When you're not cycling what do you do?

DonDaddyD
DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
edited February 2009 in Commuting chat
I'm off work, not cycling and mostly stuck in my flat.

Today I woke up around 8.00am by 8.30am I was on my X-box. I thought to myself "I need some food". Looked at my watch and it was 4.45pm :shock: I hadn't moved or done anything from 8.30am, sure I completed Fallout 3, saved the Capital Wasteland (Washington DC) and died a hero but this cannot be the extent of my life, surely?

So I searched my soul for other activities and hobbies...

SO, I ask, when you're not cycling whether to work or a social ride what are your other hobbies.
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Well

    I run "Hotel linsen"
    I mother my children
    I read books
    I walk in the countryside
    I talk to my friends
    I sometimes knit (well I have done in the past)
    I sometimes do puzzles
    I daydream
    I plan adventures

    Thank you DDD - a nice thought-provoking question
    I waste too much of my time doing things I don't want to do. Like tidying up!
    Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    I am being made to join a tennis club with my girlfriend :shock:
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Well I can tell you quite accurately!!

    - reading
    - shopping for books and things online
    - organising an uber-bike
    - X-Box
    - PS2
    - PSP
    - DS
    - knitting
    - dvds
    - CSI/other rubbish telly
    - cooking
    - looking for things to cook
    - writing lists of ingredients for things to cook
    - chatting to people on MSN
    - posting on this forum!!
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    work 8-5, m-f (sometimes weekends)
    do tia chi
    play the violin (a lot of people don't consider it music but i try)
    read
    drink too many margaritas
    eat too much Mexican food
    try to keep the wife entertained
    snow ski(maybe 5-7 days a year - i live in the flat lands - no decent hills for 300 miles)
    scratch the dogs head

    Dennis Noward
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    by 8.30am I was on my X-box. I thought to myself "I need some food". Looked at my watch and it was 4.45pm :shock: I hadn't moved or done anything from 8.30am

    That is AWESOME work.

    Top tip, though: when the gf gets home, best not to describe your day in those terms. In fact, may be best not to say that the x-box had been switched on.

    Tell her your tooth hurt really badly all day.

    Otherwise you might find your nuts hurting all night. :shock:
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • Tino4444
    Tino4444 Posts: 281
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    I'm off work, not cycling and mostly stuck in my flat.

    Why are you not cycling?
    Speciallized Allez 09...great bike shame about the wheels!!
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Climb
    Climb
    Buy climbing gear
    Climb
    Learn Chinese cooking
    Climb
    Climb
    Learn Tai Chi
    Watch DVDs (usually other people climbing)
    Visit other countries and climb

    Think I may be in some kind of a rut :roll:
  • boy on bike
    boy on bike Posts: 139
    I windsurf (badly), and play sax(es). Both can end up as quite pricey activities. A bit like cycling really. Must try tiddliwinks next...
    Road - FCN3

    Town - FCN8

    Play
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    A week off work typically involves a few big rides, so the rest of the days are usually recovery. This involves (in order of importance, greatest first):

    Sleep (lots)
    More sleep
    Just 5 minutes more sleep?
    Food shopping/eating/more food shopping
    Planning next ride
    Bike cleaning and tweaking
    Watching telly and dvd's
    Catching up on books and mags
    Maybe housework (doesn't happen often!)
  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    I have sex












    :wink:
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    edited January 2009
    Oh and bikeradar :D
  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    iain_j wrote:
    Oh and bileradar :D

    Its not that bad is it?
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    I have an unhealthy interest in current affairs. I also sleep a lot.

    I do a lot of things less often than I'd like, including:
    - rowing, preferably in the dark, in heavy rain and wind
    - going to the gym to avoid having a cyclist's upper body that is completely useless for rowing
    - skiing; you can still occasionally ski in Scotland, for example this weekend in heavy rain (but not the dark)
    - the odd walk
    - the odd hike (i.e. an odd walk requiring something other than what I happen to be wearing)
    - the odd "rent-a-kayak and nearly get one's self killed due to inexperience and changeable weather" trip
    - diving

    I think that putting the bike in the car and driving somewhere so remote that it makes you almost think that you aren't jealous of the Alps after all, then cycling around a bit, should count, because its so distinct from commuting.

    Finally, I sleep a lot, did I mention that?

    DDD - YOU ARE A GROWN MAN SO STEP AWAY FROM THE GAMES CONSOLE AND READ A BOOK.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Always Tyred wrote:
    skiing; you can still occasionally ski in Scotland

    haha

    But seriously

    hahaha
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    edited January 2009
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Well I can tell you quite accurately!!

    - reading
    - shopping for books and things online
    - organising an uber-bike
    - X-Box
    - PS2
    - PSP
    - DS
    - knitting
    - dvds
    - CSI/other rubbish telly
    - cooking
    - looking for things to cook
    - writing lists of ingredients for things to cook
    - chatting to people on MSN
    - posting on this forum!!

    Scarily similar to mine minus the MSN and the knitting!

    I also like:
    Photography
    PS3
    Wii
    Gadgets in general
    Doing cultural stuff in London
    Clothes shopping :oops:
    Gigs - discovering new bands
    Wine
    Eating out
    Downloading the latest episode of House
    Mourning the fact that the Wire is finished for good
    Dabbling in writing
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    don_don wrote:
    iain_j wrote:
    Oh and bileradar :D

    Its not that bad is it?

    Damn my rubbish keyboard.
  • Nick6891
    Nick6891 Posts: 274
    mines simple

    sleep
    6form
    work
    play on pc
    sleep
    6form
    work
    play on pc
    sleep


    :lol:
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Nick6891 wrote:
    mines simple

    sleep
    6form
    work
    play on pc
    sleep
    6form
    work
    play on pc
    sleep


    :lol:
    Simple, but I'm somehow envious.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    jashburnham wrote:

    Scarily similar to mine minus the MSN and the knitting!

    I also like:
    Photography
    PS3
    Wii
    Gadgets in general
    Doing cultural stuff in London
    Clothes shopping :oops:
    Gigs - discovering new bands
    Wine
    Eating out
    Downloading the latest episode of House
    Mourning the fact that the Wire is finished for good
    Dabbling in writing

    Hold on, hold on. Everyone drop everything and just stay right there. This is very important.

    There are new episodes of House? Where can I obtain them?
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    House Season 5 Episodes 5-11:

    https://isohunt.com/torrent_details/58406969/house+season+5?tab=summary
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Oh. My. God.

    This is almost as good as finding out I can get back on the bike. Almost.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    I can also highly recommend Generation Kill:

    https://isohunt.com/torrent_details/49684311/generation+kill?tab=summary

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/24/generation-kill-television
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Hmmmmm... I don't really care for things about war, especially american things about war.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Watch The Wire first, then Generation Kill. Both fine fine pieces of work.

    Trust me 8)

    Edit: and it's not really about war... just set in a war, sort of.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    The Wire... I haven't heard of that either!
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Wire... I haven't heard of that either!

    Yeah, well you were sniffy about BSG too. Just goes to show. You play too many video games and do too much knitting.

    Get out there and watch some TV, girl!
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    edited January 2009
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Wire... I haven't heard of that either!

    WHAT?! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

    Oh dear God. Then young lady you have missed out on the greatest TV series of the last 10 years. :shock:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/jul/21/thewireisunmissabletelevis

    http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2008/01/the-wire-has-ru.html

    Watch it all for Gods sake. You'll never want to watch anything like CSI ever again. :shock:
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg66 wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Wire... I haven't heard of that either!

    Yeah, well you were sniffy about BSG too. Just goes to show. You play too many video games and do too much knitting.

    Get out there and watch some TV, girl!

    Yes, I was, wasn't I? Mostly because it's tripe. However, I do watch CSI, which I'm sure is just as bad...
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • R34PER
    R34PER Posts: 193
    wii
    football
    maintain/clean/upgrade bikes
    plan rides
    bikeradar
    tv (lost, heroes, IT crowd, ugly betty{her choice} and match of the day)
    the mighty villa
    poker
    90's P7
    http://www.tankslap.co.uk
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Wire... I haven't heard of that either!

    Yeah, well you were sniffy about BSG too. Just goes to show. You play too many video games and do too much knitting.

    Get out there and watch some TV, girl!

    Yes, I was, wasn't I? Mostly because it's tripe. However, I do watch CSI, which I'm sure is just as bad...

    Yeah yeah yeah. If I had a tenner for everyone who's said that, watched it and then said OMG and gone out to buy the boxed set, I'd have paid for the discs I've bought.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A

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