When you're not cycling what do you do?

soy_sauce

1. I came to Scotland when i was 15yrs old by myself to go to boarding school
2. never make it into the first team (rugby) for my secondary school because i was too short (been told by the teacher)
3. i failed all my Adv. Highers (similiar to A-Level)
4. i graduted last summer with a computer science degree
5. i started having grey-hairs when i was 14
6. i hate doing things without a plan
7. i was the judo champion of hong kong when i was 9 for my weight catagory
8. i am a "spender" not a "saver"
9. i can "down" a whole pint of Guinness within 10 seconds
10. my fav colour is purple
11. i am more "random" than "funny"
12. i break things for living
13. i love my gadgets.. BB Storm, projector, PS3, Wii ...etc..etc
14. i am saving £80 a month by cycling to/from work
15. i am pretty good with numbers

EDIT - forgot it should be 25 facts not 15... :oops: anyway, i can't think of anything to add so there you go..have to put up with only 15..

il_principe

henry_ho_yin wrote:

1. I came to Scotland when i was 15yrs old by myself to go to boarding school
2. never make it into the first team (rugby) for my secondary school because i was too short (been told by the teacher)
3. i failed all my Adv. Highers (similiar to A-Level)
4. i graduted last summer with a computer science degree
5. i started having grey-hairs when i was 14
6. i hate doing things without a plan
7. i was the judo champion of hong kong when i was 9 for my weight catagory
8. i am a "spender" not a "saver"
9. i can "down" a whole pint of Guinness within 10 seconds
10. my fav colour is purple
11. i am more "random" than "funny"
12. i break things for living
13. i love my gadgets.. BB Storm, projector, PS3, Wii ...etc..etc
14. i am saving £80 a month by cycling to/from work
15. i am pretty good with numbers

Are you sure?.... 25?

lost_in_thought

jashburnham wrote:

henry_ho_yin wrote:

1. I came to Scotland when i was 15yrs old by myself to go to boarding school
2. never make it into the first team (rugby) for my secondary school because i was too short (been told by the teacher)
3. i failed all my Adv. Highers (similiar to A-Level)
4. i graduted last summer with a computer science degree
5. i started having grey-hairs when i was 14
6. i hate doing things without a plan
7. i was the judo champion of hong kong when i was 9 for my weight catagory
8. i am a "spender" not a "saver"
9. i can "down" a whole pint of Guinness within 10 seconds
10. my fav colour is purple
11. i am more "random" than "funny"
12. i break things for living
13. i love my gadgets.. BB Storm, projector, PS3, Wii ...etc..etc
14. i am saving £80 a month by cycling to/from work
15. i am pretty good with numbers

Are you sure?.... 25?

Gah! Beat me to it...

boy on bike

lost_in_thought wrote:

13. I really feel that I've got to where I am in my career mostly by luck, and am really just waiting for someone to realise that I'm completely unqualified for my job and fire me.

This one resonates! Given that I'm sitting here in a meeting typing this, I know just how you feel... :shock:

soy_sauce

jashburnham wrote:

henry_ho_yin wrote:

1. I came to Scotland when i was 15yrs old by myself to go to boarding school
2. never make it into the first team (rugby) for my secondary school because i was too short (been told by the teacher)
3. i failed all my Adv. Highers (similiar to A-Level)
4. i graduted last summer with a computer science degree
5. i started having grey-hairs when i was 14
6. i hate doing things without a plan
7. i was the judo champion of hong kong when i was 9 for my weight catagory
8. i am a "spender" not a "saver"
9. i can "down" a whole pint of Guinness within 10 seconds
10. my fav colour is purple
11. i am more "random" than "funny"
12. i break things for living
13. i love my gadgets.. BB Storm, projector, PS3, Wii ...etc..etc
14. i am saving £80 a month by cycling to/from work
15. i am pretty good with numbers

Are you sure?.... 25?

lol just realised after i read the others...lol.....

16. not too good memory...sometimes :oops:

sarajoy

Wow, still got lots of posts to sift through...

"When you're not cycling..." refers to me rather loosely atm as I've only cycled to work the once and that was a Sunday test-run! Plan to do it tomorrow and Friday though, weather-permitting (crap excuse, weather, but it's to be my first run during rush hours)..!

ANYWAY.

Am currently struggling to do all my hobbies at once - so while I will list them all, I barely manage to do each of them once a year - more like once every 2 or 3 years:

* Sailing tall ships (

www.tallships.org, I'm a volunteer deckhand)
* Sailing dinghies (I love a nippy Topper)
* Skiing
* Swing dancing (lindy hop, balboa, occasional tap, collegiate shag - yes it's a dance - google them! It's all the crazy-legs 40s jitterbug stuff that I love)
* Geeking out on various forums, MSN, the book-a-de-Face, etc.
* Real-ale drinking (CAMRA member, yeah baby!)
* Am-dram (once I get myself back into a group)
* Travelling about - mainly seeing family in Stockholm
* Being taken to gigs (only book the odd one myself, otherwise I tend go along to everyone else's favourite bands)
* Planning my fancy dress for the next party
* Oh, is a boyfriend a hobby?
Then there's the usual TV/cinema/shopping/walks/nights out that I assume we all do a bit of now and again.

sarajoy

boy on bike wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

13. I really feel that I've got to where I am in my career mostly by luck, and am really just waiting for someone to realise that I'm completely unqualified for my job and fire me.

This one resonates! Given that I'm sitting here in a meeting typing this, I know just how you feel... :shock:

I feel that ALL the time. Scary isn't it? I call it my impostor syndrome.

symo

boy on bike wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

13. I really feel that I've got to where I am in my career mostly by luck, and am really just waiting for someone to realise that I'm completely unqualified for my job and fire me.

This one resonates! Given that I'm sitting here in a meeting typing this, I know just how you feel... :shock:

Me too!!! I had this discussion with a friend and we thought it was because you can always think of ways to do your job better. Unfortunately I work for a company that only fires people for major financial fraud.

lost_in_thought

Huh, glad it's not just me!

But I really AM ridiculously underqualified for my job... and I mostly got where I am by being in the right place at the right time...

NGale

1. I have a slightly mild obsession with the James Bond movies and books (have done for years)
2. I studied History and American Studies at university
3. I am a assistant Scout leader and St John Ambulance Cadet leader
4. I am studying for a teaching qualification while working full time.
5. I spent four years working in a Prison and collecting intelligence on Prisoners
6. I got one prisoner 2 years in prison for Perverting the Course of Justice
7. During my time with the ambulance service so far I have 'lost' 12 people, helped to save one and helped deliver 3 babies
8. I love the works of Dostoevsky and am currently reading The Idiot
9. I have a fascination for 20th Century history, especially the history of the Cold War
10. I am seriously considering re-training as a Paramedic.
11. I'm not good with money
12. I took GCSE maths twice and failed twice!
13. I have worked as a shop assistant, paper girl, Security Guard, cleaner, journalist and Civil Servant
14. I loathe and despise everything the BNP stands for.
15. I am learning to speak Russian
16. I will be starting a course in learning German in September
17. I have been to Toronto 4 times.
18. I am a qualified football referee and have refereed over 300 games in the past five years.
19. I have a large collection of baseball caps
20. I have a cousin serving in Afghanistan with the Canadian Army
21. I met Tony Blair 4 years before he was elected to power and didn't like him
22. My first memory of watching the news was seeing the aftermath of the Brighton Bombing. (this kicked off my fascination with history)
23. I met Daniel Craig long before he was famous
24. I accidentally traveled into the United States illegally (the boarder guard was very understanding and let me go with no problems)
25. I was an Air Cadet as a teenager in spite of being anti war.

NGale

1. I have a slightly mild obsession with the James Bond movies and books (have done for years)
2. I studied History and American Studies at university
3. I am a assistant Scout leader and St John Ambulance Cadet leader
4. I am studying for a teaching qualification while working full time.
5. I spent four years working in a Prison and collecting intelligence on Prisoners
6. I got one prisoner 2 years in prison for Perverting the Course of Justice
7. During my time with the ambulance service so far I have 'lost' 12 people, helped to save one and helped deliver 3 babies
8. I love the works of Dostoevsky and am currently reading The Idiot
9. I have a fascination for 20th Century history, especially the history of the Cold War
10. I am seriously considering re-training as a Paramedic.
11. I'm not good with money
12. I took GCSE maths twice and failed twice!
13. I have worked as a shop assistant, paper girl, Security Guard, cleaner, journalist and Civil Servant
14. I loathe and despise everything the BNP stands for.
15. I am learning to speak Russian
16. I will be starting a course in learning German in September
17. I have been to Toronto 4 times.
18. I am a qualified football referee and have refereed over 300 games in the past five years.
19. I have a large collection of baseball caps
20. I have a cousin serving in Afghanistan with the Canadian Army
21. I met Tony Blair 4 years before he was elected to power and didn't like him
22. My first memory of watching the news was seeing the aftermath of the Brighton Bombing. (this kicked off my fascination with history)
23. I met Daniel Craig long before he was famous
24. I accidentally traveled into the United States illegally (the boarder guard was very understanding and let me go with no problems)
25. I was an Air Cadet as a teenager in spite of being anti war.

Feltup

1. I used to live in LA and regularly took my neighbours 3ft iguana "Dino" for walks on the beach, he spat blood when annoyed.
2. I am known for my ability to recall useless information.
3. Before he became the President of the Ukraine, Victor Yushchenko asked me to organise a private aircraft to fly him from East Midlands Airport to London.
4. I don't like snakes (and definitely not on planes)
5. I don't spend enough time at the beach kitesurfing or surfing.
6. I am entered in the Fred Whitton but have never done a Sportive before :shock:
7. Coen Brothers movies rule.
8. I spent my 19th birthday eating a cake in a cup sat in paddy field in Nepal, it was a great Birthday.
9. I got flipped upside down by a US Rear Admiral at a Search and Rescue conference, it was unprovoked.
10. My sense of direction in the mountains is good, cities confuse me.
11. The highest I have been is 6800m above sea level not including flying.
12. Paragliding from Fiesch to Andermatt is still one of the best things I have ever done.
13. I used to be able to hold my breath under water for 2min 45
14. I can't raise my right eyebrow on its own.
15. My taste in music varies like the wind
16. I can foretell other peoples injuries
17. I can't foresee my own injuries which is why I have broken:- my jaw, teeth, arm, leg, thumbs x3, toes x 4, ribs x 2 and snapped my ACL.
18. DIY makes me grouchy
19. IKEA is hell on earth
20. I really hate IKEA
21. I wish I hadn't sold my 205 GTI
22. I procrastinate
23. I am rubbish at keeping in touch
24. I am not very good at swimming which is why I won't be doing any triathlons any time soon but I don't panic in water which is why I survived having to swim to shore through 14ft waves when I cocked up at kitesurfing.
25. This list reminded me of a few things I hadn't thought about in years, thanks!

Petromyzon

I think a lot of people feel like that to some extent (the career luck thing)- it is certainly one of mine. I've enjoyed everyone's lists:)

1. Riding alone in the countryside makes me really happy.
2. I think Blackadder is the funniest thing that has ever been on TV.
3. I wish more people understood the value and limitations of the scientific method and gathering evidence about the way the world works.
4. I am an agnostic because I believe you can't know whether there is a god. I oppose any influence of religion upon political decisions.
5. I wish my bike had a powermeter.

6. I get frustrated by reactionary attitudes and wish people would be more introspective about what they feel, why they feel it and whether or not they are prejudiced, rather than just lashing out at people who are different to them.
7. I care about what others think of me to the point where I will sometimes let out audible gasps of embarrassment as I remember something I wish I hadn't done.
8. I can't read the Daily Mail without my blood pressure rising.
9. I try to read fiction but spend the time wishing I was reading something factual, even though I know the distinction between the two is sometimes not as broad as I would like.
10. I wish I could work to live, not live to work, but I can't stand doing something that I don't care about.

11. I love listening to all sorts of music but I can't rediscover the same enthusiasm about live music that I had when I was a teenager.
12. I feel like I am nicer to strangers than I am to my family
13. I love watching dark films where everyone dies, and then get upset when they put me in a low mood.
14. I have a dark and dry sense of humour that some people mistake for rudeness, but if I find someone who laughs at the same things I will be hopeless with mirth.
15. I have a real weakness for girls with a bit of grit, passion, determination and intelligence.

16. I have a habit of falling in love with one song and playing it over and over until I hate it (currently Feist- The limit to your love, the piano chords melt me)
17. I am not particularly confident but appear to have an "interview side" where the most ludicrous b0ll0cks comes out of my mouth.
18. I frequently don't make my target intervals in the pool becase I am distracted by the girl in an adjacent lane's bum.
19. I am really in to detail, and love to read about things to the point where you can't really discuss them with anyone without them making this face :? :?
20. I often go to bed looking forward to the first coffee of the following morning.

21. I love booze but hate being drunk.
22. I like strong flavours, lots of spices, strong beer and single malt whiskies.
23. I feel like everything I have done well I did through luck but the one thing I worked hard at I am not satisfied with.
24. I have spent 7 years at uni but am not really qualified for anything!
25. I love well-engineered things that I don't need.

Benji77

Ok, 2nd day of being snowed in and the boredom / cabin fever is setting in! So here goes;

1. Play guitar (badly)
2. Photography (badly also - but I try hard)!
3. Listening to music (Stereophonics, Foo Fighters, AC-DC, Chilis, Beatles, Kings of Leon, Rolling Stones, Fratellis, Kasier Chiefs)
4. Read
5. Buy crap I don't need online!
6. Make lists of stuff I don't need... damn it, I just a list maker in general!
7. Cook
8. Making homemade pizzas
9. Oh yeah.... and going to work!

always_tyred

1. I blow my own trumpet.

iain_j

1. I'm very logical and analytical. I love to see how and why things work.

2. I did 3 years at uni, studying geography and maths. Dropped out after unsuccessfully repeating my 2nd year - I'd lost interest in the course and wanted to start working.

3. I love learning but get bored especially if i'm not making progress.

4. I like cats, they seem to like me too. I also like dogs and horses but I'm allergic to them.

5. I'm a terrible procrastinator. I'll do something about it next week :P

6. I like making lists and recording info and stats - bike rides for instance.

7. I'm brilliant at dreaming up things to do and then planning them, then finding reasons not to do them :?

8. I like drinking but not just for the sake of getting drunk. A crate full of the same drink bores me. Give me real ales and obscure lagers. I like whisky too.

9. I like cooking. Doesn't mean i'm any good at it though.

10. I detest narrow-minded ignorance and unfounded cynicysm. And disrespect for others' wishes and opinions. And shallow behaviour.

11. I always say i don't care what people think of me, but in reality the thought frequently stops me in my tracks.

12. I speak a bit of French from the pre-GCSE days. Would like to learn it properly.

13. My favourite books are biographies and travel. Especially cycling-related ones.

14. I do lots of hillwalking. I've climbed all the mountains over 3000ft in England and Wales and making good headway in Scotland.

15. I like visiting cities but give me a remote mountaintop/mountain road any day.

16. I like the kind of films that's got so many twists and turns I have to watch it at least twice to 'get it'. Likewise with books.

17. I'm blood group A- and have donated blood about 5 times.

18. Apart from a few minor fractures, I've never broken any bones.

19. I've been in an ambulance twice in my life.

20. I eat healthily, and reward myself for doing so with chocolate and takeaways.

21. 'Iain' is the Scottish Gaelic form of 'John'. I've got a middle name John. My surname 'Jones' is derived from Johnson = son of John.

22. In 6 and a bit years of cycle-commuting I've saved about £4400 on bus fares.

23. I'm allergic to nuts.

24. Jack Dee is my favourite comedian.

25. I'd love to do a skydive.

always_tyred

10. I'm a narrow-minded ignorant, unfounded, shallow cynic. And I don't care what you want or think.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Always Tyred wrote:

10. I'm a narrow-minded ignorant, unfounded, shallow cynic. And I don't care what you want or think.

I'm detecting a bit of insecurity and an unwillingness to open up to the group...

iain_j

Coriander

It's bizarre how many traits I share with others. For what it's worth, here are my 25:

1 I was a county level gymnast and can still do the splits.
2 I do believe that climate change is absolutely man made - I work with the country's best scientists and they have convinced me.
3 I went to live in Italy in 2000 without a job, not knowing a single person over there and not speaking a word of the language other than 'Ciao bella'.
4 I suffer from depression when I am overwhelmed by feelings of my inadequacy and hideousness.
5 I read Wuthering Heights at 18 and was so moved it was another 10 years before I could bring myself to re-read it.
6 I love language and the components of language. I may be a pedant, but it really does distress me when people say things like 'I have a meeting with yourself'.
7 I love the intellectual exercise of learning a new language.
8 Passito de Pantelleria is the nectar of the Gods.
9 I have the attention span of a gnat.
10 I am often accused of being 'autistic' (without meaning to offend anyone) as I used to have an exaggerated ability to remember dates and days of the week - if you tell me your birthday I can usually tell you within a couple of seconds what day of the week it was on this year or will be next year.
11 I am terrible with money and will be impoverished when I retire.
12 I am a very good cook and particularly good at putting together interesing menus
13 I currently have the smallest kitchen in the world - frustrating.
14 My right shoulder suddenly dislocated when I was 18 and came out a further 9 times before it was stablised. The pain is phenomenal.
15 I am lazy, lazy, lazy.
16 I have a resting body temperature of not quite 35C - this means I like cold rooms and fight with my colleagues to get the temperature in the office down below 25 degrees
17 I did a wine tasting course for four years and when I left for Italy I could identify most wine varietals by their bouquet, whether a wine was new world or old world and give a rough guess of its age. I then went to Italy, drank only sangiovese and sagrantino for 3 years and lost that ability.
18 I can count to 10 in six languages - English, French, Italian, German, Finnish and Thai
19 I laugh a lot, apparently.
20 When I was 20 I lived in San Francisco for 3 months and had some of the happiest times of my life.
21 I don't give blood because nobody can ever find the veins in my arms.
22 I learn best by doing.
23 I love playing board and card games.
24 In June I did a 76 mile sponosored ride and did it at my (then) fastest ever average speed.
25 Wanting what you have is much more likely to bring you happiness than having what you want.
26 I love, but give up too quickly on, puzzles like this - punctuate this: Peter where John had had had had had had had had had had had the examiner's approval.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Coriander wrote:

It's bizarre how many traits I share with others. For what it's worth, here are my 25:

26 I love, but give up too quickly on, puzzles like this - punctuate this: Peter where John had had had had had had had had had had had the examiner's approval.

Peter, where John had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had the examiner's approval.

Couldn't resist

Coriander

I knew you'd be first.

Bassjunkieuk

Well that was interesting! I really should try and avoid more work whilst at work and check the forum more regularly as I've just read through all the "25 things" about you lot and spent a rather long time doing so (and I suspect rather annoyed my wife!) so here goes..........

1. I started college hoping to get 4 A Levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Computing
2. I left with none, but did find my soul mate.
3. I married that person almost 9 years ago.
4. Recent government reports from the environment seem to suggest I am being irresponsible for having more then 2 children............I have 5 and intend to have 1 more!
5. No matter how bad my day has been, one smile from any of the 5 kids is enough to make the whole world seem right.
6. Despite not finishing college I am still happy with my career. I hold several professional certifications from various IT companies - I could perform a certified warranty repair on your HP laptop, desktop or workstation!
7. I once completely stripped down and rebuilt a laptop (a HP NC6000 for you pedantic IT types!) in under 18 minutes after it was suggested it might be a "fun" team building exercise for my team at work.........
8. My job in IT allows me to fulfill my odd obsession for taking things apart, when I see a new laptop I want to tear it apart to see what's inside!
9. I am also fascinated at how things are made, consequently I wake up at 7:30 each day at the weekend and watch the "Hows it made" programs on Discovery+1 for about 2 1/2 hours.
10. I used to run for my local athletic club (Croydon Harriers) and during my U13 season managed to compete to a national Gold level standard in both the 100 and 200m sprints. My PB's where 12.9 and 26.4 respectively.
11. I am a poor loser. I stopped running for my local running club during the U15 season when I stopped winning. I managed to improve my PB's to 12.4 and 25.7 and could also long jump 5.15m :-)
12. I don't think anybody takes part in sport for the sake of taking part. You take part because you want to win, if winning doesn't count why keep score ? ;-)
13. I won the award for "Best U13 performance of the year" when taking part in the Battersea League athletics competition. Oddly this was for a shot putt throw of 8.95m rather then a running event.
14. Whilst taking part in a London wide multi-sports event when I was at high school I caused a rather large accident at the start of the mountain bike race. I made a sprint for a wet, grassy chicane and wiped out, taking several other people with me. I recovered quite a few places but couldn't catch the Chinese guy decked out in head to toe lycra on the expensive looking bike!
15. The following year I overheard someone commenting that they hope they don't have a crash again at the start this year.........I tried my best to look innocent!
16. Me and reading don't really get along. I prefer fact to fiction and only managed to read The Hobbit because I couldn't use my bike and therefore had to use public transport 2 years ago.
17. I broke my mates arm at high school because he took my tennis ball. I did this by charging at him in the playground. He must have forgiven me because we where still friends for 5 years after that!
18. I have a bizarre sense of humor. I find Frankie Boyle funny but will also chuckle at the oldies like Tommie Cooper and Mike Reid! Consequently I can come out with some of the most obscene and offensive jokes and am genuinely surprised I've never had any complaint's lodged by work colleagues.
19. I have a fairly good memory, yet can forget the simplest things sometimes! I can recount the star date Captain Picard used in the season 7 finale "All Good Things" of Star Trek (47988) and Pi to 9 decimal places (3.141592654).
20. I am terrible at buying presents for my wife, I can never pick something out by thinking about it but know what is right for her if I see it.
21. I strongly disagree with Microsoft's business practices and can't understand why nothing was done earlier to stop their strangle hold on the IT industry. I am an avid supporter of Free and Open Source Software and do believe that it is the way forward.
22. Due to no. 21 I only have 1 PC in my house that runs solely MS software and that is my works laptop! The rest (10 in total by my quick estimate) mostly run on Ubuntu and my eldest has asked why her school doesn't use Edubuntu :-)
23. I swear a lot. It's not something I'm proud of but thought it only fair to mention!
24. I would love to learn to cook properly, I'm gradually getting better but really need to make more effort! Still I have the rest of my life to practise :-)
25. Last but not least.............I still haven't decided what I want from my career but do know that I enjoy solving a good technical problem that requires a deep understanding of the underlying system. I thrive on the sort of problems that scare or confound my colleagues :-D

I would add a 26th but it's not really about me..........it's about my brother but as we are related I think it should count.
At one point we both won awards for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 Science when at High School in the same year! He has followed on studying Physics and won a National Award last year for best student. His current line of research scares me (Quantum Information) and his dissertation made my head hurt just reading the introduction. I am very proud of him!

always_tyred

17. I have a certificate for swimming one length of the pool.

girv73

These are great, keep them coming! I too am surprised at how many traits I share with you lot and reading your lists has reminded me of many other "things" I could have written. Perhaps I'll expand my list to 50

greg66_tri_v2.0

Always Tyred wrote:

17. I have a certificate for swimming one length of the pool.

Now, now. Don't lash out. Deep breaths. Deep breaths. In, out. In, out.

Especially if it's not even your certificate

girv73

Always Tyred wrote:

17. I have a certificate for swimming one length of the pool.

I have a badge for doing one breadth. Seriously. I said I was a bad swimmer.

lost_in_thought

Greg66 wrote:

Coriander wrote:

It's bizarre how many traits I share with others. For what it's worth, here are my 25:

26 I love, but give up too quickly on, puzzles like this - punctuate this: Peter where John had had had had had had had had had had had the examiner's approval.

Peter, where John had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had the examiner's approval.

Couldn't resist

Damn it, Greg, I was mulling that over as I scrolled down and you spoiled my mulling by very selfishly posting the answer! How rude...

stuaff

My list:
1. Bad English- written or spoken- is one of my (many) pet hates. It's like so annoying, and that, innit?
2. Relationships? Nope. Never had one, past caring. I've had appalling taste in women anyway, so I'm better off single.
3. I don't drink, as I just don't like the taste of alcohol. For some reason that seems to confuse some people.
4. I can't swim, and I'm sure I'll do just fine at drowning if need be.
5. I don't do drugs either. I'm perfectly happy experiencing and feeling things without that kind of influence, thank you. And I like my lungs and nostrils in working order.
6. Religion- nope. I can appreciate a good church for its architecture, artwork, and so on, and appreciate other people's faith, but not if they think it makes them superior (or 'my religion's better than yours').
7. Intolerance, ignorance (deliberate or otherwise) and bigotry in all their forms are the biggest problems in the world. For example, I can't approve of Israel's recent action in Gaza, but nor can I sanction the casual anti-Semitism of many of the recent protests. Hamas aren't fluffy bunny rabbits who want peace and harmony, two wrongs do not make a right.
8. And no-one ever tells me what to think or feel. Try and you'll only make me angry.
9. I was on Tiswas in 1980.
10. I try and be careful with money. But I also like expensive stuff (quality costs!).
11. As far as I'm concerned, fashion is boring and stupid.
12. I know one phrase in Cantonese. Which can't be used in polite company.
13. I have no ambitions. I'm too hard on myself to ever be satisified. Not that I feel I've achieved anything anyway.
14. I do not dance.
15. Other people's 'guilty pleasures' are some of my favourite musicians. I refuse to be guilty about it. And why can't I like Jean-Michel Jarre, Slayer, Johnny Cash and Paul Simon? One after the other? I can, so there.
16. I can't be bothered with holidays any more. Might take one at some point, probably not.
17. I'm a Mac owner, but I don't consider myself obsessive about it. I just prefer OS X (and Apple hardware). And I have XP on the Mac as well. Choice is a good thing.
18. I enjoy really bad movies (along with really good ones). Mediocre ones, on the other hand....
19. I think you should always be prepared to have your opinions challenged. Who wants to agree all the time? I like arguing (as opposed to rows or squabbles).
20. I do play the lottery, and I wouldn't have a problem investing the money in the happiness of friends and family.
21. The art of good conversation means knowing when to shut up and listen. Which I don't always do.
22. I have the best best friend anyone's ever had.
23. Puddings/deserts are the main course of a meal for me. Handy that I have the kind of metabolism etc that means I never put on weight.
24. I'm a tea drinker. Coffee's OK, it just tastes all the same to me.
25. I'm not afraid of dying. It's living that's the problem.

hisoka

Greg66 wrote:

Coriander wrote:

It's bizarre how many traits I share with others. For what it's worth, here are my 25:

26 I love, but give up too quickly on, puzzles like this - punctuate this: Peter where John had had had had had had had had had had had the examiner's approval.

Peter, where John had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had the examiner's approval.

Couldn't resist

My brain hurts, I'm not good with languages and that just gets my mind going "pfffffft" and fizzling to a halt.
Good at puzzles that are visospacial based