What new hobbies/activities have you taken up during lockdown?

[greendream]

Apologies in advance if this has been covered but I couldn't find a reference with the search.

My son (almost 18YO) & I have taken up darts to pass some isolation time. What started as a pleasant diversion has now become a competitive thing with sledging, fits of rage and a fine old time mostly of an evening. The missus says even she is enjoying listening to us carry on. We've upgraded our darts, had to replace shafts & flights after breaking them, and even buy new chalk to record our scores. I played quite a bit of darts back in my uni days (along with chess) but I'm certainly not including the bongs & beers that seemed to pop in the union bar at times.
We've improved a lot over the past few weeks but those 180's are still hard to come by. We mainly play 501 & cricket, or what we used to call shanghai back in the day.
I'm curious to learn what hobbies you burners may have picked up to pass these difficult times?

 

[Tubbsy]

Nice idea for a thread @greendream

Let's keep this on topic, chat about vaccinations, lockdowns and cases etc in the other thread.

 

[Dales Cannon]

Work around the yard, fire pit, vege beds etc as posted before and a bit of lego...

Turned this

Into this


And soon into something else.

 

[beeb]

I haven't actually done much yet, but it did give me time to think about what I want to do in my garden. Aiming to actually start doing more as we move into spring...

 

[Rorschach]

Eating
And WA has barely had a lockdown.

 

[Asininedrivel]

Work around the yard, fire pit, vege beds etc as posted before and a bit of lego...

Turned this

Into this


And soon into something else.

Love it, looks more interesting than the original model too.

Pretty tempted by this: https://brickset.com/article/60133/review-42128-heavy-duty-tow-truck

Looks pretty good without all the shitty stickers, and is the first big Technic set in ages that doesn't rely on archaic AA batteries to work.

 

[moorey]

Riding my bike.

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

Apologies in advance if this has been covered but I couldn't find a reference with the search.

My son (almost 18YO) & I have taken up darts to pass some isolation time. What started as a pleasant diversion has now become a competitive thing with sledging, fits of rage and a fine old time mostly of an evening. The missus says even she is enjoying listening to us carry on. We've upgraded our darts, had to replace shafts & flights after breaking them, and even buy new chalk to record our scores. I played quite a bit of darts back in my uni days (along with chess) but I'm certainly not including the bongs & beers that seemed to pop in the union bar at times.
We've improved a lot over the past few weeks but those 180's are still hard to come by. We mainly play 501 & cricket, or what we used to call shanghai back in the day.
I'm curious to learn what hobbies you burners may have picked up to pass these difficult times?

I f***ing love the darts!

Dunno if it's a lockdown thing but I've definitely upped the amount I play this year and it's been great as I've finally got my mates into it after having the World Champs showing on Kayo every time they were over for beers during Christmas and New Year. Since that time I've spruced up the dartboard in the garage and invested in a travel board to while away the days in hotel quarantine / Howard Springs.

As mentioned my mates have jumped on the bandwagon and they've all recently bought decent boards and darts and we've a fairly competitive group happening. Usually we play 301 (regular triple figure throws are too thin on the ground for 501) although if there's a group of 3 or more of us then it's 'Killer' all the way!

The Garage Setup

The Travel Setup

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

That said, seeing that Darts isn't really a new hobby, I'd say PC gaming and VR has been the lockdown fad. The release of Microsoft Flight Simulator with it's satellite imagery and ability to fly anywhere in the planet (and then walk around the local streets in Google Streetview VR) inspired me to join the PC master-race and embark on a shitload of armchair tourism.

 

[moorey]

I f***ing love the darts!

Dunno if it's a lockdown thing but I've definitely upped the amount I play this year and it's been great as I've finally got my mates into it after having the World Champs showing on Kayo every time they were over for beers during Christmas and New Year. Since that time I've spruced up the dartboard in the garage and invested in a travel board to while away the days in hotel quarantine / Howard Springs.

As mentioned my mates have jumped on the bandwagon and they've all recently bought decent boards and darts and we've a fairly competitive group happening. Usually we play 301 (regular triple figure throws are too thin on the ground for 501) although if there's a group of 3 or more of us then it's 'Killer' all the way!

The Garage Setup
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The Travel Setup
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You’re bloody inconsistent. A few on the board, most hit the wall.

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

You’re bloody inconsistent. A few on the board, most hit the wall.
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Personally I'd say that's a masterpiece in consistency!

 

[moorey]

Personally I'd say that's a masterpiece in consistency!

A thousand monkeys on a thousand typewriters….

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

Riding my bike.

Haven't you gone all E-bike?

 

[greendream]

I f***ing love the darts!

Dunno if it's a lockdown thing but I've definitely upped the amount I play this year and it's been great as I've finally got my mates into it after having the World Champs showing on Kayo every time they were over for beers during Christmas and New Year. Since that time I've spruced up the dartboard in the garage and invested in a travel board to while away the days in hotel quarantine / Howard Springs.

As mentioned my mates have jumped on the bandwagon and they've all recently bought decent boards and darts and we've a fairly competitive group happening. Usually we play 301 (regular triple figure throws are too thin on the ground for 501) although if there's a group of 3 or more of us then it's 'Killer' all the way!

The Garage Setup
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The Travel Setup
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I was loving it until the the Aberdeen flag. It's all the way with Celtic over here

 

[moorey]

Haven't you gone all E-bike?

I deserve that.

 

[Jim Junkie]

Building monkey bars and other games from left over bits under the house:

Turning the front yard into a dirt track:

Re-seeding the front yard:

And now, painting and window restoration. That one is taking a while.

It's kept me busy, that's for sure.

 

[Jpez]

I rebuilt an old RC helicopter I crashed about 8 years ago. Similar hobby trajectory as bikes. Spent many thousands, building, crashing, upgrading. My last one had a rotor span of 1500. Big. This one one I crashed was the last I had. I’ve spent hours on the net trawling for parts no longer available. But got it together. Had one terrifying hover in the back yard so far but need a proper RC club airfield to let it loose. This ones 550mm carbon blades and run about 2500-3000 rpm.
yep. I’m a nerd.

 

[tubby74]

bit of fun and makes a great way to step away from school/desk for 10 minutes

 

[Rorschach]

Personally I'd say that's a masterpiece in consistency!

Low accuracy, high precision

 

[gippyz]

Started a veggie patch and harvested a fully grown radish few days ago. Tasted much better than store bought. Have had few kales and rockets as well. So satisfying.

About to take up landscape painting as well. Just waiting for the stuff to arrive.

Otherwise, taking up gaming again after months of hiatus.

Certainly not running out of stuff to do, but truly hope the lockdown finishes soon.