Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Start the new year with a game of tag!
Thanks to Doug, I've been "tagged" - he'd obviously noticed I'd been sleeping, blog-wise, for some time and decided that I should come out of hibernation!
The idea behind the tagging being to “learn more about the people you interact with using New Web”.
So, here are eight pieces of trivia about myself:
1. I am the son of a couple of geordies. My dad being a miner and my mum being a machinist and taxi driver in her time. Mum and dad were married at Gretna Green. Mum is also fairly rare in that she is a successful heart transplant patient of nearly ten years.
2. I love animals - all animals really, but in particular dogs, and in particular Boxer dogs, and even more particularly white boxer dogs - and no, to scotch a common myth, not all white boxer dogs are deaf - it's the same percentage as all breeds of dog that are deaf - around 20%.
3. I'm not a vegetarian, despite my love of animals, however my wife is pretty much a vegetarian...which obviously makes life interesting in the kitchen department.
4. If I wasn't an Oracle person then I'd be a chef. In all truth, the only reason I haven't switched from being an Oracle person to a chef is that I don't think I could earn as much money in that field. Yes, Gordon Ramsey earns millions but it's taken him decades to get there and I'm not sure I'm as capable in that field as I am in the Oracle one. So the plan will be to work in Oracle until such time as I think I've comfortable and then I'll switch to something in the arena of food and drink.
5. I love car racing - particularly Formula 1. Some wifes are "Golf Widows" - mine is an "F1 Widow" and calls me a "saddo" whenever I'm surfin' on my laptop in the evening and she spots me looking at the ITV 1 Formula 1 website. Obviously I think I could go a fast as Lewis Hamilton but I'm all too aware that I'd probably end up looking like Richard Hammond if I tried!
6. I'm addicted to reading - both fiction and non. My ideal holiday being one where I just sit by the pool/on the beach, reading constantly for a fortnight.
7. Speaking of ideal holiday...my favourite place is the carribean, but then what's not to like there! My favourite island being St Lucia since that's where I got married to Amanda.
8. I have a burning desire to live in another country - preferably somewhere hot. Whether my desire is fulfilled who knows...watch this space!
That's my eight things...so over to a new set of people to continue the chain...I've no idea if these folk have been tagged or not yet - apologies if they have and the chain isn't extended but ultimately, isn't that inevitable?
Kevin Closson
Tanel Poder
Nicholas Goodman
Mogens Nogaard
Anjo Kolk
Pete Finnigan - how ironic with this tagging being effectively a virus!
Eric S Emrick
Christian Bilien
The idea behind the tagging being to “learn more about the people you interact with using New Web”.
So, here are eight pieces of trivia about myself:
1. I am the son of a couple of geordies. My dad being a miner and my mum being a machinist and taxi driver in her time. Mum and dad were married at Gretna Green. Mum is also fairly rare in that she is a successful heart transplant patient of nearly ten years.
2. I love animals - all animals really, but in particular dogs, and in particular Boxer dogs, and even more particularly white boxer dogs - and no, to scotch a common myth, not all white boxer dogs are deaf - it's the same percentage as all breeds of dog that are deaf - around 20%.
3. I'm not a vegetarian, despite my love of animals, however my wife is pretty much a vegetarian...which obviously makes life interesting in the kitchen department.
4. If I wasn't an Oracle person then I'd be a chef. In all truth, the only reason I haven't switched from being an Oracle person to a chef is that I don't think I could earn as much money in that field. Yes, Gordon Ramsey earns millions but it's taken him decades to get there and I'm not sure I'm as capable in that field as I am in the Oracle one. So the plan will be to work in Oracle until such time as I think I've comfortable and then I'll switch to something in the arena of food and drink.
5. I love car racing - particularly Formula 1. Some wifes are "Golf Widows" - mine is an "F1 Widow" and calls me a "saddo" whenever I'm surfin' on my laptop in the evening and she spots me looking at the ITV 1 Formula 1 website. Obviously I think I could go a fast as Lewis Hamilton but I'm all too aware that I'd probably end up looking like Richard Hammond if I tried!
6. I'm addicted to reading - both fiction and non. My ideal holiday being one where I just sit by the pool/on the beach, reading constantly for a fortnight.
7. Speaking of ideal holiday...my favourite place is the carribean, but then what's not to like there! My favourite island being St Lucia since that's where I got married to Amanda.
8. I have a burning desire to live in another country - preferably somewhere hot. Whether my desire is fulfilled who knows...watch this space!
That's my eight things...so over to a new set of people to continue the chain...I've no idea if these folk have been tagged or not yet - apologies if they have and the chain isn't extended but ultimately, isn't that inevitable?
Kevin Closson
Tanel Poder
Nicholas Goodman
Mogens Nogaard
Anjo Kolk
Pete Finnigan - how ironic with this tagging being effectively a virus!
Eric S Emrick
Christian Bilien
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