Urban Hat€monger ?

My name is Richard & i`m old enough to know better.

I live in Guernsey in the Channel Islands about 26 miles off the coast of France , we hate the French.

I have one sister called Olivia who is 4 years younger than me & has been married for about 2 and a half years.

I left school at 16 after taking my exams & never bothered with university & and have never regretted doing so. In fact my sister`s husband is a university lecturer & he seems to think i`m a lot smarter than a lot of the people he has to teach.

I`ve had several jobs since I left school although i`ve only worked for 3 companies in all that time.I worked at a leasure centre basically just fetching & carrying stuff when I first left school.After that I worked for a giant supermarket where I did a variety of jobs from warehouse work , butcher , fishmonger (2 months of hell,I think I spent half my wages on shower gel & deoderant) before being promoted to a buyer/stock controller.During that time I had the surreal experience of being given a VIP tour of a French cheese factory.A part of my requirements as a buyer was having an extensive knowledge of cheeses of the world , 600 of the f*cking things to be exact.I think it`s fair to say I hated about 580 of them.

After that I got my current job which is as a supplier of specialist camera equipment.I`ve been there for 5 years & like my job as i`m left alone to get on with it while I listen to music all day & not get hassled by my boss too much.Oh and the pay is pretty good too.About 18 months ago I thought about quitting , my boss found out about it , dragged me into his office & said if he had an entire staff like me he would never have any problems & gave me a 30% pay raise & 2 extra weeks holiday a year & told me to get out & go back to work with a big grin on his face..... I stayed.

When i`m not being an opinionated tosser about music I can usually be found following football , my team being Swindon Town FC , the reason for this being about 15 years ago my best friend moved there.I went to visit & discovered that there seemed to be more people walking around in West Ham shirts than Swindon ones.So I decided they needed a bit of support & have supported them ever since.
Also I collect Videos & DVDs of cult TV shows such as The Avengers , Doctor Who , The Prisoner , Blakes 7 & many others.My Doctor Who collection is huge.I have seen every surviving episode that the BBC have in their achives except for 5 that was made from 1963 to the present day, and I had owned most of them on video too.I also own approx 300 novels & factual books on the subject.

I have a great fondness for cats & they seem to have a great fondness for me.I also used to keep salamanders too.

My dream job is to work with big cats in a zoo and I like the idea travelling somewhere.One day I intend to close my eyes & stick a pin into a map & just go there.

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