What hobbies do you have,what keeps you busy?

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No, they do not "vocalise"...unless you know of a plant that has vocal chords and lungs.

Maybe vocal was wrong word ... but:

Help Me ... Eat Meat

[jvs]

20 minutes ago, G Rex said:

I don't use my drone much - but it is good to have.

I have had a few different drones - standard & FPV (with the goggles) , but now just have DJI Mini 3 Pro.  It is small, but takes excellent pictures & video - and has most of the features of high end larger drones. Downside - it is about 30K Baht 

Where are you located?

Anyone with a drone in the Cha-am area?

 

Edited July 8, 2023 by jvs

[Skipalongcassidy]

4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Hmm ... about the destruction of the environment , one species is clearly dominant in this ...

May be should better be killed and eaten by ( the last surviving ) wildlife ...?

There you go again with the schoolyard reasoning... well so and so did it... they are not intertwined nor dependent one upon the other.

[Golden Triangle]

Life keeps me busy, I don't need anything else.

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Where are you located?

Anyone with a drone in the Cha-am area?

 

What you want a vid/photo of, and are you rural ?

[Lacessit]

19 hours ago, jesimps said:

Not having a go at you, I'm sure you have no ambitions about your autobiography reaching the best sellers list, but your post just triggered a memory. A guy I once knew who worked in publishing told me that most of the manuscripts they receive are biographical and just get returned to sender without being read. They were only interested in novels (which they could usually assess after reading the first few pages), unless they received a biography from some known person. 

I understand it's called vanity publishing, my biog is more of a legacy to my son.

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

I understand it's called vanity publishing, my biog is more of a legacy to my son.

My dad wrote his memoire about the last ten years he lived. It was nice having it. What a different world they lived in. 

[remobb]

I design and print tee shirts, mugs or anything that can be printed on basically. Or I print for others if they have a design or photo they want printing.

It can be time consuming but the results are worth it.

I also dabble in genealogy, but that is getting a little difficult from here (Thailand) as I am British.

Edited July 9, 2023 by remobb

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, remobb said:

I design and print tee shirts, mugs or anything that can be printed on basically. Or I print for others if they have a design or photo they want printing.

It can be time consuming but the results are worth it.

As a business? 

[VocalNeal]

49 minutes ago, remobb said:

I also dabble in genealogy, but that is getting a little difficult from here (Thailand) as I am British.

I have my family tree back to around circa 1350

[proton]

Having a drink on the way to this type of thing, Yuki in red has just turned 16 so that will interest a few on here ???? The other one is the incomparable Lamyai, nowt going on today, except rain performance

 

 

 

[simon43]

Amateur radio (I'm living in Laos right now, so am about the only shortwave radio ham)

 

Building and testing different antennas

 

Receiving pictures from the various weather satellites and international space station.

[simon43]

4 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Amateur radio (I'm living in Laos right now, so am about the only shortwave radio ham)

 

Building and testing different antennas

 

Receiving pictures from the various weather satellites and international space station.

(Also just added one idiot who is trying to mess up this positive thread to my ignore list)

[Keep Right]

23 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Worse. Woke!

A woke leftist, cannot get any more tawdry than that.

[Albaby]

On 7/8/2023 at 12:09 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

Worse. Woke!

Gotta be both, to be a real progressive.

[GarryP]

23 hours ago, jvs said:

No no time to get bored,i am thinking about getting a drone also but

the price is holding me back because i think i will not use it often.

I wanted to do a flyover of the house and my surroundings to make a nice video.I could also use it to film my birds when they are flying.

For expensive items, I go with a 6 month delay counting from the day I thought of it. If you still remember it in 6 months and are still very interested, go with it. Otherwise, just bin the idea. Saved quite a bit of money this way, the exception being my camera equipment, which I ended up buying but rarely use now (pretty much do everything on my smartphone now as it is so much more convenient).  

[KhunLA]

On 7/8/2023 at 1:01 PM, jvs said:

No no time to get bored,i am thinking about getting a drone also but

the price is holding me back because i think i will not use it often.

I wanted to do a flyover of the house and my surroundings to make a nice video.I could also use it to film my birds when they are flying.

Drones don't have to be expensive, unless you want all the bells & whistles.  I have 2 vid drones, both around the 6k baht mark.  1 has a better camera, 1 is better in gusty winds.  

 

Even the newer Mini DJI is only 30k ish, though a bit pricy for limited use.

[jvs]

24 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Drones don't have to be expensive, unless you want all the bells & whistles.  I have 2 vid drones, both around the 6k baht mark.  1 has a better camera, 1 is better in gusty winds.  

 

Even the newer Mini DJI is only 30k ish, though a bit pricy for limited use.

I have been reading up on them a little bit and for me i think it would just

be a few times i would use it.

I hope i can find some one nearby who can do a flyover of the place here

and see what is all around here.

[jerrymahoney]

Both my parents were about 10 handicap golfers and Life Master ACBL bridge players.

 

All I will say is that I do neither.

[fredwiggy]

On 7/8/2023 at 7:03 AM, nobodysfriend said:

Do you enjoy killing animals ?

Is this what good christians like to do ...?

I have more affection for buddhism , I won't do something alike .

Don't eat meat , protect all animals and their habitat ...

I enjoy hunting, and being out in nature. I don't go there just to kill something, and most of the times, I just let the deer pass by and enjoy watching them. I only shoot mature animals that have passed on their genes and are up in years (for a deer). If you understood what hunters do, it's protecting their habitat with monies spent from licensing. Anti hunters rarely put any money towards habitat restoration and only complain about something they know little about. Hunting for most species is necessary to keep the animals within the carrying capacity of the land they inhabit. This is especially more so with all the destruction of habitat that happens when some people like to live out in the country and the developers cut down millions of trees to make yet another subdivision. If deer especially are allowed to over populate, which they do many times around cities, the deer-car accidents rise, people are killed, billions of dollars of damage happens to vehicles, the deer spread disease among them, and the habitat for them and other animals suffers from over browsing. I like to eat what I shoot also, and share a lot of it with family and friends.

[Hummin]

Have been doing quite a bit few different hobbies in Thailand, but now down to work out in the gym and motorbikes. Now will start reading history and philosophy again, at the same time detoxing from the world wide web, that completely have taken control of my life. Worst addiction I ever had. 

 

Keep it simple

 

Edit note, the most satisfying is to see our Yang Na  trees grows and eat what we grow and breed from our small farm

 

 

 

Edited July 9, 2023 by Hummin

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, jvs said:

I have been reading up on them a little bit and for me i think it would just

be a few times i would use it.

I hope i can find some one nearby who can do a flyover of the place here

and see what is all around here.

I rarely take my drones with me any more, as I usually stay at higher altitudes w/nice viewpoint.   Be good for taking a selfie, or snap of the resort, but that's about it.  Then I'd have to carry back & forth to the car, as can't leave in the car, too hot.

 

Bought my present ones just for that, about 2 yrs ago for snaps of the house being built and surrounding area.

 

Thinking about taking one with me this O&A as going to brother/family's land, about 70 rai, and might use.  He wants to give the wife a rai, as he already did all the other family members.  

 

No promises, but depending when and mood we're in, on the way back, may shoot you a message, as we're 1.5 hrs S of Cha Am.  So may be in the neighborhood.  Also weather dependent, rain & high wind don't work.

[CharlieH]

Reported post, troll comments and off topic along with responses to same removed.

[OneMoreFarang]

About the drones: I spend a lot of time to research everything I could find about frames, ESCs, motors, flight controllers and flight controller software, batteries, RC controls, and and and.

And then I built two drones and made sure they are properly configured. And then I learned to fly.

And then I spend my time with other things...

 

For me the goal was clearly to build them and not so much to fly them.

 

That was in 2016 when FTP Racing quads just appeared.

I guess by now most people will buy the ready-made products.

So whatever you do, ask yourself in which part of the hoppy you are really interested in...

 

This is from my favorite pilot, Mr. Steele, one of the best in this world.

 

 

 

 

 

[Hummin]

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

About the drones: I spend a lot of time to research everything I could find about frames, ESCs, motors, flight controllers and flight controller software, batteries, RC controls, and and and.

And then I built two drones and made sure they are properly configured. And then I learned to fly.

And then I spend my time with other things...

 

For me the goal was clearly to build them and not so much to fly them.

 

That was in 2016 when FTP Racing quads just appeared.

I guess by now most people will buy the ready-made products.

So whatever you do, ask yourself in which part of the hoppy you are really interested in...

 

This is from my favorite pilot, Mr. Steele, one of the best in this world.

 

 

 

 

 

I figured out drones would just be another thing I learned to fly, take some pics,  and then just let it sample dust.

 

I enjoy travelling light, and not be disturbed by to much things I have to remember or do. Back to basic, and from now will bring my phone for maps and photos only. 

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, Hummin said:

I figured out drones would just be another thing I learned to fly, take some pics,  and then just let it sample dust.

 

I enjoy travelling light, and not be disturbed by to much things I have to remember or do. Back to basic, and from now will bring my phone for maps and photos only. 

With the regulations, they can put a damper on things.  I operated them a lot more often before regulations, as I'm not and never will be legal.

 

I actually enjoyed building more then operating them.  Definitely gives your photography a different angle & perspective.  Snaps I could never get without.

Edited July 9, 2023 by KhunLA

[glegolo18]

On 7/7/2023 at 11:30 AM, jvs said:

I came here to retire 20 years ago,i am living near Cha-am.

Seventeen years in the same spot and love it.

Really congrats... seems great.......

[KannikaP]

On 7/7/2023 at 12:02 PM, grain said:

I run a music blog, that keeps me occupied.

Details please.  There are so many blogs it is difficult to find what you want to listen to.

Hate radio presenters who, at the end of their program, advertise THEIR blog of the programmme you've just listened to.

 

Edited July 9, 2023 by KannikaP

[CecilM]

On 7/7/2023 at 10:32 AM, ezzra said:

Birds watching, the human kind i mean, but seriously, i dabble in Numismatics, the buying and selling of coins medals and banknotes.

Nice. Do you have any 10-Baht coins? I am missing two (APEC 2003, for example) to have a complete set. 

[Yellowtail]

9 hours ago, CecilM said:

Nice. Do you have any 10-Baht coins? I am missing two (APEC 2003, for example) to have a complete set. 

I have some I think, been a while. You have the Boy Scouts one? 

 

I think the best place to get the new coins was change at the toll booth. Drove back and forth from Kabinburi to Bangkok every week for twenty years, much of that before easy pass. That's where I got mine.