With things not going so well on the field

[T-Boon]

What are people getting into?
Myself?
I am getting into mountain biking and I do a bit of birding (I am thinking of joining a club).
Also I am f**king hanging out for American Football season to start.

 

[Chipmunk]

What are people getting into?
Myself?
I am getting into mountain biking and I do a bit of birding (I am thinking of joining a club).
Also I am f**king hanging out for American Football season to start.

Birding?

 

[TheParraboy]

Im still watching and supporting Parra, regardless of the season we are having

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I've been refining the pitch for a reality TV show I've been developing for years now, called 'Biggest merkin on My Street', in which every family on a cul-de-sac is privately approached to be on a show where they have to be merkins to their neighbours. The catch is, that everyone is told that they are the only people on their own street who are playing the game, and that the TV show features 1 family from each capital city. Then in week 6, the producers start slipping 1 family some ice, and another some weapons. You get the gist.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Birding?

Twitching I guess.

 

[T-Boon]

Birding?

Yes, we are very lucky to live in a country with arguably the best variety of parrots and add to the mix our raptors not to mention the honey eaters. So many take it for granted.

 

[Chipmunk]

Twitching I guess.

Twitching?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Twitching?

It's something that occurs naturally when you think about watching the next Eels game.

 

[T-Boon]

I'll give my thoughts on why I think birding is a great pass time a little later. I think a lot more people should get into it.
Abraham Lincoln? Birder.
Mark Wahlberg? Birder.

 

[Noise]

I spend a lot of time watching and admiring birds. Not sure we are talking about the same thing though

 

[Happy MEel]

Actual footage of me birding after one too many beers...

 

[T-Boon]

I spend a lot of time watching and admiring birds. Not sure we are talking about the same thing though

We aren't.
But I dig it none the less.
I'd take a beach over a forest any day.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Twitching?

Definition:
(noun) A twitcher is a type of birder who seeks to add as many species as possible to their life list, often without detailed or long-term observation of individual birds. Instead, twitchers are often characterized as being satisfied only with achieving a confirmed identification as quickly as possible. These types of birders are regularly associated with poor birding ethics, though that generalization does not apply universally to every twitcher and only serves to promote controversy and discord about this type of birding.

https://www.thespruce.com/twitcher-in-birding-description-386922

Yep, this is for real.

 

[T-Boon]

https://www.thespruce.com/twitcher-in-birding-description-386922

Yep, this is for real.

Yes, look into a movie called 'A Big Year' with Steve Martin and Jack Black.
It isn't a great movie but it also isn't terrible. It is about a couple very serious birders that would be thought of as twitchers.
As sub cultures go, birding? Why not?

 

[Gronk]

What are people getting into?
Myself?
I am getting into mountain biking and I do a bit of birding (I am thinking of joining a club).
Also I am f**king hanging out for American Football season to start.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Yes, look into a movie called 'A Big Year' with Steve Martin and Jack Black.
It isn't a great movie but it also isn't terrible. It is about a couple very serious birders that would be thought of as twitchers.
As sub cultures go, birding? Why not?

I prefer The Dectorists.

 

[T-Boon]

The birding stuff has derailed this thread somewhat. That (and mountain biking) is just what I am doing a bit more of during this monstrosity of a season. This thread is about what we all are getting up to. Hobbies or whatever. I thought it might be a good idea for a thread. It is a tough time to be an Eels fan, we should support one another.

 

[IFR33K]

I’m into the muscle car scene. I love my old Holden’s.

 

[Chipmunk]

I’m into the muscle car scene. I love my old Holden’s.

What sort of car have you got?

 

[IFR33K]

What sort of car have you got?

Hq Monaro’s, vk brocks and a vl calais 4.9L