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| So my husband needs a hobby... he has lots of hobbies but nothing he really loves... he used to be big into dirt bike and quad racing before i met him but his injuries do not allow him to do that anymore...
So any idea what i can get him into to give him that motorhead, speed, adrenanaline rush that is safe? and easy to do in an old man body? lol... horses dont fill that void i tried that..
Thanks for your help! |
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Location: Kentucky | Mechanic work on four wheelers, bikes, cars? |
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| he does some that now but he misses the speed.... he loves working on them but wants to get into some kindof of competiton again with it... |
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Location: Washington | Zip lining. |
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| My husband shoots sporting clays, obsession is not a strong enough word to describe how he loves it. |
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| ok here is a list of hobbies we have done or do and none have filled that craving he gets...
RC Cars (like 100 mph ones)
Skeet Shooting/Clays
Shooting Rifles
Hunting
Bow Shooting
Barrel Racing
Four Wheel trail riding
Jeeping
none of these are cutting it :( I'm running out of ideas... |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Why are you looking for your husbands hobby? |
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Location: Idahome | Beer Drinking, Golf, Mounted Shooting (if he rides horses) |
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Location: Deep in the heart of Texas. | Trail riding ? |
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| He's got the Beer Drinking one down pat lol!!
I'm searching for one because he has tried like 10 others... which all have failed... and just cost lots of money...
Plus... his latest idea is dragsters..... i'm scared cuz he has a bad back and it sounds incredibly dangerous... and not something you can gradually get into.. |
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| Jet boating or jet skis, Texas Hold Em, shooting pool, scuba diving, skiing, mountain biking, cycling, bowling, fishing. |
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| Kgirl - 2014-11-04 2:50 PM He's got the Beer Drinking one down pat lol!!
I'm searching for one because he has tried like 10 others... which all have failed... and just cost lots of money...
Plus... his latest idea is dragsters..... i'm scared cuz he has a bad back and it sounds incredibly dangerous... and not something you can gradually get into..
Dragsters sounds like fun! That is my vote. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Whiteboy - 2014-11-04 2:51 PM Kgirl - 2014-11-04 2:50 PM He's got the Beer Drinking one down pat lol!!
I'm searching for one because he has tried like 10 others... which all have failed... and just cost lots of money...
Plus... his latest idea is dragsters..... i'm scared cuz he has a bad back and it sounds incredibly dangerous... and not something you can gradually get into.. Dragsters sounds like fun! That is my vote.
This^^^^ are just get him an older car/truck he can fix up to make a hot rod out of it.. |
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| I vote for trap shooting or bird dogs/bird hunting - neither of which are cheap but like I always say, "You can't put a price on a good time." 
Trap shooting is super fun, hard to figure out at first but very addicting. And bird hunting with a good dog is just second to none in my book. I hunt birds simply to watch our dog work - he is a freaking rock star. Good luck. I can understand your frustration! |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Why don't you just tell him what to do?
Here's some model airplanes....glue them together until 8:00 pm.....wash the dishes.....go take your shower and get ready for nighty night. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | LRQHS - 2014-11-04 3:01 PM Why don't you just tell him what to do?
Here's some model airplanes....glue them together until 8:00 pm.....wash the dishes.....go take your shower and get ready for nighty night.
Ohhhhh, LOL  |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Southtxponygirl - 2014-11-04 3:06 PM LRQHS - 2014-11-04 3:01 PM Why don't you just tell him what to do?
Here's some model airplanes....glue them together until 8:00 pm.....wash the dishes.....go take your shower and get ready for nighty night. Ohhhhh, LOL
What are you trying to say?? Is that why I'm not married??? That's the reason??? |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | LRQHS - 2014-11-04 3:08 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-11-04 3:06 PM LRQHS - 2014-11-04 3:01 PM Why don't you just tell him what to do?
Here's some model airplanes....glue them together until 8:00 pm.....wash the dishes.....go take your shower and get ready for nighty night. Ohhhhh, LOL
Now dont be putting words in my mouth  , LOL You slave driver  |
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| LOL... like i'd force him to do anything just trying to get some good suggestions!
Sorry i'm trying to be helpful to my husband and get him in to a hobby that he will enjoy!!
and.. the dragsters he is talking about are the really long narrow things that a person can barely fit in..... not sure what they are called but they go like 150 mph in a quarter a mile... |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | Kgirl - 2014-11-04 3:35 PM LOL... like i'd force him to do anything just trying to get some good suggestions!
Sorry i'm trying to be helpful to my husband and get him in to a hobby that he will enjoy!!
and.. the dragsters he is talking about are the really long narrow things that a person can barely fit in..... not sure what they are called but they go like 150 mph in a quarter a mile...
We call those Zoom-Splats (hehe) |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | fatchance - 2014-11-04 2:19 PM Zip lining.
My boys went Zip lining last month and they had a blast. was cold and damp but they still had fun  |
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| Zoom splat...............
Yea Tell me about it!! that is what i'm afraid will happen!
Edited by Kgirl 2014-11-04 4:04 PM
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I still say build a hot rod |
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| komet. - 2014-11-04 4:04 PM Girl Watching..
haha yea...
then i will get a new hobby.. gibbs slapping him in the back of the head all the time lol! |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2014-11-04 3:59 PM fatchance - 2014-11-04 2:19 PM Zip lining. My boys went Zip lining last month and they had a blast. was cold and damp but they still had fun
When I was a teenager we made a zip line off the old cement grain silo, I think the climb up the silo was worse than the ride down holding onto an upside down set of bike handlebars with a pulley on the end. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Kgirl - 2014-11-04 4:06 PM
komet. - 2014-11-04 4:04 PM Girl Watching..
haha yea...
then i will get a new hobby.. gibbs slapping him in the back of the head all the time lol!
Well.....Sometimes it's called Photography.... But it works out to be the same thing.... Just not as obvious. Love them zoom lenses.. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Whiteboy - 2014-11-04 4:14 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-11-04 3:59 PM fatchance - 2014-11-04 2:19 PM Zip lining. My boys went Zip lining last month and they had a blast. was cold and damp but they still had fun
Hubby made one for our boys and their cousins when they were little, had it out in my pasture and they loved that thing, and he used handle bars off a bike for it too.
They went zip lining up in the hill country last month and holy cow they were way up there.. They are planning on going back soon hubby had a blast.. |
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Location: ND--it snows, it floods, it snows, it floods | All I can say is be careful what you wish for...one of my hubby's passions is Muskie fishing and he has now decided to start making his own Muskie lures. So instead of paying $20+ per lure is is "investing" in the tools to make more. Muskie lures are like bits...you always need 1 more then you have..... |
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Location: Texas | My husband has taken up bike riding, (as in road bike). He rides 100 miles a week, give or take. He has an app on his phone called Strava where they list "challenges" so you can become "king of the hill". He turned 61 this year and he is probably in the best shape of his life. I don't mind this hobby too much, it keeps him pretty fit, ;). And besides, bikes are way cheaper than cars and horses!
PS… He takes a really good joint supplement that helps keep those old knees working, so he stays pretty sound, too.
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | We have a place here where they do tractor pulls. They have classes ranging from lawn mowers to big, powerful tractors. Not so much a speed thing, but the power! Looks like it would be a rush to take one down the track. |
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Location: Montana | Southtxponygirl - 2014-11-04 3:06 PM I still say build a hot rod
That WILL take a lot of his time, but it would be a good hobby for him to have.
The other kind of dragster (what was that "splat" name??? LOL) usually have a turbo jet engine on them, and therefore WAAAY expensive. The other kind of dragsters (made out of cars with real engines) would be fun for him. Tell your husband, if at all interested in this idea, to look up the 2015 Ford Mustang GT...they come from factory with an electronic line lock...for drag racing.  Just a warning, drag racing is not covered under warranty. |
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Location: MI | My father-in-law drag races a Chevy S10 (somewhat souped up, of course) in the street class. I don't know the ins and outs, except that he loves it and it's incredibly loud with young kids (buzzkill, I know!). Not incredibly cheap, but he really enjoys it. |
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Location: Choctaw, Oklahoma | See if he would be interested in the street class or daily driver, and not the little indy style dragsters. There are so many different classes!
My hubby's dad had to switch gears from drag racing to just building and showing cars. They have a mini collection and go all over showing them, rebuilding others and keeping them in top conditions.
But it's like my husband tells me. He will have his cars, I have my horses. He says his 10 cents worth on his concerns and I consider them. Same the other way around. Whether it's regarding money or saftey, if there's a concern, we honor it.
I think there are ways he can be competitive. My uncle dreamed of being in drag week for years And now that he is 59, he has been in it for two years in a row. He has a 11 sec truck and is having the time of his life. Good luck to you! |
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| Doing dishes, laundry, dusting, running the sweeper, waxing the trucks, cleaning stalls!! - See, there's a whole list for ya! |
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Location: Kentucky | mtcanchazer - 2014-11-04 9:19 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-11-04 3:06 PM I still say build a hot rod
The other kind of dragster (what was that "splat" name??? LOL) usually have a turbo jet engine on them, and therefore WAAAY expensive. The other kind of dragsters (made out of cars with real engines) would be fun for him. Tell your husband, if at all interested in this idea, to look up the 2015 Ford Mustang GT...they come from factory with an electronic line lock...for drag racing. Just a warning, drag racing is not covered under warranty.
You can put your 2015 Mustang on the track, but it has to be for time only runs, so perfect for a test and tune night. You cannot have another vehicle in the other lane as that would constitute as competition.
As far as finding a "safe" hobby, well, hubby can argue that barrel racing is not safe. So, let him do what he wants to do.... as long as it isn't something too crazy. |
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| Murphy - 2014-11-05 7:12 AM mtcanchazer - 2014-11-04 9:19 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-11-04 3:06 PM I still say build a hot rod
The other kind of dragster (what was that "splat" name??? LOL) usually have a turbo jet engine on them, and therefore WAAAY expensive. The other kind of dragsters (made out of cars with real engines) would be fun for him. Tell your husband, if at all interested in this idea, to look up the 2015 Ford Mustang GT...they come from factory with an electronic line lock...for drag racing. Just a warning, drag racing is not covered under warranty.
As far as finding a "safe" hobby, well, hubby can argue that barrel racing is not safe. So, let him do what he wants to do.... as long as it isn't something too crazy.
He does argue that barrel racing isn't safe says i could fall off anytime... i said ok... so i break an arm... one slight false move in a zoom splat and your dead! no broken arm! a
I'd would be all game for him building a full size car cuz to me that just seems safer! and i even have an old 70's camaro he could start with ;) Thanks ya'll for your help! Maybe we can go watch some races and see if anything catches his eye! (just hopefully not the zoom splats!) |
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Location: Charlestown, IN | Lawn Mower racing. Not as fast, not as hard on the body, and for some reason I feel safer with my husband doing that than when he's on the 4 wheeler or dirt bike. My hubby loves it |
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Location: Blissfully happy Giants fan!!! | What about go cart racing? Or those mini dirt racer things?
I am lucky-my hubby is a video gamer. And is addicted. But it is free and he can't hurt himself, other than his brain cells getting zapped or maybe carpel tunnel. He is way smarter than me so the brain cells part I don't worry about. |
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| For my bf's birthday I got him flying lessons. He got to fly the plane the first lesson on day one, and was HOOKED. It gave him something to look forward to, and he now has his pilot's license. It doesn't take a toll on your body, yet is still a fun thrill! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Ok this is a safe one, how about bird watching 
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Location: Jersey Girl | I have not read this entire thread, so I am sorry if this was suggested already.....but how about he join a pool league? My husband plays in an APA league which is supposed to be all over the country.
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Location: Minnesota | My husband races dirt track modifieds. He loves it and I love going with. He also traps. My husband has so many hobbies I probably couldn't even list them all. We do a lit together too. I'd suggest a hobby that you both could enjoy. |
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| I was gonna say lawn mower racing. The guys around here really get into it.
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