Hobbies!

[TheGreenGoblin]

I guess everybody has to have, or had, at least one. Some are more bizarre than others, and my brother-in-law's hobby is certainly in the latter category. He documents khazis in the Dordogne. I kid you not!

What's yours?

[Boac]

A jobby hobby!

[TheGreenGoblin]

A jobby hobby!

A bit like "The Italian Job", but French eh?

[Pinky the pilot]

Trying to hit the X ring of a target at anything from 300 to 900 yards with an Omark 44 in 7.62 NATO calibre.

[Hydromet]

I guess everybody has to have, or had, at least one. Some are more bizarre than others, and my brother-in-law's hobby is certainly in the latter category. He documents khazis in the Dordogne. I kid you not!

I suppose that's the way to become a 'world authority' rather than a keen amateur.

Reminds me of a story I heard about the 'Mastermind' quiz show. An entrant had nominated his topic, and when the producers went searching for an expert in the field to set the questions, all trails led to the entrant.

My hobby, fine woodwork, became a full time career when I retired, so I had to find another hobby, photography.

[TheGreenGoblin]

Trying to hit the X ring of a target at anything from 300 to 900 yards with an Omark 44 in 7.62 NATO calibre.

I had to look that one up.

The Omark Model 44 is a bolt action single shot target rifle made in Australia. First released in 1968 as the Sportco Model 44 produced in Sportco's Adelaide factory, production was taken over by Omark in the 1970s, then by MAB Engineering in Brisbane in 1984.

The rifle was the mainstay of Australian full bore target shooting for many years replacing the .303in. Lee–Enfield. Being a purpose-built target rifle it soon showed its superiority against rebarrelled surplus rifles. It was also popular in Canadian competitions.

The Omark Model 44 was tested as a sniper rifle by the Australian Defence Force but not adopted, as it is single shot only and the design could not easily be changed to a repeater.

Originally just produced in 7.62×51mm it was later available in 5.56×45mm and others. MAB Engineering also produced a pistol version.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omark_Model_44

The assassin's creed for you Pinky!

[TheGreenGoblin]

Trying to hit the X ring of a target at anything from 300 to 900 yards with an Omark 44 in 7.62 NATO calibre.

I had to look that one up.

The assassin's creed for you Pinky!

My favourite character in Rick and Morty is the Gromflomite assassin, Krombopulos Michael, who purchases weapons from Rick Sanchez. His hobby was killing people with antimatter weapons....

[TheGreenGoblin]

My hobby, fine woodwork, became a full time career when I retired, so I had to find another hobby, photography.

It is good to be able to make a career out of your hobby I guess. The khazi thing is a bit of departure for my brother-in-law as he was a chemical engineer before he retired.

[Pinky the pilot]

Interesting bit from Wiki there TGG. I actually have two of them, albeit one with a shot out barrel. Plan is to re-barrel it in 5.56x45 'in due course.' Or maybe 6.5 Creedmore.

[Boac]

Maybe they are chemical khazis?

PS Does this sort of thing run in the family?

[TheGreenGoblin]

Maybe they are chemical khazis?

PS Does this sort of thing run in the family?

It does to a certain extent and nothing can be dung about it sadly!

[Boac]

CUE: It's a ***** job, but someone has to do it.....

[TheGreenGoblin]

One has to see the khazi hobby in a holistic sort of way...

[Boac]

Holeistic?

[ribrash]

Fishing,wine and playing chewed up Gibsons.

[Pontius Navigator]

I guess everybody has to have, or had, at least one. Some are more bizarre than others, and my brother-in-law's hobby is certainly in the latter category. He documents khazis in the Dordogne. I kid you not!


DordogneKhazi.JPG

What's yours?

There is a book 'Lincolnshire Privies' we have a copy in our library.

We visited, but didn't use, one of my forebears Privies. It was a two seater in a small stone building on the edge of the garden a short distance from the house. It was set into the wall of the garden with a field bottom below.

[TheGreenGoblin]

The privy and the sewage system probably represent the acme of human civilization. I mean, even technology like spacecraft can be undone by the lack or failure same, vide.

As SpaceX toilet problem hits, crew to use diapers while exiting International Space StationA mundane problem, has arisen aboard the SpaceX. Nothing lofty, nothing even related to rocket science, just the SpaceX toilet. It is refusing to work. Actually, it has sprung a leak. The craft is supposed to depart the International Space Station on Sunday, but due to the broken capsule toilet, the crew was left with no other choice but to use diapers for the next 20-hours. This problem was found in the last flight up into space, but it will have to be faced by the current crew aboard International Space Station who are set for their trip back to Earth.

Megan McArthur, a NASA astronaut, described the situation as "suboptimal" but ‘manageable’ on Friday, ABC News reported. From the time the hatches are closed until the planned splashdown on Monday morning, she and other three crew members will spend 20 hours in their SpaceX capsule with no possibility of relief.

“Spaceflight is full of lots of little challenges. This is just one more that we’ll encounter and take care of in our mission. So we’re not too worried about it," McArthur said during a news conference from orbit.

Challenges faced by astronauts on SpaceX
Thomas Pesquet, one of the crew members, told reporters that the last six months have been intense up there. The astronauts performed a series of spacewalks to update the station's electrical grid, dealt with unintended thruster firings from docked Russian spacecrafts that sent the station into a short spin, and hosted a private Russian film crew - a first for a space station.

Crew discovered SpaceX toilet problem when they pulled up panels in their spacecraft and discovered pools of urine. Engineers evaluated that the urine had not compromised the integrity of the structure and that it was safe to go back. The astronauts will have to rely on absorbent "undergarments," as NASA defines them. Translated into common language, it means diapers.

Even in the midst of challenges, the crew grew the first chili peppers in space. They got a taste of their harvest last week when they added green and red peppers to tacos. In addition to McArthur and Pesquet, the crew includes NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide who were sent to the space station on April 23 via SpaceX flight.

https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/ne ... 38590.html

We revert to the state of mere toddlers without the privy (or a good hobby, or a hobbit if you are a Goblin).

[ricardian]

There is a book 'Lincolnshire Privies' we have a copy in our library.
We visited, but didn't use, one of my forebears Privies. It was a two seater in a small stone building on the edge of the garden a short distance from the house. It was set into the wall of the garden with a field bottom below.

The late Bernard Miles in "The Specialist"

[OFSO]

Tolkien's novel was brilliant.

[TheGreenGoblin]

Tolkien's novel was brilliant.

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