1. what is your age range?   
47 3/4 - 48

2. gender?
All boy

3. Do you have a favorite color?
Dark Blue

4. favorite authors/ type of book?
Really depends on the mood, popular novels mostly. Tend to pick up anything to do with the Industrial revolution, I find the ingenuity of the early great Engineers fascinating

5. what books have you really been wanting?
Nothing specific on my list, I tend to impulse buy at airports.

6. what type of music do you like?
Most things but not jazz or rap. Specifically like acoustic folk, kept nice and simple -no annoying overproductions, one voice, one guitar type of thing.

7. what cds have you really been wanting?
I've been trying to do more unaccompanied singing this year and am always looking for new material to learn so anything of that ilk with good chorus songs. I Bought an ealy Watersons LP on ebay recently so something similar would be ideal.

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting? none particularly

9. what is your t-shirt size? medium to large (large for safety). Darks only.

10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
Ornamental elephants, I've got wooden, porcelain, silver, glass. Smaller and more 'unique' the better.

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
Anything to do with Rugby (Union), (Teams: London Irish, Ireland, Felixstowe FRUFC), Camping/caravaning (festivals only) but I'm a sucker for gadgets and Gizmos (e.g. luminous, rechargeable, self extracting tent pegs), play guitar -reasonable, bouzouki- learning, melodeon - badly and strictly restricted to home use only. Most expensive hobby is raising two children but don't need any more thanks Santa.

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?   
Not a jewelry type person.

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.

I milaid my pint tankard at Sidmouth this year so need to replace it before the Festival season starts next year. Looking for one with a built-in directional homing beacon.