10 Things You Might Not Know About Me

[Pete999]

me:
born in the city of culture and cars on bricks
relocated , age 11, in staffordshire after mother's death
0 and A levels followed by HND (sandwich course apprenticeship with Hawker Kidney)
6 months in an office, realised was not for me
went to AEI small motors R&D
boring
then self-employed appliance repairs followed by 1970's boom repairing the crap TVs sold then
retrained in alarm installation & servicing,doing small electrical jobs as sideline
electrical jobs took off, went on to bigger jobs, learning the practical side through experience and mistakes.
1995 did 16th
carried on self-employed through to 2001
stupidly bought a general shop/off licence in n. wales lost most due to uncontrollable circumstances
met current mrs and moved to cheshire and back into sparking 2006
17th in 2011 age 65.
still at it.

Crikey Tel buying an Offy

 

[Marvo]

So in those days you were known as brother Pete?

 

[Pete999]

me:
born in the city of culture and cars on bricks
relocated , age 11, in staffordshire after mother's death
0 and A levels followed by HND (sandwich course apprenticeship with Hawker Kidney)
6 months in an office, realised was not for me
went to AEI small motors R&D
boring
then self-employed appliance repairs followed by 1970's boom repairing the crap TVs sold then
retrained in alarm installation & servicing,doing small electrical jobs as sideline
electrical jobs took off, went on to bigger jobs, learning the practical side through experience and mistakes.
1995 did 16th
carried on self-employed through to 2001
stupidly bought a general shop/off licence in n. wales lost most due to uncontrollable circumstances
met current mrs and moved to cheshire and back into sparking 2006
17th in 2011 age 65.
still at it.

Crikey Tel buying an Offy

I'm already learning lots in this thread. Didn't know you were a qualified sandwich chef...

Just seen an Advert out side "Subway" Sandwitch artiste needed, what next?

 

[MDJ]

Crikey Tel buying an Offy

It doesn't suprise me pete, I expect he owned a brewery at one time as well

 

[Pete999]

me:
born in the city of culture and cars on bricks
relocated , age 11, in staffordshire after mother's death
0 and A levels followed by HND (sandwich course apprenticeship with Hawker Kidney)
6 months in an office, realised was not for me
went to AEI small motors R&D
boring
then self-employed appliance repairs followed by 1970's boom repairing the crap TVs sold then
retrained in alarm installation & servicing,doing small electrical jobs as sideline
electrical jobs took off, went on to bigger jobs, learning the practical side through experience and mistakes.
1995 did 16th
carried on self-employed through to 2001
stupidly bought a general shop/off licence in n. wales lost most due to uncontrollable circumstances
met current mrs and moved to cheshire and back into sparking 2006
17th in 2011 age 65.
still at it.

Crikey Tel buying an Offy

I'm already learning lots in this thread. Didn't know you were a qualified sandwich chef...

Just seen an Advert out side "Subway" Sandwitch artiste needed, what next?

It doesn't suprise me pete, I expect he owned a brewery at one time as well

Could be why Tel is always pleading poverty, drunk all the stock.

 

[telectrix]

Crikey Tel buying an Offy

strated off OK, but

1.the north wales police decided to stop 1 car in 3 of my passing trade - breath test, car searches.all traffic then used a different route.
2. the 500 pitch caravan site which was my main summer customer base lost 75% of caravan owners due to the site owner being a complete arse.
3. derelict ex caravan site within 50 yards was condemned for building by local council. 2 years after i sold out, 400 new houses built.

and NO. I DID NOT DRINK ALL THE PROFITS ( only half of them. .)

 

[Pete999]

So in those days you were known as brother Pete?

Certainly Was or Red Pete, Tovarich was another name I answered to, quite an interesting time, sticking it to the Main Man

 

[Pete999]

PMSL, more like wiltshire

Why for you Laff Mike?

 

[Pete999]

strated off OK, but

1.the north wales police decided to stop 1 car in 3 of my passing trade - breath test, car searches.all traffic then used a different route.
2. the 500 pitch caravan site which was my main summer customer base lost 75% of caravan owners due to the site owner being a complete arse.
3. derelict ex caravan site within 50 yards was condemned for building by local council. 2 years after i sold out, 400 new houses built.

and NO. I DID NOT DRINK ALL THE PROFITS ( only half of them. .)

Only joking Tel

 

[MDJ]

Why for you Laff Mike?

Bath is too posh for somerset pete, your in wiltshire with Bath, mind you the borders change so often it may even be in Gloucestershire next time an election is called.

 

[Pete999]

Bath is too posh for somerset pete, your in wiltshire with Bath, mind you the borders change so often it may even be in Gloucestershire next time an election is called.

Wash your mouth out you Heathen, Bath was Somerset, then Avon now back to Somerset, Wiltshire my backside.

 

[Squid]

My name is Stefan was born to Polish immigrant parents who came here during the war and both served, Mum in RAF/PAF 305 and Father as a Merchant seaman as a motorman/stoker.

Two sons 32 and 29 am divorced but live with my girlfriend and not getting married again.

Did my "time" at EIL in Victoria and got into data cabling then computers just before the building trade collapsed in the late 80's.

Born and bred in London, like old cars and travelling fast, worked in lots of interesting places and have met many a "star" through my work at EMI and Virgin records and Jools Holland.

Gave up smoking years ago just need to stop drinking and lose a few kg's to get my fitness level up as DVT knocked me sideways (if you struggle and get out of breath get yourself checked out as it can kill you).

Did some property developing but now need to find a job that I enjoy doing as being a professional layabout does not pay the bills.

I own Apple products own my own home and like shiny tools oh and own a Festool chop saw ;o))))

 

[Squid]

I'm already learning lots in this thread. Didn't know you were a qualified sandwich chef...

Tuna fish was his speciality...........

 

[Pete999]

Don't drink much, I spill most of it

hilareous.

Just learnt something Tel, I didn't know what PMSL meant, it's cus I'm aged Mate, and don't do Faceache and all that other
Social Media Carp P-ssed myself laughing, like it. I think some people may think I meant that you didn't know what PMSL meant, so just edited my post.

 

[SparkyChick]

So here's a few bits about me

1. At 16 wanted to be either a machine tool service engineer like my Uncle, a spark or a software engineer (this is when merely owning a computer made you a complete nerd)
2. I used to play the Violin, now just dabble with synths (not as much as I would like) and would like to learn to play the guitar, drums and piano
3. Used to engage in amateur dramatics, preferred role was stage manager so I could attempt to cremate people and scenery with pyrotechnics
4. I like playing geek games like TIS-100, Shenzhen I/O and Silicon Zeroes, but I also like playing Diablo III, World of Warcraft and Grand Theft Auto 5
5. I did have a legitimate frag count of over 55,000 on Quake III Arena
6. I once competed for a place in an early e-sports team playing Painkiller, got my --- whooped by a guy who went on to win because I got bad lag on my 56k modem (he was on an early broadband connection) and I'd only been playing the game for a matter of days
7. My greatest software engineering achievements include reverse engineering a network security appliance to make it do things even the suppliers tech support department said were impossible, being one of the first people to successfully interface to a particular system in a language other than Perl and the crowning achievement, single handedly putting together the software for a browser based space strategy game (the intention was to make money, but in the end it didn't. My housemate designed it, I coded it and my brother produced the artwork for it)
8. My preferred tipple is real ale
9. Back on the musical theme, I did once have a song I wrote the music for recorded properly in a studio
10. I know how to weld (arc and MIG)

Bonus fact... I've designed and programmed quite a few custom digital controllers based around the PIC microcontrollers