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Offline Nordic

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Re:Background
« Reply #60 on: December 05, 2003, 01:26:43 pm »
Live near Crawley sussex, (close to andy Zarse if I'm not mistaken)
Age 38
First LM 1980 with parents, been with an assorted group of between 3 and 10 ever since
leisure centre design

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Re:Background
« Reply #61 on: December 05, 2003, 01:36:39 pm »
age - naughty 40
live - just north of Colchester
first LM after the wilderness years - 1999
work - statutory inspection of pressure vessels, boilers etc.
drive - Dax cobra replica with 6.6 ltr Tin Indian power (Pontiac to you).

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Re:Background
« Reply #62 on: December 05, 2003, 02:50:22 pm »
Live on the edge of Crawley in Sussex near Nordic I presume, and not far from mr. Zarse.
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Drink loads of beer
Office wallah on London
Get pissed too often
the rest seems irrelevent
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Re:Background
« Reply #63 on: December 05, 2003, 06:08:57 pm »
Live Portsmouth , Hampshire ( still here )

Age : 27 ( dirty 30 for me )

drive MG ZS or CBR 600FX or Mini Turbo ( eventually )  ( Seat altea , triumph 955 Daytona and Airush Boxer SLE 14 )

Work : Yes i do , Deal with Car criminals in Leigh Park , The Worlds 3rd largest council estate ( still there also )

Le Mans : Hooked in 1980's with the Purple TWR Jags, then ever year from 2000.

Advise : Dont take a  motor bike when its going to rain all weekend ( or cheap gazebo 's )
« Last Edit: July 15, 2007, 01:08:11 am by Robbo SPS »
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Re:Background
« Reply #64 on: December 05, 2003, 10:03:03 pm »
Hi

Live in Melton Mowbray, (GODS COUNTRY) best pork pies in the world as well as stilton cheese OOHHH and by the way Pedigree Chum and Whiska's UHMM Lovely, and yes I did eat all the pies and I have the T shirt to prove it.

Aged 47

Work in leicester - Deal with Burglars and the like  Probably a bit like Robbo above

Been going to Le Mans since 1984 on and off work permitting
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Re:Background
« Reply #65 on: December 08, 2003, 04:42:05 pm »
The details of my life are quite inconsequential.....
My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium, with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. my mother was a 15 year old French prostitute named Chloe, with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark.Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy - the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical: Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat-helmets. When I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds. Pretty standard, really.
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Re:Background
« Reply #66 on: December 08, 2003, 09:16:50 pm »
Mr Toad
Age 36 (mental age probably lower)
Lives in Edinburgh (used to live in Crawley, Bristol & London). Also used to have to sell things in Leigh Park Robbo!
Wheels - Merc - got too scared of my Grif
Cocktail - Cosmo Martini
Favorite Person to share a tent with - Philipa Forrester
Work - marketing, well known UK brewer
Le Mans - 12th time this coming year

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Re:Background
« Reply #67 on: December 14, 2003, 06:09:10 pm »
Age: 63
Occupation: Poet, acrobat and amateur gynaecologist (as in: "I'm not sure if I can help you pet, but I'll have a damn good look at it")
Current Status: disorientated
Le Mans appearences:  Can I get back to you on that one?
Going to bed now.
H
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Re:Background
« Reply #68 on: December 15, 2003, 09:02:15 pm »
Born in Baltimore Md. USA but have lived in Miami , Fl. for over 30 years. 8)
I'm 70 years young with 4 grown kids and 6 young GRANDAUGHTERS. :) (me and one of them)  :-*
I'm a retired fire and burglar alarm contractor with more time than money. :-[
Absolutely enjoyed the one trip I have made to LM. This was because of the company I was surrounded by.


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Re:Background
« Reply #69 on: December 16, 2003, 10:06:43 pm »
Currently living in Zummerzet (where the zider apples grow), tho' not native.

58 currently, but this seems to increase every year

Used to be IT project manager, but opted out several years ago.  Now self-employed carpenter/electrician/plumber/decorator/you name it!

No interesting wheels, but have had MG(TA), TR(2) & XK150

LM history - '65-'69, '81-92','94-'03.  First gap due to wedding+kids+mortgage.  Second gap due to divorce.

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Re:Background
« Reply #70 on: February 25, 2004, 06:19:56 pm »
Live near Newmarket, Suffolk

Age 53

Work- My company sells parts for Agricultural machinery, engines, hydraulics and all that stuff .....

Wheels - Nissan X-Trail  :'( :'( :'( but once rallied an Escort Mexico, if that increases my street cred ...

First le mans - 1982. My son was 9 weeks old when we took him to le Sarthe in '89 - he's getting increasingly pissed off every year that I go, leaving him behind due to school !
The older I get, the faster I was.

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Re:Background
« Reply #71 on: February 25, 2004, 10:19:25 pm »
Live on the fringes of Reading

Age - 28

Job - to dull to mention

Wheels - see job

Le Mans on and off since '86, but into double figures. Last visit 2002

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Re:Background
« Reply #72 on: February 25, 2004, 10:48:20 pm »
I live near the fringes of Birmingham, remember us we used to be an industrial city?

Work aiming to keep the cars of 14 million people on the road (Ferrrcrissakenotallatonce-perlease!)

56 going on senile

drive a pharted about with quickish Midget and a Sayab9000 (and the company's yellow thingy!)

This year will be the second year of my life after going to La Sarthe last year with my co-pilot Nick (who may butt in here if he can remember how to get here in his Stella fuelled haze!)

This year is gonna be even better, going overnight Thursday instead of last thing Friday and I have a few new mates to meet before the race! Not forgetting a pair of tee shirts to show off....

 :) :) :) :) ;) ;) ;) ;D

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Re:Background
« Reply #73 on: February 25, 2004, 11:20:36 pm »
Croydon, Surrey
30
Systems Engineer for small Production company in the City.
205 GTI 1.9 and heavily modified commuter scooter
Will be my 2nd time this year

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Re:Background
« Reply #74 on: February 26, 2004, 05:13:21 pm »
Just moved to South of France. I am now 500 miles further away from Le Mans than i was in England! . A mere 52 years young, fell in love with a Porsche 911 turbo,so had to have that as a birthday pressie, been going since1978. Sort of retired, restoring village house here.
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