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Vintage 1954; for a living I write software; for a vocation I do family history; for an interest I collect beautiful and/or interesting objects; for fun I play old-style blues guitar especially with a slide; I choose to laugh rather than cry.

Coins, postcards, books.

Music, guitars, coins, postcards, DVDs, CDs, books, engravings, historical documents.

English, and a smattering of Russian and Portuguese.

Genealogy, photography, music, film noir, comedy, erotica, bush walking, history.

The Third Policeman, Dead Souls, The Gift, The Souls of Colored Folk, The Master And Margarita, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Godel Escher Bach, 87th Precinct, Maigret, Wexford, Rebus, Blues and Gospel Records 1890-1943.

Rear Window, The Third Man, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, LA Confidential, Closely Watched Trains, Citizen Kane, Life Of Brian, How I Was Systematically Destroyed By Idiots, The Maltese Falcon, The Wrong Trousers.

Bessie Smith, John Martyn, Baden Powell, Blind Blake, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, J S Bach, Little Brother Montgomery, Charley Patton, Divinyls, JB Lenoir, Eric Idle, Elmore James.

Mr Bean, Monty Python, Flay Otters, Maigret, Columbo, Farty Towels, Test Cricket, Test Pattern, Flowery Twats.

The Great McGonagall, Dylan Thomas, William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer. (Yevtushenko lives, so not in list)