Canberrabiker

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Government
Occupation Ping pong ball in a clothes dryer
Location Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction Failed my Myers-Brigg test, I'm afraid. Bit bookish, bit nerdy, pedantic. Pedestrian. Not sure how this blog will evolve
Interests Motorcycling, motorbikes, public transport, trams, streetcars, trolleys, railways, trains, psephology, photography, history, politics, architecture
Favorite Movies The Third Man, North By NorthWest, Gattaca, Sabrina (original version), Blade Runner, Dr Zhivago
Favorite Music Shostakovich, Elgar, Glass, Grinspoon, Dusty Springfield
Favorite Books Holding the Man, Twyborn Affair, The Vivisector

You've got to make contact with the alien leader. How will you tell when the conversation is finished?

When it stands up, offers me its hand to shake and says, "I'm so glad to have had this little chat." They've been studying us for a long time. And damn it, they have impeccable manners.