On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 09:07:24PM -0700, Lex Jenkins wrote:
> Wouldn't surprise me to find that many of us share other hobbies and
> pursuits. An appreciation for a well-engineered mechanism that simplifies
> work or complex tasks crosses many areas of interest.
Yup...
> Cycling may be the most energy-efficient form of transportation.
I used to enjoy it, until it got to be too much work - you ever ride around
Houston? Talk about taking your life into your hands...
> Other common interests I've discovered among photographers who also enjoy
> their cameras for the engineering aspects of the mechanisms: the shooting
> sports, especially shotgunning;
Check, more or less (for me, it's IPSC practical pistol shooting, something
which I'm quite bad at, but enjoy, and haven't done anywhere near enough of
lately)...
> amateur radio;
Check (de K5ZC)...
> classic car collecting or restoration;
I've managed to avoid that so far, mainly because:
> and, not last or least, these confounded computers.
Check (just look at my TOPE 1 entry - and that's less than half of my
complete collection, though it's the half I use most).
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