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How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? Well not that ancient, but the wrong side of three score and ten now. I worry about world events less now. History just keeps repeating itself, politicians still lie, the rich get impossibly richer. The weak are still exploited and […]

Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done. The farm I live on has a private lane about a quarter mile long. “How lovely!” You may say. Pictures like this are conjured up in your mind’s eye. Here’s the reality: A pothole strewn track with suspension busting craters. It looks like a B-52 dropped

What’s your favorite thing to cook? I love noodles! I buy 4kg boxes! No Pot Noodles! A portion in half a cm of water in a pan, a chicken stock cube, curry powder and dash of soy sauce. Lunch is served!

Scientific Calculator Write about your first computer. Cutting edge tech in it’s day—c1978 I used one of these to complete a maths based HNC in Design & Production Engineering whilst in the RAF. At 23 years old I was considered ancient by my fellow students. Since I had a well paid job I could afford

What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it? I had to think hard for an answer to this one. I’m not afraid of anything but I’m wary of quite a few. Lions, Tigers and Bears? Love them but wouldn’t sit down to dinner with them

What do you complain about the most? These new super bright headlights have made my night driving a bloody misery. Whoever invented them should be tied to a post with their eyelids taped open and have these flashed at them randomly. And the idiots who drive with them misaligned, well, tie them to posts next

What are your favorite sports to watch and play? By far my favourite sport to watch is Cycle Racing. The Tour de France is followed by me in the same way some follow football or cricket. Once a year for 21days, in July, and I’m glued to the telly. Not sure about this year however,

What would you do if you won the lottery? Why? Because I don’t do it! I win every time I don’t play, because the £1 stays in my pocket! I can do better than crossing my fingers and hoping. I get out and do something to earn a crust, and enjoy myself a lot more

What books do you want to read? As a writer, I’m very critical about what I read. I don’t stick to one genre, but have a leaning towards medieval and SF. (There’s a mix.) I’m allergic to typos as well—so finding a great book outside of the mainstream famous author range, that isn’t full of

Write about a few of your favorite family traditions. It’s Burns Night again, and the family nose flute is produced to continue the tradition of our ancestors. Along with our unusual left-handed haggis drum, the family orchestra has been supplemented by the trouser brace cello. Last year our nose flute orchestra was dealt a severe