness mostly. I have ADHD so my energy is endless. If I don't burn a lot of energy I also get depressed.
I also do a lot of hiking and mountain biking for solitude and to be among nature. it keeps me sane.
I also like cooking but doing it for a living makes it not as enjoyable. However creating new recipes and flavor combinations is always fun.
same for me. phisical fitness prevent me from getting bored plus taking care of my daughter, speding money when I can in vynils and go to gigs and do social and political activism. impossible to get bored really. just look around there is so much to do for yourself or for others....................
Driving around aimlessly is also very enjoyable. I spend more time in my car than at home.
I also enjoy visiting privately owned coffee shops. I drive for 30 minutes just to visit a particular one aout 4 times a week. That may contribute a bit to the non-stop energy
Basically boredom is not part of my vocabulary. :)
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same for me. phisical fitness prevent me from getting bored plus taking care of my daughter, speding money when I can in vynils and go to gigs and do social and political activism. impossible to get bored really. just look around there is so much to do for yourself or for others....................
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if theres fitness equipment in it then its not really a shed
well unless its a bike that you don't cycle in there