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About Me

Hi, I'm Robert, but all my friends call me Bob, I think it started in school as a bit of a wind up but just sort of stuck.I spent a lot of my youth travelling around various parts of the Middle East, (my dad works away), and this gave me the urge to travel and follow in the old mans footsteps and become an expat, though I went to school in Lancaster. I did 7 whole years at Huddersfield Uni studying Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Production Engineering. I told my folks I was studying hard, but I actually spent my 7 years there enjoying the social life, we had some spot on parties...I'm a bit of a geek, (have you seen my photo's?) though I like to go out, meet people and have a good time, I love my mates back in the Hudd, Hence I spend most of my free time still going back. I'm into all sorts of music, especially rock, indie and britpop. I'm afraid I'm also a total petrolhead, especially classic cars (70's and 80's BMW's and Porsches), cars with big engines (Monaro, MG ZT 260, TVR's ) and anything with a Lotus badge on it.Job wise I'm a contractor. In fact to be exact, I'm a QA/QC mechanical engineer for a Turkish company in Kazakhstan. Its my first contract since graduating and its a bit of a revelation as a. Its nothing like uni b. I have no idea what I'm doing. c. Its great and I love it. I work in a place called Karabatan in the middle of the Steppe. Its flat, deserty and we're in the middle. The nearest city is Atyrau about an hours drive away. The Costa Del Sol it is not, but it has its own odd and slightly threatening charm.Anyway, feel free to look at my piccies, read my blog and if you want to message me, go for it, The more the merrier!Bob.
You Are Barney
You could have been an intellectual leader...
Instead, your whole life is an homage to beer
You will be remembered for: your beautiful singing voice and your burps
Your life philosophy: "There's nothing like beer to give you that inflated sense of self-esteem." The Simpsons Personality Test

My Interests

Having a good time with my mates, cars, bikes and beer.

I'd like to meet:

Everybody and anybody really. I like to talk.

Music:

Indie Schmindie, rock, blues, jazz... I like most stuff.

Movies:

Blues Brothers, Back to The Future, Breakfast Club, Smokie & The Bandit, Human Traffic, Trainspotting, The Business, Shallow Grave, Layer Cake, Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels, Shooting Fish.

Television:

Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, That 70's Show, Only fools and horses, and Black Adder.

Books:

Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, In fact all Douglas Adams books. Margrave of the Marshes - John Peels Biography.

Heroes:

The great Mr John Peel. Rest in peace Peelie, we all miss you greatly.

My Blog

It’s a been busy (no really I have. Honest) sort of thing...

Hi all,I've just come back on here after an extended absence, it seems I haven't posted a blog since July. I think I may have been a bit lax recently.Anyway, I'm still her in Kazakhstan, still working...
Posted by Bob on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:32:00 PST

It's a bad back sort of thing....

Good day all out there in internetland.Another month, another blog.From the title I'm sure you can work out that all is not well here in Paradise. I hurt. I haven't lifted anything heavy, nor have I b...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:48:00 PST

It's a zoo sort of thing...

Hello again, It seems what was once a weekly blog has sort of become a monthly blog. I believe this is down to being lazy and probably spending a bit too much time hung over, but alas, I have returned...
Posted by Bob on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:01:00 PST

It's a 'me being crap' sort of thing...

Hello to everybody again out there in internet lad.Once again I have been terminally crap at posting a new blog. It is really down to laziness on my part more than anything else. It is one of those th...
Posted by Bob on Mon, 28 May 2007 02:45:00 PST

It's a hung over sort of thing...

Morning all, Once again I have been crap at posting another blog but I have finally got my arse in gear and I'm doing it now. It's Sunday today and I'm in the office, why they insist on me coming in S...
Posted by Bob on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:16:00 PST

It's a dental sort of thing...

Once upon a time I was sat in the cimema with my girlfriend watching a movie and eating some red liquorice. This is what you do at movies. I don't know how I did it but as I chomped into another fine ...
Posted by Bob on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:32:00 PST

It's a Russian sort of thing...

Well, first of all, apologies for my absence. Actually, it's not like I have been absent, it's just that I am a bit lazy and haven't managed to get around to writing a new and exciting blog for a...
Posted by Bob on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:04:00 PST

It's an apartment sort of thing...

Hello all, ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I'm sorry I have been a bit slack of late with the blogs, it has been really busy here and all I have done t...
Posted by Bob on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:39:00 PST

It's a Valentines sort of thing...

Good morning, Once again due to general apathy and being a bit busy I haven't got round to writing a new and updated blog for you all to read. Well, the good news is that I have finally done it, the b...
Posted by Bob on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:18:00 PST

It's a late sort of thing...

Good morning all, I'm sorry for being a bit late posting the blog this time around, basically it was combination of being busy and forgetting again that caused last weeks lack of blogness.And what a w...
Posted by Bob on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:26:00 PST