Friday OT - Weird Interests
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It's more unique on here and in the U.S. generally, but I follow the German soccer leagues. In the U.S. it's a lot more common to follow other leagues.
Also, I garden (which isn't the unique part), but I also include a stalk or two of corn (mostly as an "I'm from Iowa" bit). I have also been on a multi-year quest to find Canola for my garden and finally found some! So I am very excited about including that in my garden this year. Assuming it grows, it is very pretty and has a nice smell
Also, I garden (which isn't the unique part), but I also include a stalk or two of corn (mostly as an "I'm from Iowa" bit). I have also been on a multi-year quest to find Canola for my garden and finally found some! So I am very excited about including that in my garden this year. Assuming it grows, it is very pretty and has a nice smell
YT rabbit holes.
Old live music performances, movie/show clips, etc.
A recent one was finding old 90's high school football games of teams or players I was familiar with or even knew at one time or another. I grew up around high school football so maybe it's just revisiting that era for simpler times.
Otherwise I'm often researching outdoor/wilderness spots in WI/U.P. for potential trips. Something about that is very relaxing.
Old live music performances, movie/show clips, etc.
A recent one was finding old 90's high school football games of teams or players I was familiar with or even knew at one time or another. I grew up around high school football so maybe it's just revisiting that era for simpler times.
Otherwise I'm often researching outdoor/wilderness spots in WI/U.P. for potential trips. Something about that is very relaxing.
It's really not that weird (or uncommon), but true crime. I listen to a few different podcasts, and I visit the Iowa Cold Cases web site periodically to read about unsolved local cases. There are some crazy ones out there and some where it's clear the investigation just sucked.
I could see me doing this too. My wife doesn't seem to approve of this type of behavior so my collection has not really taken off. She seems to think I need to finish what I have before buying anything new.
I would sit for hours on end just listening to songs through my headphones, usually some of the 300 plus vinyl records I have and pick out the little nuances that make it good. Spotify is making it easier though.
Makes me happy when I get through with any one song and then listen to it again and pick out the little 'colors' that make it worth listening to.
My wife and son think I'm crazy - but I'm not. Like Sheldon Lee Cooper, my mama had me tested...and I'm OK!
Makes me happy when I get through with any one song and then listen to it again and pick out the little 'colors' that make it worth listening to.
My wife and son think I'm crazy - but I'm not. Like Sheldon Lee Cooper, my mama had me tested...and I'm OK!
I'm continuously surprised at how many people out there are into finger painting....in public restrooms...with their own poop.
Part of my job is managing about 20 parks and boat launches...our custodian encounters this WAY too often.
Part of my job is managing about 20 parks and boat launches...our custodian encounters this WAY too often.
My wife is the same way. To me, space is fascinating in its scope and the unknown element. I could watch anything space related and be content.
I'm also that way with a lot of historical content.
I'm curious if other CFers got into history as they got older. I detested history in school when I was younger and I'm positive it is due to how it was taught to us (being forced to memorize dates and people, versus why something happened). Now, I absorb that stuff like a sponge.
One of the more interesting apps for my Occulus VR headset is the one that basically utilizes Streetview to drop you anywhere you want to be and have a 360 view.
Yep. Can't get enough. My wife still makes fun of me because one day she came home and found me watching a documentary on 'The History of the Steering Wheel'. Big fan of military/war history, the Kelsey Grammar show on FOX Business (I think) is pretty good stuff, learn a lot about lesser known details of specific battles during the Revolutionary War, Civil War, etc. Also like the series on the History Channel 'The Cars That Built America', 'The Foods That Built America', etc.
If you're bourbon hunting up in Wisconsin, I would highly recommend finding some J Henry. Delicious stuff.
I too enjoy Forensic Files but the narrator change was hard. First guys voice was just perfect lol. New guy is growing on me but there's just a bit of difference.
I've enjoyed metal detecting since I was in 6th grade. While in Ames in early 80s, in preparation for digging up steam tunnels on central campus, they salvaged/stripped off a large patch of the sod over the tunnels. I had a field day recovering old coins there. Also have dug/recovered lots of Civ. War relics in DC area.
Also like trees. I have 90+ species growing on my 6 acres in So. Minn.
Also like trees. I have 90+ species growing on my 6 acres in So. Minn.
I love a good documentary. Doesnt even really matter what its about.
also, Pearl Jam concert posters. They have a poster for each show that are unique to the city. Some really cool ones out there and some also expensive ones. It has kind of turned into something akin to collecting baseball cards.
also, Pearl Jam concert posters. They have a poster for each show that are unique to the city. Some really cool ones out there and some also expensive ones. It has kind of turned into something akin to collecting baseball cards.
Over the years spending countless hours in a tractor or on long flights overseas for my day job I’ve become addicted to podcasts. Mainly love ones like 99 Percent Invisible, Twenty Thousand Hertz, Science Vs, This American Life, etc. Mainly its podcasts that talk about the design, history, stories, science, to so many aspects of every day life that I would never research or read about on my own. It’s sent me down many research rabbit holes after listening to one (history of mechanical lubrication through whale oil was an unexpected good deep dive) and I love it.
