Other hobbies & loves

[Chez Bubba]

OK,

We all share a common bond with a passion for smoking, especially with the Bradley. Olds has shared some of his other loves with us and sometimes there's an occasional chime in, but it is usually OT on the thread & gets buried.

I figure we should have a thread all its' own dedicated to the subject. I'll go first:

In no particular order,

--Impersonating a chef, with a heavy lean towards smoking.
--Watching IRL racing, driving go-karts (the real ones).
--Fishing & hunting (salmon, wallys, pheasant).
--Gun collecting, especially Class III.
--Our pup Buck.
--Beer & brewing, although I haven't found time for the brewing part lately.
--Doing my best to support the local Hooter's wherever I roam.[;)]

Kirk

http://www.chezbubba.com
Ya think next time I check into a hotel & they ask "Smoking or Non?" they would mind?

[Oldman]

Chez,

What I like to do but don't get a chance often enough to do is share what I've learn (generally the hard way)in my life. Before I make my list of lessons, I have question for you. How in the name of the good Green Earth can you collect Class III weapons. Are you a dealer?

My List:

--Never put more on your credit card then you have in your wallet. (I was bankrupt in 1983.)
--Never let the next customer through the door know you have holes in your shoes. (No one does business with a loser.)
--Never let your loved one leave without you telling her how much you love her. (I've been widowed twice.)
--Never be ashamed to show the soft side of your belly when your emotions are true. (I also have buried two children.)
--Never be afraid to forgive yourself when you have wrong a good person. (I've been divorced and it was my fault.)
--Never forget that your retirement is based not only on what you save, but what you purchase. (Generally something costing more will last 5 times longer then the next level down.)
--Never let a week go by that you don't pay yourself, just like you do your light bill. (Or you will spend your whole life worrying that something might happen.)
--Never say that a person is ugly. (If you give them a change you will find that even in the worse there is some beauty in every soul.)
--Never be ashamed of your convictions. If you are a Godly person then live that witness. (For some folks the only God they will ever see is the one living within you.)

I will finish with this one as it is the hardest of all to learn perhaps even to understand.
--Never be afraid of the greatest test of life: To be last one to die. (Two years ago I sat around a table playing cards with my 4 best girls. Today there is only 2 left. I hope these two never know the pain of my death, but that I am the one to suffer the memories. I'm no longer afraid to be the last one to die. Though in all honesty I'm not looking forward to it.)

I know this was not quite what you had in mind Chez, but it is what I never seem to get to do...sharing truths I've learned.
Olds

<b>EDIT: Chez why not pin this topic? I hate to see it get lost one day.</b>

[nsxbill]

Hello all,

Chiming in to give us all a look at the life that goes on outside of smoking stuff in the BS.

I love to cook, dispite my wife being much better at it.  The damn food network was so inspiring that we will be doing a kitchen remodel soon.  "My part" of the kitchen will be a part of it.  All kinds of commercial appliances like a Hobart Microwave, Commercial mixer, steam oven and my Espresso corner.  I grind my own flower, bake bread, and roast my own coffee.

After retiring I still work part-time for large HMO as an Advice RN.  I will probably work until I drop over.  I like the toys and like to do a couple of cruises every year.

I still like to shoot, and have some nice H&K P9S handguns, both 9 mm and 45 cal., a pistol grip shotgun-the universally understood burgular deterrent, and an H&K91 like assault rifle, oops I mean a sportarized rifle.  Like to shoot targets now and again, but nothing else.

I do a little computerized embroidery..used to develop computer graphic files into machine language to sew out on computer embroidery machines for cutomers...  I have a machine, so still do stuff for grandkids, family, and friends once in awhile.

Into photography, auto racing and off-road trips once in awhile.  Married with 3 children & 5 grandchildren.  Love computers, internet, Pizza and my miniture Rottweiler (4 lb Yorkshire Terrier), Chump, AKA The Road Warrior, who travels with me to racing events(Wife thinks I drive too fast) - the dog doesn't complain or get white knuckles.

Bill

[Fuzzybear]

Wow kids!

Lemme think...

Cooking - that's obvious!  
Umm...change that to eating, hee hee!
Smoking for sure
Grilling....will the food ever stop?  I hope never to lose the sense of taste or smell.
Fishing - used to be trout and now the hunt is on for the elusive Walleye...salmon and halibut when I get to Alaska one day
Mountains...Eastern Sierra is a range you can't beat!
Camping with my wife in our 5th wheel.
Traveling..wherever we can
The two dogs..they are our surrogate children now that ours have flown the nest.
Getting to live a dream...the log home in Chattaroy (Spokane area) of Washington.
Although not a hunter, I do like the guns...Ruger Mini 14; Ruger 10-22; Marlin 22; Ruger Security Six double action...the 22's for plinking cause it's cheap to shoot em; the mini-14 cause I wanted it; the security six for a variety of things.
I'd love to learn home brewing on the beer Chez!

There are many more but that's enough for now.

Olds:  Great outlook you have - don't let it escape you and share it where you can.

Fuzz

"A mans got to know his limitations"
Chattaroy, WA - USA!

[Bassman]

My turn,
* Cooking/smoking probably #1 passion
* Fishing, especially all kinds of Bass,largemouth "smallies" and best of all Stripers.(only one P in stripers)[:)]
* hiking, (especially this time of year)along the water falls with my wife and friends.(we too are empty nesters).
* intrested in starting my own catering and/or internet and/or retail business selling smoked foods.
* boating,swimming,waterskiing.
* building PC's
* playing bass guitar

I have been laid off all summer,just landed a job as a Systems Technician in the IT department for a school district here in PA.

I think thats about it.


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[MallardWacker]

Must say WOW before I start.

This little exercise has really changed the way I look at you folks.  I sincerely appreciate the folks that have added to this post. Thank you allowing us(me) to see a little of what others are like around here instead of just a bunch of key stokes.

Lets see.

-Born in California, raised in Arizona, living in Arkansas.

-Went to college in Flagstaff majoring in Police Science but ended up in Dallas Texas getting a degree in Theology.  Found my wife.

-Been married to the same great gal for the past 24 years.  She be hot and She be foxy.

-Have two kids, one of each, almost out of school.

-Main priority of my life (presently) is making sure my kids have "the goods" before they go out into this crazy world.

-Sorry, I do love NASCAR.  Go-Mark Martin!

-Spent 20 years in the IT corporate world and made to be VP.  Got to the place where I could not stand one more managers meeting and the owner saying "we are going to drive this company", to where-I don't know.  Also finding out that letters like VP really don't mean a thing at the end of the day except for gastro and sphincter pains.

-Now walk to work.  With only one other partner and secretary in the office.  Accident reconstruction to be exact, mainly for Insurance, Trucking and Construction companies. (Love those Air-Bags)

-Shot guns is the weapon of choice.  Love my Remington 870 the best.  You can throw it mud, water, anything and it just keeps working.  One day I'll have to tell you a story about thawing my barrel out with frozen mud in it with hot coffee.  (Kirk, after spending the last 18 months on a Federal Grand Jury, this class III has me bit worried.)

-Did I mention I love to duck hunt.

-Needless to say, SMOKING.

Have a great day everyone.


SmokeOn,

mski
Perryville, Arkansas
Wooo-Pig-Soooie

If a man says he knows anything at all, he knows nothing what he aught to know.  But...

[Chez Bubba]

Olds & MW:  No, not a dealer, just an ordinary citizen. Thankfully Indiana has a different view on the subject than The People's Republik of Kalifornia. Class 3's are regulated under the NFA act of 1934.

Since that time, two, I repeat <b>TWO</b>, crimes have been commited with those weapons according to the ATF. Two crimes in seventy years!

Do not confuse it with the recently expired assault weapons ban. That did nothing to hinder crime.

I'll take odds on my buddy Dave who actually target shoots with a single-shot rifle over any gang-banger with a Pac-9 with a 30 round mag.


Olds,

Florida is a MG friendly state. You can own one if you want to do it legal.

I've got no kids, or will have, but buried my 1st wife when she was 31. What a waste to lose to a brain tumor. If you don't think I ask God why everyday, you're mistaken.[:(] The only consolance I have is He has given me Anne.

Don't want to get into a pissing contest about who's got it worst, just want you know I'm kinda coming from the same background. Feels good to share.

Kirk

http://www.chezbubba.com
Ya think next time I check into a hotel & they ask "Smoking or Non?" they would mind?

[PAsmoker]

My passions:

*early Pennsylvania iron stoves (from about the late 1700's to the
 early-mid 1800's especially from the Lebanon County area)

*love to hunt (well, I love to get into the woods, could care less
 if I ever shoot anything.  To me, it's more about the social aspect
 of going to bear/deer camp in the deep woods and just hanging with
 my other cabin members.  We have no elec at camp, just propane
 lights and a "wonderfully fragrant" outhouse.  We're the last cabin
 on the mountain back a long state forest road.)

*smokin' & cookin'

*racing (not as much anymore, used to own a car with my brother as
 driver, but we both realized that there's more to life than living
 in the garage & dumping a ton of $$ into the race car and then
 having a nitwit go out and run into the car and $!@*!%$# it up.)

*homebrewing beer, but like Chez, having a hard time getting to the
 brewing part.  Drinking part is no problem.  In fact just put on a
 1/2 keg of Yeungling Premium in the pole barn I am building
 (30x80x12).

*no kids and am not married.  Happily single.  Graduated from Shippensburg Univ with a degree in Speech Communication & a minor in Criminal Justice.  I was a finance manager & salesman for a local auto dealership for 6 years.  Glad to be out of that business.  I joined my brother & father in their new/used appliance store a number of years ago.  I couldn't be happier to work for myself/family.  Took a huge  paycut, but $$ is not what makes my world go 'round.  I call it a quality of life issue.

*Got a Brittany Spamiel who turns 12 tomorrow.  The spammy is still pretty spry for his age.  His passion is my smoker, too.  He seems to like whatever comes out of it.  <font color="red">EDIT--After I posted this, on Saturday, I thought we were going to lose the spam.  He started to have a really rough time breathing, keeping his snout in the air to gasp.  I stayed up all sat night with him.  I'm told he has laryngeal paralysis.  Hopefully medication will keep him around for a while longer.  He's healthy otherwise.  Boy, it's heartbreaking to watch him go through this.
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[Fuzzybear]

Oh man, that's not good PAsmoker..hang in there and keep us updated...good luck with the spammy..

"A mans got to know his limitations"
Chattaroy, WA - USA!

[Oldman]

PAsmoker,

You just hit on a nerve with Fuzzy and myself.  We, like several here, are animal lovers.  Some time back I put up a pet site for my wife.  Of course she is not promoting it... *couch* I guess she is waiting for me to do that.  Nevertheless, there is a gallery there. It is listed on the side bar of the second page.  If you would like your <b>spammy's</b> picture added along with a story about him let me know. You can E-mail me at: ([email protected]) Minus the  ( ) of course.

Here is the addy for the site: http://susanminor.org

BTW the dog in the wheel chair is my boy [;)]

Olds

[jaeger]

Cool website Olds!
I may have to send a couple of pictures. My 14 year old chocolate lab passed away in May. She was a great dog. I ended up adopting a black lab from "the pound" . He seemed to need a good home. You should see him walking around the backyard with his chest all puffed out. He seems to be proud about something. We'll see this weekend how he does in the field.
I see you even found a place to plug our shared hobby. Nice plug for Chez as well.

Doug

[PAsmoker]

Thanks for the good words, guys.  I'll keep you posted.  The tussengill (sp?) seems to help him breathe a little better, but he can't over-exert himself.  It's tough to make a dog that likes to be in constant motion when he's outside take it easy.  He has to slow down & rest pretty often right now so he can breathe.

[Fuzzybear]

PAsmoker, I really feel for you.  I had a Shar Pei that only lived to 5 - she was one of the greatest dogs around...she unfortunatley had some breathing problems too...had drains placed in her lungs for weeks..x-rays revealed a gray mass...surgery revealed all of her internal organs had fused together with some form of cancer and she passed away on the operating table..still makes my cry to write about it...she's got a nice straw broom plant growing over her high up in the Lake Arrowhead community in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California...

"A mans got to know his limitations"
Chattaroy, WA - USA!

[Chez Bubba]

Fuzz,

[:(]

http://www.chezbubba.com
Ya think next time I check into a hotel & they ask "Smoking or Non?" they would mind?

[Fuzzybear]

Thanks Kirk..that was a not so good time for me...I loved that dog like no other and I don't think I'll ever get over her loss. It's now been over 10 years since her passing.  I'll probably be the same way about my two Boston Terriers when they pass.

Some might think that I'm a crackpot (I don't care!) but I swear she still visits me from time to time...she sits on the floorboard on the passenger side of my truck when she visits.

Well, now I gotta go have a slug of the Bombay Blue Sapphire...


"A mans got to know his limitations"
Chattaroy, WA - USA!