All Purpose Geek
I may have the worlds shortest attention span. I have not yet fallen asleep during sex, but I can sense that day might just be on the distant horizon. I get interested in things very easily, and then acquire a lot of stuff related to them, then something else shiny catches my attention. So I’ve never gotten too seriously knowledgeable about single subjects, but I sure have had a good deal of fun getting to know a little about damned near everything.
Photography is a classic example. I love cameras and gear, and now that they;re so dirt cheap, I collect. My one desire is to have one of every model of the Argus C cameras, beginning with the C2, and all 11 of the C3’s. I figure I ought to be able to do this for, say, $200.
I also got heavily into reloading. Now, the only thing I am even remotely interested in loading is the 500 nitro and the 45-70, just because of the cost of new. And I will still use new when hunting.
I also got into darkroom work. Model R/C cars. Model railroading. Glassblowing. Pottery. Brickmaking. Gardening. Leatherwork. Astronomy. Trainspotting. Old cars, old trucks, old motorcycles, old guns, old farm equipment, yadda yadda yadda. I literally have so many interests that I am surprised I can ever get anything done.
well, actually, I kind of don’t, outside work. So I am trying to focus my geekery on a few things and not spread msyelf so thin, but even that has become it’s own kind of geekery. At the end of the day, I can safely say I am qualified to say almost nothing about absolutely everything.

Preach it brother! I have come to the conclusion that hobbies are my hobby.
lol. I like that, that’s a great way to put it.
I went through that in my 30s. Preppy clothes, photography, futures trading, real estate, owning a small boat, tax accounting, etc. I finally realized realized that I was a key ring with very small keys.
Jack of all trades in other words… :-)
Well, if you are a jack of all trades and master of one, you are set.
I have a C3 with the telephoto lens around here somewhere. If I can find it I’ll let you know and you can have it for the postage.( I found the camera and the lens in a photo/ everything store in Key West back in ’66.
My wife was working there doing film processing so I got 35mm film and processing free…
Did photography in college, model railroading since I was a kid, shooting, fishing. Used to do Civil War reenacting until I went to an event and got instead of straw for bedding, wound up in the ER with an asthma attack. I have family members trying to get me into golf, last thing I need is a new hobby.
The ones I keep going back to are fishing, shooting and model trains. After I retire, move from NJ to America, and have more free time I threaten to take up hunting.