draliman on life

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If you could reinvent yourself, how would you like to be?
Rich and handsome with super-powers, obviously. Which super-powers, you ask? All of them. I would be all-powerful. The Universe would be my plaything.

Bwahahaha.

Would you like to be a pet in your household?
No. Because if I were a pet, there’d be no humans here to look after me 😮

How many house moves have you had as an adult?
Fifteen, I think. That’s more than it sounds, though, as I was at university for 8 years in total and that includes a lot of moving, even if only between rooms on campus. That number includes moves between two other countries (Germany and Ireland).

What was your favourite home?
My current one, I think. It’s a nice (very) little house in a lovely little village, and the only property I’ve owned.

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Are you happy in your neighbourhood?
Yes, it’s a nice, quiet place to live with lots of greenery.

Have you got good neighbours?
Yeah, they’re okay. Quite quiet, friendly enough.

Are your neighbours nosy or standoffish?
Neither, really. I don’t really know them that well but we smile, say “hi” and have a chat about the weather and what-not when we see each other.

Could you rely on your neighbour in an emergency?
Possibly. I guess it depends on the nature of the emergency. One neighbouring family has a roofing/general handyman business so they’d be able to perform some emergency repair if something of that nature happened. One of them popped across and helped me fix my garage door once when it got stuck, though I don’t think that really counts as an emergency.

And to finish, here’s a couple of photos I took on the “Enchanted Fairy Trail” in the neighbouring city of Truro, which I visited while waiting for my car to be serviced.

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Do you like to sunbathe on the beach or by a pool?
No. ‘Nuff said.

Have you ever used a fake tan or a sun bed?
No. ‘Nuff said.

Have you joined or wanted to join a gym?
God no. Definitely ’nuff said on that one too.

Good health permitting, would you prefer to go hiking or take a walk in the woods?
I’m not sure what the difference is. Maybe a “hike” is more or a big deal, like with “proper” hiking shoes/boots and one of those walking sticks. Plus a backpack of course.

If “good health permitted”, I’d quite like to go on a good long hike. For now, I’ll stick to walks around the local roads. Here’s a curious horse spotted on a recent such walk.

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If money was no object, what would be your ideal holiday?
Hobbits! Plus everything else New Zealand has to offer. I’d make sure I could pop back and forth whenever I wanted by hiring a team of scientists to solve the issues they’re currently having with quantum entanglement teleportation. After all, money’s no object 🙂

Do you save for a holiday or put it on plastic to pay off later?
I buy almost everything using a credit card, including any holiday. For a start, if anything goes wrong you get a huge amount of protection if you use a card – if the service is not delivered and the company can’t/won’t help, the credit card company will refund you. I’ve got cash to pay the card back straight away if I had to.

Have you ever been on a cruise?
No. I quite fancy it, though. My parents went on a cruise every year for ages and they loved it. A lot of places they visited are now in some way dangerous, occupied or a war zone though 😦

Do you send postcards or buy mementos?
I might buy a trinket or bookmark or something.

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Growing up, were you closer to your mother or father, or was it a balance of both depending on the circumstances?
A balance of both. Mum did the day-to-day sort of stuff (getting us ready for school etc), Dad played with us on Saturday mornings and so on.

What was your favourite toy as a child, and do you still have it?
Hmm, I did love my bike. I also loved my first ever computer, but that wasn’t so much of a toy.

Did you have any secrets?
Not at all, I was a completely open book! Apart from all the secrets…

What did you want to be when you grew up, and are you anywhere close?
I variously wanted to be a train driver or a football player (that’s actual football, not American football, which no-one had even heard of in those days). I’m not even remotely close to either of those. Though to be fair, there was no such thing as “IT” in those days.

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The First of May is a Bee Gees Song. Do you like the Bee Gees and if so, what is your favourite track?
They’re not a particular favourite, but some of their songs are okay.

What was the first record (single or album) you bought?
I believe it was a cassette tape of the album “Super Trouper” by Abba.

Do you know what was top of the charts the day you were born?
Nope. But I shall use the handy link supplied to find out!

It was apparently “Je T’Aime… Moi Non Plus” by “Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg”. Very sexy. Like me 😉

I also looked up Number 1 on my 18th birthday, which the site says is my “life theme” and coincidentally it was “You Win Again” by the Bee Gees!

Do you and your partner have a ‘special tune’?
No special tune. No partner!

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What was the most memorable gift you gave someone?
God knows. I really have no idea. I have a terrible memory for stuff like this.

What was the most memorable gift you received?
That’s a choice of two, both from my childhood. One was the little wooden fort my Dad made for me and my brother one Christmas. The other was my first computer, which I got for my birthday. It was a Sinclair ZX81.

Do you surprise your partner with something for no reason at all?
Nope, as I don’t have one. Sometimes I surprise myself with something for no reason at all. Though it’s not a massive surprise, as I know I’m giving it to myself.

Have you accepted a gift with pleasure, even if you hated it?
Probably. It’s a bit rude to tell someone their gift stinks worse than the lowest depths of hell, after all.

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Do you have a special talent (ie music, art, singing, dress making, pottery etc).
No, nothing I can think of. More a jack of all trades. Some trades. A couple of trades. No.

What was your best subject at school and was it your favourite?
Either English or Physics. They were both favourites of mine. I always enjoyed writing stories and I ended up doing my degree and PhD in Physics.

That was English Language, mind (in the UK, Language and Literature are separate exams). Shakespeare, Great Expectations etc etc… aargh! I enjoyed my German Literature more, at least they chose fun books to read (mostly).

Do you like to cook?
Not really. I do cook a lot of stuff though, mainly batches of curry, chilli, stuff like that. I like eating the result!

Do you get riled easily?
Riled? Riled? Why are you asking me this, for God’s sake, questions, questions, never-ending questions, it’s enough to make me… ooh! Looks like the answer is “yes”! 😉

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Do you celebrate the Easter holiday and if not, do you have an alternative?
Well, I don’t have to work on Easter but I don’t celebrate it in the sense of it being a religious holiday. But a couple of days off is a cause for celebration!

Do you exchange gifts or have a traditional meal?
We all get together on the Sunday and we exchange Easter eggs.

How many Easter Eggs (or alternative) did you receive/give?
I received and gave three Easter eggs. Somehow, though, I have seven Easter eggs to eat. I must have “accidentally” bought too many again…

Was Easter a Bank Holiday in your country or did you have to work this weekend?
Yes, Easter Friday and Easter Monday are both Bank Holidays in the UK. I have a feeling years ago Easter Friday wasn’t officially a Bank Holiday, but most people had it as holiday anyway.

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Do you have a favourite movie?
No, I have a number of favourite movies. It depends on what mood I’m in. It could be anything from Working Girl to Expendables to Armageddon to Die Hard to something Marvel or Star Wars or even some Resident Evil or Underworld.

Sometimes I’m in the mood for comedy, sometimes I just want to see people’s heads get blown off 🙂

Who is your favourite actor and actress?
I don’t really have a favourite. Only favourite films.

Do you attend or have you ever attended a live theatre production?
Yes, I’ve been to a few, mainly musicals when I was younger.

Have you ever wanted to be an actor/actress?
Oh goodness me, no way! To be the centre of attention and have it recorded for all time 😮

And to finish, here’s a random photo of a horsey I took while on a ramble around the country roads on Friday with my friend.