G'day folks, welcome to my blog and thankyou for having a look.
For a very quick and inadequate summary of who I am, I give you the following:
My nickname for about 9 years now is Chunky. There is a story behind it but it contains unfirendly words so I won't repeat it. I get a kick of people trying to find out my real name, so those who do and comment here, please don't ruin the surprise - make the buggers earn it! BTW - I do like this nickname (I think it describes me quite perfectly - and I'm not just talking physically).
As you can tell from the nickname (well assuming its not one of those opposite Aussie nicknames) I'm a pretty big bloke - think front rower who has retired and likes a beer - no, not Sammy Backo, think smaller in all dimensions, smaller still, yep thats prolly about right.
The two most common stereotypes I'm referred to as are Nerd and Boofhead - naturally I'm an engineer then ;) Civil variety for me - I work for the RTA, as it means I get good opportunities to work away from the wasteland known as Sydney, and also means I have plenty of time outside of work. Standard Civil Engineering boast: We build gigantic erections!
My nerdish half likes to play all sorts of strange wargames, role playing games and computer games - pretty much anything with game at the end I'm willing to give a go. So that I don't go mad trying to explain these things to people who probably don't want to know but will ask anyway to be polite (believe me, you'd be surprised how it can start to grate after a while), I tend to refer to these broadly as Nerd Games. Blood Bowl is my current favourite.
I also love sport - playing more than watching, but I rarely seem to find time to play much anymore - I hope I will again once I move back out of Sydney. For playing my main sports are Tennis and Basketball these days, I'm too old and injured to bother playing Rugby League anymore really - too much chance of stuffing up the other sports I can still play and hope to be able to play well into old age.
For watching, its Rugby League, Basketball, and I'll have a look at most things. I rarely enjoy watching Union though, always seems too negative for mine - the players simply don't back themselves enough. I don't really follow a team in any of them though - I'm more someone who likes to watch the game for the game itself,and the team supporters are often too parochial for my liking. I may barrack for one team over the other (NSW in State of Origin ffor example), but I'm not one of those people who hurls abuse at the ref for getting calls right that aren't in our favour for example. As much as I'd like NSW to win, if its not a deserved victory by them being the better team I don't think its a victory at all. I also despise the general trend in sports for people to question the referees. The poor buggers are out there doing a difficult job with little thanks, and deserve to be treated with a bit more respect - especially on the field while playing. I suspect I'd make a rubbish ref as I'd get rid of any players who carried on with that sort of caper.
So there we have my introductory post - as you can see I like to ramble.
For a very quick and inadequate summary of who I am, I give you the following:
My nickname for about 9 years now is Chunky. There is a story behind it but it contains unfirendly words so I won't repeat it. I get a kick of people trying to find out my real name, so those who do and comment here, please don't ruin the surprise - make the buggers earn it! BTW - I do like this nickname (I think it describes me quite perfectly - and I'm not just talking physically).
As you can tell from the nickname (well assuming its not one of those opposite Aussie nicknames) I'm a pretty big bloke - think front rower who has retired and likes a beer - no, not Sammy Backo, think smaller in all dimensions, smaller still, yep thats prolly about right.
The two most common stereotypes I'm referred to as are Nerd and Boofhead - naturally I'm an engineer then ;) Civil variety for me - I work for the RTA, as it means I get good opportunities to work away from the wasteland known as Sydney, and also means I have plenty of time outside of work. Standard Civil Engineering boast: We build gigantic erections!
My nerdish half likes to play all sorts of strange wargames, role playing games and computer games - pretty much anything with game at the end I'm willing to give a go. So that I don't go mad trying to explain these things to people who probably don't want to know but will ask anyway to be polite (believe me, you'd be surprised how it can start to grate after a while), I tend to refer to these broadly as Nerd Games. Blood Bowl is my current favourite.
I also love sport - playing more than watching, but I rarely seem to find time to play much anymore - I hope I will again once I move back out of Sydney. For playing my main sports are Tennis and Basketball these days, I'm too old and injured to bother playing Rugby League anymore really - too much chance of stuffing up the other sports I can still play and hope to be able to play well into old age.
For watching, its Rugby League, Basketball, and I'll have a look at most things. I rarely enjoy watching Union though, always seems too negative for mine - the players simply don't back themselves enough. I don't really follow a team in any of them though - I'm more someone who likes to watch the game for the game itself,and the team supporters are often too parochial for my liking. I may barrack for one team over the other (NSW in State of Origin ffor example), but I'm not one of those people who hurls abuse at the ref for getting calls right that aren't in our favour for example. As much as I'd like NSW to win, if its not a deserved victory by them being the better team I don't think its a victory at all. I also despise the general trend in sports for people to question the referees. The poor buggers are out there doing a difficult job with little thanks, and deserve to be treated with a bit more respect - especially on the field while playing. I suspect I'd make a rubbish ref as I'd get rid of any players who carried on with that sort of caper.
So there we have my introductory post - as you can see I like to ramble.
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