French guy from Paris. Moved to the UK in 1995 for what should have been a short stay and still here!
Married to Hazel and dad to Rosemarie and Louise.
Liberal but not to excess, atheist but fascinated by respectful religious discussions.
I love politics but cannot find a party in Britain that fully represents my views. Hoping for a hung parliament this time.
I have worked on IBM S38, AS400, I Series, System I since I was 17. RPG designer/developer, I adopted OPNQRYF and SQL early. I am now an application and database architect (DBA).
Gym goer (but not an Adonis) and will run, walk or crawl the Great North Run 2010. (Sponsor me on http://www.justgiving.com/jacquep )
Love to watch sports on TV especially rugby union.
Eclectical musical tastes, from the French Georges Brassens, Claude Nougaro, William Sheller, Alain Souchon, Veronique Sanson, Yves Duteil to the French singing Michel Buhler, Gilles Vigneault to the Italian Angelo Branduardi and the English singing Bruce Hornsby, Joe Bonamassa...