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Share what you know about the year you were born. The first electric drip brew coffeemaker is patented in Germany and named the Wigomat after its inventor Gottlob Widmann. The angle grinder is invented by German company Ackermann + Schmitt (Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge). What else can I say? A momentous year! I was pulled kicking and screaming […]

Are you a good judge of character? Of being a totally rubbish judge of character. I’ve absolutely no skill in this whatsoever. It’s got me into so many scrapes that I wonder how I’m still here! My dog is a better judge of character than I am. One sniff of your butt and it’s decided

When are you most happy? One of the happiest times for me is when I’m playing jazz with a good bunch of players. Here’s our dance band—Hep n’ Swingin’—we earn a crust playing Swing Dance Music, but also enjoy a jazz jam. Most of us have played together before over the years in different bands.

What was the last thing you did for play or fun? Every day is playtime now—I’m retired! I’ve jumped off the treadmill and I’m a happy hamster So I do the things in life that I want to do.! Music, I play in a band that gigs for dancers, There’s me in front of the

List your top 5 grocery store items. Honestly, some of these prompts are really scraping the barrel. I mean, who is really going to care what I buy in the supermarket except a market researcher? Or data harvester? So being paranoid, here’s my imaginary grocery store top of the pops. In reverse order of hilarity:

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life. Mike Bell. Church Warden, keen walker and drinking buddy. He died 20 years ago but left an indelible impression in my life. We used to meet several days a week in the local pub after work to plot various walking expeditions or put the world to

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? You’ve got to be kidding me, I wouldn’t have guessed my life would be like it is today a year ago. I have managed to do three things in 2025 that I never imagined I could possibly do. Learned to dance…..well do some moves that

It’s been just over a year now since I decided to sit down and learn to play the piano properly. As you know, if you follow my antics, I’ve played saxophone for a living for a good few years. I tinkered on the piano but never really got down to learning hand independence or proper

What cities do you want to visit? Lincoln City in Lincolnshire is the finest city I know which is nice, as it’s not too far from where I live. The commercial high street I don’t particularly care for, but the older part of the city, especially the Cathedral, is well worth a visit, along with

Tell us one thing you hope people say about you. But enough of epitaphs, we are talking about the things we hope others say about us in the present. Nobody wants to think that others say horrible things behind our backs. I for one don’t particularly care, there’s nothing you or I can do about