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<blockquote data-quote="sidthemanager" data-source="post: 308106" data-attributes="member: 47880"><p>What is your name? Tim Hoy</p><p>How old are you? - 52</p><p>- Are you male or female? -Male</p><p>- Which country are you from? - England </p><p>- Which city/area do you live in? - London</p><p>- Are you religious? - No</p><p>- Pick three words to describe your personality. Friendly, generous, helpful</p><p>- Do you have any pets? - No</p><p>- Microsoft or Apple? - Who cares?</p><p>- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? - Volleyball</p><p>- Do you get angry easily? - Yes </p><p>- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? yes 5 tattoos - from my misspent youth and one ear was pierced when my boss said that we couldn't wear earrings. I rarely wear one nowadays, but think it's very important not to be overly compliant with arbitrary rules.</p><p>- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Can't won't - far too many</p><p>- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Anything I can jam along to</p><p>- What is your favourite flag? - Embassy Regal - oh sorry that was F<strong>L</strong>AG - What sort of question is that?</p><p>- Ever gone camping? yes </p><p>- Ever been in love? Constantly. </p><p>- Ever used fake tan? No</p><p>- Which countries have you visited? Scotland, Brasil, Eire, Bahamas, France, Germany, USA, Canada, Greece, Holland, New Zealand, Bermuda, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Portugal, Wales, Yugoslavia (when it was still called that), Gibraltar, Austria, Cyprus, Latvia and a few others.</p><p>- Favourite city? Amsterdam</p><p>- List your five favourite TV programmes. No - there aren't that many I like</p><p>- List your five favourite films. The commitments, The age of stupid, Moulin Rouge, Return of the one armed swordsman & South of the border </p><p>- Are you wealthy? Yes very, but not in the superficial sense</p><p>- Do you work? If so, as what? 1. Operational firefighter. 2. Founder and photographer at TPS Photos - a cooperative set up in 1981. These two finance my third line of "work" disability advocacy championing diabetes discrimination in employment and services since my own diagnosis sin 1989</p><p>- List the subjects you study/have studied? Worm breeding, Photography, Fire Engineering, Fire science (chemistry and combustion) </p><p>- What do you like most about yourself? My friends. </p><p>- What do you like least about yourself? My so called friends.</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed with T1 in 1989 and almost lost my job before fighting back. There are now over 470 people back at work or entering services and professions previously denied to them as a result of my campaigning. There's a whole history here: http://irfduk.net/a-not-so-short-history/</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sidthemanager, post: 308106, member: 47880"] What is your name? Tim Hoy How old are you? - 52 - Are you male or female? -Male - Which country are you from? - England - Which city/area do you live in? - London - Are you religious? - No - Pick three words to describe your personality. Friendly, generous, helpful - Do you have any pets? - No - Microsoft or Apple? - Who cares? - Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? - Volleyball - Do you get angry easily? - Yes - Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? yes 5 tattoos - from my misspent youth and one ear was pierced when my boss said that we couldn't wear earrings. I rarely wear one nowadays, but think it's very important not to be overly compliant with arbitrary rules. - List your five favourite musicians/bands. Can't won't - far too many - What would you say your favourite music genre is? Anything I can jam along to - What is your favourite flag? - Embassy Regal - oh sorry that was F[b]L[/b]AG - What sort of question is that? - Ever gone camping? yes - Ever been in love? Constantly. - Ever used fake tan? No - Which countries have you visited? Scotland, Brasil, Eire, Bahamas, France, Germany, USA, Canada, Greece, Holland, New Zealand, Bermuda, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Portugal, Wales, Yugoslavia (when it was still called that), Gibraltar, Austria, Cyprus, Latvia and a few others. - Favourite city? Amsterdam - List your five favourite TV programmes. No - there aren't that many I like - List your five favourite films. The commitments, The age of stupid, Moulin Rouge, Return of the one armed swordsman & South of the border - Are you wealthy? Yes very, but not in the superficial sense - Do you work? If so, as what? 1. Operational firefighter. 2. Founder and photographer at TPS Photos - a cooperative set up in 1981. These two finance my third line of "work" disability advocacy championing diabetes discrimination in employment and services since my own diagnosis sin 1989 - List the subjects you study/have studied? Worm breeding, Photography, Fire Engineering, Fire science (chemistry and combustion) - What do you like most about yourself? My friends. - What do you like least about yourself? My so called friends. I was diagnosed with T1 in 1989 and almost lost my job before fighting back. There are now over 470 people back at work or entering services and professions previously denied to them as a result of my campaigning. There's a whole history here: http://irfduk.net/a-not-so-short-history/ [/QUOTE]
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