Whit's Yer Hing?

Hodders · 18 Feb 2020 at 15:18

For all those wanting to fly - check out paramotoring. You can get all the kit and training for about £10k. Everything fits into the boot of an estate and you can take off from a football field. It's awesome!

Take off and landing look like this......

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Feb 2020 at 15:22

op needs to change thread title to

What's Your hing?

Yadda · 18 Feb 2020 at 15:24

I'm in my 40's and get by with a few hobbies and interests. They're a mixture of indoor & outdoor activities, some of which I've been doing for years and others which are more recent.

Photography (i.e. taking pictures, not collecting gear), hill walking, PC gaming, magic (card and coin manipulation) and puzzles (mainly 3x3 "Rubik's Cube" speed solving).

As I get older I have found that the best way to avoid short-lived hobby fads is not to take them too seriously and go overboard with them.

jsmoke · 18 Feb 2020 at 15:39

Hodders said:
For all those wanting to fly - check out paramotoring. You can get all the kit and training for about £10k. Everything fits into the boot of an estate and you can take off from a football field. It's awesome!

Take off and landing look like this......

10k is that all, think I'll grab a few of them.

Psycho Sonny · 18 Feb 2020 at 16:13

dirtychinchilla said:
Weightlifting isn't anywhere near the most damaging sport. How about football?

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/l...gfHUMuCOFePUMGPzA52bhwSjF-oEaW-kqFNplYKefaHk4

Football so long as it's not ligament damage will be much smaller injuries. Then you have the fact it's the most popular sport in the world. More people are doing it.

I've never met anyone who did weightligting who hadn't injured himself much like anyone who played football

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Feb 2020 at 16:15

jsmoke said:
10k is that all, think I'll grab a few of them.

Yeh training is about 3K and then you have to buy the kit which is about 7K. Not advised that people go without training. Been a few deaths because of it.

I nearly purchased one myself but then found that training was really required on top so pulled out of it.

Psycho Sonny · 18 Feb 2020 at 17:04

AiiR said:
Sure weight lifting gives a high chance of injury, if you lift irresponsibly. Oh wait...

As for Patrick Bateman in the bathroom, you must go to the wrong gym or you get offended by people being slightly vain. Either way, I couldn't care less what other people are up to aslong as it doesn't directly interfere with me. They're paying as much to do be there as I am.

So all pro bodybuilders lift irresponbly then?

Even arnie came out and said bodybuilding is terrible for you.

Look at the state of Ronnie Coleman.

Even proper technique isn't a safety net.

It's why you don't tend to see many 45+ year olds playing football that used to as their knees, hips, ankles are knackered from injuries too.

At his age yoga would be much more beneficial

AndyCr15 · 18 Feb 2020 at 20:05

Psycho Sonny said:
Then you have the fact it's the most popular sport in the world. More people are doing it.

You understand how percentages work, right?

Greebo · 18 Feb 2020 at 20:32

jsmoke said:
How often can you PC build, is that not just once every couple of years or longer?

There are a lot on here who as soon as they have built a pc, they are ordering the stuff for the next build. Addicts lol

meths · 18 Feb 2020 at 22:05

Greebo said:
There are a lot on here who as soon as they have built a pc, they are ordering the stuff for the next build. Addicts lol

I always liked building the PC but was less interested in using it once it was finished.

Spent more time stress testing and trying to get the temps down than anything else.

Richard Head · 18 Feb 2020 at 22:34

I find that bathing my ferrets is a rather rewarding pursuit. They're adorable critters but they don't half hum after a while. Keeping up a comprehensive grooming regimen is tiring, but it does give one some pride in knowing that one has the finest wiffing ferrets in the county faire.

Psycho Sonny · 18 Feb 2020 at 22:48

AndyCr15 said:
You understand how percentages work, right?

It's a contact sport.

It's pretty obvious why more people get injured playing it.

A bit like saying mma has a high injury rate in both numbers and percentages.

The fact is weightlifting is towards the top of that table not the bottom. Which further proves my point.

Not something for a 45 year old to take up and much more better options out there.

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Feb 2020 at 23:14

Is this going to be a new trend? Whisper to the next person you see “what’s your hing”

Well there was this one time in ba....

never mind lol

[FnG]magnolia · 18 Feb 2020 at 23:52

Richard Head said:
I find that bathing my ferrets is a rather rewarding pursuit. They're adorable critters but they don't half hum after a while. Keeping up a comprehensive grooming regimen is tiring, but it does give one some pride in knowing that one has the finest wiffing ferrets in the county faire.

Hi Theo

EdwardTeach · 19 Feb 2020 at 00:29

Hodders said:
For all those wanting to fly - check out paramotoring. You can get all the kit and training for about £10k. Everything fits into the boot of an estate and you can take off from a football field. It's awesome!

Take off and landing look like this......

Isn't it bad for your ears?

Hodders · 19 Feb 2020 at 01:32

EdwardTeach said:
Isn't it bad for your ears?

It is if you fly and don't wear ear protection......

Hodders · 19 Feb 2020 at 01:33

jsmoke said:
10k is that all, think I'll grab a few of them.

If you're serious drop me a PM and I'll offer any answers I can.

As a way of being able to fly around it is amazingly cheap !

jsmoke · 19 Feb 2020 at 01:39

Hodders said:
If you're serious drop me a PM and I'll offer any answers I can.

I don't have 10k handy. Sarcasm. Looks cool tho. I'm sure there's a guy on youtube who takes his cat up on one of these.

dirtychinchilla · 19 Feb 2020 at 08:26

Psycho Sonny said:
Football so long as it's not ligament damage will be much smaller injuries. Then you have the fact it's the most popular sport in the world. More people are doing it.

I've never met anyone who did weightligting who hadn't injured himself much like anyone who played football

If people exercise, they will injure themselves. Weightlifting injuries are often small as well.

Psycho Sonny said:
So all pro bodybuilders lift irresponbly then?

Even arnie came out and said bodybuilding is terrible for you.

Look at the state of Ronnie Coleman.

Even proper technique isn't a safety net.

It's why you don't tend to see many 45+ year olds playing football that used to as their knees, hips, ankles are knackered from injuries too.

At his age yoga would be much more beneficial

Ronnie Coleman ****** himself by abusing his body, not by doing squats 3 times a week. Coleman took bodybuilding to its absolute limit, that's why he's so broken. It's not because weightlifting is dangerous.

randomshenans · 19 Feb 2020 at 09:28

I spend all my waking hours doing things. I suppose they're hobbies... lol

Have 2 YouTube channels, like building tech things, cooking, cycling, skiing, I run something like 4 side businesses on top of my day job, do some coaching on business stuff for free to people looking to start businesses. Then I have 3 kids and 2 dogs. I don't get the chance to be bored.