(Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

[Chris of Arabia]

Having been invited to re-start the 2014 edition of The Well, I present myself here before you for cross-examination. This could go many ways I suspect, but let's give it a go. I stand ready for your most searching questions regarding yours truly...






(How long do I have to keep this up for again?)

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Are you now - or have you ever been - a member of the Conservative party?

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Pleading the 5th right off the bat...

 

[newking70]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

james dewar or paul rodgers

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

james dewar or paul rodgers

On the basis that I've never heard the name James Dewar* before, I'd have to go with Paul Rodgers.

* runs off to find out who he is...

 

[Great_Kazoo]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Hi Chris,

Here's a few more to start:

- What are the last five albums you purchased/downloaded/listened to?

- Mac OS or Windows user?

- What other hobbies do you pursue other than playing music?

- Here's a chance to brag a bit about yourself: are there any particular talents or skills you possess that make you stand out from others?

- Is there any particular quote or credo you live your life by?



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[kramersteen]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Have you ever killed a man?

 

[Grenade]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

How old were you when you started playing music?

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Hi Chris,

Here's a few more to start:

- What are the last five albums you purchased/downloaded/listened to?

In the last couple of days, I can actually account for 7 in total, 3 download and 4 vinyl

Simple Minds: Real to Real Cacophony, Empires & Dance, Sons and Fascination - all on download

Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. Smashing Pumpkins: Monuments to an Elegy - all on vinyl

- Mac OS or Windows user?

For the most part, Windows, it's what I work with, and what I'm used to. At home though, I'm using iOS devices more and more.

- What other hobbies do you pursue other than playing music?

Photography mainly. I dabble a bit with web design and a Linux server I put together. Other than that, a bit of reading, a lot of sleeping, and an increasing amount of looking for my two kittens

- Here's a chance to brag a bit about yourself: are there any particular talents or skills you possess that make you stand out from others?

An ability to try and become in some way competent at most things I put my hand to.

- Is there any particular quote or credo you live your life by?

Do to others as you'd be done to yourself

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Have you ever killed a man?

I think it safe to say I haven't. I did once take the muscle off the back of the leg of an RAF civilian instructor once though - the drunken fool walked out from behind a tree, at night, onto an unlit road, wearing a long, dark overcoat, in the rain, and into the path of my Kawasaki Z250. I saw him no more than 5 feet ahead of me, which left no time for avoidance action, even if I was only doing about 20 MPH at the time.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

How old were you when you started playing music?

Not really until my late teens (18ish maybe), after I joined the RAF.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Variation on a popular cliché:

You wake to find your home well ablaze. Which AMPLIFIER do you save?

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Variation on a popular cliché:

You wake to find your home well ablaze. Which AMPLIFIER do you save?

Most likely the Trace-Elliot Speed Twin. All the others can still be acquired new, the Speed Twin would be rather trickier.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

Had to look back into the archive to find my standard Well Questions

here they are:



asleep and dreaming
could do or be anything money is no object neither is common sense or the laws of physics ( and of course the Shania Rule )
go




ever eat
an oyster
a booger
a grasshopper



three people living or dead you'd like a 5 min conversation with.

 

[stevie_bees]

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Where's the one place in the world that you've been to that you'd like to stay in, and one place that you've never visited that you'd like to?

Where's the one place you'd never want to go back to?

 

[newking70]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

not an official well till it's stickied :28:

 

[Lazarus1140]

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How long will it be before you stop working in "BFE" and settle down, and where will you choose to live when you're no longer working?

Do you ever set your intellect aside and let your emotions rule?

Do you own any guns?

Have you ever in your life engaged in a fist fight?

 

[Aceman]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

WTF is it you do out in the desert?

And where did you get your exquisite taste in guitars?

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

You're married, right? How do you manage a marriage living in two countries?

 

[CTN]

Re: (Return of) The Well CXXI: Chris of Arabia - fire 'em in...

As an Englishman (read:relatively liberal), what is the hardest part of living and working in Saudi Arabia?

And when(if ever) do you foresee yourself being done with Saudi and moving back to England on a permanent basis? (Or do you see yourself moving elsewhere?)