Hi Simon!
Sat at my desk for lunch, with mug of minestrone soup.
Time to give you some feedback!
1. Best Holiday
Has to be Canada last year. 2 weeks going between Calgary and Vancouver, with stopoff at Victoria to go Whale-watching. The whole scale of the place was just immense.
We saw whales, walked on an ice-flow, got sunburned, went horse-riding, ate far too much!!
Bought shed-loads of CDs in Vancouver as well! And got my photo taken with Elvis the whale outside the Virgin Megastore in Vancouver - photo to follow!!
2.Most embarrassing moment.
This one is easy.
When I worked at my last company, I was just a lowly QA supervisor.
One day, we had a film trial to run for a customer in Glasgow, for which I had been volunteered to attend.
I duly organised the trial, sorted out the schedule with the customer, arranged a hire car to get me there and got some petty cash for the journey up.
The day before, I was volunteered for something else, so my boss agreed to go in my place.
So I gave him the schedule for the trial, the directions and the petty cash and car keys.
The next day, after 5 hours driving, he rang me from the services at Edinburgh to ask about something completely unconnected, then asked how much trial film he would be watching when he got to the customers.
A small alarm bell started to ring in my head, when I realised that he wouldn't be watching ANY film running, as it was still sat in my QA Hold area in the factory.
That is the only time I have actually experienced someone so angry that they cant speak.......
3.Biggest accomplishment to date
Probably having had my mother-in-law living with us for the last 10 years............dont ask - i just try to blot it out these days!!
4.Favourite food - the old traditional sunday roast. Potatoes must be crispy though...............then followed with apple and rhubarb crumble. With custard. Lumpy.
Favourite drink - The Macallan over 3 lumps of ice
5.What am I doing this weekend?
Well when I get back from Liverpool tomorrow evening, going straight to the pub to watch their fireworks display.
Saturday going to friends place to watch their display and eat their food. Also need to sort out a rattling noise in the car during the day.................
Sunday - depends on the weather, but am booked to give our guitarists son some bass guitar lessons on his new bass. Aaaah, takes me back. The hand cramps, the callouses..................
Mike