Strange(r) Hobbies

[Fitz]

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Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sure, we may be oddballs, but there are stranger hobbies than high-end audio! Post any sites you find here. I'll start: http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm I admit, I might give Ian's Secure Knot a try next time my shoes untie (probably a few months from now ).

I've used the Ian knot for a long time now. I can literally tie my shoes in the blink of an eye.

 

[Uncle Erik]

I've always liked the collections of quack medical devices. Here's a link:

http://www.mtn.org/quack/welcome.htm

 

[euclid]

wow shoelace tips can be replaced, what an advancement.

looking into the Ian knot now. "The finished "Ian Knot" is identical to either the Standard Shoelace Knot or the Two Loop Shoelace Knot. Because it was tied much more quickly and symmetrically, the laces suffer less wear and tear and thus last longer."

this is really the key motivation for me, i am so rough on my shoelaces from poor knotting technique they break almost every two years.

 

[Jahn]

some of these are actually quite relaxing. the descriptions show that these guys REALLY get into it.

http://www.cloudappreciationsociety....tz-wave-cloud/

 

[Uncle Erik]

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Originally Posted by euclid /img/forum/go_quote.gif wow shoelace tips can be replaced, what an advancement.

It's pretty handy if you have a cat that enjoys removing them!

 

[DJShadow]

Does anyone watch 'Have I Got News For You?'. It has a round where they take the piss out of regular publications on such hobbies.

 

[camille]

i've collected nearly 90% of my transit passes, tickets, stubs, etc. since i started commuting via transit regularly since 1999

i only buy monthly passes now, but still keep them.

 

[FalconP]

If you tell people you're a stamp collector, you might as well say you have leprosy -- I found it out the hard way.

No, it doesn't just happen in Garfield strips.

 

[Fitz]

You collect stamps?!

Get away from me.

 

[nibiyabi]

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Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif I admit, I might give Ian's Secure Knot a try next time my shoes untie (probably a few months from now ).

Sorry to be a thread necro, but I am just posting to report that I did indeed just now retie my shoes with Ian's Secure Knot.

 

[Mrvile]

There are a couple that I partake in...

Pen Spinning (I posted this before I think):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl6_pwuN82E

DDR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzMzBBZ3gck

These are both older videos and I haven't really bothered to record anything more recent but you guys get the gyst

 

[NeObliviscaris]

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Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sure, we may be oddballs, but there are stranger hobbies than high-end audio! Post any sites you find here. I'll start: Ian's Shoelace Site - Introduction I admit, I might give Ian's Secure Knot a try next time my shoes untie (probably a few months from now ).

that is my friends uncle - he owns that site, and just published a book!

 

[edguetzow]

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Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sure, we may be oddballs, but there are stranger hobbies than high-end audio! Post any sites you find here. I'll start: Ian's Shoelace Site - Introduction I admit, I might give Ian's Secure Knot a try next time my shoes untie (probably a few months from now ).

Eureka! No wonder my laces are always coming undone!!!

 

[edguetzow]

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Originally Posted by SONGsanmanwah /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have this in my bookmarks: The Cloud Appreciation Society love it too

I have passed this on to my wife! She has taken dozens of rolls of film of nothing but clouds. Glad I got us a digital camera!

 

[Austin 3:16]

I drink beer.