What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations?
Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.
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Weather watching (not the extreme kind) - I basically note down the current weather and interpret my own forecast then later see if I'm right.
Lockpicking - it's basically a tiny little puzzle and I can buy different solutions for a few bucks at any store.
Gardening - this is less obscure/quirky and more that I don't want people to think that I'm bragging about how many tomatoes I have because I will in fact brag about how many tomatoes I have.
How correct are you usually with your forecasts?
Are your forecasts just based on life experience or some weather research or some kind?
Also talking about your garden in any positive way just automatically sounds like bragging. For example my beans are monsters and are growing so tall and tying to take over the whole garden. I didn't really do much, they just are.
I use resources on weather.gov for most of my personal forecasting. I know there are forecasts on there but I usually only need it for readings like pressure, humidity, and wind speed. Also I don't own a Doppler radar which is a very useful tool for figuring cloud density and shape. I do want to get a lightning detector though. That sounds neat.
As for your beans, if you got some spare cans and like pickled things, assuming they are green beans you could pickle them and they're pretty good. I like em that way at least.
Edit: I forgot to mention the accuracy of the forecasts. I have precipitation down pretty good. That's just pressure, wind direction, and cloud cover/type of cloud. Temperature is effectively magic where I live so it's hard to pin down. Still haven't figured out that one yet.
Not that having a lot of tomatoes is a bad thing but it seems every beginner gardener's first mistake is planting too many tomato plants
No no, you misunderstand. The plants have so many tomatoes that the cages are bending. There are so many tomatoes.
I don't think those things are obscure/quirky.
Weather prediction - Do you have any knowledge about how weather works or are you just random guessing? I would love to know more about how to predict weather, based on current and past weather.
Lockpicking - are you also trying to pick an actual lock. I am watching LockPickingLaywer on YouTube, it's really fun to watch, because it's really easy for him to pick a lock. But I don't know where to start. I would love to at least try to pick some lock. Just for fun.
Gardening - that's actually good experience to have. It's not so easy to know how to garden and if you know that, good job. 👍
| Weather watching - I'm by no means a meteorologist but I understand a bit of cause and effect for most weather patterns in and out of my area. I mainly use weather.gov for my informational resources and they also have guides on a lot of weather related stuff.
| Lockpicking - I started before lockpicking lawyer popped off but I deeply appreciate him for making fun videos about the subject and bringing it out of obscurity. He definitely is much better than my amateur self and makes it look easy in general. As for starting out, check your state and local laws because in some places possession of the tools is illegal if you don't have the right licensing, in others intent is critical but possession is not. Don't break into anything you don't own is an obvious one. Finally you can get a set of hooks, rakes, and torque wrenches online for $15-30 (prices may vary) and key locks are pretty cheap.