more Interview meme.
It's been a while since my last post - I've been on the busy side.
Anyway Paul H requested an interview, so here are his questions.
1) What is the one portable techy thing you have that you would be lost without?
2) Which anniversary do you expect (hope?) the never ending sweater will be complete by?
3) What blog do you read that people who read your blog would be surprised by?
4) What was the most difficult decision you've ever had to make, what was your decision, and did the outcome validate your decision?
5) If you had done the interview meme first and I had responded to you, what is one of the questions you would have asked me?
That last question I asked all my interviewees and I got replies back:
Mo asked: I would have enquired as to why you go by ‘Timothy’ instead of ‘Tim’, because nicknames are coool!
Timothy is from the Greek Timotheos, which means “honouring God” - theos, meaning “of God” is the most important part of the name, so I want to keep it in the Anglicised version of the name.
Alison asked: Why did you take up knitting?
Last summer my in-laws were visiting. My father-in-law has a bad back, so he was lying on the floor. My wife was knitting, my mother-in-law, Marie, was knitting. I didn't want to be rude and hide in the office at the computer. So I asked Marie to teach me to knit, which she did. I seemed to catch on quickly and enjoyed it, and found some library books that taught me some more. I found I liked it, and it's something "arty" that I'm competent at. I can't draw for toffee, but I seem to be able to create nice things with knitting. There's also something mathematical and computery about knitting - I think of a pattern almost as a computer program. I guess it is, really. So it seems to go well with my geek side.
Tim asked: What would you say are the most surprising similarities and differences of living in the U.K. and St. Charles County, Missouri?
Wow, that gets hard, now that I've been living in the Saint Louis area for 4 years. The weather is certainly more extreme here. Yes, we get cold and snow and storms in England, but nothing like here. For example, where I grew up, temperatures of 28°F would be considered extremely cold. It's just a whole lot more temperate in the UK, largely because of it being an island. Driving on the other side of the road took some getting used to, but more than that, my sense of distance is distorted. Again, growing up, going to the nearest town to go shopping was a fairly big deal, and you'd expect to go in the morning and make the whole day of it. It was about 10 miles away. Here, I'd think very little of going 20 or 30 miles just for the evening (as, indeed, I'm doing tonight, to go the the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra). The other thing that certainly surprises people here is when I tell them that the church I went to when I was growing up was built in the 12th Century. As I often say, the difference between England and America is that in England, 100 miles is a long way, whereas in America, 100 years is a long time.
For one lucky reader, if you're interested, there's one space left if you'd like to be interviewed.
Anyway Paul H requested an interview, so here are his questions.
1) What is the one portable techy thing you have that you would be lost without?
2) Which anniversary do you expect (hope?) the never ending sweater will be complete by?
3) What blog do you read that people who read your blog would be surprised by?
4) What was the most difficult decision you've ever had to make, what was your decision, and did the outcome validate your decision?
5) If you had done the interview meme first and I had responded to you, what is one of the questions you would have asked me?
That last question I asked all my interviewees and I got replies back:
Mo asked: I would have enquired as to why you go by ‘Timothy’ instead of ‘Tim’, because nicknames are coool!
Timothy is from the Greek Timotheos, which means “honouring God” - theos, meaning “of God” is the most important part of the name, so I want to keep it in the Anglicised version of the name.
Alison asked: Why did you take up knitting?
Last summer my in-laws were visiting. My father-in-law has a bad back, so he was lying on the floor. My wife was knitting, my mother-in-law, Marie, was knitting. I didn't want to be rude and hide in the office at the computer. So I asked Marie to teach me to knit, which she did. I seemed to catch on quickly and enjoyed it, and found some library books that taught me some more. I found I liked it, and it's something "arty" that I'm competent at. I can't draw for toffee, but I seem to be able to create nice things with knitting. There's also something mathematical and computery about knitting - I think of a pattern almost as a computer program. I guess it is, really. So it seems to go well with my geek side.
Tim asked: What would you say are the most surprising similarities and differences of living in the U.K. and St. Charles County, Missouri?
Wow, that gets hard, now that I've been living in the Saint Louis area for 4 years. The weather is certainly more extreme here. Yes, we get cold and snow and storms in England, but nothing like here. For example, where I grew up, temperatures of 28°F would be considered extremely cold. It's just a whole lot more temperate in the UK, largely because of it being an island. Driving on the other side of the road took some getting used to, but more than that, my sense of distance is distorted. Again, growing up, going to the nearest town to go shopping was a fairly big deal, and you'd expect to go in the morning and make the whole day of it. It was about 10 miles away. Here, I'd think very little of going 20 or 30 miles just for the evening (as, indeed, I'm doing tonight, to go the the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra). The other thing that certainly surprises people here is when I tell them that the church I went to when I was growing up was built in the 12th Century. As I often say, the difference between England and America is that in England, 100 miles is a long way, whereas in America, 100 years is a long time.
For one lucky reader, if you're interested, there's one space left if you'd like to be interviewed.
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