I need some wind down time after the teenage horrors have left the building. And here it is - a meme I can be bothered with.

A - Available: No
A - Age: Aged
A – Art genre: Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs

B - Best feature: Off button
B - Bike: Yes. 21 speed MTB by someone you haven't heard of.
B - Birthday: Not this year
B - Book: Hell's Foundations - impact of Gallipoli on Bury. Among (ahem) others.

C - Crush: Velvet. And sixpence
C - Car: Silver grey F registered Cortina. And a dull Escort, which I actually drive.In real life.
C - Comedian: Bill Hicks and Price in "The Comedians" by Trevor Griffiths

D - Day or night: Night
D - Dream Car: Arkansas Chuggaboom
D - Dogs or Cats: Always fancied a dog. Don't tell the dog.

E - Egg nog: Dirk Advocaat
E - E-mail: "No use sending me e:mails because I delete all of yours" [Partner of 20 years]
E - Eggs: I could murder a decent omelette

F - Favourite colour: Yellow and Black. I'm colour blind, but I can tell those apart.
F - Favourite Band: The Fall. Wedding Present. Notsensibles.

G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Sherbert fountain

H - Hair colour: A fair amount, thanks
H - Height: 6ft 3 1/2 inches. 1.94 m if you've gone decimal.
H - Happy: Not today. Today sucked big time.

I - Instrument: Voice ("Sit down small boy!")
I - Idol: Tommy Marshall (Bury FC groundsman a long time ago)

J - Jewellery: After today,I'm thinking of getting my head pierced.
J - Job: Advanced Skills Teacher (Learning and Teaching / English)
J - Jail: Gaol. Old skool English teacher pedant

K - Kids: 3. Need to see two of them before they grow up.

L - Longest car ride: Drove to Lake Garda. Thanks dad. Now piss off.
L - Last kiss: This morning. Gorgeous kisser is 6.
L - Local: Of course. Parochialism rules!
L - Lyrics: "There's something I just got to say...I'd walk a million miles today" comes to mind for some reason. Weddoes: Million Miles

M - Milk flavour: Milk
M - Most missed memory: Maypole dancing
M - Movie last watched: This weekend, History Boys at the cinema (recommended) and Adaptation on DVD (likewise).

N - Number of Siblings: 1 sister and 2 brothers. All younger than me. God help them look for a better role model.
N - Nickname: Nolte

O - One wish: Promotion. The football, obviously. That's banal 4 a reason.
O - One regret: I have more regrets than I can possibly list here, but try very hard not to dwell on them (That was there already. It'll do)

P - Part of your appearance you love: pass
P - Pets: Ding dong the fish is dead. And the hamsters.

Q - Quick or Slow?: Death? Somewehere between please.

R - Reason to smile: Some of Buddy Holly, the working folly, good golly Miss Molly. Nanny Goats. Curing Smallpox.
R - Reality TV Show: Deal or No Deal. And don't say it isn't.

S - Song Last Heard: My DAB radio has arrived! "You aint seen nothing yet" (Bachmann Turner Overdrive)
S - Silver or Gold: Silver

T - Time you woke up: 6:50 am
T - Time for bed: midnight if possible
T - Ticklish: Yep

U - Unpredictable: Finsbury Park Tube Station.
U - Underwear: Comfortable pants and brand new socks.
Life's little luxuries.

V - Vegetable you hate: Don't hate vegetables; there are plenty of better candidates.
V - Vacation spot: Rocky Mountains please.

W- Worst habit: Not talking about it. Or talking about it too much.
W- Where are you going to travel: Scotland

X - X-Ray: Spex. Some people say little girls should be seen and not heard, but I say: "Oh Bondage up Yours!"

Y - Yellow: Belly

Z - Zodiac Sign: Sagitprop