What do you do ....

[Kitty Galore]

I used to perform, sing, and draw when I was much younger. I have lost interest though. I think my main passion is cooking, I like to try to make new dishes, watch food network. Becoming a foodie, I guess. I like to travel with CD, anywhere. And... mafia.

[thesummerqueen]

Yes, I see you have understood German culture. That's the quintessentially German idea of a superhero: checking whether people throw recyclables in the wrong trash bin, taking pictures of the evidence and calling the police. There could never be a German Batman or Superman, because he'd never finish filling out the paperwork to get all the necessary permits for unaided flying in urban areas and/or operating a bat mobile.

I have a German friend. I lol'd so hard when I read this because of his stories about Germany.

I'm kinda all over the place hobby wise.

Clearly I am all about photography, and have been for some years now: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thesummerqueen/ (I need to update it with all my latest crap from the past couple of weeks)

I also crochet at any spare minute. Like, it's kinda ridiculous, I carry a bag of it around in the car because I hate sitting still. I don't have photographs of all the mitts and scarves and hats I've made, but here are two I've made recently:

A variation of Katniss's vest-cowl:



And an owl cowl (I'm working on the matching mittens):



I adore plants. I dont' have the space for a garden anymore, so I've been filling the apartment with indoor plants. A friend gave me the ability to buy a bunch of these:



I'm trying to get them to bloom again now that the first flush is over.

I've done water colors and acrylics and calligraphy and piano and all kinds of stuff. I really hate being bored. I almost got into jewelry making like you, Judi, but realized the rabbit hole of supplies I could go down and reined myself in. Yarn is bad enough.

[vorlon13]

Model trains, and I dabble with some larger ones.

ATV riding is fun.

I'm retired aerospace, I try to stay current with what is going on in that field.

[TheRealJoeFish]

I'm a law clerk (basically a judge's assistant, lots of people do this for a year or two between law school and working at a law firm). I help the judge with all sorts of legal questions and the like, writing briefs and helping run trials. It's a pretty sweet gig; I usually end up working about 35 hours a week.

For fun, I play chess, and play games other than chess, and read a lot, write a lot, etc. I've actually been working out a lot lately (that is, a lot, comparatively, for me, probably an hour 4 or 5 times a week)!

I'm a big, big sports fan. I'm very devoted to the NFL, NCAAF and (especially) the MLB; my degree was in math and I'm an amateur baseball statistician. Really big into the numbers part of the game. That said, I like all sports: basketball, hockey, soccer, Olympic games and trials, even paid attention to the cricket world cup.

[Marsellus Wallace]

I have a job that nobody wants and not many care for or respect.  At least not these days.

I am a Military Policeman in the USN, stationed in the Middle East.  My job used to be the same as everyone else, where I would guard a gate, scan the perimeter of the base, and even do the occasional law enforcement task.  However, ever since I hit my year mark over here, they moved me to a desk job, kind of like dispatcher.

I literally sit in an office all night (by myself most times) and type up reports, as well as dispatching people where they need to be.  It gets incredibly boring, but at least I have internet access (which is why I am active a lot during work).

OH, so thats why you're in Bahrain

[AFTT47]

I'm a bit of a sad case.

I'm educated in electronics and worked in the field as a technician for a few years. Then I moved and couldn't find a job in electronics so I became a bum. Then I joined the US Ar Force and pretended to be an an electronics genius (because compared to my peers, I was). Then I got out after ten years and trained to be a scuba instructor and a US Coast Guard boat captain. I lived the life other people dream about. I won't deny that it was fun but it was hollow. Like Leslie Neilson's character, Frank Drebin said in The Naked Gun, "It's like drinking a can of Draino. Sure, it'll clean you out. But it'll leave you feeling hollow inside". So I turned to internet activism in the cause of atheism. I left the scuba business and became a captain running a small tour boat through the Florida Keys section of the Everglades National Park. Medical issues related to my alcoholism in conjunction with a car accident prevented me from renewing my Coast Guard license so I ended up in Phoenix with my ex-wife. Well, not really an ex as we didn't officially divorce even after 20+ years of separation.

Now, I'm an old man (20 days from 56 as of this post) living with my ex (sort-of) wife on her charity and studying to be a free-lance website designer.

It makes my (sort-of) ex-wife happy and she's an RN doing good things for humanity so I have some small sense of accomplishment. What I would really like though is to do something that future generations could remember me by. I don't care about any official recognition. I couldn't care jack about that. I just want to be able to say to myself when I'm laying on my death bed that I did something that mattered.

I really, really want that. I don't care if it's collecting the garbage that allowed my betters to do something I'm not capable of. I just want to make a difference.

[Rhondazvous]

I'm retired due to disability. But I have worked as a telephone salesman, various jobs at a major regional supermarket chain, and as a library assistant.

Soccer is my main interest (fan: Premier League, MLS, USMNT/USWNT, NWSL, NCAA). But I enjoy local politics. Monthly there is a meeting for councils of some of the neighborhoods of the City, where they bring in City representatives and officers to talk about everything from bike lanes to a huge gondola project (think "Oregon Health & Science University") that may be in the works...oh, and, do an extent, the Charger stadium (though that's in a different council district).

I admire a person who doesn't give up living because of  a disability.

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I'm a bit of a sad case.

I'm educated in electronics and worked in the field as a technician for a few years. Then I moved and couldn't find a job in electronics so I became a bum. Then I joined the US Ar Force and pretended to be an an electronics genius (because compared to my peers, I was). Then I got out after ten years and trained to be a scuba instructor and a US Coast Guard boat captain. I lived the life other people dream about. I won't deny that it was fun but it was hollow. Like Leslie Neilson's character, Frank Drebin said in The Naked Gun, "It's like drinking a can of Draino. Sure, it'll clean you out. But it'll leave you feeling hollow inside". So I turned to internet activism in the cause of atheism. I left the scuba business and became a captain running a small tour boat through the Florida Keys section of the Everglades National Park. Medical issues related to my alcoholism in conjunction with a car accident prevented me from renewing my Coast Guard license so I ended up in Phoenix with my ex-wife. Well, not really an ex as we didn't officially divorce even after 20+ years of separation.

Now, I'm an old man (20 days from 56 as of this post) living with my ex (sort-of) wife on her charity and studying to be a free-lance website designer.

It makes my (sort-of) ex-wife happy and she's an RN doing good things for humanity so I have some small sense of accomplishment. What I would really like though is to do something that future generations could remember me by. I don't care about any official recognition. I couldn't care jack about that. I just want to be able to say to myself when I'm laying on my death bed that I did something that mattered.

I really, really want that. I don't care if it's collecting the garbage that allowed my betters to do something I'm not capable of. I just want to make a difference.

56? You're not old until you bend down to tie your shoelaces and say, "Now let me see, what else can I do while I'm down here?"

You're not a sad case unless you sit back and accept that's what you are. 

[A Theist]

I was a Roofer for 41 years. This was my last roofing job when I was 59 in April 2014....



I thought I'd be retired from hard labor at my age. I'll be 61 this year and I'm working in a warehouse now, still doing heavy work, unloading trucks, and operating a forklift. I'm hoping  to last another couple of years and then retire to working on my hobby, restoring and refurbing vintage Fedoras and Western hats...and selling them on ebay

[Alex K]

You don't look 59 on the lower pic...

[A Theist]

You don't look 59 on the lower pic...

Thanks! I'm 60 in the lower pic, though.