There are some talented people here on STW, there are some good ideas to look into. Thanks for your posts so far.

Electronics. Build cool stuff.

http://www.heliguy.com/Electric-RC-Helicopters/Heliguy-Atom/Main-Group/

Better than helicopters…quadrocopters.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hubsan-H107L-Improved-Version/dp/B00D8CRR12/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1379969924&sr=8-2&keywords=hubsan+x4

Easier to fly, more sturdy and you can go from them to really big ones that can carry cameras.

Writing. Let you mind go wherever it wants to and get it down on paper. You’ll be surprised and pleased with what you come up with. I’ve written a novel this way and even had some stuff published. Not sure its better than Airfix, though…

Thanks njee.

Become a lawyer. No need for hobbies then – you can just look back with fondness on all those free evenings you used to have….

Bedwasboy, I rode through your town on Sunday.. if you saw someone on a battered grey Orange 5 🙂

The Hubsan X4 above is very fun for the money!

+1 for many of the above…

helicopters
airfix (well, preferably not airfix but you get the idea)
home brewing
art
music in all its forms. learn an instrument or three. some are more suited to home playing than others…

and god forbid you should want some exercise, there’s always the gym

tinker with bikes.
homebrew
drink homebrew
running (hoping for sub 3 next year)
apply for jobs
thinking of an evening class
ebay stuff
finish up heaps of house DIY

I need to relax more.

grum – Member
Cry/masturbate.

Known as “cranking”

See how far you can count, write down were you leave off every night and start again after tea the following night.

Buy a telescope and keep an eye on your neighbours

Attempt to watch every episode of:

Top Gear.
Man V Food
Grand Designs.

It’s got my bloke through the last three winters.

samuri – Member
Draw Copy

FTFY.
😉
Jolly well done, though.

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samuri – Member
Draw Copy
FTFY.

Jolly well done, though.

What?!

Better than helicopters…quadrocopters.

Easier to fly

That makes them worse than helis – if it was easy to fly them it would be boring.

Build daft bikes…

I want a quadcopter though. 🙂

Fair point, I’m hopeless at creating anything new. I learned very quickly when I started that I absolutely have to have a reference.

To the OP, and this may not help. My wife tried to get me barn dancing to fill some time. NO WAY, I said, I’d rather go ballroom dancing than do barn dancing.

Guess where we’re going next Tuesday. 🙁

Looking at the hubsan quadrocopters they do one with a built in camera. Youtube footage looks quite good for such a small device. Off to local model shop tomorrow…. 😀

Ukelele.

Chicks dig it.

Air rifle.

Get some targets set up in the back garden, and then lazily shoot them from your bedroom window.

You could get the kids to create some zombies using old stuffed clothes.

Become a serial killer, there hasn’t been a decent one for ages.

you can start up doing things you like and you have interest in.. :p

Amateur radio. Great fun chatting to random people around the world.

Also, get one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/KEEDOX%C2%AE-RTL-SDR-Receiver-Realtek-RTL2832U/dp/B009VBUYA0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1380025792&sr=8-2&keywords=dvb+dongle

And look around the web about what you can do with it other than watch TV (real time air traffic control radar display, various radio uses etc – search google for RTL SDR).

Cheers

M6YDB

I play badminton with a group of mates on Wednesday evenings in winter. Good and fun way to keep fit when its a bit too miserable to climb on the bike for a night ride. Ask your riding mates if they fancy giving it a go… you’ll enjoy the rivalry!

Piedi di formaggio,

42008 and 42009 available as a single item on eBay with international shipping from a seller I’ve used before… that BiN button didn’t stand a chance.

My wife tried to get me barn dancing to fill some time

you do realise you have to be fit to take this up, you’ll be knackered 2 heehaws into the first dance 😉

I thought people worked their evenings.

Must be in the wrong job lol

Beelzebub: Tell me about your novel… Is it available in ebook form? How long did it take? And how did you cope with writers’ block?

I’m writing one myself at the moment. I estimate I’m 60% of the way through. I’m anticipating completion by March 2014.

Learn a language/photography/magic/or something?
Alternatively, have you got a hackspace near you?

Not being master of my domain…

Recreational drug use. It’s mushroom season as well.

Reading.. Novels, or a subject you’ve always been interested in. Economics, law, architecture or something. That’ll keep you busy.

Cooking.

Airfix: awesome hobby. Hang the planes at jaunty angles from your ceiling using a hot pin in the body of the aircraft and some thin cotton. (And a white drawing pin in the ceiling)