What Keeps you Going

[Mark]

It's a typical guy obsession. Some guys try to tweak a few more horsepower out of their souped up Ford. Some guys bust there ass trying to knock a few stokes off their Golf handicap. Some guys obsess about reducing their leaf nodes.

Some do all of those. Plus perhaps improving fingering on guitar chords, or trying to catch a few more fish, etc.

Hi Bob- I've followed your posts since the days of RGCC, and you mentioned a lot of different hobbies over the years that you're involved in, like model airplanes, karate, etc. Care to share your top ten or so?

Not in any particular order:

(1) computer chess (obviously)

(2) fishing

(3) hunting

(4) radio-controlled model airplanes (we have races, fun-flys, aerobatic competitions, etcl)

(5) hunting along with the related target shooting, etc.

(6) drag-racing (both cars and boats)

(7) Music (I play the guitar, accordion, keyboard, my teacher once said "player of all, master of none.")

(8) Do-it-yourself repairs from car, to carpentry, to brick-laying, to air conditioning, etc.

(9) camping

(10) still manage to water-ski every now and then.

Certainly enough to keep you busy! I hadn't heard you mention the music hobby before.

[bob]

It's a typical guy obsession. Some guys try to tweak a few more horsepower out of their souped up Ford. Some guys bust there ass trying to knock a few stokes off their Golf handicap. Some guys obsess about reducing their leaf nodes.

Some do all of those. Plus perhaps improving fingering on guitar chords, or trying to catch a few more fish, etc.

Hi Bob- I've followed your posts since the days of RGCC, and you mentioned a lot of different hobbies over the years that you're involved in, like model airplanes, karate, etc. Care to share your top ten or so?

Not in any particular order:

(1) computer chess (obviously)

(2) fishing

(3) hunting

(4) radio-controlled model airplanes (we have races, fun-flys, aerobatic competitions, etcl)

(5) hunting along with the related target shooting, etc.

(6) drag-racing (both cars and boats)

(7) Music (I play the guitar, accordion, keyboard, my teacher once said "player of all, master of none.")

(8) Do-it-yourself repairs from car, to carpentry, to brick-laying, to air conditioning, etc.

(9) camping

(10) still manage to water-ski every now and then.

Certainly enough to keep you busy! I hadn't heard you mention the music hobby before.

Never really thought about it. Started playing an accordion in the 5th grade, went from there.

[bob]

It's a typical guy obsession. Some guys try to tweak a few more horsepower out of their souped up Ford. Some guys bust there ass trying to knock a few stokes off their Golf handicap. Some guys obsess about reducing their leaf nodes.

Some do all of those. Plus perhaps improving fingering on guitar chords, or trying to catch a few more fish, etc.

Hi Bob- I've followed your posts since the days of RGCC, and you mentioned a lot of different hobbies over the years that you're involved in, like model airplanes, karate, etc. Care to share your top ten or so?

Not in any particular order:

(1) computer chess (obviously)

(2) fishing

(3) hunting

(4) radio-controlled model airplanes (we have races, fun-flys, aerobatic competitions, etcl)

(5) hunting along with the related target shooting, etc.

(6) drag-racing (both cars and boats)

(7) Music (I play the guitar, accordion, keyboard, my teacher once said "player of all, master of none.")

(8) Do-it-yourself repairs from car, to carpentry, to brick-laying, to air conditioning, etc.

(9) camping

(10) still manage to water-ski every now and then.

Certainly enough to keep you busy! I hadn't heard you mention the music hobby before.

Never really thought about it. Started playing an accordion in the 5th grade, went from there.

Btw, ever heard Marty Hirsch (mchess pro) play the piano? As good as I have ever heard, and I have heard quite a few including my mother who played for 60 years before her death.