User:Type 304 (18-8)

I am a recently retired engineer, having spent most of my working life involved with mechanical or structural (mainly steelwork) engineering. My username is perhaps the clue there... I'm British, proud of it, and initially hoped to spend a bit of time on Wikipedia enhancing the coverage of a [ever decreasing...] selection of things that can be labeled (albeit loosely) engineering-related, and British. I did that, but diversified quite a bit into other things that interest me as time progressed, and now spend more time on random stuff than I ever thought I might... possibly allows. I still make mistakes as I am still most definitely not a computer wizard, but at all times I do try my best, and will always try to Talk things through with other Wikipedia editors. Too many people appear to argue far too easily.

And for those that care, a few things I like, and dislike...

In no particular order, my ten all-time favourite TV shows (subject to update I suspect as I remember other things...)
 * Star Trek (Enterprise) - controversial to Trekkies I know...
 * Thunderbirds - original, not that digital shite
 * 24
 * Luther
 * Dad's Army
 * Morse/Lewis/Endeavour - all the same to me...
 * Masterchef - all varieties...
 * Have I Got News For You
 * Top Gear - with Clarkson, Hammond & May, of course...
 * Death in Paradise

And in no particular order, ten people that irritate me beyond belief (subject to update I suspect as others become irritating...)
 * Shami Chakrabarti
 * Dermot O'Dreary
 * Alan Carr
 * Sara Cox
 * Jo Whiley
 * Jo Brand
 * Graham Norton
 * 'activist' (basically anybody tagged an activist, activist short for belligerent trouble-maker, and usually a student)
 * Nicola Sturgeon
 * Banksy
 * ...and closing in fast is Fearne Cotton, Ken Bruce's worst replacement yet, and even worse than Zowie Ball!