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Who is Who on the Narrow Gauge Forum

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 10:00 pm
by jdtech
I was wondering about a Who's Who topic on the NG forum. A place where you can write a bit about yourself and your interests.

Ok I'll start the ball rolling:

Name: John David Slatter
Age: 10.43
Date of Birth: 30th September 1992
Height: 5ft 1 1/2 in
School: Bartley Junior Year 6
Club(s): Bartley Junior Newspaper
Favourite Famous Person: None Applicable
Likes:
  • Waitrose
  • Computers/ICT
  • Games
  • Criticising Things/People/Companies
  • Mathematics
  • History
Dislikes:
  • Woolworths
  • Rupert Murdoch
  • Mobile Phone Ringtones
  • Eastenders
  • Asda
  • People who drive 4x4/MPVs
Supermarket(s): Waitrose & Safeway
Religion: Athiest
Pets: 2 Cats; Sam and Holly
Favourite Car: Jaguar X-Type Estate
Current Cars: Rover 216SLi (Mum) & Fiat Punto S (Dad)

Hope others contribute

John

Edit) Reformed as I hadn't really thought, I was tired! :oops:

Thanks to Pitley for making this a sticky

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 10:20 pm
by pitleyfalley
Sounds like a good idea, so heres my bit...

Ok my name is Christian Hartley-Woolley, im a 19 year old from Great Malvern in Worcestershire. Im studying my A levels at the moment, in English Literature, Systems and Control (Product Design) and Business Studies. Im hoping to go on to university in October to read English Literature.

My interests include railways:

Mainly narrow gauge, ive been a Talyllyn Cleaner since 2000, but am also interested in trams, and some SG stuff...
Im also quite involved with road steam, helping to keep on the road a 1912 Aveling and Porter Road Roller No.7771 'Pegasus'

Image

At the Great Dorset Steam Fair 2002

and hopefully due back out at the end of this year an 1898 8nhp Mc Laren Agricultural/General Purpose Traction Engine... which hasnt steamed since the 1960's.

Image

A similar engine, currently running in New Zeland


Religion:

Im a commited Christian, and was baptised last february.... and I also help to run a couple of local Christian Youth Groups aswell as teach sunday school at our local baptist church.

Anything outdoors:

I undertook my Gold Duke of Edinburgh's expedition a couple of years ago, cycling for 160 miles through the peak district and yorkshire dales.... I never want to see Kirby Stephen again in my life... :roll:
I also enjoy sailing, walking, and cycling....

Addon: OOh yes I failed to mention the love of my life, a gorgeous South African by the name of Tara.... who ive had the pleasure of going out with now since late last year, although ive not taken her to a traction engine rally yet. :wink:

Thats pretty much it, cant think of a lot else to say....

Pitley-Falley

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:24 am
by robert159
my full name is Robert John Baxter Hollingsworth.

likes:
trains (obviously)
space
star treck
anime
red dwarf
futurama
wrighting my story
online comics (i.e http://www.kevinandkell.com / http://www.homestarrunner.com / http://www.mistythemouse.com )
creating the B&SR
desighning space ships on paper.
drawing

dislikes:
badly drawn comics.
foren people who know english and blatently talk about me in there language in font of me. (how rude)
engines that float off the tracks when there not suposed to.

things of noat: i created the B&SR. otherwise theres nothing really to say that ull b interested in.

what i have done:
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-searc ... cb1c4c7ba4

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:27 pm
by davidaward
Hi My full name is David Andrew Ward

I live at Hindley Near Wigan, Lancashire

I am 18 1/2 years old and I go to Winstanley College near Wigan

My Main interest is Steam Railways (and a few classic diesels)
Starting this summer I am to voluteer on the Severn Valley Railway.
I also enjoy photographing steam locos.

I also enjoy

Sailing
open Canoeing
Road Cycling
Walking
Railway Modelling

I work as a barman in a local club and I also help out the local Youth Service with Duke of Edinburgh Award Trainer/Assesor/Supervisor, having done Gold myself and Sailing instruction.

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:58 pm
by Rfairlie
My name is Timothy Daniel Elsby in 17 and i live in Leyland Lancashire. Im currently studdying for a national diploma in Manufactureing Engineering at Preston College.

I've been a regular Vollenteer on the Ffestiniog Railway since i was about 8 years old my mum was the first voluteer firewoman on the FR.

My Grandad (R.W.Miller) has written books on various railway subjects including the Cambrian and the North Staffodshire railway

My main interests are,

Narrow Gauge Railways.

Roller Hockey, I'm captin of Preston Phoenix Roller Hockey Club at under 16 level and i also play for Great Britain.

Train Sim


Likes:

Shameless
The Coral
Radiohead
Making sarcastic comments.
Bolton Wanderes
Quarry Hunslets

Dislikes:

Eastenders
People who absoultly love the GWR
People who feel the need to shout into thier mobile phones
Americans

Can't really say much else.

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:33 pm
by fadedGlory
Well, my real name is Jur Snijder, I'm obviously not British but Dutch and I got washed up on these shores some 13 years ago.

I could be (and for all I know, might be) father to all of you. I will be celebrating the big Five-O next Monday...

I am kept healthily busy by my employer, a former National Gas Company since gone Private (this should allow you to figure it out), so I don't have nearly as much time to play with MSTS as I would like.

Right now I am typing on my laptop in a Bangkok hotel room on my way to Elsewhere - all paid for by my Boss.

I have started about twenty model railways in my life but the MSTS Rye & Camber Route is the first one I've actually managed to finish.

I like:

1. the four Ladies in my household who can get me to agree to anything as long as they play their cards right;

2. small, . little trains;

3. the Dutch National Squad except when it comes to penalties;

4. people who speak up for what they think is right;

I don't like:

1. weasels

2. David Seaman (see point 3. above)

3. Sad old gits

With that, I better stop.

fG

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 5:25 pm
by spitfiresrbest
My name is Dosd and Im 20
Im a law student at the University of Aberdeen and in my third year - my research interests include delict and financial services law.
Im also an Officer Cadet in the Aberdeen Universities Officer Training Corps although Im taking a year out from that at the moment

My dad's friend has a mile and a half of 7/14" railway on his estate and I started driving steam there at the age of 7

Likes
Dance and Trance music
Hunslets
Narrow Gauge steam
Comedy on TV
Stella
Sainsburys - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :)

Dislikes
Leftwing politics
Seagulls
People who wont come out when I want to get drunk

I work as a barman and waiter at weekends

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:24 pm
by trainmad
Right.

My full name is Paul Thomas Bardill and I live in Spondon, in Derby. I am an avid Talyllyn Railway lover (although I am not yet a member) and I am also a voulenter at the Midland Railway Butterley.

I am still at school and am in year 10.

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:30 pm
by selsig
Hell, I haven't posted anything for aaaaages so here goes:

My name is John Howard Savage, but I am nicknamed Statto or Selsig depending on which of my circles you move in.

I am 25 2/3 years old, and in the real world I am an IRSE licensed installer and SMTH qualified team leader. (If you really care, I'll expand) for a small but rapidly expanding sub-contracting firm.

In other lives I have been, and still am, a regular Ffestiniog Railway volunteer since the railway reached Tanygrisiau (24 June 1978), and have worked in the Parks & Gardens depatment, the Permanent Way department, the S&T department and Boston Lodge. I currently reside in the membaarship lists as a lifie.

I am also the drummer in a band called "I'll be the Pope" (please, please don't ask) which I formed in 1997 and have been with ever since.

Interests:

Drumming
Model Railways (of O gauge and larger)
Miniature Railways
Narrow Gauge Railways
Steam
Hitting things waaaay too hard
Real Beer
Marillion

Dislikes
Main Line Railways (they get in the way of my job)
Bass Solos
Pop pap
Excercise (as anyone who has met me will testify)
Lager

Religion:
I consider myself a lapsed agnostic, I do not know if there is(are) a God(s), and am quite happy in my ignorance, but I bear no ill feeling to anyone of any religion, nor do I wish to deprive them of it, and wish them all the best in their collective faiths.

Supermarket preferences:
I fail to see any relevance in this, and so decline from stating my non existant preferential choice of out-of-town convenience store.

I also have a knack for extrasyllabising, and overutilising, the vocabulary of my mother tongue in an overcomplicated description of an item that could adequately be conveyed in a far more succinct fashion, in an attempt, not to provide a higher opinion of my self worth form my peers, but more to cause a certain degree of intercranial liquidation and extraction of dissolved soluble urea crystals.

John

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:54 pm
by Frsimplex1993
My name William.

My interest's:
Model Railways
Miniature Railways
Narrow Gauge Railways
Steam
BEER (might be to young but BIG deal)
Madness and all the 70's to 80's music!! :D :D :D
CAR'S, ASTON MARTIN Rule's (and the vintage stuff)!!
And somee more stuff!

Dislikes:
BUSTED
And a few other thing's (ie: girl and boy at my school :x :x )

Cheer's :D :D :D :D ,

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:48 pm
by sp762
fadedGlory wrote:
I don't like:

1. weasels
Well, I'm obviously in trouble then. :(

I don't like giving out personal information on the internet, for obvious reasons. However:

My name is Mike

I'm in my mid-thirties, and work for a big government department, planning future information infrastructures.

I like most railway related things, but lose interest when you start talking about anything much after 1980.

I dislike bullies, people who choose not to understand my point of view (different to those who disagree with me, which is fine), the GWR (on principle), people who put apostrophes in the wrong place.

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:49 pm
by BruceB
Full Name: Bruce Gorden Lucas Brayne (would look with a Esq. on the end don't you think :wink:)
Age: 16 and a half :wink:
Birthday: 9th of August
Location: The Market Town on Thame, Oxfordshire.

Currently Studying A Level Psychology and a Travel & Tourism AVCE at Lord Williams's Sixth Form Collage here in Thame.

In the process of managing a small part-time business.

Interests & Hobbies:

Dance/House Music - DJs in my spare time (well what’s left of it!) and I also do some production work.
Railways - For as long as I can remember - followed on from my Father and also have a brother interested in Trains too - my poor mother!
Train Simulator and Computing - Always been interested in computers and graphic design work, as well as "modding" for software. Came to the Train Sim community looking for an output for my creativity and inspired by Kevin Martin's superb models.
Within Railways and Train Sim, my main interest has to be the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways, which I have followed closely for 13 years now and I intend to start regular volunteering on this year.

Likes:

Good Food & Drink
Bright Shirts.
Norman Cook
DJing and Making a Fool of myself.
Being open minded.
Listening to People – I give everyone there due and let then have their opinion.
Talking! – Ask anyone :wink:

Dislikes:

Grumpy People
Marmite…
American “lifestyleâ€

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:51 pm
by BruceB
sp762 wrote: people who put apostrophes in the wrong place.
I too find that rather anoying.... :wink:

Cheer's :wink: :wink: :wink: :lol:

Bruce

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:47 pm
by jdtech
Lol, yes this too has been getting on my nerves. In fact I mentioned this to Pitley, somebody could take on the challenge of editeding them all out :lol:

Cheer's
Thank's

John

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:53 pm
by Frsimplex1993
jdtech wrote:Lol, yes this too has been getting on my nerves. In fact I mentioned this to Pitley, somebody could take on the challenge of editeding them all out :lol:

Cheer's
Thank's

John
Me hate . adversizing what your computer is!! :lol: :lol:

CHEER'S