Here's my 'Bio' for all those insomniacs out there ...

   Net Identity: Tempest (used to be 'mackie')

   Real Name: Robin Smith

   Age: The chassis is 36 but the mind is back in my teens;
        remember everyone's a buma/boomer :)
        The Zimmer-frame is on order :)

   Born: 20th June 1959

   Sex: Male

   Height: 5' 11" or 1.8m

   Weight: for it. 162lbs or 69kg.
           Hasn't changed in the last 20+ years - makes you sick doesn't it ?

   Eyes: Blue-Grey, wear glasses : very short sighted

   Hair: Short, Brown and still got it all despite the job :)
         Sometimes seen with beard and nose underline.

   Nickname: "Batman's partner" and known as Tempest; because
             of the squalls that happen :)

   Nationality: British/English/UK Citizen - take your pick

   Allergies: Country Music.

   Education: Wasn't that you're supposed to find out to count and
              spell ?
              Welder, Vehicle Tester, Programmer 
              Jack of all trades - master of none :)

   Current Job Status: Unix Helpline support for 180+ sites of abusers

   Personal Status:
     Shy, retiring.
     Single again - not bothering after last time;
                    <sigh> I'll get over it one day.
     Looking after dad since his heart operation.

   Hobbies:
     Full time couch potato - Linna leave me alone I don't wanna go !!
     Reasonable cook - I can always eat from the four basic food groups:
                       canned, frozen, instant, take-away :)
     BGC Crazy - say no more ^_^
     Doom - sodding hopeless at it, but doesn't stop me playing;
            with the BGC patch of course.
     Manga - Just started : Gunnm, AD Police, GunSmith Cats
     An inveterate "Now how does this work/come apart"  - usually
                    there's no spare parts left after reassembly;
                    doesn't mean it works though ^_^
     Programming/Building/breaking computers.
     Trainee fanfic author.
     Built own car from parts.
     World War Two Aircraft.
     Formula 1 Motor racing.
     World Stupor Bike racing.
     Walk to relax.
     PUNS - oh yes yet another one : ARGHHHH RUN FOR THE HILLS !!!

   Favourite Movies:
     Any Clint Eastwood film; Blade Runner; A Matter of Life and Death;
     The Life and Times of Colonel Blimp;
     Always (Holly Hunter/Richard Dreyfus/Audrey Hepburn);
     Casablanca and Most Humpty Gokart films;
     Hard Boiled; A Better Tomorrow; James Bond; Star Wars

   Favourite TV:
     Dr. Who - Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker
     The Avengers - Diana Rigg as Emma Peel
     The New Avengers - Joanna Lumley as Purdey
     Batman  (Adam West/Burt Ward/Alan Napier)
     Mission Impossible; The Prisoner; Red Dwarf; The Twilight Zone;
     The Goodies; Benny Hill; Monty Python; The Wombles; Danger Mouse

   Favourite Radio:
     Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again;
     Hello Cheeky; Hancock's Half Hour; The Goon Show

   Favourite Anime & Cartoons:
     BubbleGum Crisis (not over impressed by Crash); Anything by Miyazaki;
     Bastard!!; Ah! My Goddess; Dragon Half; Luna Varga;
     Vampire Pricess Miyu; Gunbuster; Road Runner; Bugs Bunny; Daffy Duck;
     but not that damned mouse !!

   Favourite Authors:
     Clive Cussler; Tom Clancy; Jeffrey Jenkins; Douglas Adams;
     Spike Milligan; Jilly Cooper

   Music:
     DON'T ask me to sing - I'm tone deaf, stepping on a cat's tail is more
                            musical and less stressful (unless you're the cat).
     A lot of Anime soundtracks, guess what's played most ? Yup BGC !
     Blues; Jazz; Classical; 50s/60s/70s; Electronic stuff; Heavy Metal; Queen;
     Just about most things except techno/rap (sorry forgot the 'c' there)
     and Country (oops does it have an 'o' ?).


Oops, sorry that ended up kind of long.

Another incredibly boring ramble from,
  Robin.
 
-- Tempest   aka Robin Smith                 Author: "The Tempest Chronicles"
^[$B%m%S%s^[(J ^[$B%9%_%9^[(J        Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Miyazaki, Sonoda, Shirow, Suzuki, Takahashi <-Unsorted            All Hail UF