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[karlhenning]

There, will that do?

Would you consider a vicarage again?

[Mark]

Would you consider a vicarage again?

Don't know. Doesn't sit well with my metaphysical beliefs, I suppose.

I'm nothing if not a paradox.

[Harry]

My name is Mark, and I live in a tiny village in Hampshire, England. I'm married and have one daughter who's now seven weeks old. I work as a freelance advertising copywriter, primarily in recruitment communications but also with start-up enterprises. I'm 34, tee total and vegetarian, and classical music has been my abiding passion for several years - though it truly 'clicked home' last year.

My favourite composers include (in some kind of order): Beethoven; Sibelius; Saint-Saens; Finzi; Dvorak; Rachmaninov and more. I'm principally interested in music from the time of Beethoven to the demise of Finzi (mid 20th century), though early music from the renaissance (polyphony in particular) and early 20th century British Composers are growing areas of fascination for me. If forced to choose a single period of music to listen to exclusively, I'd say Romantic. Happily, I'm not being forced to choose.

I have no time for hobbies other than collecting and listening to classical music, and unusually for a writer, I don't read much. When I do, it tends to be very heavy-going esoteric or metaphysical literature from about 1875 onwards. I read slowly, as I need to digest every line. It's an obsession.

Three facts about me that few people know:

1) I've seriously considered becoming a vicar on three separate occasions
2) It took me eight years from passing my driving test to actually driving a car
3) I have a half-sister whom I've never met


There, will that do?

Perfect....

[karlhenning]

I'm nothing if not a paradox.

Well, mind no one tries wrapping you up in an enigma . . . .

[Mozart]

Yes, I thought you might cook up something like this, I found the part about digestion and women fascinating.....
Perfecting mundane tasks, well now, please go in detail about this aspect, I am interested in how to do that!

Yes, I refuse to eat bread if it doesn't have the right amount of fiber. Isn't that what any woman wants, a man who knows how to digest? Generally in my diet, I eat the same thing everyday for breakfast and dinner, and I let myself choose a sensible lunch. Works great, I think I should write a book

For the second example it can be anything from my morning routine, to the most effective way to peel a cucumber. I guess you can use those gloves that peel things, but I like to use the regular peelers, and I try to make all the peels the same length. Then I cut off the edges of the cucumber, and bam you have a perfectly peeled cucumber that was done efficiently and artfully.

Como anda tu español? Y te aguantas bien el calor?. En Panamá
las temperaturas promedio están en el orden de los 35/40o C. Shocked

Pues hablo espanol mas o menos, pero estoy aprendiendo italiano e son similares, siempre me confundo. Odio el calor! Cuando hace mas de come...25...me muero de el calor, pero voy a encontrar un buen trabajo alli.  Si hace 40 c me desmayo

[Mark]

For the second example it can be anything from my morning routine, to the most effective way to peel a cucumber. I guess you can use those gloves that peel things, but I like to use the regular peelers, and I try to make all the peels the same length. Then I cut off the edges of the cucumber, and bam you have a perfectly peeled cucumber that was done efficiently and artfully.

Initiates might call this the 'Science of the Insignificant'. It's only by mastering the little things in life that we can fit ourselves for those things that are greater.

[Brian]

1) I've seriously considered becoming a vicar on three separate occasions

Oh, good morning Vicar, I was wondering if you could spare a bit of your most value'd time to attend one of my, humble candlelight suppers this fine November evening.

[Mark]

Oh, good morning Vicar, I was wondering if you could spare a bit of your most value'd time to attend one of my, humble candlelight suppers this fine November evening.

Patricia Routledge rocks!

Check her out on YouTube as 'Kitty', a character created by British comedienne, Victoria Wood. Classic!

[sunnyside_up]

I have a half-sister whom I've never met

That's very spooky Mark - I have a half-brother whom I've never met and he lives in England
I think he's quite a bit older than you, though.

[Mark]

That's very spooky Mark - I have a half-brother whom I've never met and he lives in England
I think he's quite a bit older than you, though.

If your real name is Sharon, PM me.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

Good thread.

I am a HAL 9000 computer. I am foolproof and incapable of error!

[Harry]

Absolute wonderful CV Kevin, a joy to read, and interesting as well.
Thank you, I know now at least, a little bit behind the person......

[Sergeant Rock]

Hi. My name is Sarge. It's been three months since my last drink...oops, wrong group. Let me begin again.

I'm Sergeant Rock. You can call me Sarge. I'm a native of northeastern Ohio. I grew up innocent in a small town about 40 miles south of Cleveland, surrounded by farm country...a northern Mayberry. I left home at age 18 and never looked back. First stop was Athens Ohio and Ohio University. Two years later, 1969, in a bout of suicidal romantic insanity, I joined the army and served two combat tours: on the DMZ in Korea and Vietnam. I survived but not without some physical and mental damage. I then went back to university and continued my study of English Lit. But I soon felt stifled and bored. Surprising myself, and my family, I reenlisted and made the army my profession. Ten years were spent stationed in Germany where I met the future Mrs. Rock. I retired in 1991 shortly after I helped liberate Kuwait, thereby insuring a steady supply of cheap fuel for all those soccer moms and their gas-guzzling vehicles...and insuring the planet stays nicely warm.

My primary interests are wine, women and song. I collect wine, photograph women and listen to music, music from nearly every genre and time period. My classical trinity is Wagner, Mahler, Bruckner but I have nearly 400 composers in my LP/CD collection. In February 1966, at age 17, I attended my first classical concert: the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Szell's assistant, Louis Lane. Perlman played the Tchaikovsky.

I live in the Rheinhessen wine region of Germany, in a village on the Rhine a few miles north of Worms.

Sarge

[Harry]

Thanks Sarge.
The intro made me laugh, it reminds me.....

[longears]

Its a pity that most new members, and quite a lot of members never introduced themselves. You see them coming, but that's about it.
The need to protect instead of share some insights into who you are, and what your favourite composers, and a little background. Instead empty profiles. Those people stay for the most part strangers to me, not really joining the community at GMG.
I may be old fashioned, but if you visit or want to become a member, its normal to introduce yourself, right?
Polite too!

If you think it's such a good idea, Harry, why don't you start by introducing yourself?

[karlhenning]

If you think it's such a good idea, Harry, why don't you start by introducing yourself?

Yeah, he tells us it's not polite to just start talking without introducing ourselves, but he naturally assumes that everyone knows him 

[longears]

Yeah, he tells us it's not polite to just start talking without introducing ourselves, but he naturally assumes that everyone knows him 

I suspect he's being coy and just waiting for someone to ask.  It's not like him to be overtly impolite!

[karlhenning]

I suspect he's being coy and just waiting for someone to ask.  It's not like him to be overtly impolite!

No, indeed!

All right, out with it, Harry:  Who are you!?

[Harry]

If you think it's such a good idea, Harry, why don't you start by introducing yourself?

I did when I came to GMG in the introduction page, quite extensively my friend....I will look on the old GMG forum, and see if I can find it back......

[karlhenning]

I did when I came to GMG in the introduction page, quite extensively my friend....

Well, but a number of us who have posted here, did that.

And you know, this thread is for the benefit of new members, yes?  They won't search through the old GMG archives to find out who you are, Harry 

Don't re-tread stale info!  We want fresh news!