Help me find a new hobby/meet new people please.

[camo]

So I'm single again and my friends never did get back together so I'm stuck in Shipley (near Leeds) on my own. I don't know anyone around here and I don't socialise with my work colleagues so I really need to make some new friends.

So far I've looked at joining gun clubs. My bro (who's a Royal Marine) told me that learing to fire a weapon is beneficial for focus and maintaining a gun is a labour of love. So I've looked at Clay Pidgeon shooting and other disciplines but everyone (from club photos) is about 60 and has a moustache. Also, it's a bloody expensive hobby!

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

[Freebasser]

Smoking or racism.

[camo]

where can I find such clubs?

[Videodrome]

in the United States of course!

[camo]

I'll be over in a sec

[na§tee]

i just moved to bristol in late october and i've been pretty lazy in getting out there and meeting new people (apart from inevitable let's-go-to-the-bar-after-work craic with colleagues) but i've vowed to change it this year. so i am joining a kendo class! a bit petrified but we'll see. i might start learning salsa, too, because a person i do some work with at a theatre nearby teaches and every god damn time i see her she asks why i haven't shown face.

i joined a book club the first week i was here but bitches picked a passage to india as that month's book and fuck that colonial shit.

[beastieangel01]

online tends to be a good way to start to be honest. Also just focusing on your interests and going to events and/or places such as you gun club idea (just, check on other interests for people more your age haha).

good luck. it's not easy.

[Freebasser]

i joined a book club the first week i was here but bitches picked a passage to india as that month's book and fuck that colonial shit.

Fuck one book a month! That's 12 books a year - challenging!

[camo]

I'd be the youngest there by far, maybe I could be a mascot?

Sorry nastee but I can't dance so I'd be terrible at those!

[na§tee]

Fuck one book a month! That's 12 books a year - challenging!
smart ass. it was two books a month if you want me to be completely accurate.

all the books i read don't have to be assigned by book clubs, fyi.

[Freebasser]

Model train building.
Buying magazines about model trains.
Joining a forum about model trains (I can recommend a good one).
Dressing up as a model train.
Model train spotting.
Masturbating to images of model trains.
"Marrying" a real train, rubbing yourself up against it and pretending that all your model trains are you and your "wife's" offspring.

[Videodrome]

Model train building.
Buying magazines about model trains.
Joining a forum about model trains (I can recommend a good one).
Dressing up as a model train.
Model train spotting.
Masturbating to images of model trains.
"Marrying" a real train, rubbing yourself up against it and pretending that all your model trains are you and your "wife's" offspring.

model trains are really fucking sweet. i endorse all these ideas.

[camo]

oh dear

[Adam]

This idea might not be for you but y'know, amend to suit needs or whatever. But basically, at my lowest, I joined a dating website (datingdirect.com) as a fuck buddy at the time suggested it.

After my dad died in 2007, I was really down. I had lost touch with a lot of friends because it was a long illness and I didn't really tell any1 what was going off in my life - think most people thought I had become a junkie or something...

Anyway, some of my old friends wasn't the greatest mates anyway, my time of being a 'lad/geezer' was of over cus I wasn't 19 anymore. But when I joined the website, I met loads of new friends. From the profiles you can tell who is and isn't a person you'd want to spend time with. Obviously all my new friends was female but again - obviously not a bad thing as females make better friends imho. Think I was a member for two months or so. I didn't get my dick wet but that wasn't my main objective. Just wanted a bit more fun in life. You can change your profile to looking for friends, casual, long term, babies etc - most people had down friendship and see what happens. Also from getting to know those I talked to, most had come out of a long-term-ish relationship or getting over some major stress and had been suggested to join by a friend (just like me).

I did different hobbies, visited new places as it took me out of my normal social circle into others - and you might find a new hobby that way. So then, when it came to my mum getting ill and passing, I was very happy to have these new friends around me at a time I felt like a house had fallen on me.

Also, chatting online to people was pretty cool.

Like beastieangel says - online is a great place to do anything. I would do it again, I mean, most of my life is spent online talking to people - changing things round a bit to get a new life from what you spend all day doing anyway helps deal with the old life.

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to explain that I ain't suggesting join a site to become a whore because I'm guessing that is not what you want.

[roosta]

religion, the wackier the better.

[Matt]

Try mass murder, you meet tons of people.

[camo]

Well I've signed up to go and see two rifle clubs, one clay pidgeon and one target so I'll see what happens.

[ericlee]

Trap and skeet is great fun. I used to work at a trap and skeet club a while ago and I got to shoot anytime I wanted to.

During holidays like thanksgiving and such, I've won turkeys and steaks and such.

Yeah man, go for it. It's a good way of meeting people too.

[camo]

Cool, I think I'm gonna start off small with the air rifle night they do and see hows things progress (y)

[Lex Diamonds]

Have you thought about dogging? It's not just a hobby it's a lifestyle choice, and you're always meeting new people.

[camo]

Yeah but my car doesn't have leather seats and I was thinking about the stains.

[Lex Diamonds]

No problem, whenever you're going for a dog just bust the clingfilm. It's gonna be glazed like a donut by the time you finished but that shit will lift off leaving your ride factory fresh. (y)

[camo]

Sounds like a plan. Do you know of any of the Dogging codes and ethics. I don't wanna look like an amateur fool.

[Lex Diamonds]

The dogger knows no morals. The only rule is: there are no rules.

[camo]

Hmmm I don't know, I need a bit of structure.







Dammit I thought the match was at 6 and it started at 4. FUCK. Motd then...

[Lex Diamonds]

VIDIC!

[camo]

Has he scored? Damn you fool!

[Lex Diamonds]

Not scored, let's just say neither he nor Frank Lampard will be playing in the Premiership for a long time....

[camo]

You think he's going? That would be a shame. He had a shaky start to his red career but he's been immense.

BTW I now defo know Vidic has scored, I put channel 83 on and it just popped up. Nice backtrack though!



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[Audio.]

So I'm single again and my friends never did get back together so I'm stuck in Shipley (near Leeds) on my own. I don't know anyone around here and I don't socialise with my work colleagues so I really need to make some new friends.

So far I've looked at joining gun clubs. My bro (who's a Royal Marine) told me that learing to fire a weapon is beneficial for focus and maintaining a gun is a labour of love. So I've looked at Clay Pidgeon shooting and other disciplines but everyone (from club photos) is about 60 and has a moustache. Also, it's a bloody expensive hobby!

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

well the scene where I'm from has this video gaming fan base so its pretty great. Yet, everywhere I go, one of the places I see with more people socializing (sometimes) is at the gyms.


errr frack it. for the most part gun clubs are fun. I mean I only fired weapons for one day and I already had then got myself burnt by a empty shell from a spit by a glock. Thats why wear at least two layers of clothing or more in case your buddy next to ya fires and and empty hot shell will go rolling down your back neck and getting itself strapped between you and your shirt. That happened all while I was testing an AK-47.

[Otis Driftwood]

Are there any bars with foosball tables where you live?

[camo]

One player foosball is so hard, it should be labeled an extreme sport. Kinda.

[Otis Driftwood]

True, that's why you should ask some random bar babe to help you move the rod.

[camo]

I see your plan. The 'pity pull' (y)

[fucktopgirl]

I don't know if someone mention it, but take martial arts, better then going at a gun club, in my opinion anyway. YOu will learn to focus and maintaining your body at the optimum top level. IT is also good for the mind. I would also suggest yoga, really nice to calm down the mind and get the body in shape, and since you are single, well plenty of ladies in yoga class.

[gbsuey]

I got to say joining a gun club wouldn't have been the first thing that i might of thought of as a way to get out and socialise but hope it works out for you!! Just don't get all Charlton Heston on us.
I quite often wish i had more spare time to spend here! But it's good to get out too-any decent gig venues nearby??

Oh and i only just read the other thread-sorry to hear things didn't work out,hope you feel better soon.

[Echewta]

meetup.com

Seriously.

[jabumbo]

i want to try getting into yoga myself. sounds like it would be a good fit for me.

and i need to start up with the martial arts stuff again soon. although most of the people in that class are young kids with the occasional parent.

[ms.peachy]

Take a class in a new language, or one you once studied a bit but have mostly forgotten. Post an ad somewhere (craigslist or whatever) to meet native speakers who would be willing to come over and converse with you so you can practice, say in exchange for a meal or something. This is very easy if you live in an area that has a fair amount of foreign students. And if you are not incapable of cooking a halfway decent meal.

[b i o n i c]

meetup.com is actually a good one. also, as corny as it sounds, taking a class in something that interests you is a PERFECT way to meet people who are into things you like

[hpdrifter]

I love foreign languages so I second peachy.

I'd also say volunteer in an area that you are interested in. For me its animal rescue but you can volunteer to do almost anything. Tutoring, working with at-risk youth, the elderly, the homeless, immigrants, sick children. You'll probably meet nice people because nice people volunteer and you'll have some cool experiences and feel good about yourself. You have a unique skill set (graphic design, advertising) so you could help a small nonprofit with a website or something.

Or if you're not into altruism you could start going to shows in the local music scene and get yourself involved however you can, run sound, or something.

The point is to just get out there. You never know where things are going to lead you, just do something, anything to get out of the house. It doesn't have to make sense at the time.

[MC Moot]

Yep volunteering is a surefire winner...When I first moved to this city I knew no one except my brother who promptly ended up being transferred back to Vancouver and I was the last of the west coast players in my mind…anyway…before he was moved we had started to go to Y every week…and there’s tons of stuff happening there all the time…like pick up basketball or squash and racquetball sign ups, where you register by your level of game and end up playing different folks, male and female…sometimes you’d go and have nothing in common with your opponent but a couple of times I met decent folks, go for a pint afterwards kinda folks…one of whom I still play with…the other thing I did was to join the university’s Nordic club here which was great, they organize busses out to to the resorts and après ski events,good stuff,super cheap discounts and in the summer it turns into a rafting club…anyway’s just a couple of thoughts on how I made out before the Vancouver exodus began and a few of my peers came down here…(y)

[AceFace]

i have made a lot of friends in local theatre. you don't have to act, but i bet they'd love a cute young guy helping backstage. who knows, it might open a whole new world for you.

[fucktopgirl]

i want to try getting into yoga myself. sounds like it would be a good fit for me.

and i need to start up with the martial arts stuff again soon. although most of the people in that class are young kids with the occasional parent.


Yoga is a freaking good workout, you have to add the cardio part with it to have a full "getting in shape and losing extra weight" but still, you sweat and your body stretch in every direction possible. Yesterday i went for a session and today i am feeling it... The place i go i can jump between different kind of yoga;Kundalini,Kripalu and hatha vinyasa. I also have acces to pilates, meditation. Anyway, all that to say that yoga is pretty awesome and give you more flexibility,which i have yet to obtain.

And i suggest that to Camo because he can relax his body and check out female ass in the air and maybe meet someone. IN the class we are like 15 people and only 2 males. A good place for a dude who looking !

[camo]

good advice people.

I'm at my first session with a Rifle Club tonight and then later in the week I'm rejoining a gym. I've not been since I had a bad car crash so I could do with regaining some fitness.

[paul jones]

Don will be waiting for you to visit camo
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCsFZ3AS3E

ha ha ha ha ha(y)

[b i o n i c]

you could always try swing clubs, camo. i hear there are tons of friendly people that want to get to know you at those

[camo]

Don will be waiting for you to visit camo
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCsFZ3AS3E

ha ha ha ha ha(y)

genius.



Bionic, you need a partner to swing or so are my teachings from Eurotrash.

[camo]

I had a really good time, everyone was a lot older than me but I was told that I had some skills and shot a 91 (out of 100)! Definitely going back (y)

[yeahwho]

I hear Halo 3 can really take your mind off things, you know, if your looking for a distraction.

[fucktopgirl]

^:D

[gbsuey]

I was going to suggest one of those running groups the other day-where people who want to go jogging,but not alone meet up and run together-but i figured it may not actually be that popular. Then i drove through town the other night and where you would normally see a few running together,there were a good 20-30 people. Would like to do it myself but early morning would be better time for me. and that's not gonna happen!

Also,on the shooting things side of it, my son had a bow and arrow for xmas(toy) but it's so much fun-got me thinking i'd like to give archery a go.

[trailerprincess]

A few of my friends do the 'military fitness' sessions and have met loads of people through that, it's more interactive than a gym so might be a good thing to check out. They do it in Blackheath/Greenwich but I am sure they do it oop North too

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[jabumbo]

Also,on the shooting things side of it, my son had a bow and arrow for xmas(toy) but it's so much fun-got me thinking i'd like to give archery a go.


i've wanted to learn archery ever since i was too old to take the kids lessons at the park. so anytime someone has brought up shooting a bow and arrow in the past, say 10 years or so, it makes me realize i want to learn. but i never have gone about finding a place where i could learn

[Audio.]

you can join a cycling club. Its nice but I'm not sure if you will be tested in knowing the functions and name parts of the bike. Its great going around town and getting a lot of exercise. Its like working out, going fast, and having a good view of the city. Fuck, you dont even need to go to club. Unless you want to meet people of all range in age then I guess its right for ya.