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"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a dockside whore. We don't just borrow some words; on occasions, English has pursued other languages down dark alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary and grammar."
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When I die can I please have Charlie Sheen's life flash before my eyes?
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George W Bush's presidential library was destroyed by fire yesterday. Sadly, both books were destroyed and he hadn't even finished colouring in the second one.
About me...
- Attended Woodlands Park Private Preparatory School, Hay Green, Birmingham, 1954 - 1960
- Attended Bournville Boys Technical Grammar School, Bournville, Birmingham, 1960 - 1963
- Moved to Penarth, Glamorgan, South Wales in 1963, attended Penarth County Grammar School, 1963 - 1966
- Ride Driver at Barry Island Pleasure Park, 1964 - 1967. (During weekends and school holidays)
- Refuse Collector & Sewer Rat Exterminator for Penarth Urban District Council, 1967. (Whilst waiting for a Civil Service placement)
- Tax Officer for HM Inspector of Taxes Public Department 5, Ty Glas, Llanishen, Cardiff, 1967 - 1969
- Part-time staff 'Rock Music Correspondent' for Axis Magazine, 1968 - 1969
- Part-time 'Post Observer', Royal Observer Corps, 1965 - 1979 (Penarth Post 65-75, Llanishen Post 75-79)
- Professional musician, (Bass guitar player), in various rock bands, 1969 - 1975: Firstborn, Nitetime Pipeline, Stone Idol, Spike, Ingroville, Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon and Interstate Roadshow. Depping touring session bassist with amongst others the Leo Sayer Band, Kate Bush Band, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band.
- Computer department 'Data Processing Manager' for British Dredging Ltd, Cardiff 1975 - 1979
- Vice Chairman West Keal Parish Council 1993 - 2001,
- Secretary West Keal Parish Charity Commissioners 1998 - 2001
- Car 'Sales Executive', Sandicliffe (Ford) Motors Boston, 1994 - 1995
- Financial Planning Consultant and Mortgage Broker, J Rothschild Assurance, 1995 - 2001
- Following the 20 year sabbatical working in the real world, recommenced playing bass and singing in various amateur Lincolnshire based cabaret/pub rock bands, 1995 - 2005; Backtrackin', Deja Vu, Count me Out, Ring of Gold and Crimson Ice
- 'Band Manager' for two young rock bands from Lincolnshire: Glass Onion and The Past
- Mortgage Adviser, Agency Mortgage Services Ltd, Leicester 2001 - 2005
- Suffered three strokes and medically retired 2005
- 'President' UCLA Renegades Junior American Football Club, 1996 - 2000
- 'Manager' Great Britain Knights Junior American Football International Squad 1996, (Helsinki, Finland, silver medalists)
- 'Chairman' Junior Gridiron League of Great Britain 1996 - 1997
- Qualified 'Game Official' with British American Football Referees' Association 1998 - 2004
- Divorced, with two grown up children and three grandchildren.
- Currently writing my autobiography.
- Have now assisted in raising four articles to GA status and twelve other wikipedia articles from stub or start status to at least B class or even higher, had one article included in "Did you know?" and completed 13,250 edits. (There are over 850 pages on my "watchlist").
- email address: renegadeuk@hotmail.com
Countries visited
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Recognitions by fellow wikipedia editors
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
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For your work on creating and editing many excellent articles, especially those about schools in your area. Deadly∀ssassin 20:26, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
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Decorations
Royal Observer Corps Medal
Aircraft types I have flown in
Vehicles I have owned
Wiki pages worked on, contributed to, amended or in progress:
RAF Digby - expanded a stub entry to a full article
RAF Folkingham - expanded and corrected entry
RAF Ludford Magna - expanded and corrected page
RAF Coleby Grange - created and expanded page
RAF Harlaxton - created and expanded page
RAF Alma Park - created and expanded page
RAF Belton Park - created and expanded page
RAF Metheringham - created and expanded page
RAF Anwick - created and expanded page
RAF Cammeringham - created and expanded page
Paul Barrett - created and expanded page
Civilian Technical Corps - expanded article
Operational instruments of the Royal Observer Corps - created and expanded page
List of people associated with Penarth - created and expanded page
Rednal - expanded a short stub to a full article
Bilberry Hill - created and expanded
Aircraft recognition - added ROC section
Lickey Hills Country Park - expanded a stub to a full entry
OPEVAL - created and expanded article
Skywatch march - created and expanded article
Cound - expanded a two paragraph stub to a full article
Condover - expanded a stub to a full article
Condover Hall - expanded a stub to a full article
RAF Condover - created and expanded page
Cound Brook - created and expanded page
John A. Newton - created page from a red link at Boston Grammar School
Excell International School - created and expanded article
Jimmy Edwards - reoganised paragraphs and headings, corrected punctuation and added information
Big Bad Mouse - created and expanded page
Raymond Offord - created and expanded page
Cathcart Wight-Boycott - created and expanded page
Cofton Hackett - reorganised entry and expanded from a stub to a full article
Finlay Crerar - created and developed page
Geoffrey Ambler - created and developed page
John Herbert Thomas Simpson - created and developed page
John Mortimer Warfield - created and developed page
Gordon Herbert Vasse - created and developed page
John F. G. Howe - created and developed page
Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach - rebuilt the page after a previous version was deleted for copyvio
RAF Hemswell - expanded a three line stub to a full article
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle - reformatted page and improved content
Air Marshal Sir Richard Jordan - created and developed page
Bomb Power Indicator - generated and expanded article
Paddy Bandon - added ROC connections and tripled size of article
Ground Zero Indicator - generated and expanded article
Atomic Weapons Detection Recognition and Estimation of Yield - created and improved AWDREY article
Radyr - Complete rebuild and reorganisation
Radyr Comprehensive School - reorganisation, info box and additions
Serious Charge - created and expanded
Cliff Spink - created and started
Village Pound - created and started
Barbarian F.C. - minor additions
Guy Gibson - added several entries
Francis Willis - greatly expanded content
Major General Edward 'Splash' Ashmore - expanded content
Derek Wood = expanded content
Alfred Warrington-Morris - sourced and built entire entry
Edward Masterman - expanded article
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships - added ROC section
Public House - added section on beer houses
Keal Cotes - built entire item from a two line stub
Glamorganshire Golf Club - sourced and built entire entry
Westbourne House School Penarth - major reorganisation and additions
Woodhouse Grove School - redesign and expansion
Firsby - total rebuild and major additions
Spilsby - total rebuild and major additions
Colin McCormack - sourced and built entire entry
Claudia Winkleman - deleting regular vandalism
King Edward VI School, Spilsby - created and built page
Skegness Grammar School - completely rebuilt the page
Stanwell School - in progress rewrite
Dinas Powys - major reoganisation and expansion
RAC plc - expanded history
Dolly Parton - minor amendments and deleting frequent vandalisms
Ray Smith (actor) - expanded article
Lisvane - some additions, added Demographics, reoganised layout and added references
Bomere Pool - created and built page
Hiroshima - minor corrections and deleted daily vandalisms
Little Boy - minor corrections and deleted daily vandalisms
Fat Man - minor corrections and deleted daily vandalisms
Dingle Road railway station - tidied up language and grammar
Ian Lavender - minor addition
Bournville school - total compilation
Bournville - added Rowheath paragraph and deleted vandalisms
Victoria Park, Cardiff - rearranged layout, added history detail
Canton, Cardiff - added history section
Shrewsbury - added several paragraphs
Bayston Hill - major amendments, additions and reorganisation
United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation - major narrative additions
Eric Lock - major narrative contribution
Barry Island Pleasure Park - major narrative contribution
Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach - added rollercoaster paragraph
Penarth RFC - complete build
Penarth - minor corrections and additions, deleted regular vandalisms
Penarth railway station - amended and added history
Lavernock - major additions and reorganisation
Sully, Vale of Glamorgan - major additions and reorganisation
Sully Island - added several paragraphs
Cosmeston Park - added background history
Cosmeston Medieval Village - total rebuild and rewrite
Marilu Henner - amendments and redesign, reversed several vandalisms
Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - minor amendments (subsequently deleted by an editor)
Austin Matthews - added Penarth RFC link paragraph
ASTMS - added McKechnie paragraph
RAF Carlisle - complete rebuild and rewrite
Shakin' Stevens - major reorganisation and corrections to the article, deleted repeated vandalisms
Dave Edmunds - Added several paragraphs
Carol Vorderman - added a missing TV show to her career details, deleted regular vandalisms
Royal Observer Corps - dismantled a small article and expanded it to far too big, needs splitting (manyana)
Goosnargh - added ROC/UKWMO section
Options for Change - minor additions
Four Minute Warning - minor corrections
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