What hobbies can a middle aged man start?

Question

except knit, gardening and exercising <---[health problems]

Answer 1

Try coin collecting. It doesn't have to cost you a lot. You can go to the bank and pick of a box of coin (whichever denomination you like) for exactly face value. A box of pennies is $25, a box of nickels is $100, a box of dimes is $250 and boxes of quarters or half dollars are $500. You don't have to buy the whole box. The bank can pull out whatever amount you like.

Once you get a box, you can go through and pull out the better coins (there are books to help with this or websites). You can pick up a coin album and try to fill all the holes (get one for each year) or just search for interesting ones.

The coins that you don't want can be returned to the bank and put straight back into your account (though it's often better to return the coins to a different bank (not just a different branch but a different bank) so that you don't search the same coins over and over). Everything you find will have been obtained at face value. You'd be surprised what people have found. Check out these links to see:
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1902&whichpage=1
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11494&whichpage=1
http://www.foundinrolls.com/

Also check your change for interesting finds.

Some things to search for: wheat pennies, silver dimes, silver quarters, old coins, error coins, coins with the "S" mintmark - it could be a proof coin etc. There's always the chance that you could find a real treasure!

It's also helpful to buy a red book. It can help you price your coins and will answer many of the questions you may have.

OR IF THAT'S NOT FOR YOU...

http://www.spacefem.com/quizzes/hobby/

Answer 2

Glassworking is a great hobby with lots of different forms - stained glass, warm (fusing/slumping) and hot (anything involving molten glass) glass work. It's "industrial" enough to appeal to men yet artisitic at the same time. It can take some cash to start up if you want to do everything at home; when I started stained glass I spent about $200 on all my tools/accessories. If you take a class, you can learn the basics and use their equipment.

Answer 3

I am the exact same, middle aged with health problems.
there are many things you can do without exercise.
stamp collecting( i do)
coin collecting( i do)
take up a musical instrument ( learning guitar )
learn a foreign language ( learning german)
model building
painting
learn how to tattoo
pottery
there are so many things out there they can't even be listed.
The bottom line is check around and if something peaks your interest go for it.

Answer 4

Travel, charity activities, cooking, painting and other art, music: collecting or playing something, learn a foreign language, start an internet business, have a job where you are a voice on the phone helping people

Answer 5

Model railroading. We remember how trains used to look! I have a friend who is confined to a wheel chair who has a fantastic layout all built down to his level. Model railroading lasts a lifetime. BY the way I'm 55 is that middle aged?

Answer 6

I started glassblowing when I was 48, is that middle-aged?
I do furnace working which is a bit tough, but torch working can be done in a few square feet and sitting down.

Answer 7

find something that peaks his interest. there are many things a person can do to keep themselves occupied.And even with health problems it isn't good for you to sit too much.walking a little helps to build up your endurance.
Woodwork ,art,building something small like a bird house,or bird feeders,bird watching ,collecting things from his childhood,talk with him find out what passions he has most people have something that they really like ,before his health got bad what type of things did he like? Fishing could be a great pass time.

Answer 8

Collecting

* Antiques
* Artwork
* Autographs
* Aviation archaeology
* Banknotes
* Baseball cards

* Beetles
* Books
* Bottles
* Business cards
* Butterflies
* Calendars
* Cameras
* Candlesticks

* Cards
* Conifer cones
* Bottle caps
* Christmas accessories
* Classic videogames
* Clocks
* Coasters
* Coins
* Comic books
* Crystals
* Currency
* Dice
* Die-cast toys
* Dumpster diving

* Enamels
* Fashion Design
* Feathers
* Fossils
* Found objects
* Fountain pens
* Guns
* Hats
* Jewelry

* Keychains
* Knives (pocket knives, hunting knives, kitchen knives)
* Lunchboxes
* Manga
* Matchcovers and matchboxes ("phillumenism")
* Microchips
* Militaria
* Miniature figures
* Moths

* Newspapers
* Patches
* Photographs
* Postcards
* Posters
* Quotes
* Recordings (Records, CDs, Cassettes)
* Rocks and Minerals
* Scale models
* Salt and pepper shakers
* Shopping lists
* Souvenirs
* Spoons
* Stamps
* Stickers
* Swords

* Teddy bears
* Thimbles
* Trading cards (such as baseball cards)
* Treasure hunting (possibly using metal detectors)
* Toys
* Watches and Clocks
* Yardsticks

Cooking

* Baking
* Barbecue (Grilling)
* Beer making
* OpenCola

Model (scale model) building

* Gunpla
* Live steam models
* Matchstick models
* Military models
* Model aircraft
* Model cars, including radio-controlled cars
* Model commercial vehicles
* Model engineering (Machining)
* Model houses
* Model figures
* Model military vehicles
* Model nations
* Model railways/railroads
o Backyard railroads
* Model rockets
* Model ships
* Model yachting




just some ideas- good luck!

Answer 9

well.. i guess you're not the middle-aged man.. doesn't look like that in your avatar.. lol. But okay..maybe collecting stuff like stamps or whatever.. Maybe get a pet, read and collect novels, write novels, maybe fishing, or what about getting a fish tank? Its quite entertaining.

Answer 10

Y!A, coin collecting, photography, volunteer work, painting/drawing, rubber stamping, paper crafting (check out Michael Strong's website: strongstamps.com)