Thirty Things About Me

1.	I love my wife very much.
2.	I love my son very much.
3.	They love me, but I do wonder why.
4.	Although I may have a reputation for working hard, I think I am lazy.
5.	I believe that everyone should work hard, given the chance; and everyone should be given the chance.  The Labour Party, to which I belong, needs to recall its origins as the party of the worker, not the work-shy.
6.	I hate noise.
7.	I hate cooking smells
8.	I hate the celebrity culture prevalent in the UK.
9.	My regular rants are boring.
10.	I read books about politics.
11.	I read history books.
12.	My boredom threshold is low when it comes to fictional films.
13.	I enjoy listening to classical music.
14.	I think children should be seen and not heard (and, preferably not be seen either).
15.	I do not understand why almost every parent these days is useless at responsible parenting.  Take responsibility!
16.	Although I have spent a career engaged in contention, I believe I am shy.
17.	Very few other people believe that I am shy.
18.	In the first 35 years of marriage, we have lived in 7 different places (6 houses and 1 apartment).
19.	We are staying in our present house until the Great Reaper calls, but that is what we said before we last moved home.
20.	I get upset if the house is untidy.
21.	I try to keep a tidy garden.
22.	I wish I had felt more distress when my parents passed away.
23.	I find it hard to hide my feelings: the look on my face gives them away.
24.	I was never any good at ball games.
25.	I am trying to avoid another heart attack after having one in November 2008.  I keep taking the tablets.
26.	I miss eating cheese.
27.	I like to have a pint of real beer with my chums.  Usually it is rather more than one.
28.	I try to walk every day.
29.	Wine is one of my interests.
30.	I still do not understand the poems of Robert Browning.