The Crazy Hobby Thread
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Looking for crazy hobbies? Here's my entry for wacky pastimes! Homemade roller coasters!
LOL Jack.
If not only for the 360 loop, I am reminded of the so called 'caterpillar' carnival ride we had back here in the 70s.
LOL Phil! How about the dreaded and ever present Octopus rides? They were small, never went fast but was more terrifying than Colossus because you could see all the loose bolts and didn't know whether or not we'd be thrown into a nearby rice paddy! LOL!!!!!!
Oh yeah Jack, the dreaded Octopus. Clankety clank when in motion, loose bolts which actually are tight due to loose threads! LOL And those 'carriage bodies' which looked used to death already, maybe a thousand times in a thousand venues!
And all those rust in the metal scaffolds...gee, was I insane to ride those things. I personally would never ride on any attractions at a local fair. The carnies come into town and set up their junk and patch it together with baling wire and horesh*t and then kill half a dozen and then leave town in the middle of the night.
Btw, it didn't seem that the guy had any protective padding or seatbelt, and no side doors on his 'tram'. More thrill.
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Speaking of getting thrown into rice paddies.......how about some flipflop moped stunt riding as a hobby?
garylkoh
WBF Technical Expert (Speakers & Audio Equipment)
You Pinoys are crazy! When I was there, the go-kart track in Cebu reportedly had crocodiles in the pond that bordered it. I asked the operators why they didn't put barriers up to make sure none of the karts fall in. They said that the possibility of being eaten by crocodiles would make that very fast corner even more exciting.
No helmet, no kevlar paddings. Brave people. I was about to buy a basic motorbike for nearby errands but I bumped into my wife's cousin who flew out of his motorbike after hitting an obscured open manhole. He showed me his arm dangling loosely at the elbow joint area, needing another surgery after going through 2 already. I cancelled my order for the motorbike.
Actually I think this duo is Malaysian
And the music in the video isn't Pinoy either. I was guessing from the lyrics it was Thai.
Hmmmm Thai. Possible! Hard to tell when you see Pinoys, Thais, Malaysians and Indonesians in shirts, shorts and flip flops without hearing them speak.
Hmmmm Thai. Possible! Hard to tell when you see Pinoys, Thais, Malaysians and Indonesians in shirts, shorts and flip flops without hearing them speak.
That's true Jack.
In the mid 80s, I arrived back home at our airport in Manila, and the customs guy asked me, 'Are you Thailander'? I almost said yes thinking he would give tourists an easier time in checking the luggage, but in the end I said, No, Pinoy. And he was very startled. LOLSimilar threads
