40's Board Questionnaire
1. Your name : Iain ( and just occasionally I sign my name as Bearz)
2. Your preferred NG name : Iain but if you call me Bearz I'm cool. You'll see me in Chatrooms as Bearz unless it is some other Bearz (It's an impostor I tell you! LOL)
3. Where you live : St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England - actually I live in a little village called Little Paxton about 4 miles to the north-west of St Neots (Get your maps out <g>).
4. Other places you have lived : Born North of the Border in Scotland, and I've lived in Egypt, Malta, Cyprus and Austria but spent most of my life in southern England.
5. Favourite place you've travelled to : I love Cyprus but I will travel the USA before I either go up or down as the case may be.
6. Age : 46 years young.
7. Occupation(s) : (Past & present) I've been a shop assistant (loved working on the Deli counter), builder, then I became a Policeman for my career and now work in Despatch Planning/Warehousing for a global Pharmaceutical Company.
8. Family : 'Er indoors is Soo Croo (23 years together), one daughter, Lisa (my pride and joy), 'Barney' the Old English Sheepdog, 'Tiger Tim' a fawn tabby cat (I just call him 'Tim'), and two hamsters, 'Jeffrey' and 'Bubbles'
9. Interests : I now live and breathe stationery and this newsgroup lark but I love computers (using, building, playing and connecting), Chelsea Football Club (I'm a Season Ticket Holder), and Logic Problems.
10.
Description of your puter : Pentium
266mHz with MMX6+Gb H/drive, 94 Mb RAM, 24xCD-ROM, 4Mb Video
Card, and Rockwell Modem.
In January 2000 (Millennium bug permitting I move to a 500mHz
Pentium III with 16mb H/Drive and the Voodoo3 Graphics card
(already got it ordered but holding money back in case there are
Millennium problems!)
11. when did you first go on-line? October 1997
12. What do you use your puter for? Previously Home Office and games BUT now it is my means of access to a world of communication - visual and typed . . . .I couldn't live without it now!
13. Pets? See my family 'cos thats how I think of them. <g>
14. Education/where? I went to pre-Preparatory, Preparatory school in England and was down for going to Oundle School (One of the great Public Schools like Rugby, Eton and Harrow) but went over to the State system and went to Farnham Grammar School. I passed my A-levels to go to University but elected to go into the Police instead. I am now doing Open University with a view to a Degree in Computer Science.
15. Favourites:
16. Who was the first person you met online..when/where/how?: I can't remember who I met when I first started but I have an enduring friendship with a special lady (her initial is J) who has strong interest in stationery. I love chatting with her in mail and ICQ and we help each other with finding material, sites and natter about all sorts of things. Friends. I just love it !<s>
17. Which character attribute do you consider to be the most important?: There are lots . . . intelligence, sense of humour, honesty, and compassion. I wear my heart on my sleeve so I guess honesty - with oneself and towards others is the most important!
18. Favourite Site: There are so many? You should see my list of favourites! Kathy's 40s Home Pages are in there!
19. Ever been touched by greatness? I wish!
20. ICQ Number : 22269552
21. E-mail address : iaincrew@lineone.mail or iain_crew@email.msn.com
22. Birthday : July 12th
23. Anniversary Date: March 27th (It WAS a lovely sunny day in 1976! Honestly)
24. Home Page: The Bearz Cave
Iain's Stationey Page at KathlyL's Outlook Express Stationery Site
not that we're
counting or anything, but... .
(Since 02-10-99) :)
last updated 5-9-99