I absolutely love the outdoors. In any weather you can throw at me, either torrential rain or the heat of the sun.
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Any job being a custodian of the country side would suit me just fine. Clearing paths, building shelters, erecting fencing, or just picking litter, I’m your man.
I feel happy out there, totally stress free so why wouldn’t I do it for free?
What Olympic sports do you enjoy watching the most?
That’s easy for me. I love the endurance sports such as the marathon and long distance cycling.
It’s amazing how the bodies of these athletes adapt to and endure such extremes of physical demand.
I’ve tried it in the past and the last Marathon I ran in was the London Marathon back in 2002. Nowadays for me it’s an endurance sport just getting moving in the morning, never mind breaking in to a trot.
Like many large towns and cities in the Uk no one really gives a thought to other people. We are a mixing pot of cultures up here and integration is fairly low on everyone’s agenda, we all have our own little communities and it’s like we are all scared of talking to each other.
Many have tried and failed to address the issue and I guess there are still those trying now, it’s pretty much failed though and is going to take something pretty outstanding for things to work.
Maybe time will be the healer and we all sit back and wait for that to happen, but it’s not going to in reality is it?
Litter…maybe that’s where we start. I remember back in the 70’s we had the keep Britain tidy campaign and that really got me on side. Hand on heart if I ever have any litter it goes in my pocket/Bag and I dispose of it when appropriate. That’s just me though. It really grinds my gears, I go walking and take a bag with me for litter. My neighbours watch me cleaning the green area outside our houses but they contribute most of the mess, and I’m sure they do it just to keep me busy.
I’d love it if one day one of them would join me to lend a hand and show some respect of the area in which they reside.
Maybe that’s the answer, start a litter club, who knows.
In the meantime I’ll carry on doing my bit, you never know it might just catch on.
How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?
Well, just like everyone else I’m glad it’s over and done with. I’m a bit mystified that after having all the jabs I’ve been told to have (as I am a high risk) I still managed to get hit with it bad about six weeks back. I’m not leaving this as bait for the tin foil hat brigade out there, i just live in hope that my suffering then was not as bad as it could have been.
I do however believe I’ve had some long term effects but I can’t even confirm that they are due to Covid, they could be due to the shift patterns I currently work (Aches, pains, tiredness and the on set of old age)
Other than that I’ve adapted quite well, I’ve never really enjoyed crowds and will still avoid certain situations, I work on my own and have done throughout the whole pandemic so to be totally honest nothing has really changed.
Let’s just hope it’s now treated in a similar way to seasonal flu.
Attitude is like a finger print. We all have one however unlike a finger print we can change that attitude as we move through life.
Some decide to work on changing their attitudes to better themselves some decide to progress through life unchanged and unwilling to improve their attitude. It’s a life choice.
Do you want an easier life or a constant life of anger and struggle?
If you could have something named after you, what would it be?
Straight to the point I’d like to have a statue of me named “Procrastination”
Its what I’m good at you know “Mañana” as they say in the Spanish language. It’s never really got me in to too much trouble, in some cases I do believe some people have appreciated the fact I don’t always run into problems. I tend to sit back and contemplate an outcome and then work on it to make sure the outcome is acceptable to all. It’s just I might take 24 hrs or so to do it.
Yes there are situations that require immediate attention, but I’m really at my best when I can have some time to think about it.
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?
From as early as I can remember I wanted to be a chef. I loved cooking with my mum and baking cakes with my auntie. Don’t know what happened but I never got to realise that dream.
I guess around that time the Apollo missions were also taking place and for a short while I probably wanted to go to the moon.
Here many moons later I still like to dabble in cooking when the wife lets me into the kitchen. She’s a good cook, better than what she believes she is. However I’m quite mediocre now when it comes to cooking but I can do a mean beans on toast.
Let’s be honest how many times a day does someone say “please” or “thank you”.
Not many I’ll bet.
Was a thing years ago when you were told that if you went through life using these two words you’d go far, or at least you’d have the basic grounding for a good start in life.
Yeah I know some will say I’m getting old and the world has changed, it has and not necessarily for the better. It’s still lovely to be thanked and to hear the word please once in a while instead of someone demanding your respect when they haven’t done anything to earn it.
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?
Probably going to be quite boring here, but I’d like the skill of infinite knowledge. I have quite a low self esteem, I’m bloody good at what I do but don’t have the final oomph to push an idea forward, and I watch from the sidelines as others knuckle in and on occasions take credit for my ideas.
I tend to kick back occasionally, but I think infinite knowledge would come with extreme confidence, something I lack by the bucketful. I guess there could be a downside of being a “ Big head” or a “know it all” but I think I could handle that.
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