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Old 05-08-2008, 06:51 PM
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As some of you guys know. Me and the mrs split after 11 years not so long back. I have been through every emotion possible and its only the last few weeks I got off my arse and started getting back out in the world.

So its time to start something. I was 18 stone and down to 15, 12 in a few months and have been told by dr I need to carry this on and join the Gym. This is one hobby I was going to take up.

The other I wanted to be fun. So what fun hobbies have you lot got.

Genuine interest
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Originally Posted by SaffManLee
As some of you guys know. Me and the mrs split after 11 years not so long back. I have been through every emotion possible and its only the last few weeks I got off my arse and started getting back out in the world.

So its time to start something. I was 18 stone and down to 15, 12 in a few months and have been told by dr I need to carry this on and join the Gym. This is one hobby I was going to take up.

The other I wanted to be fun. So what fun hobbies have you lot got.

Genuine interest
track days

i really like snooker and football its great goin wiv a few lads
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mmmmm, track days. Ah shite. The cossies for sale though.
Old 05-08-2008, 06:58 PM
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Track days are best done in something cheap and chearful anyway.

Spend Ł500 and have a blast!
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Originally Posted by SaffManLee
mmmmm, track days. Ah shite. The cossies for sale though.
stop sellin it then and go enjoy it ! they arnt toooo expensive and really are such a laff wiv a mate in the pasengers seat ud love it !!
Old 05-08-2008, 07:04 PM
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If want cheap car fun, nothings cheaper and more fun than drifting.

60-100quid is a days drifting, practice days pretty much every week, and a 200quid sierra with another couple hundred spent on it is all you need to have a hell of a lot of fun.
And can use the car on (albeit more expensive and less fun) track days too.
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Originally Posted by Stavros
If want cheap car fun, nothings cheaper and more fun than drifting.

60-100quid is a days drifting, practice days pretty much every week, and a 200quid sierra with another couple hundred spent on it is all you need to have a hell of a lot of fun.
And can use the car on (albeit more expensive and less fun) track days too.
Now I would love to drift. I really would. The issue is I have tried and failed miserably.
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Old 05-08-2008, 07:11 PM
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Muay Thai boxing, tinkering with bikes (pref. old Harley's), being out and about with the dog
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Originally Posted by nickscunny
rc cars,
I've got 4 of the fookers, currently pimping my savage up
Old 05-08-2008, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SaffManLee
Now I would love to drift. I really would. The issue is I have tried and failed miserably.
Where did you try tho mate, and in what?

The trouble I see on PF is a few people have a quick go, feel they poo, and go home.

Id put money that within 1 whole day at SantaPod with a few people who are fairly good sitting with you as a passenger etc, you will be able to link up the middle track even in a shitbox GLSI Sierra.
Old 05-08-2008, 07:29 PM
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Honestly. Traction control off on the BM.

Look Im being honest
Old 05-08-2008, 07:31 PM
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Mountain biking and cycling of any kind really, nothing nicer than on a clear day cruise about, with the i-pod on.

Just think back to when you where a child/teenager and what you always wanted to do or could not have......
Well now is that time!

Huge well done mate for the getting fit and weight loss, i imagine your feeling 110% better with yourself and rightly so.
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Exactly mate, thats bugger all, dont worry about that.

All road stuff is good for until your good is crashing, or lame 1sec bits of power oversteer out of junctions.

To learn what you would in one day at the Pod for example would take you years on the road, honestly, been there, done that.
Old 05-08-2008, 07:35 PM
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if you are on the fitness state of mind why not get yourself a dog and have fun with it, that way the dog gets exercise too and you feel even better cos not only are you training but your keeping the dog healthy too
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The issue is Dan, Im back at my mums. They already have 2 dogs so dont want to take the piss. I guess I could adopt one of them....
Old 05-08-2008, 07:37 PM
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Old 05-08-2008, 07:50 PM
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after being in the same kind of situation and being lost after wed split etc i took up jetskiing.lost a bit of weight and alot stronger now.fast little fuckers the supercharged ones are........
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was just gna say get a jet ski , they dont have to be silly money but are a hoooge amount of fun .

me
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Awesome, that looks wicked
Old 05-08-2008, 07:58 PM
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I took up playing keyboard ,,.. never looked back ...


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Old 05-08-2008, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by brad
was just gna say get a jet ski , they dont have to be silly money but are a hoooge amount of fun .

me

cool pic mate.ive got the new RXP-X when they came out in uk in may.had an riva stage2 RXP before that.
was thinking of maybe getting a stand up i quite like the new 800 SX-R http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/detail.aspx?id=258

ps il try and get bigchuck to post pics of the skis
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a link to the same model of my old one that i added a stage 2 kit to the 215hp version http://www.brp.com/en-GB/Products/Se...owroom/RXP.htm

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Also play the piano to a high standard, but you'd never believe it!
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they are loads of fun , my only problem now is i was gna enter the uk freestyle champ this year but with my new buisness leaving me snowed under and the fact i sold the 650 to buy a new superjet , not to mention spending every spare minute on the granada i havent got round to replacing it yet lol .

seriously tho , i got into it after a messy break up and it sorted me right out , you get to take all your agression out on it and you very rarely hurt yourself .
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Originally Posted by baba
a link to the same model of my old one that i added a stage 2 kit to the 215hp version http://www.brp.com/en-GB/Products/Se...owroom/RXP.htm
holy shit , thats one serious ski !! a guy down the launch has bought something very similar possibly the same ( dont really do sit downs lol) and fuck me does it shift !!
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Lol - I am an internet geek - I play CounterStrike Source in a league called Enemydown and run a clan. I also am the leader and strat caller for the first team. I also go to the gym 4 days a week and love my motors

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Originally Posted by brad
holy shit , thats one serious ski !! a guy down the launch has bought something very similar possibly the same ( dont really do sit downs lol) and fuck me does it shift !!
that was a race ski but slightly refined but the new one is a raw race ski out the box with 255hp.
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Build a marine tank

THAT will keep you busy .. and great satisfaction as well!

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Lee - pole dancing!


I have just taken it up, and we were only saying tonight, we would love a bloke to come and try it!!!
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i swim everyday (even though ive been lax for 3 weeks) and lately im really into photography, its a great hobby, gets you out there seeing the world in detail!
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Airsofting is good fun as well, may seem a bit nerding getting dressed up in combats and running about fields, but for a days fun, you can't reall beat it!
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Originally Posted by maria
Lee - pole dancing!


I have just taken it up, and we were only saying tonight, we would love a bloke to come and try it!!!
Maria, I don't think I could put you through the torture, It would personally scar you for life.

I did try my mrs thong on once, I had a bollock hanging either side. Funny at the time.

However on saying the above I do always have a quick swing round one of the support poles we have in our office. Got busted by our Tech director the other week.
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i put on a few kilo's over the last year or so since i stopped playing footy so decided to get my arse down the gym and get back into playing footy (just at a lower standard) first time out at 5-a-side and done my ankle ligaments so ill have to stay a fat cunt for a few months longer. cant wait to get back to it tho. i actually feel a fat cunt for first time ever
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Originally Posted by SaffManLee
Maria, I don't think I could put you through the torture, It would personally scar you for life.

I did try my mrs thong on once, I had a bollock hanging either side. Funny at the time.

However on saying the above I do always have a quick swing round one of the support poles we have in our office. Got busted by our Tech director the other week.

seeeeeeeeeeee youre destined to me a pole dancer!



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