Getting to know you...

[camillitech]

What nickname did you have as a kid?
camel or eyetye

What did you want to be when you were "all growed up"?
a diver

What do you do for work now?
work on a ferry

Who introduced you to Selfsufficientish thinking?
it's in my genes

What was the first thing you ever planted?
a potato

What was the first food you ever caught to eat?
a trout

What was the first thing you ever dismantled?
a dinky toy

What is under your bed?
a rifle

What is on your mouse pad?
what's a mouse pad

What scares you?
george bush

What gave you your last big belly-laugh?
i'm pretty miserable

What is the first thing you see when you walk out your back door?
our wind turbine

What did you eat for tea last night?
mushroom curry


What charity/ies do you support?
amnesty and we sponser a child in paraguy

If you were to be banished to an island for 2 years, and could take one person with you, Who would you take and why?
i am banished to an island and i have got the person of my dreams with me

What was the last CD that you bought?
2nd light by dreadzone

What was the last gift you were given that you really didn't want? And what did you do with it?
a kilt and it's still in my wardrobe (not that i've anything against kilts but i'm half italian and half english!!!)

What is the most annoying thing you do (according to your mate/mum/kid/neighbour etc.)?
snore,and rant,

What is your favourite drink?
red wine

Where is your favourite place in the whole wide world?
right here

cheers, paul

[Nikki]

Thought this was a good place as any for a noob to jump in. :D

What nickname did you have as a kid?
didn't really have one

What did you want to be when you were "all growed up"?
a psychologist, a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a paramedic in the 3rd world

What do you do for work now?
reflexologist, amatuer herbal healing....

Who introduced you to Selfsufficientish thinking?
Just goes with my independent personality, as well as my deep desire to be close to nature and to live with minimal ecological impact

What was the first thing you ever planted?
herbs

What was the first food you ever caught to eat?
unknown fish from Sydney harbour

What was the first thing you ever dismantled?
I tend to put things back together

What is under your bed?
space

What is on your mouse pad?
just dark blue ergonomically designed

What scares you?
lack of air

What gave you your last big belly-laugh?
Eddie Izzard

What is the first thing you see when you walk out your back door?
my herbs

What did you eat for tea last night?
roast chicken dinner

What charity/ies do you support?
Oxfam, NSPCC, RSPCA

If you were to be banished to an island for 2 years, and could take one person with you, Who would you take and why?
DH, he's my soul mate

What was the last CD that you bought?
Best of Barbra Streisand (omg!)

What was the last gift you were given that you really didn't want? And what did you do with it?
a glass pyramid of my astrological birth sign. Tacky. Gave it to a friend.

What is the most annoying thing you do (according to your mate/mum/kid/neighbour etc.)?
fidget

What is your favourite drink?
light red wine

Where is your favourite place in the whole wide world?
in my head (until we buy our land) ;)

[autumnleaf]

What nickname did you have as a kid?
Scrubber when little and a nasty one later that is too embarrassing to say

What did you want to be when you were "all growed up"?
Farmer and then later refined to a peasant.

What do you do for work now?
A peasant

Who introduced you to Selfsufficientish thinking?
Growing up on a farm - Nature

What was the first thing you ever planted?
Can't remember but used to help in flower and vege garden when little

What was the first food you ever caught to eat?
Might have been freshwater crayfish as the first when little - only the once since it was too cruel when it was thrown into boiling water alive

What was the first thing you ever dismantled?
Either a clock or an old door lock or old bits n pieces in Dad's shed when about 8

What is under your bed?
Dust

What is on your mouse pad?
Have a touchpad on a laptop

What scares you?
lots of things make me cautious - mostly people - but not actually scared. Actually the thought of being tied up tight creeps me out a bit......

What gave you your last big belly-laugh?
Reading some stuff on here

What is the first thing you see when you walk out your back door?
beautiful bushes, fern and trees

What did you eat for tea last night?
three baked potatoes - wasn't really hungry - oh and some toast later on

What charity/ies do you support?
Habitat for Humanity

What is your least favourite chore/job around the house?
Cleaning the toilet

If you were to be banished to an island for 2 years, and could take one person with you, Who would you take and why?
If its for two years would seriously think about going by myself for spiritual growth - not sure if I could do it though so would choose my neighbour who gave me a belly laugh just yesterday.

What was the last CD that you bought?
Been too long ago and too poor now.

What was the last gift you were given that you really didn't want? And what did you do with it?
Some clothes - gave them to my daughter.

What is the most annoying thing you do (according to your mate/mum/kid/neighbour etc.)?
nobody has said lately so can't think of anything directly maybe a convenient memory

What is your favourite drink?
water - lemon and honey when its hot and ginger when its cold

Where is your favourite place in the whole wide world?
right here at my place
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[caithnesscrofter]

What nickname did you have as a kid?
mikey

What did you want to be when you were "all growed up"?
never knew. eventually decided it would choose me.

What do you do for work now?
crofter

Who introduced you to Selfsufficientish thinking?
my grandmother.

What was the first thing you ever planted?
radishes? can't remember.

What was the first food you ever caught to eat?
probably rainbow trout

What was the first thing you ever dismantled?
etchasketch. bad mistake.


What is under your bed?
absolutely nothing.

What is on your mouse pad?
don't have one.

What scares you?
curtain climbing slaters and Charles Galton Darwins' "The Next Million Years.".

What gave you your last big belly-laugh?
phoning Ray Gunn and getting Ray Wong.

What is the first thing you see when you walk out your back door?
Neighbours laundry flappin in the wind.

What did you eat for tea last night?
roast veggies and pasta with lemon juice and parmesan!

What charity/ies do you support?

What is your least favourite chore/job around the house?
bathtub scrub.

If you were to be banished to an island for 2 years, and could take one person with you, Who would you take and why?
Ray Mears?

What was the last CD that you bought?
The Samples. But, never got it. Ripped off on ebay!

What was the last gift you were given that you really didn't want? And what did you do with it?
chestnut puree. sits in my cupboard.

What is the most annoying thing you do (according to your mate/mum/kid/neighbour etc.)?
currently, dread rolling.

What is your favourite drink?
real lemonade

Where is your favourite place in the whole wide world?
home on the croft

[Clara]

a latecomer to this one...

What nickname did you have as a kid?

None, that´s always made me sad...

What did you want to be when you were "all growed up"?

101 things, from hippy to marine biologist

What do you do for work now?

hippy

Who introduced you to Selfsufficientish thinking?

I think it was a natural evolution in my own thinking, probably fuelled by the general, organic natural movement that we find ourselves part of...


What was the first thing you ever planted?

ummm legally? french beans.

What was the first food you ever caught to eat?

a cockerel, took some chasing too...

What was the first thing you ever dismantled?

the inside of a paramedic ambulance, to creat a camper

What is under your bed?

fluff, a biscuit and a tiny stripey kitten

What is on your mouse pad?

it´s jam i think, possibly baby snot

What scares you?

oooooh the big D word

What gave you your last big belly-laugh?

mr clara and his bumbling ways

What is the first thing you see when you walk out your back door?

a mountain

What did you eat for tea last night?

millet and veggies from my garden

What charity/ies do you support?

FreeTibet, greenpeace, oxfam

What is your least favourite chore/job around the house?

mopping

If you were to be banished to an island for 2 years, and could take one person with you, Who would you take and why?

my daughter, coz she needs feeding.

What was the last CD that you bought?

the magic numbers

What was the last gift you were given that you really didn't want? And what did you do with it?

awful pottery chicken, smashed it and put the pieces in the bottom of plant pots

What is the most annoying thing you do (according to your mate/mum/kid/neighbour etc.)?

I forget to soak the porridge pan

What is your favourite drink?

really cold spring water

Where is your favourite place in the whole wide world?

right her right now

Clara x.

[kimmysmum]

This is so much fun

What nickname did you have as a kid?
Ronnie and it still is


What did you want to be when you were "all growed up"?
A Nurse. So I did


What do you do for work now?
Just retrained to Business Administration. Wrecked my back nursing


Who introduced you to Selfsufficientish thinking?
I seem to have always loved the idea watching my Nana do it


What was the first thing you ever planted?
A Roma Tomato plant


What was the first food you ever caught to eat?
A huge Flathead fish


What was the first thing you ever dismantled?
My Dads Lawn mower ( couldn't sit down for a week LOL)


What is under your bed?
Probably some fluff the vacuum missed


What is on your mouse pad?
A Calculator


What scares you?
What's happening to our world


What gave you your last big belly-laugh?
My beautiful 13 year old son


What is the first thing you see when you walk out your back door?
My bird feeder and all the resident birds that feed from it


What did you eat for tea last night?
Home made fried rice with chilli chicken and stri fried home grown veg
Sweet we had Home made rice pudding baked over some home stewed pears.


What charity/ies do you support?
Our local dog refuge. Camp quality kids charity


What is your least favourite chore/job around the house?
Trying to get my son out of bed on a school day


If you were to be banished to an island for 2 years, and could take one person with you, Who would you take and why?
My dog he doesn't amswer back LOL


What was the last CD that you bought?
Evanescence



What was the last gift you were given that you really didn't want? And what did you do with it?
Some very highly perfumed body lotion. Gave it to my Step Daughter before she left who loved it.


What is the most annoying thing you do (according to your
mate/mum/kid/neighbour etc.)?
Get up at 4.30 am


What is your favourite drink?
I think next to lovely fresh tank water I would say Dandelion tea


Where is your favourite place in the whole wide world
Right here at home with my little family

[Helsbells]

What nickname did you have as a kid?
I got called Hel!
Which I should probably fin offensive, but never really though to mind!!

What did you want to be when you were "all growed up"?
All sorts, I wanted to be an archaeologist, a teacher, an artist,

What do you do for work now?
Right now I am working in the accounts department of a catering company, and its killing me! Starting teacher training in September to be a secondary Art and Design teacher Wey!!

Who introduced you to Selfsufficientish thinking?
My mum, she had an allotment, and we used to go there with her, and not fogetting Tom and Barbera good.

What was the first thing you ever planted?
Cant remember as have always planted stuff!!

What was the first food you ever caught to eat?
Never have, not sure I could!

What was the first thing you ever dismantled?
I dont really dismantle stuff I wasnt one of those kids that had to know how everything worked, I just wanted things to look nice!

What is under your bed?
Its a new bed, only got it a few weeks ago so amazingly there is still nothing underneath it!

What is on your mouse pad?
At work, so its the work logo!

What scares you?
Other people dying.

What gave you your last big belly-laugh?
My boyfriend doing something silly probably

What is the first thing you see when you walk out your back door?
My two little greenhouse shelf things and my runner beans

What did you eat for tea last night?
A pizza, made it myself, with broccoli and cabbage from the garden.

What charity/ies do you support?
I am still paying off my studen overdraft, so not regularly supporting any charities, but if I did, I wuld support help the aged. I like old people.

What is your least favourite chore/job around the house?
Dont really mind chores that much, probably cleaning the bathroom.

If you were to be banished to an island for 2 years, and could take one person with you, Who would you take and why?
Wouod have to be my lovely boyfriend. I would go mad without him.

What was the last CD that you bought?
I bought about 4 at once: Razorlight, The Feeling, The Fratellis, and shamefully Christina Aguilera and Avril Lavigne!

What was the last gift you were given that you really didn't want? And what did you do with it?
I get loads of gifts from my boyfriends mother that I dont really want. I also try to find a use for them, but failing that I give them to a charity shop, as I think its better for someone to be able to enjoy them than have them sitting gathering dust on a shelf in my house!

What is the most annoying thing you do (according to your mate/mum/kid/neighbour etc.)?
Moaning and complaining probably, I do it quite a lot!

What is your favourite drink?
I love real apple juice, not the concentrated kind. We get some lovely stuff from our local farmers market.

Where is your favourite place in the whole wide world?
hmm a hard one, my parents live in Wales, and I do love Wales, I also love being in my house, garden and allotment.