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Music Styles:
| World Music | Western Swing | Soul | Softrock&Glam Rock | Rock | Reggae | Rap | R&B | Progressive Rock | Pop | Oldies | New Age | Jazz | Instrumental | Indie | House | Heavy Metal | Garage | Experimental | Electro Pop | Drum&Bass | Country | Blues | anything | Alternative | 80s | 70s |
Sports:
| bedroom sports | Auto Racing |
Bands/Musicians I like:
| AC/DC | Aerosmith | Alice Cooper | Billy Joel | Black Eyed Peas | Black Sabbath | Blondie | Bob Dylan | Bon Jovi | Brian Ferry | Bryan Adams | Coldplay | Cream | David Bowie | Deep Purple | Def Leppard | Dido | Dire Straits | Dixie Chicks | Eagles | Eminem | Eric Clapton | Evanescence | Fleetwood Mac | Foofighters | Frank Zappa | Garbage | Groove Armada | Iron Maiden | Jamiroquai | Jethro Tull | Jimi Hendrix | Kylie Minogue | Led Zeppelin | Linkin Park | Madonna | Moby | N.E.R.D. | Natalie Imbruglia | Paul Weller | Pearl Jam | Pink | Pink Floyd | Portishead | Queen | Rammstein | Red Hot Chilli Peppers | REM | Robbie Williams | Rush | Sade | Santana | Shania Twain | Sheryl Crow | Status Quo | Sting | Supertramp | Tenacious D. | The Cars | The Doors | The Moody Blues | Tom Jones | Tom Petty | U2 | White Snake | ZZ Top |
Music Albums:
Authors:
| Tom Clancy | Tolkien | Terry Pratchett | Stephen King | Robert Ludlum | Robert Jordan | Robert E. Howard | Raymond Chandler | Ray Bradbury | Philip K Dick | Neil Gaiman | Michael Crighton | James Clavell | Issac Asimov | Ian Ranking | Iain Banks | Edgar Allen Poe | Douglas Adams | Clive Cussler | Christopher Brookmyre | Carl Hiasen | Ben Bova | Ann McCaffrey |
Books:
I like...:
Svelt women, long hair, hugs, talking, monogamy, chivalry, honesty, land rovers, good events, driving, cats, humour in adverts (duracell & rabbits?) reading, TV, cinema, pub quiz, company, dogs, flirting
I dislike...:
crowds, shopping, Princes Street, spiders, gross lies Political Correctness, blindly following rules, organic dental floss agression/violence, people fighting, anyone being hurt
Description:
I'm kind, considerate, and thoughtful. I enjoy my life: I have great of friends whose company is important to me; a fun social life; and I'm one of the few who can honestly say I (usually) enjoy my work! There is only way to live life - to the full!
I can't just sit around (much as people may think otherwise) - I have to be *doing* something. I'm sometimes reserved and sometimes impulsive - if the mood takes me, I'll drive 2 hours to see pals.. of drive into Edinburgh simply to give someone a hug.. and my hugs are sought after :-)
I am a country-lad, who finds that cities are noisy, smelly, crowded places; interesting to visit, but not for long.
Each relationship is like a new road - it should be walked with your eyes open, and a sense of wonder in your step... and each bridge and branch could lead to a dead end, or an amazing new vista... I try to find the silver lining in clouds
I am looking for a long-term partner, but I'm not adverse to a few short-term pleasures along the way.
About me
Where I live
I rent a cottage on a farm... it gives me the peace and quiet and space to do my own thing, and is safe for the moggies to run free :-)
Where are you originally from?
Born in Englandshire, I moved up to the highlands in '73, then down to Edinburgh in '81 and escaped back to the countryside in '97.
Do you want to stay there?
I like living rurally, here is almost perfect. I like the idea of Canada or maybe New Zealand, but I suspect they will remain a vague plan...
What is your occupation?
Professionally, I'm a code Gorilla (we're a bit like code monkeys, but more grown up, and less.... fiddly/twiddly) My unpaid "job" is running cross-country motorsports events: This year I am running 6 club-level events, 2 national events, and a charity event.
What have you done so far?
I have taught wind surfing, sailing, water skiing & canoeing; worked as both an instructor & chaperone at a children’s holiday camp; been a doorman, bouncer & bar-stocker; a labourer, brickies mate & sparkies assistant; and a house-husband.
What are your future plans?
I'm not one of these "Over-Achiever, Ambition Burns Deep Within Me" people... I'm too laid back (possibly too ambivalent) to need to reach for the stars. There are some things I'd like to do: I want to be big cheese at a National-level off-road event; I want to fill the gap in my life that is woman-shaped; and I want to die a happy man, not a drooling mindless wreck in some "granny-farm".
Your perfect partner
My perfect woman is smart and self-confident, well spoken and with wide ranging interests. Physically I like a slender build, fey, and with long hair.
Stuff I like
What are you interests/hobbies?
I am deeply involved in off-road motorsports. I work on land rovers (I co-rent a shed on the farm) and am a member of a Radio Amateur group.
Types of people you like?
I like people who are tolerant, peaceful, and laid back. I like people who can talk about a wide range of thing, not just their own lives and their own hobbies.
What kind of people do you find attractive?
I am very visually oriented.... I like a woman who dresses well, but not over the top; who's style flatters her figure, not hide it; who likes what she has, and doesn't try to change herself. I like a woman who has an air of self-confidence; who chuckles, not giggles; who can see the funny side of thing; who is always interested in the hows and whys of the world, but not hell-bent of righting all the wrongs therein. Someone who is sensual, tactile, independent, and prepared to accept that others may choose to live a different lifestyle to themselves
Food
I love food: I love a rare steak, with minted new potatoes and steamed vegetables. I can cook quite well, and have made pizza for gluten-intolerant people (it choosing the right flour), and dishes for a medieval feast (no rice, no potatoes, a restricted range of spices). I just don't enjoy cooking for one....
Drinks
I'm Tea Total.... I go through phases of drinking tea, then coffee, then back to tea... but I always prefer instant to loose-leaf/freshly ground... I have tried incahol, but never found anything I like (and I worry about the Drunk and Losing Control thing....)
Holidays
For the past three or four years, my holidays have been spent setting up my motor-sport events. Beach holidays bore me... I need to be doing something.
Pets
I have two cats, and love dogs (my cats don't however... so home is a mutt-free zone)
Fav thing
I have loads of "things", but I'm not particularly materialistic. I really like my land rovers, and use my phone for lots of things, but I don't *need* them.
Fav Place
There's a certain house in the highlands that I always go to recharge and chill out (read fell trees/chop wood/cut grass), but for day-to-day living, here is pretty amazing...
My attitude
Family life
I've done the marriage thing - its no different to living together... except that piece of paper. I'm not interested in kids (having, adopting, or acquiring by association), but I would like to grow old, sharing my life with someone. Right now, I have a lot of untapped affection/attention that is being directed into other areas of my life, and miss having a Miss to distract (and be distracted by)
Politics
I'm ambivalent to politics - the world is way to complicated for me to understand. I would prefer an independent scotland, but there are complications and problems. I like the idea of a federation of european countries, but not a central bureaucracy...
UK
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