Emigrated to Canada from England when I was about 27, shortly after achieving my City & Guilds certificates in basic electronics at Plymouth College S, Devon, England. My Father had already moved to Canada several years before me. Lost a lot of my family in England including my Mum, one of a few reasons I decided to make a new start in Canada and I don't regret it but yes I do sometimes miss good old England where there are bundles of memories both good and bad. Father taught me the basics of chess when I was around 7 and never let me win till I could beat him, after continue beat him most the time he didn't play me much any more lol. Like most other things hobbies etc chess is just fun to me. I am not particularly good at anything but then not particularly that bad at a lot of things either. I play guitar some, dabble in poetry some. I am an only child. I can be weird, funny, stupid like us all at times hehe but I can be very deep and serious. Had a kidney removed due to a tumor several years back and was when it was discovered I have diabetes also but we play our best hand no matter what life throws our way! I look forward to meeting you for a game of chess and to making some online friends here. This place is great! I have seen many and no doubt will continue to see many very enjoyable profiles, pictures, videos and wonderful people here. If wish to make enemies with me I can do that too but I wouldn't advise it ;) btw transmogrify is an actual word basically meaning to change in shape or form. I hope to transmogrify my game better than you transmogrify yours..... nana nana na, puts me fingers in me ears and wiggles my nose :)

A great poem by Patience Strong:

The best is never over, the best has never gone, there is always something lovely, to keep us struggling on. Ends are new beginnings, as one day you will see, the best is never over, the best is yet to be!

Very little beats the simple pleasures of life, Poetry, Music, Nature and so forth:

For those who still love The Beatles music as I do, a nice medley from one of their best albums. I love all kinds of music from many many artists but they were my first craze and I still love their music!

One of Paul McCartney's best! (Will always be our song)

Jeff Beck. What a wonderful musical rendition of another great Beatles song "A Day in the Life" but sometimes its refreshing without the words :)

What can you say, beautiful song, beautiful young Marianne Faithfull.

Another beautiful song.

A great one from 10cc!

Another classic!

Some of my attempts of making music :)

Just me messing around lol.

An experimental one of mine back along :)

Just me again. Kumbayya.

Another experimental of mine.

A blues I made up.

Imagine.

Have to say I love you in a song. (A birthday to remember;)

I actually wanted to play piano but parents said too big, so my first guitar was a biscuit tin with a wooden stick and fish line strings which my Father made me lol :)) However, I love some piano music and I also like Greensleeves!

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