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A fact about me, something you may not know...

I worked here...
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So, tell us something about you that we don't know...
Sorry I missed church, I was busy practicing witchcraft!
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I was a roadie for Napalm Death

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Z8ZJVyhp0[/video]
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I have a (credited and paid) extra role in a feature film (if you know where to look I'm the charging Norman on the right at 1.45 in the attached trailer).

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0IPzzYx8mQ[/video]
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Fwiw , I lived in a cave for a few months.


What is that building please Moonie.?
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StMarks wrote:
What is that building please Moonie.?
Synchrotron in Grenoble...sister site to CERN in Switzerland (nod)
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Moonie wrote: Synchrotron
That is an awesome name. Did you have any dealings with Cyberdyne?!




Back on topic, I was once the Royal Air Force Taekwon-do Champion for 3 years in a row. (punch)
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I play in a Heavy Metal band called Into Exile and am also a founding member of the Metal band Silent Descent who have had a lot of sucess in Japan of all places, and we (Exile) have played quite a few high profile gigs supporting signed acts including this one at the famous Camden underworld where we got a higher review score in Metal Hammer Magazine than the headlining act.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBP4s7IPhic[/video]

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I do like that sound. (y)
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Kwacky wrote:I do like that sound. (y)
(f1)

I can hear a bit of The Haunted in there. Which is a good thing, obviously! (rock)
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I was the ambulance driver on Casualty. Not the actor, just the guy that did the drive byes.
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beermonster wrote:
Kwacky wrote:I do like that sound. (y)
(f1)

I can hear a bit of The Haunted in there. Which is a good thing, obviously! (rock)
Cheers Guys and Yeah the Haunted are one of our biggest influences as a band, At practice Tuesday night the other guitarists exact words were, "Ive written a new song, its very haunted-y", seen them live 8 times and we all got to meet Pete Dolving and Anders Bjorler, who is one of my fav guitarists!
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Moonie wrote:A fact about me, something you may not know...

I worked here...
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So, tell us something about you that we don't know...

Looks like a landed flying saucer. Is that area 51? :D



I work.... never mind.


I was struck by lightning when 16.
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Cavetroll87 wrote:
beermonster wrote:
Kwacky wrote:I do like that sound. (y)
(f1)

I can hear a bit of The Haunted in there. Which is a good thing, obviously! (rock)
Cheers Guys and Yeah the Haunted are one of our biggest influences as a band, At practice Tuesday night the other guitarists exact words were, "Ive written a new song, its very haunted-y", seen them live 8 times and we all got to meet Pete Dolving and Anders Bjorler, who is one of my fav guitarists!
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Kwacky wrote:I was a roadie for Napalm Death

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Z8ZJVyhp0[/video]


I had a napalm death t shirt once. Wore it once and was in a car crash that day. Never wore it again.





Moonie. Very cool.



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While serving as an Aircraft Tech in the RNZAF I got a couple of rides in the A4 Skyhawks and got to fly it for about 30 mins both times. I learnt pilots are way more skilled than I gave them credit for, but it's one hell of a great way to earn a living!

I also got to fly a Harvard with the canopy open and do a hammerhead stall, that was every part as much fun as the jet rides, radials are the best sounding motors in the world IMHO!
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Moonie - what did you do at the syncotron? Sounds cool :). I guess that explains why you can speak some french then?
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kiwikrasher wrote:While serving as an Aircraft Tech in the RNZAF I got a couple of rides in the A4 Skyhawks and got to fly it for about 30 mins both times. I learnt pilots are way more skilled than I gave them credit for, but it's one hell of a great way to earn a living!

I also got to fly a Harvard with the canopy open and do a hammerhead stall, that was every part as much fun as the jet rides, radials are the best sounding motors in the world IMHO!
Radials are OK...but no match for a liquid cooled 27 litre V12 (Merlin) or its big brother the 36 litre V12 (Griffon). (nod)
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C00kiemonster wrote:Moonie - what did you do at the syncotron? Sounds cool :). I guess that explains why you can speak some french then?
I was in the finance department, my job was Comptable Qualifié, and I'm still bilingual...the biggest compliment ever was to be told that I spoke French with the local Dauphinois accent!! I was put on a language course, which was fab, but was in at the deep end anyway, as the lass who had to teach me my job only spoke very basic English. Tbh it was probably the best way to learn, that and buying a TV to listen to everything in French lol One of my favourite chapters in my life, living in Grenoble... (rock)
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beermonster wrote:
kiwikrasher wrote:While serving as an Aircraft Tech in the RNZAF I got a couple of rides in the A4 Skyhawks and got to fly it for about 30 mins both times. I learnt pilots are way more skilled than I gave them credit for, but it's one hell of a great way to earn a living!

I also got to fly a Harvard with the canopy open and do a hammerhead stall, that was every part as much fun as the jet rides, radials are the best sounding motors in the world IMHO!
Radials are OK...but no match for a liquid cooled 27 litre V12 (Merlin) or its big brother the 36 litre V12 (Griffon). (nod)
They are indeed impressive donks, but something about the chunky note of a radial tickles me... don't get me wrong, any of those big WW2 era engines give me a grin (y)
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In 1981 I was asked by Sqn Ldr George Lee to be his crew chief for his upcoming attempt at the world gliding championships in Paderborn, unfortunately my parents were coming over to Germany for two weeks over the exact same dates so I never got to be his crew chief, but he won the world championships that year so that was good and being asked was incredibly flattering :)
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