Anyone do any trades or hobbies?

[cookderosa]

I would do more if I could stay alert during the day; anyone have any alertness tips?? Elventh grade has me busy:Health, English11, US History... Also my dad has me using this program to study for certain clep exams(not my idea). I also have a wonderfulcat Bush!!!

Jgbenjamin, I'm sorry about your school situation. Let me talk to your dad.

[merolpn]

I am curious on does anyone do any trades or hobbies?

For trades: I am a licensed Electrical Contractor in my state which is typically called "Master Electrician" in other states. It took 4 years of Vocational/Technical high school (which counts as 1 year of apprenticeship time) plus 3 years of OJT and 1 exam to obtain "Journeyman" level, then another 2 years of work plus 2 more exams to become a Licensed contractor.

Because I have a trade license, I have never been unemployed. Every once in a while I think about it and realize that at 15 years old I made the single biggest decision to affect my life and I made a really good decision.

For Hobby/Jobs: I have been a Certified Flight instructor since 2001 and an Open Water Scuba Instructor since 2011. (Although these are hobbies, they have occasionally made me some money. However, I have not come close to breaking even on what it cost to obtain either one)

For true Hobbies with no financial reward component: Just hunting and target shooting

[JohnnyHeck]

Because I have a trade license, I have never been unemployed. Every once in a while I think about it and realize that at 15 years old I made the single biggest decision to affect my life and I made a really good decision.

Congratulations! I hope some of the parents who are pushing their teenage students to test out of college with only C level knowledge take note of this. The last thing their kids need is end up feeling they are underemployed when there were other options besides an early 4 year Liberal Arts college degree.

[dposborne]

Congratulations! I hope some of the parents who are pushing their teenage students to test out of college with only C level knowledge take note of this. The last thing their kids need is end up feeling they are underemployed when there were other options besides an early 4 year Liberal Arts college degree.

In my line of work I am around many different trades every day. I would push my children into a trade or the military any day! Maybe I am being selfish but I sure as heck don't want a 30 year old Liberal Arts major living at my house in my retirement years.

As far as hobbies go I think I am quite addicted to researching and buying/selling stocks. I spend a majority of my free time engaged in the market.. I may be a little OCD on this, but the free money keeps pulling me in (when I am doing well that is). It's legalized gambling! Here's a good tip: Buy Apple (AAPL) it's about to explode with the new watch and share buy back...

On another note I also like to shoot at the range and fish.

[lavagirl]

Here's a good tip: Buy Apple (AAPL) it's about to explode with the new watch and share buy back...

No kidding! You were spot on! ( you wrote this post on the day AAPL topped) hilarious And you were correct that stocks are legalized gambling .

AAPL Interactive Stock Chart | Yahoo! Inc. Stock - Yahoo! Finance

P.S. I like commodity and stock trading too.

[dposborne]

No kidding! You were spot on! ( you wrote this post on the day AAPL topped) hilarious And you were correct that stocks are legalized gambling .

AAPL Interactive Stock Chart | Yahoo! Inc. Stock - Yahoo! Finance

P.S. I like commodity and stock trading too.

Some other stocks that I am dabbling in that you may want to take a look at:
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TXMD
ZAYO
CGNX
NOV
XON
DIS (this one is a sure thing since Disney is coming out with a new Marvel movie, new Star Wars movie, and 2 new Disney movies this year)
WFC (Wells Fargo was one of the only companies that pretty much got out of the 2008-2009 recession unscathed)
JNJ
ALK

[dposborne]

I wanted to bring this topic back since I recently got back into collecting comic books. Anyone else? I'm heading to the Baltimore Con here in September, should be interesting to see all the Bronies...

[Kaz]

I wanted to bring this topic back since I recently got back into collecting comic books. Anyone else? I'm heading to the Baltimore Con here in September, should be interesting to see all the Bronies...

I'd collect more if I could justify it but that'll have to wait. I grew up a Marvel guy but going forward I want to build up a library of really nice hardcover omnibus/masterwork/library edition/etc. collections of very important runs in DC, Marvel, and probably Dark Horse. Have you every heard of people getting custom made bindings? It's pretty cool, basically book binding places nowadays will do one-shot orders so some fans will hand them a run of issues to be bound into a nice hardcover. Obviously no one would butcher a really expensive or rare set of comics this way, but if you are a fan of something easily found in the dollar bins that has never been (and probably will never be) collected into a nice edition then it is a really fun thing to do. When I have worry-free hobby money again I will be looking into that some more.

[dposborne]

I'm pretty much into Marvel, but I have collected issues from all brands. My most recent accomplishment is obtaining all "Secret Wars" issues, variants and all cross over issues. This will most likely be a key collection considering Marvel is completely rebooting the universe after this series ends. I also have a fair collection of autographed and slabbed (CGC/CBCS Certified Graded) issues of the "Death of Wolverine" series (yeah they really killed Wolverine off for good).

I haven't heard of custom binding which seems like something I could get done to a couple series I have lying around.

If you like you can click this link to see part of my collection that I have posted up online so far including pics of slabbed issues...

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