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tinman

con tinman...es posible! Yo no soy tonto!

About Me


Wealthy business man (if only!) and handsome with it (well that bit is true). Owner and editor of the GUN fan site 'Welcome to the Real world'

http://www.gunrgallus.fsnet.co.uk/

Where you can also buy GUN cds and support the site...

and on last fm..

http://www.last.fm/user/tinman9898/

also the travel site...

http://www.sites.ecosse.net/traveltheplanet/

submit your travel pics and information...

My Interests

music, travel, web design, gardening, history, interesting things.

I'd like to meet:

Kofi Annan, Elvis Presley (he's still alive isn't he?), Stan Laurel (may have some trouble with that one!), El neng from Buenafuente, GUN playing live on stage :-) someone kind and lovely.

Some of the GUN pics below, kindly supplied by Mike Brierly...

Music:

GUN, Elvis Presley, Green Day, Dean Martin, Blind allez, el presidente, classical, Manic street preachers, Foofighters, Nirvana, The Cult, Guns n Roses, Texas.

Own GUN music on cd, go here...

http://www.gunrgallus.fsnet.co.uk/

Movies:

El labarinto del Fauno (Pan's Labarynth), Lord of the rings, My cousin vinney, King arthur, Sparticus, El Lobo (The wolf), Bourne identity, Magnificent seven, A bridge too far (I have been on that bridge!), Motorcycle diaries, Kingdom of heaven, Black hawk down (trivia: Scott Shields from GUN worked on this film), Highlander, A matter of life and death (1946), March of the Penguins etc...

Television:

Simpsons, Coast, British isles (natural history), Francescos venice, Naked pilgrim, Brian sewels Grand tour, Francescos Italy, Have I got news for you, QI, Gardeners world, Buenafuente (antena 3), Starsky and Hutch (original 70's series), Planet earth, Galapagos, Life of birds, private life of plants, Springwatch, Big cat week, Earth story, Wild down under, Life in the freezer, BBC Natural world series.

Books:

gardening, travel, spanish

Heroes:

Let me think about that one...

My Blog

Why you get skin your hot chocolate - chocolate caliente!

Ever wondered why the skin forms on top of your lovely tastey hot chocolate?  Wonder no more!...   The "skin" that forms on milk and milk-containing hot drinks (such as hot chocolate) is cau...
Posted by tinman on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:48:00 PST

tinman - almost - foils bank robbery!

There we were out for a walk in Spain with Lola (a Spanish Border Collie), minding our own business when two rough looking guys run past with a huge bag.  One said to the other "I'm too tire...
Posted by tinman on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:21:00 PST

Lauren harris steals GUN s fire!

Lauren Harris, daughter of a certain member of Iron Maiden and rock mueso in her own right has covered the classic GUN track Steal your fire...  You can check it out on my mayspace page and also ...
Posted by tinman on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:10:00 PST

GUN garage gig review / GUN tour rumours from www.tobyjepson.com

form www.tobyjepson.com ... " TOBY GET YOUR GUN20th January 2008Thursday January 10th, Toby played with GUN as the front man as part of the bill at the Garage in Glasgow to celebrate the first birthda...
Posted by tinman on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:05:00 PST

GUN feat. Toby Jepson garage gig 10th january - SOLD OUT!

If you haven't got a ticket you're too late! http://www.rockradiofm.co.uk/rock_stuff/rock_radio_1st_birth day_bash/   lets push for the next best thing...a dvd! email Tom Russell at Rockaradiofm.....
Posted by tinman on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:11:00 PST

Brrrrrr...Its baltic! es muy muy frio en escocia!

-5 degrees C here in Bonnie Scotland!  Is anyone colder?
Posted by tinman on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:52:00 PST

Garage gig January 2008, info update

Only 700 tickets are being issued for this exclusive gig so grab your whilst you can..... Watch members of the Almighty do an accoustic set. Also, one of rock musics best vocal talents, Toby Jepson, w...
Posted by tinman on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:47:00 PST

almost a GUN reunion..but not quite!

from Scotsal, original drummer with GUN... "Got news of an upcoming "Gun gig". There has been some speculation regarding a pending Gun reunion recently.I would like to let everyone know that Joolz and...
Posted by tinman on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:41:00 PST

strange dream analysis

a friend of mine has had this dream does anyone know what it means? My friend returns home after holidays to find that instead of a park below her balcony there is now a cliff face and beach full of p...
Posted by tinman on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:19:00 PST

spanish telly....

got myself a wee satellite dish the other day and can now watch all the Spanish telly I can fit in to my spare time...Hopefully I'll be able to speak the lingo fluently before my next trip at the end ...
Posted by tinman on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:09:00 PST