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Strange side hobbies?

Okay. Earlier in the year I snapped this photo of my car to the Crosby Festival of the Arts in Toledo, Ohio. Notice something?8869116280?profile=original

Yes, my ham radio license plate. I have been an amateur radio operator for 25 years now - first getting my Novice license when I was 16 years old. I now have the highest class license of Amateur Extra.

Plus I am a Skywarn certified spotter. Something that comes in handy at art fairs. I can listen and report to the local weather net to hear the storms progress. That is kind of tricky with taking items down from your tent to get ready for the impending doom.

 

So do you have any other strange hobbies that kind fit in and kind do not fit in with the art fair circuit?

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