d4m4s74
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I noticed, like cubing, uneven numbers are easier then the even numbers above them, in other words, juggling 5 clubs is easier then 4
Do you have hobbies stranger than cubing?
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Are you speaking from experience? Do you actually find 5 clubs easier than 4? That would really amaze me.
I've spent many hundreds of hours juggling 7 balls, and my best is 50 catches. On the other hand, I've spent much less time juggling 6 balls (I don't really like juggling 6 very much), and my best is over 100 catches. With juggling, the even numbers are less pleasant to juggle, in my opinion at least, because the pattern isn't as aesthetically pleasing, but despite less practice, it's still easier to keep fewer objects in the air.
In any event, I hope you're right - I'd love to find that it's not that much harder to learn to juggle 5 clubs now. I've been assuming it would be a many-year process to work my way up to 5 clubs.
Squishypants
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As a hobby I buy property and fix it up. I guess it's a bit more than a hobby now, as I've kept a fair number of the properties and rented them out. Cubing is just a great way to take your mind off things, and keep your mental focus sharp 
andreccantin
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I don't really know if this is stranger than cubing, but I fix (~5-13 year old) computers as a hobby.
Since the age of 6 or 7 I liked taking apart electronics (I took apart at least 5 or 6 borken VCRs). Now I have 4 working computers (one not too bad even for today's standards, 2GB RAM and 1.8GHz processor). The funniest part is that these 4 computers haven't cost me anything yet. I got one from school for free (it had been approved for electronic recycling and my teacher noticed I was interested, and gave it to me. I was probably an odd sight, walking back to my locker with a computer under my arm.). I got another one (really a 3/4 computer when I got it) from a friend of the family and fixed it up with parts from a computer that broke (motherboard problem). The other 2 came from a friend who's parents wanted to get rid of the computers that had been taking up space in their basement.
I now have the computers in a corner of the "computer room" (there are 2 other shared systems here) and I should really sort out the mess of computer parts and static bags eventually.
Wow, looking back at what I wrote, I hope this isn't too much information. I could seriously go on all day like this, detailing how I fixed each of the computers and what I plan to do with them. I better stop here, or this might get way too long.
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Since the age of 6 or 7 I liked taking apart electronics (I took apart at least 5 or 6 borken VCRs). Now I have 4 working computers (one not too bad even for today's standards, 2GB RAM and 1.8GHz processor). The funniest part is that these 4 computers haven't cost me anything yet. I got one from school for free (it had been approved for electronic recycling and my teacher noticed I was interested, and gave it to me. I was probably an odd sight, walking back to my locker with a computer under my arm.). I got another one (really a 3/4 computer when I got it) from a friend of the family and fixed it up with parts from a computer that broke (motherboard problem). The other 2 came from a friend who's parents wanted to get rid of the computers that had been taking up space in their basement.
I now have the computers in a corner of the "computer room" (there are 2 other shared systems here) and I should really sort out the mess of computer parts and static bags eventually.
Wow, looking back at what I wrote, I hope this isn't too much information. I could seriously go on all day like this, detailing how I fixed each of the computers and what I plan to do with them. I better stop here, or this might get way too long.
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