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Gary

A Yorkie and proud of it!

About Me

Well, I'm a pretty average guy to be honest. A Yorkshireman born and bred (but with a fair bit of Scots in my ancestry), I live in one of the nicer bits of North Yorkshire (Skipton, Gateway to the Dales) and have worked in I.T (as a technician at the local F.E college) for the past 6 years.

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My Interests

Computing (both PC and Mac - no format wars here please!), Music, Sci-fi, Cricket, American Football, Baseball, Poker, Rail Travel, Rugby (Union and League) and curling up with a good book.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with the same general interests as myself really - so if you thought the seventies and eighties were bad for fashion but good for music, you know your Space Corps Directives and where your towel is at all times or think rail is a civilised way to travel, then drop by and say hi!

Music:

One thing that can be said about my musical tastes is that they're varied - my collection includes everything from sixties classic bands such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones through to contemporary artists/groups such as Kaiser Chiefs, Norah Jones and the Scissor Sisters. But first and foremost I'm an 80's rock/pop man - Gary Numan, Jean Michel Jarre, Depeche Mode, New Order, Kate Bush, O.M.D, Genesis, Roxette, Madness, Ultravox, The Alarm, John Foxx and Simple Minds all feature rather prominently in my library. Other favourite genres include New Age (Enya, Clannad and Mike Oldfield), Classic Rock (Yes, Queen, Sweet, E.L.O, Status Quo, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Steve Harley and T-Rex) and Ambient/Chill Out (Delerium, Vangelis, Enigma and Lemon Jelly).

Movies:

Apollo 13, the original Star Wars trilogy, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, When Harry Met Sally, most of the Bond movies, Monty Python's Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, 2001 - A Space Odyssey and it's sequel 2010 - The Year We Made Contact.

Television:

VH1 Classic, Star Trek (all incarnations), Red Dwarf, Dr Who, The Fast Show, Stargate SG-1, Blackadder, Allo' Allo', Top of the Pops 2, any of Michael Palin's travelogues, The Two Ronnies and Air Crash Investigation/Seconds From Disaster. I don't watch many contemporary shows to be honest (reality TV leaves me cold for a start!) - I like Sky for the sport, the music channels, most of the programmes mentioned above and the documentaries on National Geographic and the Discovery Channel(s).

Books:

The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (Douglas Adams), The Hunt For Red October (Tom Clancy), any of the Sherlock Holmes stories (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), The Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football (Paul Zimmerman) and a selection of Trek fiction - anything by Keith R.A DeCandido, David R George III, David Mack or S.D Perry will keep me absorbed for hours at a time.....

Heroes:

Arthur C Clarke, Douglas Adams, Sir Patrick Moore, Harold Dennis (Dickie) Bird, Ian Botham, Patrick Stewart.

My Blog

Another one of those survey things.....

..>..>..>This Is Me In A Nutshell by wens6Nickname: Mac, GMacStarsign: AquariusBirthday: 10 FebHair Colour: BrownEye Colour: GreenAny Piercings: Hell No! Tattoos: See Above!Favourite...Piece of...
Posted by Gary on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:43:00 PST

September......

Apologies for neglecting the old blog again (another month between posts ), but August is one of those months where very little of note seems to happen to yours truly - I don't get much in the way of ...
Posted by Gary on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:39:00 PST

On My Hols

Been a while since I last posted anything here, so I guess I'd better remedy that.....  Main reason for the break is that I've been on my jollies for the last fortnight in July - giving my humble...
Posted by Gary on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:03:00 PST

Survey Time Again

Lazy I know, but there ain't much happening at present........>..>..>63 Random Qustions by vazi9Song that always makes you sad?: Hold Me Now - Thompson TwinsLast thing you bought?: Newspaper & p...
Posted by Gary on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:58:00 PST

Wet, wet, wet!!

I was going to focus on the recent Beeb 'History of Modern Britain' series in this blog post - specifically about the instalment on the 80s and my personal memories of them. However I've put it on hol...
Posted by Gary on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:46:00 PST

Another collection of useless trivia.....

..>Other Random Stuff About Me by onmyown2723Name:: GaryAge:: 40Height:: 6'Weight:: 195lbsRight or left-handed:: RightYour heritage:: English with a smattering of ScotsWhat is your favorite game...
Posted by Gary on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:47:00 PST

Out and About

Well, that's another month gone - I really don't know what it is about this year, but time really does seem to be flying by at the moment.  Even with the two bank holidays to break things up a bi...
Posted by Gary on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:05:00 PST

International Towel Day

"International what??" I hear you ask.  And what are those cryptic references to that particular item doing on my page anyway?  Well, if you look a little closer at the interests section of ...
Posted by Gary on Fri, 25 May 2007 01:18:00 PST

Not In My Back Yard!

Man I'm bored.....  My social life's as arid as the Sahara Desert at present (although it's never been particularly exciting to begin with to be honest), I'm having to man the fort at work w...
Posted by Gary on Thu, 24 May 2007 03:51:00 PST

The A-Z of Me

I've borrowed this one from my good friend Mr Ord - it made me smile [A] - AVAILABLE: For Weddings, Funerals, Bar Mitzvahs and Computer Repairs at very reasonable rates! [B] - BIRTHDAY: 10 February 19...
Posted by Gary on Fri, 11 May 2007 04:48:00 PST