Strange Hobbies

[glend (Glen)]

I ran across this video of a guy starting up a Rolls Royce passenger jet engine in his backyard:


https://youtu.be/TXqW9TXCExI

What a dedicated nutter, he even had an APU for start power, a big steel cradle to hold the engine, and a roll away hanger. Engine instrument panels, etc. I kept asking why?
I am guessing he is a Brit, sheep in the paddock next door running away, and deciduous trees; and they are renown eccentrics.

What are the strangest hobbies you have heard about, not astronomy ok.

[GrahamL]

Antique tobacco.. old tins usually a pound plus or more .. stored and reveered like an old wine .,. they do dry out .. no worries you can buy a hydrater to moist them up again and engage all your friends in regard to removing a bit from your stash to smoke and report ,, swear this is true and I'm not on the .."herbal ".. remedies

[glend (Glen)]

Originally Posted by GrahamL

Antique tobacco.. old tins usually a pound plus or more .. stored and reveered like an old wine .,. they do dry out .. no worries you can buy a hydrater to moist them up again and engage all your friends in regard to removing a bit from your stash to smoke and report ,, swear this is true and I'm not on the .."herbal ".. remedies

I believe you, my grandfather used to put a slice of Apple in his tobacco tins.

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

Glen

Why the link to Dell computer sales, I was hoping to see the RR start up.

[glend (Glen)]

Originally Posted by Saturnine

Glen

Why the link to Dell computer sales, I was hoping to see the RR start up.

Sorry Jeff, I fixed it now, don't know how the wrong link was pasted in there, but it should work now.

https://youtu.be/TXqW9TXCExI

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

Thanks for fixing, could've gone searching I suppose but it does beg the question, why ?
Other than because you can, I don't see the point of the noise and expense unless doing maintenance on something that will be mounted in an aircraft.

[Top_oz (Tim)]

I don't think there needs to be any justification. You could ask 'why' of just about any hobby. At the end of the day none of them serve any useful purpose and are only there to keep us entertained.

As cool as it is, I note not much thought seems to have been given to safety. I probably would not have set up right in front of it. I couldn't get a proper look at what's restraining it, but they obviously have a lot of confidence it is 100% fail safe.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Next level leaf blower.
These guys clearly have to be in the biz to even start this thing up. From the comments regarding security they say it's running 10% idle.

[Crater101 (Warren)]

Some years ago, when in Katoomba in NSW, I met a gent who collected the heads from department store mannequins. He had them on shelves in his garage, and a handful of them in his house. He was always on the lookout for new ones. That gets about a 9 out of 10 on my strange hobbies meter.

[Zuts]

A friend of mine makes knifes, a bit strange but takes real skill, i would like to try if I had the tools.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...77833339006773

[Lognic04 (Logan)]

Standing outside at 3am to look at a fuzzy grey blob seems a bit strange

[Granada]

Originally Posted by Top_oz

I don't think there needs to be any justification. You could ask 'why' of just about any hobby. At the end of the day none of them serve any useful purpose and are only there to keep us entertained.

As cool as it is, I note not much thought seems to have been given to safety. I probably would not have set up right in front of it. I couldn't get a proper look at what's restraining it, but they obviously have a lot of confidence it is 100% fail safe.

Agree 100%. While this is not my idea of fun, each to their own..

Had the same thought about safety too. The guy getting close with his camcorder had me sitting on the edge of my seat