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UNCatTech said:
I believe i need to learn to play bridge.

How close is it to spades? Learned to play spades in jail so I know every permutation.
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Similar. Interestingly, I learned to play spades with some black football players at HJ. They liked me and loved to claim that because they were black, they were naturally better at spades than me because I was so pale. It was a more simple time. Anyway, I had played a bit in High School, but they introduced me to what they called baggies or bags which penalized you for underbidding.
 
My expensive "hobby" that is completely dissociated from my academic training (science and legal) is photography. Years and years ago, I even developed my own photographs. Now that was a sidetrack that I abandoned before digital advances in the field made it obsolete. And for the record, I am much more adept with Photoshop than I ever was at developing film. I always get a big kick when I see someone using one of my photos, which they undoubtedly saw on FLICKR. And even more rarely, I get an email or a letter from someone asking me if they can use one of my photos. I always reply in the affirmative and send them back an executed, notarized, no-fee license to use my photo. I have never, and will never, sign a license that someone sends me. Usually, the request is for use of a photo of some well-known object and the requester figures they can use my photo for free. And they are right. In regard to "expensive hobby," unlike virtually everything else in my life, my photography hobby has gotten consistently cheaper with each passing year. The camera on my phone is light-years more advanced than my first fancy camera with multiple lens that I purchased while in the Army in Germany at a music and camera store in Mainz.
 
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Batt Boy said:
Similar. Interestingly, I learned to play spades with some black football players at HJ. They liked me and loved to claim that because they were black, they were naturally better at spades than me because I was so pale. It was a more simple time. Anyway, I had played a bit in High School, but they introduced me to what they called baggies or bags which penalized you for underbidding.
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Yup, you have to be penalized for sand bagging. Which is typically an effort to get the other team to over bid.

We played with blind, nil, bags, jokers, pretty much everything. With bigger groups we actually played with two decks of cards.
 
I have a whole Theology degree that I don't use for anything productive. And I still find theology (Christian mostly, but also other religions) very interesting as a topic, even if I don't have much of a practical use for it any longer.
 
05C40 said:
My expensive "hobby" that is completely dissociated from my academic training (science and legal) is photography. Years and years ago, I even developed my own photographs. Now that was a sidetrack that I abandoned before digital advances in the field made it obsolete. And for the record, I am much more adept with Photoshop than I ever was at developing film. I always get a big kick when I see someone using one of my photos, which they undoubtedly saw on FLICKR. And even more rarely, I get an email or a letter from someone asking me if they can use one of my photos. I always reply in the affirmative and send them back an executed, notarized, no-fee license to use my photo. I have never, and will never, sign a license that someone sends me. Usually, the request is for use of a photo of some well-known object and the requester figures they can use my photo for free. And they are right. In regard to "expensive hobby," unlike virtually everything else in my life, my photography hobby has gotten consistently cheaper with each passing year. The camera on my phone is light-years more advanced than my first fancy camera with multiple lens that I purchased while in the Army in Germany at a music and camera store in Mainz.
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Really cool. I wish I still had mine. I got it in Wurzburg and it was a used Praktica. I can't remember, but maybe VLC? Took a bunch but was never very good. I traded it to a buddy for a walkman. Poor decision.
 
Batt Boy said:
Really cool. I wish I still had mine. I got it in Wurzburg and it was a used Praktica. I can't remember, but maybe VLC? Took a bunch but was never very good. I traded it to a buddy for a walkman. Poor decision.
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When I finally upgraded to a digital SLR, I sent my film SLR--and lens--to a friend of a friend in Louisana who ind8cated he was thrilled to get it.
 
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