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Valerie said:
I've just finished a biography of George Duke of Clarence (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Third-Plantagenet-Clarence-Richard/dp/0752499491), which informed me that drowning was considered the "easiest" way to be executed in those days (beheading could be a misery, seldom was the head struck off in one go). Plus Edward IV was reluctant to shed his brother's blood (although the end result is surprisingly similar). It is assumed that George was told he was to be drowned, and so he chose the butt of wine.

Anyway, I like reading, especially historical non-fiction, planning and researching for city trips and actually going on one :smile:  . I'm also very lazy, so doing nothing useful rates very highly too.
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Can recommend Richard III and Edward IV. Both by Charles Ross and published by Yale University Press. Moving forward a few years, here's some quizzes on Tudor History. Some tough questions.

http://englishhistory.net/tudor/tudor1.html

 
1.Reading fantasy novels.

2. Playing video games

3.Writing for my blog.

4. Travelling- 2 holidays every year, at least. I will have been on 3 by the time the year ends. Can't get enough!

5. Writing up my travel experiences.

6. Boozing.

7. Supporting Chelsea, going to the Bridge at least 3 times a season.

8. Watching films.

9. Skiing/Snowboarding 

 
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1.Reading fantasy novels.

2. Playing video games

3.Writing for my blog.

4. Travelling- 2 holidays every year, at least. I will have been on 3 by the time the year ends. Can't get enough!

5. Writing up my travel experiences.

6. Boozing.

7. Supporting Chelsea, going to the Bridge at least 3 times a season.

8. Watching films.

9. Skiing/Snowboarding 
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Why do you not start a thread in the Shed End Lounge to post some of your travelling experiences.  I would love to read them.

 
I'm kind of in the same boat as I moved to a new city.

I do work out 3 times a week though and that keeps me busy somewhat, would love to find something else to do though and im considering joining a local football team again just to have some fun at least.

Watch movies whenever im bored and recently picked up skiing but thats not something you can do whenver you feel like it.

Would love to find something both me and my gf could do, share an interest would be great. Not bloody dancing though.

 
moi said:
Why do you not start a thread in the Shed End Lounge to post some of your travelling experiences.  I would love to read them.
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We already have a holiday thread , so I'll just post the links there if you want.

 
Andreas said:
I'm kind of in the same boat as I moved to a new city.

I do work out 3 times a week though and that keeps me busy somewhat, would love to find something else to do though and im considering joining a local football team again just to have some fun at least.

Watch movies whenever im bored and recently picked up skiing but thats not something you can do whenver you feel like it.

Would love to find something both me and my gf could do, share an interest would be great. Not bloody dancing though.
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Don't want to state the obvious, Andreas, but it would be a good idea to start by asking your girlfriend to make a ;list of the things she enjoys to see whether there are any of them you can develop an interest in.

If the list says dancing, dancing, dancing, you may have a problem!

 
I cycle in good weather, there's lots of cycling clubs all over the country so it's quite social.

 
Thanks for all the ideas, appreciate it!

Singing, Moi, is not my strong point. As much as I want to believe that I can sing like Matt Bellamy (who is my freaking idol) I sound more like a wounded seal. You either have it or you don't!

Golfing! I actually own a set of golf clubs! I go to the local pay-as-you-play course occasionally on a sunny day but it's definitely something I should consider more often as Spring is here.

Video games, I used to love them. I've been through a Playstation, an Xbox, a 360 and a PS3. However, I just cannot get into them any more. Apart from GTA5, which had me hooked for months, I lose interest very quickly.

The gym - I've started going back after a three year hiatus. I had to wait a few months though to avoid looking like a fat January cliché!

Learning the guitar, I quite like the idea. About ten years ago I worked on a bit of music production using software and I'm thinking of giving that a go again. Learning the piano though would be more applicable that though, that's something to think about.

I've recently joined the local 'curry club' and the first meet is this Wednesday. Shall be interesting...

All in all, there has been some really interesting things to read here in general so do keep them coming (apart from the mental image of Zeta spanking his monkey...)!

 
I've always wanted to be able to play the piano. When I move out I plan to buy a keyboard... Reckon it'll disturb the neighbours though? I mean Christ I'll be awful at it so I don't want to make enemies. Next door wouldn't be a problem as I have no one directly either side but above and below may get p*ssed off with every other note being off.

Not a hobby as such but every now and then if there's buck all on TV I will just open Wikipedia and go from link to link reading about various things. I've started at Jupiter and ended up reading about Watergate... The way they link pretty much everything within an article is fantastic. I like to do this for about an hour every week or so. Is that sad?

Like most people I like photography... If there's

One thing I over indulge in its cameras.

I study at the OU, well till May anyway.

Other than that I work & watch cartoons.

 
Gem- a keyboard shouldn't disturb the neighbors, unless you have it up obscenely loud.

 
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Not a hobby as such but every now and then if there's buck all on TV I will just open Wikipedia and go from link to link reading about various things. I've started at Jupiter and ended up reading about Watergate... The way they link pretty much everything within an article is fantastic. I like to do this for about an hour every week or so. Is that sad?
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When I worked in a school some of the kids used to challenge each other to get from one obscure subject to another using wiki links - brilliant game!

 
Watching Chelsea, obviously. 

Films and TV shows, me and the wife will happily binge on a TV series if we enjoy it and we can go through a full season within a week or so. 

Guitar, I've been playing since I was 16, I'm completely self taught but only play rhythm. I don't play my electric guitars anymore because of how load they are and they are a lot more antisocial than acoustic. 

Computer games, I'm lucky in that my wife enjoys playing too so I'm not scorned for playing. I've been playing on consoles since I was about 8 years old starting off with a NES and now have my PS3, PS4. It's probably the hobby I do most. 

Comics, I was a bit of a late comer to comics and didn't stat reading/collecting them until I was in my 20's. Really enjoy Batman stories but also been reading Walking Dead pretty much since it started. 

 
Gem said:
I've always wanted to be able to play the piano. When I move out I plan to buy a keyboard... Reckon it'll disturb the neighbours though? I mean Christ I'll be awful at it so I don't want to make enemies. Next door wouldn't be a problem as I have no one directly either side but above and below may get p*ssed off with every other note being off.

Not a hobby as such but every now and then if there's buck all on TV I will just open Wikipedia and go from link to link reading about various things. I've started at Jupiter and ended up reading about Watergate... The way they link pretty much everything within an article is fantastic. I like to do this for about an hour every week or so. Is that sad?

Like most people I like photography... If there's

One thing I over indulge in its cameras.

I study at the OU, well till May anyway.

Other than that I work & watch cartoons.
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Get a MIDI keyboard and play it via your computer, that way you can just use a headset and you wont have to worry about pissin people off!

 
Reading, History (ww2 a big focus), drawing...

Drawing is very relaxing

 
Golf.

I have always enjoyed anything that involved a ball and some competition, cricket is also a love of mine, Had golf lessons when I was young but the game frustrated the sh*t out of me. So many variables, so hard to be consistent. So I quit when I realised I would never be Nick Faldo.

Returned to the game 20+ years later when my expectations were much lower and with a calmer outlook. You can learn a lot about yourself and other people playing golf.

 
Fishing.. Any weather,any time. Im addicted its a passion.

 
I spend a lot of time (way too much) playing computer games, mostly Dota 2 recently, also a bit of TF2.

I also read a lot. I'm currently reading the Dresden Files, which is quite addictive. On the last one now though and will have to wait until the next one is published.

Also try to write my own stories sometimes.

And occasionaly do some programming. I run my own online, text-based RPG, that has like 2000 members (only about 150 avg online at once though), but I've got bored of that recently and haven;t updted it for quite a while.

 
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