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Hi

Here I go -

Where do I come from? The borders in Scotland

Where do I live now? The Black Isle highlands Scotland

How old am I? I'm 37

What do I do? I'm a community learning disability nurse for adults

Hobbies and interests? Hmm defo reading tho reading this forum is taking over! Going to the gym, baking and cooking, watching the sun rise in new places! Travelling.

What do I wish I had more time for? More time with my folks who live 200 miles away, more time to just be me. To travel with my family.

Do I have a partner /kids? I have a hubby and 2 boys

Do I have any pets? We have boots the cat who chose us, and I love him loads!

Favourite colour ? Green and orange

My favourite film? Dirty dancing, my mum let my much older brother buy it for me on video for my birthday when I was to young to go see it! Possibly the best pressie he ever bought certainly the only one I remember! Haha

My favourite band / Song? Oh I don't know I love up beat happy move your self kind of music really anything.

My desktop pic? Currently a basketball player my son set! He is basketball daft!

Great thread nice to see the diversity of all us folk , fab idea Moogie x

Oh well here we go..
Where do I come from...Surrey
Where do I live ...Devon
How old...54
What do I do....work in housing sector
Hobbies...reading, love the big weekend papers..
What do I wish more time for....time at home with husband family and friends
Partner/kids......husband and two grown up babies!
Pets...my darling black Labrador ...bless she is getting old..
Favourite colour...blues/greens colours of the sea
Film....so many, Shawshank redemption has to be up there but love the old black and white films..
Band/music. the Beatles

That's me folks!!

Hi, I haven't been on here since last April, so I'm starting again. This is me:

Where do you come from? UK, Gloucestershire

Where do you live now? Australia, Adelaide

How old are you? 39

What do you "do"? (eg - what's your job, are you a homemaker?, volunteer work?, in education or training for something?) Project Management

What are your hobbies/interests? Cooking, Eating, Walking, Genealogy

What do you wish you had more time for? All of the above

Do you have a partner and/or kids? Just a partner

Do you have any pets? Does three stuffed bears count as pets?

What's your favourite colour? Don't really have one

What's your favourite film? Oh this is hard - But it would have to be 'The Great Escape'

What's your favourite song or band? Abba

What's your desktop wallpaper? A picture of the beach just down the road

This is me:

Where do you come from?
Essex England

Where do you live now?
Essex England - I have only moved once in my life and I managed to move 1 mile away from my family home!

How old are you? (an age range will do!)
42 (just!)

What do you "do"?
Work for the Councils Highway department

What are your hobbies/interests?
Travel, reading, quizes, baking

What do you wish you had more time for?
trvelling - but need more money for that!

Do you have a partner and/or kids?
Husband, no plans for kids

Do you have any pets?
Jack Russell dog and two chickens

What's your favourite colour?
Red, also love grey

What's your favourite film?
Like Water for Chocolate

What's your favourite song or band?
Not sure I have one, maybe For Emily Wherever I may find her - Simon & Garfunkel

What's your desktop wallpaper?
photo of our honeymoon in Hawaii

and in reply to Moogie last question - yes I love The X Files

First post on the forum, but been following for quite a while

Where do you come from?
Espoo, Finland

Where do you live now?
Same town still

How old are you?
38 - soon 39

What do you "do"?
Accounting assistant (mainly send invoices out)

What are your hobbies/interests?
Love to dance couple salsa, reading, walking and all kind of crafting like knitting and crochet, also love to travel.

What do you wish you had more time for?
All of the above!

Do you have a partner and/or kids?
Husband and 1 son

Do you have any pets?
No.

What's your favourite colour?
Like most colours but wear a lot on greys and black

What's your favourite film?
lots of movies so can´t name one favourite

What's your favourite song or band?
I like so many different styles so can´t name one. At the moment listen to a lot on salsa tunes

What's your desktop wallpaper?
I picture of a church from my trip to Copenhagen last February

Where do you come from? Glasgow, Scotland

Where do you live now? Just outside Glasgow

How old are you? 38

What do you "do"? work from home as a Chat room moderator

What are your hobbies/interests? music, cinema, spending time with kids..etc

What do you wish you had more time for? spend more time with kids lol

Do you have a partner and/or kids? yes a partner i have been with for 6 years and 2 kids aged 10 and 19

Do you have any pets? just kids that's enough

What's your favourite color? sometimes pink if i am feeling girly and purple

What's your favorite film? Oh too hard love rom coms like Bridget Jones diary but i think Shawshank Redemption has to be my fav.

What's your favourite song or band? I love lots of music especially classic rock music, but my favs have to be bon jovi and ac/dc

What's your desktop wallpaper? sunny beach setting.

Hi guys, this is a great thread thanks Moogie. I'm going back to read the rest of it now! Anyway here's mine;

Where do you come from? Liverpool

Where do you live now? Walking distance from where I grew up in Liverpool.

How old are you? 36

What do you "do"? I am a self-employed pastry chef. Hoping to open my own patisserie soon.

What are your hobbies/interests? Taekwondo (green belt grading approaching in March!)

What do you wish you had more time for? Socialising.

Do you have a partner and/or kids? Yup. Been with my OH for 15 years, engaged with two lovely kids (girl 10, boy 6)

Do you have any pets? Yes a very affectionate lap-cat named Buffy

What's your favourite colour? Purple or teal.

What's your favourite film? Gone With The Wind or LOTR.

What's your favourite song or band? Can't pick a favourite. Edited because I have picked. It's Pearl Jam but my taste is eclectic.

What's your desktop wallpaper? A Lawrence Krauss quote about us all being stardust

Where do you come from?
Brentwood, TOWIE!

Where do you live now? (no, I'm not asking a postal address! a country or region is plenty) Six months in Meads, East Sussex and six months in Uzes, France.

How old are you? (an age range will do!) 54

What do you "do"? (eg - what's your job, are you a homemaker?, volunteer work?, in education or training for something?) Retired

What are your hobbies/interests?
Walking, reading, good food and wine

What do you wish you had more time for?
retirement means I now have time for most things. I probably spend too much time reading when I should be doing other things!

Do you have a partner and/or kids?
Husband and two grown up stepchildren

Do you have any pets?
Two years ago I took Ruby (Jack Russell)home from a rescue centre and now it feels like my life revolves around her! at least I get plenty of exercise come rain or shine unfortunately lately its been all rain.

What's your favourite colour? Hmmm beige/cream/sludgy greens

What's your favourite film?
Some Like it Hot

What's your favourite song or band?
Lots and I change my mind constantly depending on my mood

What's your desktop wallpaper? Nothing at the moment

Where do you come from? --- NC (in the US)

Where do you live now? (no, I'm not asking a postal address! a country or region is plenty) --- NC


How old are you? (an age range will do!) -- 47 but feel a decade or more younger!

What do you "do"? (eg - what's your job, are you a homemaker?, volunteer work?, in education or training for something?) -- I work as a Web Project Manager for an international computer company.

What are your hobbies/interests? -- Tennis, photography, movies, reading

What do you wish you had more time for? -- See above. ha ha

Do you have a partner and/or kids? -- Divorced (happily) with 3 kids living at home. I have a 15-yr old boy, a 10-yr old girl, and an 8-yr old boy.

Do you have any pets? -- I have two cats that I love unreservedly and unashamedly. THey are a 3-yr old Calico named Pippa and a year old gray tabby named Hobbes.

What's your favourite colour? -- Blue makes me happy (oxymoron?)

What's your favourite film? -- I love the old classics such as Gone With the Wind and anything with Cary Grant in it. I also love the 1982 Christmas classic, "A Christmas Story," which I understand most Brits don't like much. At least that's my experience.

What's your favourite song or band? -- I love 80's music. My fav is Annie Lennox.

What's your desktop wallpaper? -- A B&W I took of Machu Picchu

Where do you come from? U.S.

Where do you live now? (no, I'm not asking a postal address! a country or region is plenty) Midwest/U.S.

How old are you? (an age range will do!) 35yrs old

What do you "do"? (eg - what's your job, are you a homemaker?, volunteer work?, in education or training for something?) SAHM. I also do quite a bit of volunteering at our church and some at the kid's school. I have a writing degree and a political science degree. Someday I may actually do something with them, to justify the ridiculous price tag they came with

What are your hobbies/interests? Reading!!! That about covers it lol.

What do you wish you had more time for? Reading

Do you have a partner and/or kids? Married for 11 years and have 3 kids (5, 7 and 9).

Do you have any pets? Cat, 2 birds and 110 gallon fresh water aquarium (mostly Discus fish)

What's your favourite colour? green

What's your favourite film? Princess Bride and The Goonies are up there

What's your favourite song or band? I like techno best and currently Gerrard over on youtube is my go to music.

What's your desktop wallpaper? picture of our sailboat

Just 'bumping' this for any newcomers to the forum!

[b][b][b]Where do you come from? South of Ireland

Where do you live now? Same!

How old are you? nearly 28

What do you "do"? I work in a chipper 4 days a week.

What are your hobbies/interests? I love baking and cooking.

What do you wish you had more time for? friends, family excerise, sleep, the housework, everything really!!!!!

Do you have a partner and/or kids? I have a Fiance

Do you have any pets? no pets

What's your favourite colour? red

What's your favourite film? dont have one, there is too many

What's your favourite song or band? 500 days of summer is my song.

What's your desktop wallpaper? a picture of us after doing a colour run last summer, at my smallest in years, hope to get back there soon.

Hurr, didn't realize we had this, thought i'd add my bits!

Where do you come from? Essex

Where do you live now? Still Essex

How old are you? oooh how dare you even consider asking! lol, 25

What do you "do"? I'm a mum and housewife

What are your hobbies/interests? Enjoy a good book, baking, watching a variety of rubbish on telly (supernatural, star trek, Jonathan creek, catfish etc) have an all consuming love of World of Warcraft. My interests lay in cryptozooology (mythical animals) cooking, book collecting and anime, bit of a boring sod really!

What do you wish you had more time for? cleaning the house! lol,

Do you have a partner and/or kids? yes, husband and a 2 year old daughter

Do you have any pets? a vicious little sod of a cat called Monty! lol

What's your favourite colour? Purple!

What's your favourite film? throw up between the wicker man, any studio ghibli or repo: the genetic opera

What's your favourite song or band? Fave band, thousand foot krutch and their song Courtesy Call

What's your desktop wallpaper? husband did it so a variety of warcraft wallpapers that changes every minute!

there all about weird old me there!

Here are mine too

Where do you come from? Tanzania in East Africa

Where do you live now? Ruislip, which is in Greater London, UK

How old are you? 46 (I know, I know before you say that I should change my screen name from WestLondonChick to WestLondonHen!!! but I'm still a chick in my mind)

What do you "do"? An Office Manager

What are your hobbies/interests? Have season tickets to watch football and rugby league - favourite passtimes are shopping and watching reality shows like "Real Housewives" and "Made in Chelsea"

What do you wish you had more time for? Family - to go and see them more often

Do you have a partner and/or kids? Have a darling of a husband and no kids

Do you have any pets? 2 cats who are my kids!!!

What's your favourite colour? Pink

What's your favourite film? Dirty Dancing (well I actually have 2 - the other one is My Fair Lady)

What's your favourite song or band? I love Cher (even my closest friends don't understand that one)

What's your desktop wallpaper? I change it sometimes but at the moment it's deep pink flowers