[deliberately cross-posted from UK forum]

Hi! (to whom it may concern!)

My name is Paul. I am a single guy, 52, from a village just south of Loughborough and North of Leicester. Originally from Belfast via Manchester.

I am looking to expand my social circle in this part of the world. It has been stymied for far too long.

I am a 'self-outed' computer geek. That means, I think, that I try to remember not to talk about computers endlessly, before everyone else gets bored to death.

I listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 as regular as clockwork in order to keep up to date with how the world is going to pot today. I like to drop in on the Daily Mail on-line on a regular basis just to see what people are getting unnecessarily crazy about. As I type this I am listening to BBC Radio6 to find out what 'hip tunes' the 'youngies' are listening to. There is some really good stuff out there. I rarely hang on to music for long as I like novelty in sound. Although, there is lots of old stuff that stands the test of time.

Anyone else out there got an original (uncensored) vinyl copy of "My Life In A Bush Of Ghosts" by David Byrne & Bryan Eno?

I am currently quite taken by the likes of Tom Williams and The Boat (Get Older) and Mumford & Sons and, oh, lots and lots of others!