User:HTUK

I am a computer technician in my thirties, born, raised and living in London, England.

My interests include:

Christianity

• Bible study and discourse

Computers

• IBM compatible PCs
• Microsoft Windows
• History of computing hardware
• Games
  • Betrayal at Krondor
  • Civilization
  • Elite
  • iSketch
  • Neverwinter Nights
  • Settlers
  • Seven Kingdoms
  • Sim City

Music

• U2
• InXS
• The Jam and Paul Weller
• Various 80s artists
• Queen
• Peter Gabriel

Radio and television

• The BBC
  • BBC News
  • Radio 4
  • Radio 7 (as it should be called!)
• Comedy
  • Radio
    • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
    • The Now Show
    • The Mighty Boosh
    • Dead Ringers
    • Radio Active
    • The Goon Show
    • People Like Us
  • Classic TV
    • The Two Ronnies
    • Fawlty Towers
  • Other radio and television shows
    • Hill Street Blues
    • Inspector Morse
    • The Archers
    • The Bill
    • Star Trek TNG
    • Ren & Stimpy

Sport

• Cricket, especially games involving England
• England football team
• Snooker

United Kingdom

• Cambridge
• The Cotswolds
• London
  • Emergency services
    • The London Fire Brigade
    • The London Ambulance Service
    • The Metropolitan Police
  • Transportation
    • London Transport
    • London Underground
    • London Buses
  • Places
    • Acton
    • Chiswick
    • Hammersmith
    • Shepherd's Bush
• Portsmouth
• Winchester

Language & Location

en This user is a native speaker of the English language.	UK This user uses British English.
This user is from Earth.	This user lives in the United Kingdom.
This user lives in England.	This user lives in London.
BST This user's time zone is BST.

My Wiki Policies

This user assumes good faith.	This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.
This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.	This user reserves the right to completely screw up their own edits.
aBc This user prefers that all categories and stubs be placed in alphabetical order.	This user believes that articles are useless without images.
This user provides information using user boxes for statistical reasons.	This user opposes the installation of any kind of advertisements on Wikimedia Foundation operated sites.
:-] This user is polite and expects others to act accordingly.	This user likes to wink a lot, usually by the combination of a parenthesis and semicolon, but sometimes with a pretty graphic.
This user creates their own userboxes.	This user loves userboxes.
This user overuses userboxes.	This user is aware of how silly this huge table looks on their user page, but acknowledges that its real purpose is twofold: statistics and standardization.

Computer-related

This user contributes using a PC.	This user is using a web browser.
This user contributes using Microsoft Windows.	This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
This user contributes using Notepad.	W This user contributes using Microsoft Word.
This user uses MSN Messenger.	This user contributes using Adobe Photoshop.
This user tracks what they listen to on Last.fm.	This user has a dual boot configuration.
This user has campaigned through the Neverwinter Nights	CIV This user loves to play Civilization.

Personal

This user is proud to be British.	This user is of Irish ancestry.
This user is male.	This user is a heterosexual.
This user does not smoke.	This user does not appreciate tobacco smoke.
This user wears corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses, without which they'd be as blind as a bat!	This user sleeps, but not for predictable amounts of time.
This user is right-handed.	Siblings This user is an only child.
This user remembers using a rotary dial telephone.
to too two This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.	. The This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
their there they're This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!	… This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately...

Beliefs & Opinions

This user believes in God	This user is drug-free.
This user believes that the death penalty should never be used.*	This user believes in creation not evolution
This user supports the ban on smoking in public places.	BM This user is repulsed by most forms of body modification.
This user misses Pluto. May its planethood rest in peace.	This user is against the Euro

Food & Drink

This user loves food in moderation.	This user drinks alcohol.
This user drinks tea.	This user believes that you should never put milk in with the tea bag.
This user is an omnivore.	This user eats at KFC.
This user eats cheese.	This user eats chicken.
This user eats fish.	This user loves to eat pizza.
This user loves hamburgers.	This user eats chocolate.
This user loves fruit.	This user drinks water regularly.

Entertainment

This user finds that comedy is the best way to communicate.	This user enjoys films.
BB This user is on a mission from God.	"Surely this user can't be serious?"
This user goes on a journey through time and space, to the world of The Mighty Boosh!	FLOWERY TWATS This user has stayed at Fawlty Towers.
Needle Nardle Noo This user listens to The Goon Show on the modern-type, steam-driven cardboard wireless.	ISIHAC I'm Sorry... This User Hasn't a Clue
NOW This user loves The Now Show and hates The Git Wizard.	DR R This user prefers the radio series of Dead Ringers rather than the TV version, and knows that Brian Perkins is the godfather of Radio 4.
Dr. Who "I say...would you like a Jelly Baby?"	STAR TREK HTUK is a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation. TNG
Q This user is an omnipotent member of the Q Continuum.	This user is not a number; he is a free man.
DA Don't panic! This user is a fan of Dad's Army.	YM Are you a fan? Yes Minister.
DAB This user has a DAB digital radio.	NET This user listens to radio over the Internet.
4 This user thinks BBC Radio 4 is worth the licence fee alone.	7 This user thinks BBC 7 is worth the licence fee alone.
Archers This user has visited Ambridge.	This user enjoys reading non-fiction.
This user enjoys reading the newspaper.	This user reads Private Eye.
S1 This user is a Scrabble player.	D This user reads Dilbert.
80s This user rocks out to totally rad 80s new wave music.	4/4 This user is against DJs adding a 4/4 Beat under old '80s songs and calling them new.
This user can't stand hip hop music.	This user does not like iPods.
This user says Hey... let's be careful out there!	2Rons This user says it's goodbye from me... and goodbye from him
This user is an eeediot!	Groo And now, this user does what this user does best!
This user follows the England cricket team

Other Interests

This user is interested in flags and emblems.	This user enjoys photography.
This user is interested in their local history.	This user is interested in the British Empire.
BIO This user's favourite subject is Biology.	This user is interested in astronomy.
This user supports public transit.	This user is a cat lover.
This user enjoys watching the weather.	This user is a railfan.
Some people do not love their fellow humans, and I hate people like that!