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My main interest now is woodworking. I have an excellent table saw, for which I've built a mobile base to enlarge its ripping capacity. Other woodworking tools I now have include a dedicated morticer, a Leigh dovetail jig with a complete set of templates (including Isoloc™ and finger joints), a Tormek sharpening system, four routers (an old ¼" Elu, a Trend and two beautiful ½" Tritons - one 3¼ HP, the other 2¼ HP), a Lamello biscuit jointer, a Makita 150mm random orbital sander, a Makita professional (metal bodied) jigsaw, a Skil circular saw, a huge Jet 20" bandsaw, a Makita LS1013 sliding compound mitre saw, a Jet floor-standing drill press, a Jet oscillating bobbin sander, a 90 litre 2.5hp 142psi compressor, an air-driven brad nailer, De Vilbis spraying equipment and a large Hegner 40" woodworking lathe. 24 Bessey clamps are a real prized possession - they really are the best for a number of reasons and I just couldn't do without them.

Another hobby is computing of all types, which I've been doing since late 1989. I started with an "IBM compatible" 386SX PC, with a "huge" 47Mb hard drive that I thought then would last me my lifetime! My current machine is a fast AMD Quad-core 2,500Mhz with two 1TB SATA drives and 4 GB of RAM, a Lightscribe DVD/CD ROM burner, a Blu-Ray burner, a quick colour flatbed scanner that also scans photographic negatives, broadband for e-mail and Internet use, an NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT graphics card, ten USB2 ports (four more on the NEC MultiSync 90GX Pro monitor), two colour printers - one general, one photographic (also prints CD/DVDs) and a monochrome laser printer.

There's not much I haven't tried to do with a computer and software, including editing video digitally, in real time, but it's still lots of fun as well as still being a challenge occasionally. Passing on what I've learned is good too. Jean now has her own computer, networked to mine through a Broadband NAT Router. Jean just loves the broadband access to the Internet and makes much use of it. A combined Epson scanner, copier and printer and a 5Mp Pentax digital camera completes her setup.

Another interest is photography. I take stills on both print and slide film, video in any format (and I've shot in all of them) and most recently, digital camera work. For conventional film I use a Pentax Z1 35mm SLR, which is heavy, but very, very controllable. With a large Metz hammerhead flashgun, virtually anything's in range, too - the only problem I have is in carrying it when it's fully assembled! A 10.2 megapixel Pentax K10D shoots RAW and .jpg images, post-processed through SilkyPix Pro.

I have taken some good photographs by taking a chance with light and exposure, but that seems legitimate enough to me. I've yet to find a really practical book on the subject, though - perhaps you've found one? I'd like to know if you have!

One of my most regular pleasures is driving, in spite of the ever-increasing congestion we have to suffer, particularly in the South-East of England, M.25 Motorway, etc. I used to drive a Mitsubishi Galant GTi Four-Wheel-Drive Four-Wheel-Steer hatchback, which was extremely difficult to unstick! I had the car for six years and - apart from a better sound system - no "extras" were necessary. I now drive an Superb II Elegance with ALL the toys and a Smart 84BHP Turbo (leather heated seats, aircon, electric windows, etc.) for a runabout.

Whilst I used to do a lot of coarse fishing, I have now given up carrying around a trunk-full of gear in favour of fishing only for trout. Not only is the equipment minimal, but you get to eat the catch, which seems better than putting a stressed and exhausted fish back into the water, only for it to have to undergo the whole process again.