I've been around the BBS for a year or so. I got started on the Horizon board (after watching for a while) when I saw Ted being flamed unmercifully on the F'ers board when he was only trying to restore some sanity to one of those regular flagellation sessions they have up there. The fact that our time zone (on summer time at present) is GMT +11 limits my ability to interact, as does the fact that the exchange the bloody telephone company maintains in my town is incapable of dealing with data transmission so I can't use the net at home. Most of the third world does better than that! And a certain desire on the part of my superiors to make me work for a living also has an effect.

Why Queeg? Well, I'm a Captain in the Royal Australian Navy and the original was a fairly insane Naval Officer (although admittedly US), and Ted represents the dilettante Service. The irresistible temptation for the comment about balls had something to do with it as well.

Personal - mid forties, carrying more weight than I would like, married, one adult daughter who is about to leave home (fingers crossed). Unfortunately she prefers her Alfa Sud to MGs, but I'm still working on that. Five cats share their house with us - Topaze (the White Bear), Mischief (ensconced on the tonneau), Calico, Roger (the lodger who invited himself), and Tessa. Was once a "data processing" specialist, but am now called a "strategic planner".