About me :
- Born : 1960.
- Raised : Wales, Germany, Cheltenham, Merseyside.
- Current Location : Merseyside.
- Married with children.
Interests :
- Computers, Electronics, Engineering, Mechanics, Video, Music.
Other stuff:
Influences :
- The Punk Phenomenon.
 Mathew Street and
the 1979 Liverpool music scene.
- Liverpool's industrial history.
- The Princes Trust and The Drake Fellowship.
- Sergeant H.A. Chitticks
(Royal Signals),
Janine, Tommy Coxon, Dave 'The Yank' Lampert, Ken Fenner, Tony Lonorgan, Steph, Percy, Gary & Josie.
Stuff I did before there was such a thing as IT.
- Went down a pothole called "Wretched Rabbit".
- Sailed around The Isle of Sheppey in a 19 foot shrimp boat.
- Built a footbridge for The Forrestry Commission.
- Sailed around The Isle of Sheppey in a 60 foot Thames Barge.
- Used a Kango to drill test holes on the Albert Dock reclaimation project.
- Got paid by the BBC not to drill holes while they filmed "Dombey and Son" on location
at the Albert Dock reclaimation project.
- Removed the bolier tubes from an 060 saddle-tank steam locomotive.
- Learned British Sign Language
Desert Island Supply Requirements:
Films :
- Dr. Strangelove, Hardware, Electra Glide In Blue, Repo Man, The Long Good Friday.
Television :
- Red Dwarf, The Fast Show, Lexx, The Prisoner.
Music :
- Whale, Davey Graham, Sneaker Pimps, Afro Celt, 999.
- Eric Satie, Killing Joke, Lightnin'; Hopkins, Violent Femmes.
- Death In Vegas, The Au Pairs, Daisy Chainsaw.
- Gang of Four, Tubeway Army, The Dandy Warhols.
- Siouxsie & The Banshees 1st two albums.
- Adam & The Antz 1st album : Dirk Wears White Sox.
- Pink Military Stand Alone : Do Animals Believe In God.
More stuff:
Comedy
- Bill Hicks
- Denis Leary
- Jack Dee
- Lee Evans / Norman Wisdom
Literature :
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig.
- The Alteration by Kingsly Amis.
- Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe.
- William McGonagall : Scotland's worst poet?
Politics :
- Left of centre.
Education & Training :
- Post-Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering.
- NVQ3 in PC System Selection, Installation and Configuration.
- Industrial Textile Machine Mechanic.
- 5 O'Levels.
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