Question 1
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Why's this site called freston.net?
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It's called freston.net 'cos certain other possibilities had already been
registered as domain names before I came along; check out the
international sites page for more on this.
By the way, big tip of the hat to Martin Brazill for pointing out that
freston.net was available. And for threatening to register it if I didn't.
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Question 2
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But why "freston", specifically?
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Well, it is my middle name, doncha know.
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Question 3
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What's that tower-type thing in the logo?
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That happens to be called Freston Tower
since, in true Ronseal manner, it's a tower and it's in the village of Freston.
And it might just be the oldest folly in the country.
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Question 4
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So Freston's also the name of a village?
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Just to the south of Ipswich, which is where I live, is the village of Freston.
There's not a great deal to it, truth to tell, but it does have the Tower, the
Boot (village pub) and one or two other buildings of interest.
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Question 5
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Who do you look like?
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Apparently there's a slight resemblance to
Michael J Fox. Think Marty McFly
rather than Teen Wolf. Go
compare & contrast and see what they're talking about.
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Question 6
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Is it true you don't drink?
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Teetotal, not a word of a lie. Nothing stronger than
Fentimans ginger beer passes my lips,
ever since I realised that I couldn't account for two periods of my life:
1984-1987 (the "Exeter years"), and 1986-1997 (the "BT years"). This might be
better explained with a Venn diagram.
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Question 7
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You don't drink, you don't smoke, what do you do?
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Very clean-living, me, but I am more than partial to a cup of half-decent
coffee every now and then, preferably with a pastry or bread-product on the
side.
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Question 8
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How did you get that scar on your arm?
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When I was but a wee babby, I somehow caught something called infantile
cortical hyperostosis. Which meant that my right arm swelled up, and I had to
go into hospital so the surgeons could open it up to find out what was going
on. As I've grown, so the scar has stretched.
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Question 9
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Didn't you used to be in a brass band?
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At school (and in the junior version of the Salvation Army) we had a brass
band, in which I played the euphonium: picture, if you will, a smaller version
of a tuba. After school I tried and failed to convert to the trumpet. I'm still
bugged by this.
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Question 10
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How many balls can you juggle?
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Three easily. Four comfortably. Five on a very good day in a high-ceilinged
room with no distractions, maximum concentration and given the right sunspot
and tidal conditions. In other words, not very often.
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