Hmmm..so there is life outside of work? Do tell !! Well let's see what I do when I'm not furniture-man.
Cars and Motorcycles for me. I like to custom-modify them - the more difficult the work the more fun it is - and drive 'em/ride 'em/race 'em. A lifelong passion that has consumed vast amounts of cash and the occasional girlfriend (before I was married), and I am very thankful my best pal is a Snap-On Tool Franchise owner. My wife has resigned herself to my habit and tolerates it fairly well. I do however, think I have put my last automatic transmission in a BMW during the middle of the winter with the car on jackstands. That had a really low enjoyment value after 8 hours on a cold concrete floor in spite of the bragging rights. Motorcycles are way more fun to work on than cars, not as cramped when wrenching, a man has some room to move around.
Computers/Electronics/Photography. I like fiddling with all that stuff but am not as good at it as I would like to be. The proof of that can be seen in this forum, where I get stuck doing something technical and have to ask Aaron or Gail to bail me out <G>
History & Politics. I am a bonafide U.S. History buff, and if I had the time would spend much of it exploring out-of-the-way historic places, especially on my motorcycle which has the capability to get off the beaten path better than a 4-wheeler. I can stand atop a battlefield ridge such as the sweeping and picturesque beauty at Sharpsburg for an hour or longer (much the chagrin of whomever is with me) and envision the cannons booming at the troops below. It takes me 8 hours to go through the Holocaust museum downtown so I almost always leave the family behind...I read everything, study it all. Or I go to historic Mt. Vernon during the slow times and get the 'private' tour so I don't have to rush through the house like the push the tourists through.
Here's an install I did in my Porsche. A custom Pioneer stereo/nav unit with Ipod/Iphone hookup and a concealed radar/laser jammer system totally hidden except for the control panel. The custom panel i made in front of the gearshift lever for the control modules was done from a Hancock and Moore Quintessence Eclipse leather sample! These two projects alone were close to 50 hours to install....
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