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20 things you didn’t know about me  16

I saw a topic like this on a forum I drop into occasionally, so I thought I’d steal the idea and tell you all more about me than you ever wanted to know. Those of you who know me outside of The Matrix (i.e. in the real world) will no doubt know some, if not all, of these … but it’s been really hard to even come with twenty!

1. I was due to be born 14th February 1973 but actually was born 20th March 1973, nearly 5 weeks late;
2. whilst still in hospital my mother named me Simon James but my father went out and registered me as Timothy Richard - apparently an argument took place soon after …;
3. I was on Songs Of Praise when I was 12 years old and my auntie, who I hadn’t seen for about 4 years, recognised me - I’m not religious but I was a member of the school choir at the time;
4. my favourite non-alcoholic drink is iced coffee, preferably made with milk and Camp coffee;
5. I have no allergies;
6. I am madly in love with three female celebrities: Saffron (singer in Republica), Emma Griffiths (model and TV presenter) and Catherine Huntley (QVC presenter);
7. I have been stopped by Police for speeding 17 times and was let off on all but 2 of those occasions;
8. I have made 2 claims on my car insurance in the last 13 years: once when my car radio was stolen and once when a car pulled out into mine;
9. my favourite song, which I would like played at my funeral (in 68 years time), is “The Scientist” by Coldplay;
10. I consider myself quite lucky - last year I bought 200GBP worth of Premium Bonds … and they won 50GBP in the first draw they were in;
11. I strongly believe in Karma, i.e. the idea that if you do good things then good things will happen to you;
12. I have two elder brothers, along with one nephew, two nieces, one god-child and at least ten cousins - both my parents are still with me but, sadly, all of my grandparents have passed on;
13. I once met a girl and fell in love at first sight … it was entirely unrequited :^( ;
14. my favourite alcoholic drink is gin and tonic in a 50/50 mix, slice of lime, no ice, tall glass;
15. the last time I walked was on my 30th birthday in 2003;
16. I have a wooden train that my maternal grandfather gave me when I was two years old - I can remember him giving it to me;
17. I’ve had flu once in my life and it put me on my back for a fortnight - I went to a job interview at the start of the second week … I didn’t get the job;
18. the only time I get headaches is when I’m really, really thirsty;
19. my favourite film by a long way is The Shawshank Redemption and I cry at the end every time I watch it;
20. once I woke up in Tampa, Florida, at 9 a.m. Eastern Time (6 hours behind GMT), flew to Dallas, Texas, changed planes, flew to London, England, drove from London to Kidderminster for 9 a.m. GMT (stopping in Cheltenham to drop people off and Worcester to have breakfast), did a day at work, got home at 5.30 p.m. and finally got to sleep around 10 p.m. GMT, 31 hours later;

Erm, that’s it.

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