Your longest absence

[LonesomeAmiga]

Hello all!

I've just come back to Amibay after a ridiculously long absence (You last visited: 25th September 2013 at 08:16) :-(

I've not got any real excuses for this, other than the amount of work I've been doing across several jobs along with "life getting in the way".

I just wondered what your longest absence has been, from something you enjoy ? It doesn't have to have been from Amibay - anything you've done, hobby or otherwise

It's nice to be back though and I'm looking forward to spending a good part of tomorrow reading up on the last few months and getting back in the swing of things (and finishing off my sales, naturally)

 

[Collz69]

I stopped going fishing in about 1998, it declined due to a change in interests, I was all about cars, girls, illegal substances etc etc.
The last fishing trip I went on was early 1999.
I didnt even think about fishing for the next 9 years, then after all those years I tagged along with a friend & that was it, my hobby was back with a vengeance!
It was always a bit of a hobby but now its a real passion & with a few years experience behind me now its changed my life forever.

 

[LonesomeAmiga]

It was always a bit of a hobby but now its a real passion & with a few years experience behind me now its changed my life forever.

So do you sea fish or is it lakes and rivers ? I have a friend who had a similar fishing absence and now goes out quite a few times and week and catches food for the table!

 

[Collz69]

Lakes & Rivers , mostly night fishing.

 

[demolition]

When I was younger I took guitar lessons for several years, but around '96 I lost interest for several reasons, but in '03 I got the spark again. Within a week or so I was back at the same level I was in '96, so it's almost like riding a bicycle. Once I started playing something I used to be able to play, my fingers knew what to do although my brain didn't seem to remember much of it.. That interest had faded a bit in the last year, but it stayed on for quite a while.

I also used to play WOW for several years but lost interest a couple of years ago. I replaced that interest with a renewed Amiga/retro interest which is about the same time I pulled out my Amigas from the back of the closet and joined Amibay. I have to spend my free time with something.

 

[Xanxi]

I can lose my interest in anything i do or like for a long time like several years, but i always come back to it in the end.
For instance, chess. I have been a ranked club player for several years in the 90's until i stopped totally to play (this game can drive someone crazy and when you are not happy when you win is a good time to stop), but i came back several years later.
The same goes for anything else: computers, video games, board games, sport, etc.
It's more fun to be eclectic and to vary centers of interest over time anyway.

 

[mike_cc]

Absent from the Amiga scene (well, owning an Amiga anyway) for over ten years. Pretty sure I was lured back by a combination of WinUAE and Amibay. Much to my fiance's joy (house is filling up with retro stuff).

As a certified ADHD sufferer I tend to collect hobbies and interests like a crazy shopping trolley pushing person and then drop things like a sack of bricks when I can't juggle it all.