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About Me

Scruff
Retired software designer living in Leeds. I used to teach bridge, but have taken a break. I'm a staunch atheist and republican and was a card-carrying member of the Women's Equality Party until it dissolved.

Favourite Films:

  • Blade Runner
  • The Ipcress File
  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
  • Leon
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • The Hunt for Red October
  • Three Days of The Condor
  • Hannibal
  • Amelie (aka Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)

Favourite Books:

  • The Extended Phenotype, Richard Dawkins
  • Botanical Latin, William T Stearn
  • Selected Poems, T S Eliot
  • The Dairy Book of Home Cooking

Favourite Foods:

  • Meat and Potato Pie
  • Goat Curry
  • Beef Stew and Dumplings
  • Leek and Potato Soup
  • Macaroni Cheese
  • Lemon Meringue Pie

Favorite Drinks:

  • Tea
  • Chablis
  • Grapefruit Juice
  • Akvavit

Anti-bucket List:

Things I hope I will never have to do in my life.
  • Holiday on a cruise ship
  • Watch Strictly Come Dancing
  • Visit Blackpool
  • Caravan holiday
  • Play golf
  • Go skiing
  • Eat KFC
  • Go to a pantomime
  • Go to a circus
  • Morris dancing
  • Holiday on a canal narrowboat
  • Spa weekend
  • Watch The Sound of Music
  • Eat surf-and-turf of any kind