I’ve never had a hobby in my entire life. Correction, not one that has spanned my lifetime, or the majority of it, or even a big clump of it. I’ve always been more curious about whatever it is that triggers a person to initiate a hobby, regardless of what it is, in the first place. Almost anything can become a hobby. And how come I’ve never had a hobby? Hobbies are calming, even therapeutic in some respects, and hobbyists have found them to be compelling and entertaining. Just some comments,

I had the same reaction on visiting the Epping Model Railway club show a few weeks back. The awww-isn’t-that-cute moment for me was seeing someone who had put so much effort into the realism of their rolling stock (I think is the correct term), that they had painted on tiny little swatches of graffiti!