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Pete

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About Me

HELLO WORLD - Welcome to my space on myspace - There now follows a brief description of me - I'm 50 years old - I'm Welsh - Live in North Wales - Happily married to Chris, for 29 years - Both of us vegetarian (Not the fish eating, leather wearing variety neither) - Don't like anything about winter - Do like summer very much (when we get one here in the UK) - Don't like inconsiderate/rude/intollerant/ people - Do like people who smile - Do like people who apologise and admit they've messed up (Tiscali take note) - Prefer the countryside to the city - Like trees - Like animals - Love to be near water, especially the salty variety - Like laughing lots and lots - Love Music very, very, very much.

My Interests

Beer (real ale, not smoothy cream flow super chilled tasteless rubbish), wine, jack daniels, pubs, cooking food, eating food, listening to music, eating out, going to gigs, playing the drums, good brandy/cognac, playing the bongos/congas, still trying to play the guitar, real ale, kayaking, reading, olives, watching movies, chocolate, digital photography and editing/manipulation, planet earth, tequila, computer related stuff, the internet, cheese, driving, looking at trees, looking at mountains, looking at clouds, looking at the sea, looking at stars, walking, camping, nuts, spending time at the coast, laughing, sleeping and er, beer.

I'd like to meet:

An alien being,
A Dragon,
An exceedingly rich person who wants to give us enough money to allow us to live comfortably for ever. (PLEASE !!!)

Music:

Very varied tastes.
Anything from Robert Johnson to Gorillaz - Miles Davis to Placebo - Bob Dylan, to 50 Cent - Kate Rusby to The Prodigy - Steely Dan to The Zutons - Amy Wadge to Banco De Gaia - Deep Purple to Joni Mitchell - The Doors to Cat Power - John Martyn to Groove Armada - The Rolling Stones to Norah Jones and back to The Rolling Stones - Little Feat to the B52's - The Waifs to Fun Lovin' Criminals - Frank Zappa to Bob Marley to Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley - Captain Beefheart to Primal Scream - Beth Orton to The White Stripes - Man to Faithless - Van Morrison to King Tubby - Karine Polwart to John Lee Hooker - Happy Mondays to Ruby Turner - Sheryl Crow to The Clash - Ry Cooder to Misty In Roots - Lightnin' Hopkins to Muse - Thin Lizzy to Amy Winehouse, Eliza Carthy to Transglobal Underground - Martha Wainwright to Israel Vibration - etc etc. Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Folk, Rhythm and Blues, Motown, Fusion, Dance, Rock, Pop, Punk, Hip Hop, etc etc. In fact anything that's good.
The playlist below contains a pretty good example of my musical tastes.
It's set to play randomly by the way.

Movies:

Do like a good film.
Don't really like the cinema much though - Uncomfortable seats, drinks and snacks come in buckets (I ain't a horse), bad sound systems.
Prefer to watch films at home - Comfortable chairs, drinks and snacks come in normal portions, good sound system.

Television:

Got three of 'em. Although one's a little black and white one that lives in a box in the spare room, so dunno if it counts.

Books:

Got lots of books. Favourite form of escape (alongside watching DVD's). Tend to prefer fantasy. Don't really like reality.

Heroes:

Owain Glyndwr. King Arthur. George Best. Bob Marley. Charley Watts. Homer Simpson. Stan Hugill.