Tell me more....

Maggie kicks ass. Also, there is nothing wrong with wanting a
government job. The pensions are good!

Woohoo! I've found someone else. What is it, Russ, that makes you
want to be a postman? I've always had this thing where I want to
become a postman in a village somewhere.

I think (for me anyway) it's something to do with the chance to
provide an undervalued service to a small, close-knit community (hey,
I'm still only a sheltered 22 year old, I'm allowed to be naive).

Just think, you'd be delivering letters to parents from children long
since grown up now living overseas, delivering birthday cards for little
Jimmy's 6th birthday, delivering love letters from army man Steve in
an unspecified location to his beautiful girlfriend, awaiting his return
when the fighting is over.

Someone slap me before this post gets out of hand.... ;o)

So Russ, what is it for you about being a postman? (And if you say
that it's the chance to call at the houses of all those bored, lonely,
housewifes you do realise you'll shatter all my naive sensibilities ;o) )

Mark
The Wannabe Postman

Hey Mark, have you seen the Italian movie 'El Postimo?' If not, you
might like it. I thought it was a great movie. Your post made me
think of it because the main character is a postman in a little village.
Then he becomes a communist and dies. I hope it turns out better
for you!

First name: Rob

Any nicknames?: "Your highness". Well, nobody actually calls me that,
but I keep tossing it out there hoping it'll catch on.

Occupation: Graphic artist/illustrator

Favourite subject(s) at school: Art and history

Favourite ice cream flavour: Lobster and butterscotch swirl (if I can find
it).

Name one (or more) of your heroes: Franz Kafka, Che Guevara,
Woody Allen, Chuch Close (artist), and Al Kaline.

Favourite film(s): Anything by Woody Allen, Hal Hartley or Monty
Python. I saw "Bowling for Columbine" recently, which I would highly
recommend.

and finally the big one...

Orange juice; smooth or with bits?: Two bits.

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can
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First name:
Matthew
Any nicknames?:
Matt(?) mattias, bart
Occupation:
database manager (not for much longer)
Favourite subject(s) at school:
history
Favourite ice cream flavour:
Baci
Name one (or more) of your heroes:
Dermott Brereton
Marlon Brando
Richard Pryor
Favourite film(s):
Apocalypse Now
The Lost Highway
Dr Strangelove
All Starwars (yes all!)
and finally the big one...

Orange juice; smooth or with bits?:
I hate orange juice,n fact i hate all juices except as previously
mentioned with alcohol and even then its a bit weird, but if it was to
be with alcohol, smooth no floaties

First name: Mirko

Any nicknames?: Not that I know... Usually my girlfriend calls me an
Idiot :=)

Occupation: Student (should graduate before Christmas...)

Favourite subject(s) at school: Biology, history

Favourite ice cream flavour: Pistachio

Name one (or more) of your heroes: Tolkien

Favourite film(s): Fight Club, Almodovar's movies, the Matrix, Pulp
Fiction and many more...

and finally the big one...

Orange juice; smooth or with bits?: If I'm hungover then smooth,
otherwise with bits!

First name: Colin

Any nicknames?: Not really

Occupation: Student

Favourite subject(s) at school: Maths and German

Favourite ice cream flavour:
I like all the flavours I've tried except chocolate and strawberry. I know I've picked the right
college - Trinity has ITS OWN ICE CREAM CHEF!

Name one (or more) of your heroes: I don't really have heroes, so I'll say Douglas Adams,
Chris Morris, Mikhail Gorbachev as 'people I admire'

Favourite film(s):
Dr Strangelove, any Monty Python film, American Beauty, Gladiator

and finally the big one...

Orange juice; smooth or with bits?: Not fussed, though probably better with bits. I heard
somewhere that lack of vitamin C is a major factor in heart disease, yet another reason to
drink plenty of fruit juice.

Trinity as in OXford? My sister is as Christchurch, you may know her
(she's the social friendly type) - Fleur Ashton, 5 foot 10, athletic, good
looking (or so my friends tell me) longblond hair & the nicest person
ever (or so I think)

I'm at the Trinity that Isaac Newton went to, for what it's worth. Though strangely enough, I
do know someone at Trinity College, Oxford from my old school, called Alec Hodgson. He
might know your sister.

That would be Cambridge. Correct?

First name: Si

Any nicknames?: SID

Occupation: Corporate Financier

Favourite subject(s) at school: Geography

Favourite ice cream flavour: Raspberry Ripple (Made with soft cornish
vanilla )

Name one (or more) of your heroes: Gary Lineker (Footy), Mansell
(F1), Darwin (for breaking convention), Eddie Izzard (Comedian)

Favourite film(s): The Big Lebowski, Withnail and I, Blade runner and
the most excellent Goodfellas .... 'what d'ya mean I'm funny, funny
how? ...'

and finally the big one...

Orange juice; smooth or with bits?: Got to be with BITS

Oh PK :o(

And I thought you had such good taste what with getting it on with that
Scottish lass. How come you liked Nigel Mansell so much?

Senna was a big hero of mine. I remember to this day the feeling I
had when he died in the crash. He really was an incredible driver; he
made the track seem dry whilst everyone would trundle through the
puddles.

Mark
Missing Ayrton Senna

Mansell could and should have had 3 world titles and possibly even a
4th. This period was the hay day of modern racing with Prost, Senna,
Mansell, Piquet et al. Awesome stuff.... if he hadnt of run out of gas
and then has a blow out two years running ... he would have had a
hatrick of wins ....

.... and do you remember the greatest ever overtaking manoever
ever ?? When he went one way to feign and then the other to
overtake .... who was it, oh yeah Senna

Senna was pure natural talent, the last truely great racing driver, I
remember seeing him taking his car round the tight Monaco turns on
3 wheels for most of the lap when he already had pole position by a
mile, thinking "thats just not right". The man died doing what he was
born to do - lead Grand Prix. But that said for all of Senna's talent, all
of Prost's calculated driving, for all of Piquets cynisism one thing
Mansell had was balls - and he showed if you put them on the line you
can make the grade. True he moaned all the time, the world was
always against him in some way, his team mate doing the dirty, he
could throw away wins in the stupidist of ways - Monaco '84 or
Canada '91 spring to mind, for every screw up there was a result born
out of sheer determination - having a career at all after breaking his
neck in 1980, Hungary '89, that move on Senna round the back of
Johanson, Siverstone '88, in the wet in an underpowered car catching
and passing Berger for 2nd, dicing down the straight wheel to wheel
with senna in Spain. He should have won at least 2 world titles,
probably 3, and was without doubt the best driver in 1990.

Andrew

Well Said Andy - I quite agree with you. Yes Senna, Fangio,
Schumacher and many others except Michaelli Albereto may have had
more talent ... but Mansell was a legend - Dull as **** but a legend
when you stuck him in a williams.

PS was that not the best coloured F1 car of all time, the late 80's
Williams Awesome... you can stick your scarlet ferrai, black lolas, or
even your yella jordons.... that F1 80's williams was the bees.

SI