I'm happy and pretty good doing what I do: call it a comfort blanket if you will.

I am honest, reliable, and self-aware

Having spent the last 30 years in the same sort of employment (although every day was different, with its own challenges and opportunities) I'm now looking at branching-out in 2010 into something altogether more different. I'm also moving home to a small town on the south coast called Lee-on-the-Solent, which I intend to use as my weekend base. I'm also just about to disappear off on an adventure that I first started over 30 years ago: I'm going to New Zealand for 7 weeks to learn how to fly light aircraft and (hopefully) gain my Private Pilots Licence at the same time. Some of my weekends (mainly Sundays) are taken up by one of my main hobbies, which is collecting antique military badges - I know, a rather anorakish pasttime but one which brings me a great deal of pleasure. I also scuba dive off the south coast and abroad when time permits.

Update: Have now returned from NZ having successfully completed my PPL. Am now just waiting to receive the licence (but only after I've proved that I'm a 'fit and proper person'!).

Knowing what my limitations are. If you're looking for a handyman and/or a gardener with really green fingers then carry on looking elsewhere! I'm not your ideal candidate. I'm good with computers and problem solving. I enjoy debates and know there are at least two sides to every coin.

A cheeky twinkle in my eyes whilst they wait for a remark that generally brings a smile to their face!

I'm an eclectic reader, dipping in and out of things, and can have up to half a dozen books on the go at once.
As for food, I really enjoy all types of seafood. I also enjoy Italian food and anything that has pasta. I'm not a vegetarian and have no hang-ups about eating any sort of meat, although having eaten 'gator' the last time I was in the Everglades I think I may have to draw the line somewhere. (It was like eating rubber.....)
I enjoy music from the 60's and 70's as well as classical. That being said I also enjoy musicals and have seen most of the productions currently on stage in London.

Air, water, food, time to think and reason, good health and let's be honest, money. The rest come and go, and that includes family and friends, but it's always good to have those one or two 'special persons' in whom you can confide and who you know are not judgemental.

Is that I never give up hoping that tomorrow is going to be at least as good as, if not better than today.

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