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| My name is '''Mark James Slater''' and this is who I am. | |||
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| ==A Brief History and Other Stuff== | |||
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| While it is apparent to me that I still do not have the passion and commitment to contribute to the project full time I feel I can now do a little "wiki-gnoming" once in a while, so I am returning to "semi retired" status. I am <u>not</u> back, simply taking responsibility for the edits I do. | |||
| I was born in ], West ],] on the ] ]. Other than the arrival of a brother my pre-school life was as uneventful as most peoples. By the time I had started education my family had moved house twice, but never more than a few miles, as the family grew. At ] I was described as a daydreamer who contributed in matters of interest, but who did not make much of an effort in other areas; notably ]. | |||
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| 'An owner of an "essential" business during the 2020 UK Spring Lock-Down' | |||
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| I left school, after one years ] and a smattering of exam pass grades, and was one of the last ] to experience "]". Thus started a (continuing) sequence of ]/] ]s punctuated by periods of ]. I started using ] at work in the early 1980's, when "luggable" ] had two 5.1/4 inch drives - one of which took the Boot Disk! From then on my computer experience grew as did the ], but only ever as a user. For some reason I found myself very adept at administering office systems and procedures, and found computers an excellent ]. | |||
| To my shock I found myself, in the mid to late 1980's, having the beginnings of a ] in ], working for a major ] ] of ]. Upon this realisation I resigned and moved to West ], with my live in ]. | |||
| Finding myself in the perfect ] I started doing all those things I had been avoiding prior to coming to Cornwall. I (that is we, the girlfriend and I, since she was the major ] earner] bought a ], got ] (the first ] was in her name, but subsequent ones are joint, so that was ''not'' the reason for the sequence of events) and started a ]. My ] was born in ] and my ] in ]. I now live in a small village near the ancient market town of ]. | |||
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| ===Two Notable Events=== | |||
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| |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Modest Trophy Whore Trophy''' | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | A trophy just for you! ] | ] 13:06, 15 April 2013 (UTC). | |||
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| In ] I took the ] ] test, and scored 144. My ] took the same test, at the same time, and scored 143. Our marriage survived. (This is using the European IQ formulation, giving a percentile figure of 95-96% - we were not invited to be members of MENSA.) We plan to retake the tests again, soon. | |||
| === re Edit Summaries === | |||
| In ] my son was diagnosed as having a moderate to severe ], with ] and socialising skill deficiencies. His ] patterns appeared very familiar to my parents, who commented that I exhibited less severe variants of the same behaviours as a child. | |||
| If you have an issue with my edit summaries, I have an issue with you thinking that the whole English speaking world will know that you were referring to a small part of hicksville, USA. It doesn't. Add the fucking nations name. ] (]) 12:16, 13 August 2016 (UTC) To lessen aggravation of oversensitive personages, edit summaries comprising of '''Murica!'' is the preferred exampler of arrogance/ignorance. ] (]) 17:25, 7 February 2023 (UTC) | |||
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| ===Interests=== | |||
| Amongst others; ], Electric ], ] ]'s, ] (book and film), ] fact, ], ], ], The ] books, ], books of ], ], the ], ], ]. | |||
| ===Miscellanea=== | |||
| I have a self designed ], professionally applied, on my left hip. | |||
| I am a ] follower (since ]). | |||
| I have large collections of; | |||
| # Clockwork Cine Cameras. | |||
| # Vinyl Records - particulary 1977 to 1984 vintage (punk/New Wave). | |||
| I own a rare Japanese Electric Guitar. | |||
| ===Identities=== | |||
| I belong to a selection of sites where my username is a variation of "LessH... vanU". If you know me by any of these identities, then you know what to expect! | |||
| ===Comments=== | |||
| I am not certain what I can bring to this place, but that is why I am here. I have no problem with anyone editing my contributions, but I prefer to know why - that way I can learn and be a better contributor. I think that the premise behind this project is commendable, and is exactly what the internet should be. | |||
| This page is something of a testing ground, to be amended as I learn how to use the tools. Bear with me! | |||
Latest revision as of 07:50, 25 October 2023
SEMI-RETIRED This user is no longer very active on Misplaced Pages.
While it is apparent to me that I still do not have the passion and commitment to contribute to the project full time I feel I can now do a little "wiki-gnoming" once in a while, so I am returning to "semi retired" status. I am not back, simply taking responsibility for the edits I do.
Mark
'An owner of an "essential" business during the 2020 UK Spring Lock-Down'
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The Modest Trophy Whore Trophy | |
| A trophy just for you! Bishonen | talk 13:06, 15 April 2013 (UTC). |
re Edit Summaries
If you have an issue with my edit summaries, I have an issue with you thinking that the whole English speaking world will know that you were referring to a small part of hicksville, USA. It doesn't. Add the fucking nations name. LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:16, 13 August 2016 (UTC) To lessen aggravation of oversensitive personages, edit summaries comprising of 'Murica! is the preferred exampler of arrogance/ignorance. LessHeard vanU (talk) 17:25, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
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