Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Have you always been so well spoken Tom, eg use big words n stuff ?

If not, what was your desire to improve ?

I'm not particularly well spoken, but I suppose I do have a decent vocabulary.

Why? I dunno really. I read a lot and I love words.

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Have you always been so well spoken Tom, eg use big words n stuff ?

If not, what was your desire to improve ?

I'm not particularly well spoken, but I suppose I do have a decent vocabulary.

Why? I dunno really. I read a lot and I love words.

I assumed you went to the effort of learning new words as opposed to just picking them up from books ?

What type of material do you regularly read ?

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Have you always been so well spoken Tom, eg use big words n stuff ?

If not, what was your desire to improve ?

I'm not particularly well spoken, but I suppose I do have a decent vocabulary.

Why? I dunno really. I read a lot and I love words.

I assumed you went to the effort of learning new words as opposed to just picking them up from books ?

What type of material do you regularly read ?

Started off reading anything I could get my hands on as a kid.

We had no spare money for books and I couldn't join a library, but we used to get all sorts of interesting stuff in the tats. I particularly liked old Reader's Digests and ladies magazines.

As time went on and I started to get a little pocket money. (Half a crown a week) I would buy second hand books down the market. Bookstalls were a big thing back then, every market had one.

Initially I bought the usual kids books, Enid Blyton's Famous Five, & children's classics like Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland etc.

As I got older I moved on to the popular fiction thrillers. Alistair Maclain, Jack Higgins, Ian Fleming, Wilbur Smith.

Occasionally, I came across a non fiction tale of adventure & heroism, or of survival in the face of adversity.

These true stories, the tales of things that really happened. The biographies and autobiographies, where the author couldn't change the ending to suit his purpose, really made an impression on me, and they spoiled me for fiction for ever more.

The last three books I read were a Holocaust survivors story, a heroin addicts story, and the adventures of a bloke who bought a second hand camper van and drove it around the world.

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Have you always been so well spoken Tom, eg use big words n stuff ?

If not, what was your desire to improve ?

I'm not particularly well spoken, but I suppose I do have a decent vocabulary.

Why? I dunno really. I read a lot and I love words.

I assumed you went to the effort of learning new words as opposed to just picking them up from books ?

What type of material do you regularly read ?

Started off reading anything I could get my hands on as a kid.

We had no spare money for books and I couldn't join a library, but we used to get all sorts of interesting stuff in the tats. I particularly liked old Reader's Digests and ladies magazines.

As time went on and I started to get a little pocket money. (Half a crown a week) I would buy second hand books down the market. Bookstalls were a big thing back then, every market had one.

Initially I bought the usual kids books, Enid Blyton's Famous Five, & children's classics like Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland etc.

As I got older I moved on to the popular fiction thrillers. Alistair Maclain, Jack Higgins, Ian Fleming, Wilbur Smith.

Occasionally, I came across a non fiction tale of adventure & heroism, or of survival in the face of adversity.

These true stories, the tales of things that really happened. The biographies and autobiographies, where the author couldn't change the ending to suit his purpose, really made an impression on me, and they spoiled me for fiction for ever more.

The last three books I read were a Holocaust survivors story, a heroin addicts story, and the adventures of a bloke who bought a second hand camper van and drove it around the world.

 

Educational indeed!

[Rod Paradise]

Reason for alias: Real name has Rangers connotations, Cardroom supervisor at Gala Riverboat in Glasgow commented, when told I had a season ticket at Paradise (nickname for Celtic's ground), she registered me as Rod Paradise.

Age: 43

Occupation: Telecommunications Engineer - Network Planner.

Location: South West Scotland

Dream Job: Gamekeeper, biologist. Although recently been dreaming about starting a BBQ smokehouse.

Person you would be reincarnated as: Gerald Durrell or Jacques Cousteau

Fave comfort food:  Homemade steak pie.

Imaginary super power: Mindreading & mind control.

[Nakor]

Reason for alias: Nakor is a character from a series of books by Raymond Feist, he is a somewhere between genius and drunk who likes tricks. It seemed appropriate.

Age: 38

Occupation: Data and Services Manager for a Food Manufacturer

Location: Norfolk

Dream Job: I would like to be that bloke you always see on holiday, sitting on the rocks in the sun with a fishing rod, a bucket and a shaggy dog.

Person you would be reincarnated as: Rick Rubin

Fave comfort food:  Prawn Cocktail Seabrooks Crisps

Imaginary super power: Teleport

[flushthemout]

Reason For Alias........ Dont think i have ever hit one (close last night though Tom)
Age: 47.5yrs
Location: East Midlands
Occupation: Area Manager For a Laundry Company Based in Finland
Dream Job:Prison Officer
Person to whom i would like to come back as; Rob Yong
Favourite Comfort Food: Cheese Cake.
Imaginary Super Power: To be invisible

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Quick update re the valets assets.

Ralph comes up to me and asks, "Are you talking about X?"

"Yes"

"Though so. They're kosher"

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Loving the questionnaire answers.

One or two of surprises already.

No ladies yet though. Come on girls. You don't have to give your real age. 

[dreenie]

Reason for Alias - My nickname since I was 10 years old.

Age                - 30, wishing I was 18.

Previous Occupations - Admin Assistant, Commis Chef, Waitress, Poker punter.

Location                  - Surrey, but dreaming of Vegas and the fcking mirage.

Dream Job               - An opportunity to work in a Michelin hotel/restaurant, (preferably Gordon Ramsey's), and work up to becoming a top qualified Chef.

Person you would be reincarnated as : Myself - To give me a chance to everything so different, but with all the knowledge/life experience I have now.

Favorite Comfort food : Spaghetti bolognese, and all forms of chocolate (love the cake).

Imaginary super power : Some magical dust I could spread, which would unite every country together, so that the world could be a better place and everyone would live in peace.

[mulhuzz]

will give questions a spin

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Reason for alias: when I was young I was called 'fuzz' on account of the splendid mess my hair/is/was. mulhuzz is a portmanteau of that and my surname.

Age: 26.

Occupation: I work for a video games company using data to drive design and development of games, but I used to work for that poker site that pleno and barry work for.

Location: Newcastle (the proper one)

Dream Job: current job is pretty nutted. I legitimately get to spend days at a time playing and exploring the human psyche. If I couldn't do that, I'd become a full time behavioral economist. Or magician. Or both.

Person you would be reincarnated as: Hunter S Thompson ainec

Fave comfort food: wait, there are other reasons to eat food? allllllll of ittttttttt

Imaginary super power: teleport so i could have an extra half hour in bed of a morning...

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Imaginary super power : Some magical dust I could spread, which would unite every country together, so that the world could be a better place and everyone would live in peace.

Awww Dreenie....

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Person you would be reincarnated as: Hunter S Thompson ainec

I didn't even know who Hunter S Thompson was. I had to google.

It was worth the effort though. Fascinating.


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson

[tikay]

Tom,

I think YOU should fill that questionnaire in.

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Person you would be reincarnated as: Stephen Fry. He is so smart and I think he is cool too (for an older person)

It's a known fact that men get cooler as they get older.

I'm so glad you can't read minds.