Well I thought it would be interesting to find out what other RX-8 fans are interested in other than just cars. Here are some of mine.

1. Radio Control Aircraft and Helicopters.
Most of my aircraft are of the micro variety my micro heli I fly indoors during the winter for practice other than a simulator. As for Planes I have a 3 channel .75 ounce aircraft. It is a little fast for inside the house but will fly well in little more than a half a tennis court.

2. Weight Lifting and Working out.
I lift almost every day of the week, this includes cardio sessions of running or what ever other cardio equipment isn't taken. I am in the process of leaning up for my wedding and then after that my wife to be and I will start bulking and toning as we want to enter some amateur contests. More for health reasons than becoming huge.

3. Mountain Biking.
Even though there are not too many incredibly large hills around here there are some decent trails in Fort Wayne. I have just gotten back into bicycling after a 5 year hiatus, after an incredibly rough crash I had on a road bike, which included a broken wrist, removing tar and rocks from my shoulder and peeling off a decent amount of skin from my right side.

Computer Programming, Electronic Music Production and DJing, reading

1. Lacrosse
I play Lacrosse for school and it is my favorite sport. Nothing like taking out your rage by laying some kid out. It also keeps me in really good shape. For some reason I just really like it it is hard to explain.

2. Cross Country
I also run for my school. It is a harder sport than people give credit to. It keeps me awsome shape. I love just being in good shape. I have a great coach and it makes it much more enjoyable.

3. Video Games
I have to have some non-effort activity to balance out the other sports. I am a PlayStation guy all the way. Because of 3 words: Grand Theft Auto. I also like counter strike and command and conquer.

4. The Forum
I spend spend a good chunk of time on here and it is slowly inceasing. Don't need to explain this, becuase most people know where I am coming from.

My Hobbies Include:

1. Exercising - I try to either lift or do cardio (running with a dog or biking) every day or at least every other day.

2. Training the puppy - I'm trying to train my Vizsla to compete in hunt and field trials.

3. Pro bono engineering consulting work - I provide advice to a friend's small polymer startup company. Tryin' to somehow use those damn engineering degrees

1. Playing Golf :p

2. Practicing Golf :mad:

3. Figuring out how to really fit two golf bags in the back of my RX-8 :D

Cueball,
I ran cross-country in high school along with being a state competitor in swimming. I would consider both of those sports to be of the most difficult. Along with wrestling. I remember how in swimming we would go to state and we would get but a mention on the intercom, yet when the football or basketball would go to regionals the whole school was in an uproar with signs and pep rally's. Oh well in the end I know who actually had real workouts.

Originally posted by fritts
Cueball,
I ran cross-country in high school along with being a state competitor in swimming. I would consider both of those sports to be of the most difficult. Along with wrestling. I remember how in swimming we would go to state and we would get but a mention on the intercom, yet when the football or basketball would go to regionals the whole school was in an uproar with signs and pep rally's. Oh well in the end I know who actually had real workouts.
Our football team was 4 and 10, but would pack the stadium. Meanwhile our cross country team one states and people made fun of us. Oh well we know were better.:D

1. Golf
2. Golf
3. Golf
4. Golf
5. Golf

Did I mention golf? :D

Originally posted by fritts
Well I thought it would be interesting to find out what other RX-8 fans are interested in other than just cars. What else is there? :p

In the "occupation" field for many forum profiles I always put Full Time Car Nut, because that's what I am. :) Racing, road trips, shows, drifting, etc.

Used to be a videogame junkie back in my younger days but now I just focus on racing simulations.

1. I got a game called SOCOM navy seals for playstation 2. Its an online game and its so addictive i play pretty much every day.

2. Im a big car deisgn guy. I like to draw cars and photoshop and things like that.

3. Kind of a gadget freak i guess you would say. I have a ton of expensive electronic stuff. I have numerous mp3 players, portable dvd players, 2 pda's, nice new laptop, sweet phone. . .Not to brag but i do like my toys.

Sup Cylo, good to see a spinner on this board! Prog. House head here, thinking about getting a Virus Keyboard soon. What do you spin?

Originally posted by Rx8Mango
Sup Cylo, good to see a spinner on this board! Prog. House head here, thinking about getting a Virus Keyboard soon. What do you spin? Used to play a lot of Progressive House, Speed Garage, Funky House, Breaks, and Trance... an itty bit o Jungle too! I still have a decent collection. Anyway... I started to get into turntablism, and those styles aren't really conducive to turntable tricks, so I am now playing a bit of trip hop as well. You are strictly Prog. House?


edit... spelling errors.

Originally posted by fritts
Cueball,
I ran cross-country in high school along with being a state competitor in swimming. I would consider both of those sports to be of the most difficult. Along with wrestling. I remember how in swimming we would go to state and we would get but a mention on the intercom, yet when the football or basketball would go to regionals the whole school was in an uproar with signs and pep rally's. Oh well in the end I know who actually had real workouts.

:p i've run cross country (at the hyper-competitve weight of 210lbs!! ahahaha!!), played basketball, and went to the Provincial championships with my rugby team, and i certainly dont' think cross country was the hardest of them all... sure, it was hard, but one dimensional... personally, basketball was the most challenging, while i think that rugby probably demanded the most from me physically (i was a lock, the front jumper, one of the biggest hitters, and usually the first guy in the ruck...)

but these days, i'm into photography (the link is in my sig if ya wanna see some... and i've got more: PM me and i'll mail some to ya) recently, i like to sing, and draw, and paint... i'd like to do film, but photography is too expensive ;)

i run, stay in shape like mosta ya's...

girls, for me, are recreation ;) mmmm... and sex should be a competitive sport, IMO :D

uh, this forum, reading technical articles, learning... chat. s'all good.

Tinkering with computers
Autocross
- 1st place Street Tire class, Texas Spokes Autocross Club (http://www.spokes.org) Championship 2000
- 1st place Street Tire class, SCCA Southwest Divisional Championship Round 2, 2000
- 2nd place BS, Spokes Club Championship 2001 (behind national champion Kyung An)
- 1st place CS, Spokes Club Championship 2002
- 1st place CS, SCCA Southwest Divisional Championship Round 1, 2002
- 2nd place CS, SCCA Southwest Divisional Championship Series, 2002
- 3rd place CS, SCCA National Tour, Houston 2002
I think that about covers it. I haven't got into circuit racing over here, but I used to race my RX-3's when I lived Down Under:
http://www.snikte.net/images/car2small.png

wow... you should go and set a pace for other Texans to try and match in the Mazda Challenge series (or whatever it's called) ;)

I like to snowboard every chance I get. And of course enjoy the twisting mountain roads to and from the mountain resorts.

On the side I mostly shoot pool, trying out all the different ales. Of course can't get enough of girls.

Lets see,...um learning to play the guiter. Torturing my friends cat :D .

Workout non religously. Damn I need workout partner. I am accepting applications. Women only;) :D

For those who thinks alcohol is bad for you. Think again. I read in a sci fi mag(don't ask I was bored at the airport). Two cans of beer or an equivalent amount of alcohol in hard liquor and wine is the daily amount good enough to reduce cholesterol build up in the arteries around 30%, that with diet and exercise. But when I drink I don't listen to that guideline.

Did I mention girls and torturing my friends cat(jk w/ torturing);)

Hobby #1

http://www.hotboat.net/image_center/data/500/93rearabove-med.jpg

'69 Mandella marathon deck 468 BBC

Hobby #2

http://www.hotboat.net/image_center/data/500/93dual_carbs_top-med.jpg

'88 Hallett Vector 454 twin turbo BBC

Originally posted by Y&Y
For those who thinks alcohol is bad for you. Think again. I read in a sci fi mag(don't ask I was bored at the airport). Two cans of beer or an equivalent amount of alcohol in hard liquor and wine is the daily amount good enough to reduce cholesterol build up in the arteries around 30%, that with diet and exercise. But when I drink I don't listen to that guideline.



there's a little bit of truth to that, however it's mostly the antioxidants you would find in your alcoholic beverages that provide you with benefits...found most abundantly in wine, then probably beer and then hard liquor. or, you could just drink a glass of grapefruit juice a day and get the same amount of antioxidants to plow through your arteries.

and on the hobby note, i love to snowboard, i've been doing it for 15 years now, have a racing board with hardboots/plate bindings and used to race with my uni's ski club...tho i suppose racing is more of a hobby. racing anything that is, cars, snowboards, skates, office chairs, in the pool anything and everything =)

my hobbies is

1. school which is fucking boring

2. video games gamecube is the best:D

3. drawing cars

4.computer (internet,games,bootleging movies and stuff.

5. playing football with friends

6. skateboarding im a begginer

fritts u have boring hobbies:(

Hotrodder,
Great looking hydro! Have you ever built any wooden ones up, assuming the one in the picture is fiberglass. I wanted to build myself a 50" RC hydro with a weedeater motor and always thought it would be best to use the smaller real hydro as a starting point and scale down. But I could never find the plans for such boats...

Originally posted by unemployedpimp
my hobbies is


2. video games gamecube is the best:D



pimpdaddy, you must be joking?! PS2 is way better than gamecube! :p

Originally posted by zoom44


pimpdaddy, you must be joking?! PS2 is way better than gamecube! :p
I second that. Gamecube is for 10 yearolds (jk). Besides resident evil, all the other games are for kids (luigi's mansion).

And mines kind of off the wall

1 Civil War Renactor
2 Computers
3 Freelance Military Anilist.

Originally posted by Spining Ncnratr
And mines kind of off the wall

1 Civil War Renactor
2 Computers
3 Freelance Military Anilist.
Number 1 is a little wacky and I didn't even know they had 3.

let alone ones that spell so well.

Originally posted by Cylo
let alone ones that spell so well.

:D ROFL!!!

i'll third that the PS2 beats the shmokes out of GameCube... i'm a Nintendo fanatic from way way back (1988, when i was 5), and even a curator of the almighty roms (or so i'd like to think...), but after the SNES i'm 100% Sony baby....

GT3 is my raison d'etre, video-gamey-speakingly-wise... ;)

Originally posted by wakeech

(1988, when i was 5)

GAWD, you were 5 in 1988??? I feel so damn old...

Anyways, my life is sort of committed to my job... with a little bit of time spent at home with the family... Damn Uncle Sam works ya hard.... Before I got 'employed' in my current career, I was into computer hardware, and cars... mostly 'dubs though... I still get a tear when i hear a old bug coming down the road.. :D

Originally posted by cueball1029

I second that. Gamecube is for 10 yearolds (jk). Besides resident evil, all the other games are for kids (luigi's mansion).

lol, my ps2 was about to blow up it was mest up so i hjad to trade it in for either a gamecube or a xbox , i chose gamecube cause the xbox was too big. gamecube has some really neta games!

I know given my profession, golf should be #1 but, sadly, it's not.....YET! :)

1. Computers (gaming/fixing/programming/whatever)
2. Piano
3. Running
4. Woodworking
5. Movies

Originally posted by Aesculapius
I know given my profession, golf should be #1 but, sadly, it's not.....YET! :)

Yep golf should defnitely be on your list -- I can't believe I left it off mine. I play weekly with friends from the firm and a nearby clinic.

Originally posted by CraziFuzzy
GAWD, you were 5 in 1988??? I feel so damn old...


Yeah - I hear ya on that. Thanks to Mr. Keech, I too officially feel old :( -- I was born during the lovely spring of 1977.

Car news (big surprise, right?)

Computers - Windows, Linux, programming, games

One on one fighting games - Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Virtua Fighter

Strength training. To each their own. I do Super Slow once a week, and that's it.

Roleplaying Games (Dungeons and Dragons, etc...) Yes, yes, I'm a big geek.

Collecting 1/64 scale cars of every era. Got any??

Cricket. Yes, the British based sport.

All things Mazda.

Aside from rotarys:

Drawing, painting, photography, shooting, hunting, fishing, Civil War/WWII Buff, FreeBSD

1 building computers (Custom cases)

2 Sportbike riding

3 Ice hockey

1. Playing Rugby(going to a madri gra tournament this weekend :) )

2. "working" at my friends used car lot

3. Grilling all sorts of food on the keg-a-Q (aside from vegibrugers)

4. Watching the Packers, Brewers, and bucks in their struggles

5. Watching for car news on the internet.

6. Hunting/Fishing various things that move

1. Working out.

2. Home remodeling.

3. Drawing, Painting (Painted a few murals for the 1984 L.A. Olympics....when Wakeech was only 1!!!!)

My hobbies are:

Driving my Rc cars (Mini Cooper and 360 Modena both Tamiya)

Skateboarding

Playing my Ps2 (gamecube looks like a handbag)

Going out with friends

Computeringing

- weight training
- bicycling
- rollerblading
- home theatre
- shopping and dining out with the wife (OK, that's just a suck up answer in case the spouse reads this thread)

Yeah - I hear ya on that. Thanks to Mr. Keech, I too officially feel old :( -- I was born during the lovely spring of 1977. [/B][/QUOTE]

i was born in 1988 ,now u should feel really old:D

Originally posted by unemployedpimp


lol, my ps2 was about to blow up it was mest up so i hjad to trade it in for either a gamecube or a xbox , i chose gamecube cause the xbox was too big. gamecube has some really neta games!
For a 14 year old you sure do suck at spelling.

1. Radio controlled cars, but I don't have enough time to devote to it. I have a Associated RC10 buggy and a HPI RS4 Rally with a 2002-style Subaru WRX body.

2. Auto forums. Lots of forums.

#2 pretty much covers it. :)

1. Watches (its a disease, much like alcoholism...)
2. Digital photography, even though I suck at it.
3. Cars, cars, cars.
4. Cycling

1) playing the stock market, investing (i've been doing it since I was 17)
2) badminton, i play varsity for my school
3) driving
4) hanging out with friends

1. Gaming (currently playing unreal2 and PS2 games)

2. Flash designing

3. Airbrushing

4. My latest hobbie has been doing my own version of trading spaces on my own house. One room at a time :D

- Not in any particular order -
1. Computer Graphics (for school)
2. Drawing (for school)
3. Hanging out with my brothers
4. Keeping up with 3-5 forums (depends on the week)
5. Starting a business
6. All things Mazda
7. Nap time
8. Working out
distant 9. video games... I try not to get too involved in them any more as how last game I played was FF8 (back in the day) and I put over 100 hours in it in no time at all. So I try to stick with quick games ex: Starcraft

Trying to figure stuff out - I guess this is my main hobby includes whatever I come across that I find interesting. I found minesweeper interesting years ago and I used to play for hours at a time. My best score was 89 seconds on expert but it got frustrating trying to beat that.

Racquetball - used to be a pretty good A or B player but I haven't played much in the last few years. Any other racquetball players here?

Tennis - I just started playing tennis with a co-worker 3 weeks ago. I've never really played before so thought I would get my but kicked but I haven't lost yet. :)

Golf - I've been playing about once a year. I can drive it pretty far but I really suck and haven't broken 100 yet. :(

I'm also a huge boxing fan. :D

Brian

buger is that u on the avatar? lol

buger is that u on the avatar? lol

I hope your kidding. But then you would be too young to know who that picture is of.

and trying to figure out if the RX-8 will have enough torque (or so it seems this last week) . ;)

I spent the first half of my life living and studying in East Asia, listening to Asian music and watching Japanese Cartoons. So Gentlemen, forgive me for asking but who is that in the picture Buger ?
:confused:

Originally posted by Smoker
I spent the first half of my life living and studying in East Asia, listening to Asian music and watching Japanese Cartoons. So Gentlemen, forgive me for asking but who is that in the picture Buger ?
:confused:

He's just an actor that played a bit role in the TV show Moonlighting. ;)

He's just an actor that played a bit role in the TV show Moonlighting.

Be nice... I'm pretty sure the name Buger (also spelled Booger) and the avatar picture belong to one of the main characters in that Great Classic of Western Cinematography, Revenge of the Nerds

Back to the original topic:D

I combined my two favorite hobbies into my forum username. My two favorite hobbies:

Being a Dad (and husband)
Whitewater kayaking

Other interest and activities include:
Playing basketball - I play competitvly for two different teams. 6'4" guards do pretty well in church and industrial leagues:)

Hiking/Backpacking/Camping

Restoring our historic home - never-ending process

Working/Running out 3-5 times a week. I'm not into being muscle bound, I do it mainly to excell at basketball & kayaking.

I also teach the high-school age Sunday School class at my church.

Oh yeah, I forgot something.

Playing First-Person Shooter PC games. I'm not into console systems, it's gotta be mouse and keyboard for me.

I don't have the patience for strategy or role-playing games. I gotta have a high rate of dead people per minute;)

I really like deathmatch type games, Unreal Tournament is still my favorite. UTII disappointed. I don't mind some puzzle solving, but Jedi Knight II is about as much of that as I can take (I've been through on Jedi Master:p

I just got Unreal II and Battlefield 1942 and I don't know which one to play first, any suggestions?

Originally posted by Buger


He's just an actor that played a bit role in the TV show Moonlighting. ;)

hey hey, as I recall you said the following from another thread .......


Originally posted by Buger

Making mistakes is no big deal but when somebody who is completely clueless goes around spreading misinformation for the sole sake of trying to "sound smart" and impress people, it is ridiculous.

Brian


Gotcha now Mr. Buger. Aren't these your own words from anyother thread ???? What do you have to say for yourself now ? hahahahah :D :D :D

The actor that played Booger (Curtis Armstrong) in "Revenge of the Nerds" also had a bit role in the TV show "Moonlighting". No misinformation here?

Originally posted by Buger
The actor that played Booger (Curtis Armstrong) in "Revenge of the Nerds" also had a bit role in the TV show "Moonlighting". No misinformation here?

I have got to rent this "Revenge of the Nerds" video and check out what is all about. :p