
40's
Board Questionnaire
1.
Your name : Iain ( and
just occasionally I sign my name as Bearz)
2.
Your preferred NG name : Iain but if
you call me Bearz I'm cool. You'll see me in Chatrooms as
Bearz unless it is some other Bearz (It's an impostor I tell you!
LOL)
3.
Where you live : St Neots,
Cambridgeshire, England - actually I live in a little village
called Little Paxton about 4 miles to the north-west of St Neots
(Get your maps out <g>).
4.
Other places you have lived : Born North
of the Border in Scotland, and I've lived in Egypt, Malta, Cyprus
and Austria but spent most of my life in southern England.
5.
Favourite place you've travelled to : I love
Cyprus but I will travel the USA before I either go up or down as
the case may be.
6. Age
: 46 years young.
7.
Occupation(s) : (Past & present) I've been a
shop assistant (loved working on the Deli counter), builder, then
I became a Policeman for my career and now work in Despatch
Planning/Warehousing for a global Pharmaceutical Company.
8.
Family : 'Er indoors is Soo Croo (23
years together), one daughter, Lisa (my pride and joy), 'Barney'
the Old English Sheepdog, 'Tiger Tim' a fawn tabby cat (I just
call him 'Tim'), and two hamsters, 'Jeffrey' and 'Bubbles'
9.
Interests : I now live
and breathe stationery and this newsgroup lark but I love
computers (using, building, playing and connecting), Chelsea
Football Club (I'm a Season Ticket Holder), and Logic Problems.
10.
Description of your puter : Pentium
266mHz with MMX6+Gb H/drive, 94 Mb RAM, 24xCD-ROM, 4Mb Video
Card, and Rockwell Modem.
In January 2000 (Millennium bug permitting I move to a 500mHz
Pentium III with 16mb H/Drive and the Voodoo3 Graphics card
(already got it ordered but holding money back in case there are
Millennium problems!)
11.
when did you first go on-line? October 1997
12.
What do you use your puter for? Previously
Home Office and games BUT now it is my means of access to a world
of communication - visual and typed . . . .I couldn't live
without it now!
13.
Pets? See my family 'cos thats how
I think of them. <g>
14.
Education/where? I went to
pre-Preparatory, Preparatory school in England and was down for
going to Oundle School (One of the great Public Schools like
Rugby, Eton and Harrow) but went over to the State system and
went to Farnham Grammar School. I passed my A-levels to go
to University but elected to go into the Police instead. I
am now doing Open University with a view to a Degree in Computer
Science.
15.
Favourites:
- food:
Indian Curry.
- book:
"Tinker, Tailor,
Soldier, Spy" and "Smiley's People" by
John le Carre.
- movie: "Medicine
Man"
- tv
show: Any
News bulletins and Political Dialogue programs.
- site:
There are so many - too many
really! . . . . you should see my list of Favourites
(it's huge!)
- Newsgroup:
Let me see! hmmmmm . . . .
Peers.40s? You betcha!
- song
:
"Imagine" by John Lennon (It just shouts
volumes to me and epitomises the fact I'm a child of the
60/70's)
- sports:
I love golf! I watch
Football and go to all the Chelsea FC home games!
- colour:
Yellow or Blue.
- person in
history: Thomas
Wolsey for standing up for what was right - it
cost him his life!
- vacation
spot: I go
to Cyprus every year now - there are more cosmopolitan
places but I like the serenity of the island!
- place to
live: When
I retire I'm off to live the life of a lotus eater in
Cyprus and make stationery all day 'cept when I'm
swimming and sunbathing! <g>
16. Who was the
first person you met online..when/where/how?: I can't
remember who I met when I first started but I have an
enduring friendship with a special lady (her initial
is J) who has strong interest in stationery. I love
chatting with her in mail and ICQ and we help each other with
finding material, sites and natter about all sorts of
things. Friends. I just love it !<s>
17. Which character
attribute do you consider to be the most
important?: There are
lots . . . intelligence, sense of humour, honesty, and
compassion. I wear my heart on my sleeve so I guess honesty
- with oneself and towards others is the most important!
18. Favourite
Site: There are so many? You
should see my list of favourites! Kathy's 40s Home Pages
are in there!
19. Ever been
touched by greatness? I wish!
20. ICQ Number
: 22269552
21. E-mail address
: iaincrew@lineone.mail or iain_crew@email.msn.com
22. Birthday
: July 12th
23. Anniversary
Date: March 27th (It WAS a lovely
sunny day in 1976! Honestly)
24. Home
Page: The Bearz
Cave
Iain's Stationey Page at
KathlyL's Outlook Express Stationery Site





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