Is there something that holds a fascination for you?
Something people would never imagine?
It doesn't have to be a hobby - just an interest 
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Mine is smoking pipes!! I have 3 so far and am currently looking at which tobaccos to try.
I've always loved the smell of pipe tobacco from the time i took my dinner money in a Three Nuns tobacco tin.
I have a Ben Wade prebem holm
A David Irving Dublin with bamboo
And a Kaywoodie pocket pipe
My love of Formula 1 always seems to surprise people for some reason 
I don't 'look like' a fan or something... I don't look like a geek either 
Join the club Saz - i love Monaco 
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
My love of Formula 1 always seems to surprise people for some reason I don't 'look like' a fan or something... I don't look like a geek either
Me too! I also like Moto GP Bikes
Originally Posted by Saint:
Join the club Saz - i love Monaco
I too love Formula 1, but I have to say Monaco is my least favourite race, mainly because it's not a race. The place looks wonderfully picturesque, but not a great date on the calendar.
Give me a nice long straight funnelling into a tight corner. Ha,as I write this they are playing the F1 music on Come Dine With Me, how weird.
Got to think about my secret love. Will get back to you.
Maybe not so unusual but I do like auctions.
Macgregors in St Andrews is the bees knees.
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Mine is smoking pipes!!
I've always hated the smell of pipes 
Aircraft & their ability to fly....I know how it works....but I still don't get it ?
and
Folks need to buy Branded goods at huge cost <<<<<< not so much a fascination...more a bewilderment
It's the engine that propels it through the air 
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Mine is smoking pipes!!
I've always hated the smell of pipes
Aircraft & their ability to fly....I know how it works....but I still don't get it ?
and
Folks need to buy Branded goods at huge cost <<<<<< not so much a fascination...more a bewilderment
It's the engine that propels it through the air
That's not I was told 
awwww ... did you think it was magic, ferny? 
DVLA auctions are good too.
Made 6k on 8 ULL.
Lamborghini mascot - maybe should have held out.
Metal detecting....
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
Maybe not so unusual but I do like auctions.
Macgregors in St Andrews is the bees knees.
I love auctions....
I'm really interested in anything to do with the Amish but the quilts they make hold a particular fascination for me
I love their appliquÃĐ technique
I'm fascinated by crystals and minerals - amazes me how they form !
I forgot to mention . . .
SEAHORSES i'm absolutely in awe of them and will defo have a marine tank when i'm an old guy. Those lil creatures are utterly fascinating.
A horse but its a fish - the males incubate the babies and give birth to them.
They also pair for life!!
Like i sed . . . amazing little things i could watch all day!!
bats!
When my life returns to something like normal, and I have more time, I am seriously considering becoming a licensed bat handler
Bats are wondderful
Cycling used to be an unusual interest but since the TDF and Olympics one can't move for 'em.
I'm expecting lots of bargains soon as the punctures begin to occur and people can't be arsed.
Ha ha ha joe - Saturday and Sunday mornings the country lanes round here are teaming with newbie MAMIL's (middle aged men in Lycra). They have ALL the kit - the pointy aerodynamic hats, the camel back water bladders, the neon coloured Lycra outfits. They almost pull it off on the flat, but look a bit stoopid when I pass them pushing their bikes up the steep bits 
And yes, bats are wonderful. We have a colony of Soprano Pipistrelles living in the roof above my desk at work. They are my baybee's having rescued three of them that were suffering from malnutrition and dehydration earlier in the year.
We also have at least 4 other species of bats in the grounds at work. I love them