> > > Umm, help Brunnen-G!!! - you have to warn people. ;o)

> > > Actually, I come from a little bit further away than Essex (try Auckland, NZ) and have never been there, but my Dad comes from Essex. Do you know Southend?

Do I know Southend? Hmm, let's see now...
I lived there for 22 years, does that qualify?
I moved there in '76, just six months before the great fire that destroyed the longest pleasure pier in the world. A great shame as it had a totally awesome ghost train ride that scared me half to death. Well, I was only six at the time.
I eventually moved away two years ago when I changed jobs.

> > Oh great, now Beasty is trying to chat up my boyfriend.

Hey! Who made the initial advances?


> > Puck, you are continuing my great tradition of totally confusing everyone about your gender. For the record: he's a guy, I'm a girl, and yes, he does need to remember to indicate when he's joking. ;-)

For the record, I wouldn't try it on as I'm a guy, due to be married next year and she would have my gonads for breakfast if I did try it.

But it would be interesting to meet a few other rinkies (Is that the term?), since I only just found the site a month or two ago. Maybe I'll get out to the convention type thingy one year.

Be "st thing is, you go brown in the sun and don't look p" asty