Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG Edition

The Physical:

Your name: Chris Johnson

Your online/nickname: Numbersix, Ranger, Chris

Web page url: http://www.nccnet.co.uk/~sixie/

Age: 25

Birthday: 3 August

Gender: either; Sex - male

Location: Sheffield

Height/weight: 5'11"

Current hair colour/style: Long-ish and brown

Natural hair colour: Brown

Eye colour: Bluey-grey-thingy by the looks of things

Religion: nothing definate, but veering towards summat more pagan/druid/wiccan type thing.

Siblings: 1 sister, hiding in not-so-sunny Coventry

Children: No thanks.

Relationship status: Single

Occupation: "Design Engineer" (read: computer programmer/sys-admin with industrial leanings)

Pets: None - landlord doesn't allow them

Computer you're on: P200 running linux, but looking to upgrade to some beefier hardware.

Favourites:

Books: Katherine Kerr, Doug Adams, Tolkien, and Pratchett - a mix of fantasy and sci-fi really

Movies: shrug wierd/strange stuff. I'll watch anything apart from cheesy comedy (which mostly makes me cringe)

Poems: Not a poetry person.

Television shows: I don't own a TV

Songs: shrug no particualr favorites

Bands/musicians: Delerium, delerium, clan of xymox, dead can dance, and did I mention delerium?

Club: Dissolution

Board games: Chess

Computer games: Don't really play any...but to choose from what I do play... Chuckie Egg, Puzzle Bobble/Bubble Bobble, Wolf3D, Point Blank, Hard Drivin'/Race Drivin' were good, but you can't find them in the arcades much these days :-/

Other games: Card games...polka, rummy

Magazines: None...newspapers - Independant

Places to visit: castles (always good), some pre-historic places aren't bad...

Food: Choclate, fish, breakfast cereals, chicken.

Colours: Black mostly

Drinks: Tea! Guinness, caffereys

Miscellaneous Questions:

What other newsgroups do you read: (checks .newsrc)... force9.* (ISP groups), comp.os.linux.misc, uk.telecom, uk.telecom.broadband. Occasionly pop eye into alt.lasers and sci.crypt

To which mailing lists are you subscribed: Shef linux users group, shefgoths,

How long have you been reading upg: A couple of years I think

What has been your favourite thread on upg: shrug

What are some of your hobbies: Hitting people with big pointy sticks, reading

What's the motto you adhere to: Don't have one.

What is your personal stupid human trick: I'm sure a friend can tell me this, as I'm not sure myself...

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Not a lot and making money

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: prolly a bit more self-confidence really.

What do you think is your best asset: being around for friends should they need it.

What do you think is the worst thing about you: A lack of tolerance for irrartional people

What do you value most in a friend: tolerance and open-mindedness

How do you picture upg: more lively than anywhere else I've been on-net for a while...good place to hangout generally.

Do you have another question: