1. I used to work as a forensic scientist and have appeared in court as an expert witness in firearms and drugs cases, and have also analysed the stomach contents of a frozen mammoth and discovered Cannabis sativa on board an excavated Punic warship.
2. I used to own a music store specialising in and repairing/restoring old acoustic instruments
3. In the late 70s/early 80s I was the artist's model for an billboard advertisement for PG Tips Tea (the real chimps had been dropped for a while!)
4. I was also the artist's model for illustrations of Roberto (the Latin lover) in a "Woman's Own" series in the late 1970s (and Lady McMoo was the model for the jilted heroine!)
5. Jo-Ann Kelly once offered to sell me her 12-string Zemaitis guitar.
6. I have taught Tibetan Buddhist monks biology in a remote monastery in Southern India
7. Peter Green (of Fleetwood Mac and Splinter Group fame) was a regular listener in a trad session I used to run in London.
8. I have ridden motorcycles since I was 15 (i.e. 35 years) and dislike cars. I never had an accident (...running to touch wood!)
9. I once stood as a Green candidate in a County Council election in Surrey (UK) and, much to my surprise and pleasure, came second with 25% of the vote giving the resident Tory a nasty turn!
10. I survived a 2-storey fall from a window as a 12 month old baby...landing in a large heap of leaves!

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