Mike Smith

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Engineering
Occupation Electro mechanical technician
Location Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Introduction Currently retired after 46 years working and married. In a previous life I rode horses and done a bit of target shooting. Tried Gliding, Fencing and Motorbikes in between drinking, writing ,working and war gaming.
Interests Currently, wargaming ( "drawn to the light" in 1968), reading, writing, figure painting, model assembly, scratchbuilding and blogging.
Favorite Movies Rain Man, Forest Gump, Alien2, Troy, Star Trek (all ) The Outlaw Josey Wales, Open Range, True Grit (1st), Zulu Dawn, Star Wars Rogue One, A Bridge To Far, Lord of the Rings ( all ), Mission Impossible (all).
Favorite Music All the old stuff, Roxy Music, David Bowie, U2, Vivaldi, Annie Lennox.Jerry Raffety, Roy Orbison, The Travelling Willberries, ZZ TOP.
Favorite Books Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, Harry Sidebottom, David Drake, Tom Clancy. Jim Butcher, Jack Campbell. James Holland, Terry Pratchett, Ben Kane.

I live in a council high rise due in part to financial misfortune, redundancy and the vagaries of life. What counts is that at present I am upright, breathing and have no pain!!