4 things about yourself...

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

I've pillaged this from another forum I subscribe to, but it's been quite popular there so I thought I'd try it here...

Seems a good way of finding out about each other

Four Things About Me That You May or May Not Know (in no particular order)

This can be fun, and it's a good way to procrastinate.

I would suggest people 'cut and paste' all the points then edit in your own answers...

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1) Paperboy
2) Electronics Engineer
3) Partner in iT/Computer Repair Co.
4) Automotive + iT Engineer

B) Four films I would watch over and over:
1, Notting Hill
2, Leon
3, Ronin
4, Lord of the Rings Trilogy

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Farnborough (Hants)
2. Fleet (Hants)
3. Bordon (Hants)
4. Milland (West Sussex)

D) Four TV shows that I watch:
1. Mythbusters
2. American Chopper
3. Any Motorsport
4. Moto GP / Superbikes

E) Four places I have been:
1. Egypt (holiday along the Nile + Valley of Kings)
2. Italy (work - Ivrea nr Turin - Olivetti Tecnost)
3. USA (Holiday - New York - was flippin cold!)
4. Hong Kong (Holiday - was flippin hot!)

F) FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY
1. Bill Musarra
2. Malcolm MacAdam
3. Someone from Nigeria who wants to give me £millions....
4. Someone from Halifax Building Society asking me to renew details to an account I don't have...

G) Four of my favourite foods:
1. Pasta
2. Good Steak
3. Tiramasu (naughty! - but nice)
4. Smoked Salmon

H) Four places I'd rather be:
1. Somewhere WARM & SUNNY....
2. On Track at SPA - Francorchamps
3. On Track at Nurburgring
4. Any quiet sandy sunny warm beach (which means overseas )

I) Four friends I think will respond: (or would like them to)
1. Malcolm
2. Ron Earp
3. Fran Hall
4. Keith

J) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Competing in Isle of Man Manx Classic in April
2. Driving an 850BHP Viper
3. A WARM bike ride to Scotland
4. Losing another 40lbs... (me, not the bike... )

[Keith Hardy]

Interesting concept....

Assume you mean one of the other 3 regsitered 'Keiths' ?

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

actually Keith1 I did mean you... I even entered 'keith1' initially, but when I checked I did'nt see the '1' - doh!!

[Keith Hardy]

Crikey... I can't remember most things about my life (I WAS there you see) but I'll have a go. Time to let some skeletons out of the cupboard.....

[Keith Hardy]

Oh well, here goes: Not very exciting I'm afraid...

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:

1. Lock - keeper/boatman
2. Pit crew/factotem for Surtees Sports Car Racing
3. Infantryman British Army
4. Development Director Ministry of Sound

B) Four films I would watch over and over:
1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. The Long Good Friday (because it reminds me of people I used to work for and was made for £40k)
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. 1984

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Sahf London
2. Brighton
3. Huntsville Alabama
4. The New Forest

D) Four TV shows that I watch:
1. American Chopper
2. Mythbusters
3. All motorsport
4. New Tricks

E) Four places I have been:
1. Northern Finland (survival training)
2. USA work & play
3. Holloway Womens Prison
4. Aden (British Army)

F) FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY
1. Chris from Royston
2. Colin from the North Sea
3. Paul Thompsons very rich 'friend' from Nigeria
4. My daughters (asking for money)

G) Four of my favourite foods:
1. English Breakfast
2. Good Steak..roger that...
3. Roasted Vegetables
4. Taramasalata
(Washed down with a good Chateauneuf-du-Pape)

H) Four places I'd rather be:
1. Somewhere WARM & SUNNY.... Roger that..
2. Home
3. Any motor racing track anywhere that's warm & sunny
4. Home

I) Four friends I think will respond: (or would like them to)
1. David Morton
2. Chris Melia
3. Fran Hall..roger that...
4. Jac Mac

J) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. A regular supply of oxygen
2. Enough business so I can pay the mortgage
3. A warm & dry spring & summer
4. British Troops coming home from Afghanistan and Iraq

Tada....

[Dave]

Originally Posted by p thompson

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Farnborough (Hants)
2. Fleet (Hants)
3. Bordon (Hants)
4. Milland (West Sussex)

I feel your pain... i live in Aldershot

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

Originally Posted by Future 40 owner

I feel your pain... i live in Aldershot

Hah! - I've not been there for yonks! and Farnborough has changed beyond recognition... Still, I've been in Milland for 13+ years, Green pastures, no street lights, no GAS and i've only seen a Police car twice in that time and I'll bet one of them was cos he was 'lost'...


Keith - Thanks for that - it's quite interesting cos it places a picture in the 'minds-eye' so to speak.... "sahf london + The long Good Friday" GangsterVille...

[Keith Hardy]

Originally Posted by p thompson

Hah! - I've not been there for yonks! and Farnborough has changed beyond recognition... Still, I've been in Milland for 13+ years, Green pastures, no street lights, no GAS and i've only seen a Police car twice in that time and I'll bet one of them was cos he was 'lost'...


Keith - Thanks for that - it's quite interesting cos it places a picture in the 'minds-eye' so to speak.... "sahf london + The long Good Friday" GangsterVille...

You are not wrong geezer...

[Ian K]

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1) US Census Taker
2) English Tutor
3) Pub Manager
4) Systems Engineer/Programmer/Admin

B) Four films I would watch over and over:
1) Time Bandits
2) The Pink Panther
3) The Spy Who Loved Me (my first Bond film)
4) The Empire Strikes Back (still my favorite)

C) Four places I have lived:
1. New York City
2. Taunton, MA
3. Miami, FL
4. San Diego, CA

D) Four TV shows that I watch:
1. Bob the Builder (my son loves it)
2. Thomas the Tank Engine (my son again)
3. CSI Las Vegas (this is my wife's fave)
4. Sesame Street (my daughter loves Elmo)

E) Four places I have been:
1. Hawaii (what a honeymoon)
2. Canada (Niagara Falls)
3. Mexico (under 21 and in San Diego - Tijuana here we come)
4. Key West (Hemmingway's home)

F) FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY
1. Barracuda - I admin too many mailing lists
2. My mother - free IT Consulting for the library she runs
3. Someone claiming I need some sort of penile enlargement
4. Friends from the Mac support list I am involved in

G) Four of my favourite foods:
1. NY style Pizza
2. Good Steak (I'll agree with Paul here)
3. Tiramasu (I'll agree with Paul again)
4. Sushi

H) Four places I'd rather be:
1. Working on my GT40 replica (of course, I have to get it first)
2. On Track with said replica (same caveat applies)
3. Home with my family (one reason I left my last job)
4. Any quiet sandy sunny warm beach (here from April - Oct)

J) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Getting back into shape
2. Retiring my old Integra (wow, I can't believe it's been 10 years)
3. Teaching my son how to ride a two wheeler
4. Teaching my daughter how to walk (we're getting close)

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

Nice inclusion Ian - the picture comes into 'focus'....

Keep em coming..

[Ron Earp]

Well, here goes nothing!

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Floor sweeper – did this for a construction company
2. Food prep at Chick-Fil-a – make the chicken sandwiches and lemonade
3. Warehouse fork lift operator
4. Tire buster, general mechanic

B) Four films I would watch over and over (tough one, I don’t like movies all that much):
1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
2. Blade Runner
3. Gattaca
4. Rear Window

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Blacksburg VA (graduate school there)
2. Baton Rouge LA (Worked at Dow Chemical)
3. Burlington NC (where I grew up!)
4. Raleigh/Cary NC (where I live now)

D) Four TV shows that I watch (another tough one, don’t watch much TV):
1. The Sopranos (yes it is done, but I’d prefer to watch it on HBO over a lot of things)
2. Dexter (on Showtime, not that watered down TV version)
3. BSG - the new one
4. Star Trek – yes, I’ll watch the original

E) Four places I have been (only four, seems I live on planes!):
1. France
2. Germany
3. England/Scotland
4. Canada

F) Four people who email me regularly:
1. People who think my Johnson is too small (and they haven’t even seen it!)
2. My wife
3. All you folks who can’t remember your passwords!
4. My racing crowd of buddies

G) Four of my favorite foods (hmmm, I do like me some food!):
1. Mexican, basically anything Mexican
2. Shrimp/prawns – fried, grilled, broiled, boiled, etc.
3. Schnitzel, various types, and the Italian similar cotoletta alla milanese
4. Chinese Sweet and Sour Chicken

H) Four places I'd rather be:
1. Home with family and nothing pending on the horizon!
2. Home leisurely working on a project
3. Any road course where I’m racing!
4. Flying with no particular place to go

I) Four friends I think will respond (do I have four???):
1. Malcolm
2. Bigfoot
3. JacMac
4. Al

J) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. A family trip to Williamsburg, one to New York, and another that is undecided
2. Running the VIR 13 hour in something other than a Miata
3. Ordering up a GT40 (everything willing)
4. Finishing up our house construction projects!

[MReid]

Okay, here's mine:

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Assistant chef at a resort in the Catskill mountains of New York
2. US Navy Fire Control Technician
3. Electronics Instructor
4. Senior VP for the worlds largest booze company

B) Four films I would watch over and over:
1. Borne Identity
2. The Big Chill
3. Aliens
4. The Princess Bride

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Pascagula, Mississippi
2. Aiea, Hawaii
3. London, England (St. John's Wood)
4. Short Beach, Connecticut (where I live now)

D) Four TV shows that I watch (I also don’t watch much TV):
1. Two and a half men
2. Barrett Jackson
3. American Idol (it's about the only quality time I can get with my two teenagers)
4. Yeah, Star Trek

E) Four places I have been:
1. Summit of Mount Fuji, Japan
2. Tiger Balm Gardens in Hong Kong
3. Alice Springs for the annual boat race (that was fun!)
4. Waimea Canyon on Kauai, Hawaii

F) Four people who email me regularly:
1. My wife
2. My mom
3. My daughter
4. My sister (I see a pattern here!)

G) Four of my favorite foods:
1. Mexican, the hotter the better
2. Sushi, at least once a week
3. BBQ (particularly pulled pork with hot sauce and cole slaw on a roll, yummm!)
4. The General's Chicken (General Tso)

H) Four places I'd rather be:
1. In the garage
2. On Long Island Sound in a kayak
3. On my deck with a frosty one watching someone else in a kayak
4. At a car show

I) Four friends I think will respond:
1. Ron
2. Randy
3. Fran
4. Rick

J) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Carlise to catch up with Fran and hopefully bring my GT40 (What, it's only 2 months away?!)
2. Well, getting the GT40 painted and on the road
3. California coast with the family
4. Finishing up our home remodel (good one, Ron!)

[Jac Mac]

Why did it have to be four-might have to make a few up-that should keep you guessing

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Apprentice mechanic in local rural garage
2. Mechanic in area Ford Agency
3. Mechanic/Stock Car Builder/Painter/Fitter & Turner/Engine Swap specialist in USA Import Shop
4. Self Employed ever since

B) Four films I would watch over and over:
1. Days of Thunder
2. Top Gun ( No Im not a Tom Cruise Fan)
3. Anything with John Wayne
4. Ghost

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Wendon Valley
2. Waikaka
3. Gore
4. TBA

D) Four TV shows that I watch :
1. Sopranos
2. Coronation Street
3. Monster Garage ( I spend more time looking in the backgound for clever tools etc )
4. Letterman- If nothing else will make me go to sleep he will, bastard never turns the TV off though.

E) Four places I have been:
1. Summit of Mt Cook ( By Cherokee 181 )
2. Across Aussie by Train- saw where Pete gets all his girly pics from in Kalgoorlie
3. Bathurst in 81- the year of the 'ROCK'- no I didnt throw it!
4. Bluff

F) Four people who email me regularly:
1. Russ- With Q's-grubby jokes
2. Greg-guy who works on TVR with me
3. Stewy Q- mate who insists on sending emails that we have all seen before
4. My Daughter

G) Four of my favorite foods:
1. Roast Beef-Roast Spuds-anything -Roast.
2. Blue Cod from the local chippie
3. Bluff Oysters in season -like now
4. Pavlova-- Donnas got these mastered, they dont last long around here.

H) Four places I'd rather be:
1. Right now-up in a 100hp Cub for a twilight flight, beautiful calm clear evening-great for some hands off flying
2. A leisurely stroll thru a top Nascar Shop with all doors open & nothing hidden
3. Outside with a cup of coffee
4. Out for a slow drive around the neighbourhood with Donna.

I) Four friends I think will respond:
1. Yer Dugliness
2. Gregg
3. Rick
4. Russ/Ross----This is the only one I had more than four on!

J) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Getting some of the Hanger Queens out of the Shed- Ive got some new ones!
2. Warbirds over Wanaka-Easter
3. Making a start on our Mobile Home/Camper/Tow wagon
4. More Free Time- yeah as if.[/quote]

[Russ Noble]

Well I wasn't going to do this as I've really been nowhere, done nothing. Jac Mac seems to think I would give a response so here goes.... I did struggle to come up with some of the answers.


A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
In chronological order
1) Survey draughtsman - 10 years - cushy, clean, well paid govt job.
2) Process worker - duh! - 2 yrs, additional night shift job for extra money for the race car. Started day job at 8am, finished night job at 2:30 am
3) Garage proprietor/mechanic - 10 yrs
4) Hire service proprietor/dogsbody - 24 years and counting....
B) Four films I would watch (have watched) over and over:
1, Gloomy Sunday
2, Ice Castles
3, Bullet
4, Vanishing point

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Auckland
2. Halswell - near Christchurch
3. Hamilton
4. Christchurch

D) Four TV shows that I watch:
1. F1
2. A1GP
3. News
4. Bathurst
E) Four places I have been:
1. Maui - warm, relaxing, commercial.
2. Top of Ben Lomond - Queenstown - Tramped to the top in the dark to view the beautiful sunrise. Surrounded by the 10,000 ft snow capped Southern Alps. Seemed like the top of the world. Magical.
3. Milford Track
4. On a cray boat for 2 weeks out of Jacksons/Milford. Supposed to be a holiday! Absolutely loved it!

F) FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY
1. Bill Musarra
2. Jim Cowden
3. Joh Hills
4. Jac Mac - answering my stupid questions
G) Four of my favourite foods:
1. Steak
2. Sushi
3. Lamb
4. Steam boat

H) Four places I'd rather be:
1. Somewhere WARM & SUNNY....
2. On Track anywhere
3. Up in the mountains
4. Arrowtown
I) Four friends I think will respond: (or would like them to)
1. Hmmmmmmm...... Don't think I have any friends......
2.
3.
4.

J) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Getting the car finished
2. Lowering the Sports/GT lap record at Ruapuna - held by A T70 Mk3b
3. Having a life again
4. Finishing the year with an intact car

[Leonard]

Here are mine.

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1) Director of Security for Retail
2) Materials buyer/production manager for suspension manufacturer
3) CRM Software Consultant
4) Sr Support Specialist/Technical Manager

B) Four films I would watch over and over:
1, Battle of Britain
2, Big Trouble in Little China
3, Smokey and the Bandit
4, The Wizard of Oz

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Bitburg, Germany (Born)
2. Philippines (3 years)
3. Portsmouth, New Hampshire
4. Sacramento, CA (current)

D) Four TV shows that I watch:
1. Speed Channel
2. Discovery Channel
3. Muscle Car TV
4. MotoGP

E) Four places I have been:
1. India (Taj Mahal)
2. Japan (Osaka, Tokyo)
3. Australia (Sidney)
4. New Zealand (Christchurch)

F) FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY
1. My Boss
2. My Sister
3. My Friend Angela
4. Melaleuca

G) Four of my favourite foods:
1. Spinach
2. Chicken
3. Indian food
4. Salmon

H) Four places I'd rather be:
1. In the garage working on something
2. Driving some nice twisty roads..anywhere
3. Anywhere warm
4. San Diego, CA

I) Four friends I think will respond: (or would like them to)
1. David Briggs
2. Scott Calabro
3. Russ Noble
4. Mike Drew

J) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Reno Air Races
2. Vacation in Palm Springs
3. Finding a better job
4. Spending more time with my loved ones