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> OT: Hobbies besides 914's, what do you do for fun?
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post Oct 10 2004, 08:39 PM
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in my spare time i usually go dawn patrol (surfing in the wee hours of the morning, anyweather im there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif))

You are killing me with this. When my wife and I first met we spent 3 months at Playa Guiones, Costa Rica. Dawn patrol surfing is the best! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

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post Oct 10 2004, 08:42 PM
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I have several hobbies, but most are on hold:

R/C airplanes, R/C cars.
Playing the keyboard
bike riding
model building
landscaping/gardening
web design
VW car shows

If it wasn't for me having to work on this house all the time, I would actually do one of my hobbies. I know all about treating a house for termites, by the way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)
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post Oct 10 2004, 08:42 PM
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I'm restoring our 1929 Spanish style home . It was originally the residence of Warner Bros. screen actor Sydney Greenstreet (1940s). We have a dedicated Bogie room and a Blue Parrot room . When not under the 914, at the 8 to 5, or hammering , I like to watch the old B & W classics with a couple of cold ones (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)
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post Oct 10 2004, 08:46 PM
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post Oct 10 2004, 08:47 PM
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QUOTE(thomasotten @ Oct 10 2004, 07:42 PM)
I know all about treating a house for termites, by the way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)

Do tell! I have a jukebox that was infested with termites.. I dug out as much of the rotten wood as I could, sprayed term-out into what was left, and built new parts to replace what was totally gone. Now several months later, termites are back!
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post Oct 10 2004, 08:53 PM
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The car is my only hobby, I cant afford any others. I am either at work, sleeping or working on this car. My life really sucks.
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post Oct 10 2004, 08:55 PM
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Winter - Snowmobiling, downhill skiing, computers, ice fishing and 914 restoration.
Summer -biking (mountain and road), stockcar racing, fishing, camping, 914 restoration.

Wife, 2 girls, dog and full time job to fill in the rest of the hours.

Life keeps getting in the way of all the funs things I want to do! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif) I need 30 hour days!
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post Oct 10 2004, 08:56 PM
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bondo:

If they came back, that means they are established somewhere in the ground around your house. (that is if they are the subterranean type - the little white ones). THey must return to the soil for moisture, they can't just live in your wood jukebox. So what you need to do is treat the perimeter with Premise 2, you can order it yourself without a license. Then, treat any wood with Bora-Care.
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:04 PM
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I fly stunt kites when the wind is good.

I collect license plates and I'm on the board of directors for an International license plate collector club. (I am glad our web site does not have an active forum like the 914club or I would never get anything done.)
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:06 PM
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These are the drywood termites. The jukebox came from my parents' house, where it got infested originally. It then sat on its back in my truck, while I gutted it and did my best to treat it (including 2 bug bombs IN the truck with the gaps taped shut). Then I moved it to my garage, where it sat for a month or so. After it seemed like the termites had been beaten I repaired it, and moved it to the dining room. Several months after that the piles of droppings and dead winged termites appeared on the floor (laminate, not real wood thankfully). Now something like 5 termites a day flop out of the thing, and get eaten by the ants (a second but less destructive infestation) There is definitely no sign of them getting to soil (the jukebox is on wheels and we moved it to the middle of the floor). They sure are resilent little buggers!
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:20 PM
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QUOTE(bondo @ Oct 10 2004, 07:06 PM)
They sure are resilent little buggers!

I would get that juke box out of your house ASAP. I have heard about those drywood termites where they have to come out and put a canopy over your whole house and then turn up the heat to kill them! Termites are like terrorists. They live in tiny cells, and if you kill that cell you haven't necessarily won the war. They only way to win with them, is to bring the battle to them. Make life so unbearable for them that they move on somewhere else, or get poisioned trying to attack your structures. I would get it out of your house and then treat it with Bora-care or timbor for starters.

http://www.epestsupply.com/drywood_termites.htm
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:24 PM
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I play poker which funds the 914 restorations (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:25 PM
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I play poker which funds the 914 restorations (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

me too, i play hold em most nights in college.
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:27 PM
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hehe everyone playes hold em at my school...its a cult
i try to stay away from gambling

when im not thinking about cars (my 914 in general)
im thinking about snowboarding, i cant wait for this season, it will be my 10th season riding, every one gets better than before =]
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:30 PM
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i started appearance & performance. to keep me busy after retireng from the daily grind.bills get paid automaticlly house is paid for.i turned all my attention to 914s and my two boys.we ride bikes go to the beach.my hobbies are really teaching them new things.i love to fly kites,its very relaxing.im gonna do some rocketry this next summer.
i also like to study neroscience,and quantumphysics.i used to build models but i dont do that anymore.next year ill travel alittle but that will be to attend porsche shows or swap meets.
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:34 PM
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attn. Stanford Administrators: the above was a joke.

BUSTED!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Oct 10 2004, 09:54 PM
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QUOTE(thomasotten @ Oct 10 2004, 08:20 PM)

I would get that juke box out of your house ASAP. I have heard about those drywood termites where they have to come out and put a canopy over your whole house and then turn up the heat to kill them! Termites are like terrorists. They live in tiny cells, and if you kill that cell you haven't necessarily won the war. They only way to win with them, is to bring the battle to them. Make life so unbearable for them that they move on somewhere else, or get poisioned trying to attack your structures. I would get it out of your house and then treat it with Bora-care or timbor for starters.

http://www.epestsupply.com/drywood_termites.htm

Thanks for the info.. I like that heat trick they mention, I think everything in the jukebox could handle 150 degrees no problem. I don't want to just stick the thing outside, because it's worth about $4000, and we live in a very damp climate. I'll probably build an insulated box around it and heat it until the suckers die.. then I'll use the leftovers to finally build my powdercoating oven (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

(Thread hijack over) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Oct 10 2004, 10:03 PM
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I have had many hobbies..

Trombone playing? Yes...20+ years jazz.
Beer making? Yes...Pale, lager, stout. Made tangerine pale once.
Cooking? Oh yes, I love to BBQ anything. tonight it was new yorks with green peppercorn demi-glaze and red potatoes over mesquite..uh huh. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)

then there's...things I've done.
r/c 's, rockets, gardening, dancing, baseball ( playing and watching ), cycling, boogiebording, surfing, skimboarding, skiiing, fishing, golf, boating, drumming, ice carving, camping, hiking.

I do many things.

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post Oct 10 2004, 10:11 PM
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Well let's see.

Family
Cars, it's been that way on and off since I was 15.
(it's back on again...)
Autocross and Time trials (next year after Andrew turns 18)
Golf- I was pretty good until I got back into cars again.
Running Sound at church (Yamaha DM1000, cool box)
Trying to keep Andrew busy on his car.
Trying to keep the wife content with household remodels.

Get this. She is practically begging us to start building on the second garage. As long as we keep the place messy, she thinks it will be bettery (clean) when we have more room. We'll get it built and then we'll see (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) Of course part of the remodel is building her an inside laundry room.

4 car garage (IMG:style_emoticons/default/monkeydance.gif)

I'm sitting here smelling paint fumes after painting the office and finally getting my desk/computer put back together. I work here too, so I have to be ready for tomorrow...
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post Oct 10 2004, 10:29 PM
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Ive been racing RC cars for a little over 6 years. I now work for a comany designing cars.

And Im a student. Now I can say Im a VW junkie because I added a '69 squareback to my collection to drive while the 914 is still on jackstands. Too bad it overheated today...
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