The user is a retired solicitor (in the British sense) and so has some knowledge of English law. The user lives in the East Midlands of England and is interested in the local history of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, in the First World War and history in general. The user is also interested in music, drama and architecture and related subjects.

The user is a native speaker of British English and knows most of the US variations. The user understands French at an intermediate level and attempted to learn German. The user studied Latin at school. Knowing something of European history the user was an enthusiastic citizen of the EU and wishes we all could have remained in the Union. He is also a registered supporter of the Labour Party but was not a Corbynista.

The user has visited 15 European countries (viz ,Ireland,France,Belgium,Netherlands,Germany,Czech Repub,Hungary,Switzerland Austria,Italy,Greece,Spain Portugal,Malta and Monaco) and and passed through two more (Luxembourg and Slovakia.) He has visited Canada and eight of the United States (all admittedly on the eastern seaboard and some of them very briefly) viz:Massachusetts,Rhode Island,New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,New Jersey,South Carolina and Florida)


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This user prefers the Legacy version of the Vector skin to the 2022 version.

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