Interests & Hobbies
Meaning of Life:
To treat other people as I wish to have them treat me
Five Things I Can't Live Without:
air, water, my family, my garden, my work, music and the cinema (okay, I know that is actually 7 things but who is counting?)
Favorite Books:
The Razor's Edge, The Brothers Karamazov, Modern Times: The World From the 20s to the 80s, Dead Souls, Anna Karenina, Eugene Onegin, The Leopard, Love in a Time of Cholera, The Sheltering Sky, David Copperfield, The Maltese Falcon, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Old Goriot, Cousin Bette, Of Human Bondage, Moon and Sixpence, Madame Bovary, An American Tragedy
What I Like To Do For Fun:
work in my garden and look after the cats
Favorite Songs:
Any Opera by Mozart, Verdi, or Puccini, recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Tom Jones, Billy Joel, Keely Smith, Ray Charles, Al Jareau, The Who, Queen, Sting, Lena Horne, Billie Holliday, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Prima, Bobby Darin, Celine Dion, Barbara Streisand, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, Tony Bennett, Nat 'King' Cole, Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Stefan Banica Jr., Lady Ga Ga, B.B. King, Buck Owens, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash,
Favorite Movies:
Lawrence of Arabia, Stalag 17, A River Runs Through It, Singing in the Rain, Cabaret, A Star is Born (the 1953 version), Runaway Jury, A Place in the Sun, Chicago, The Constant Gardener, The Sun Also Rises, A Chorus Line, The Razor's Edge (both the 1946 version and the 1984 version), The Sweet Smell of Success, Dr. Zhivago, The Natural, Out of Africa, Reds, Chariots of Fire, The Godfather
Craziest Thing I've Ever Done:
You really don't want to know and I do not want to implicate myself for an indictable offense
If I Could Be Anywhere Right Now:
Firenza, Milano or Buenos Aires
Hobbies:
Sailing, fishing, hiking, camping, gardening, wood working, bowling, tennis, singing, dancing,
Perfect Mate:
Someone as old as I am
Perfect Date:
This site is not match.com so I will skip this question
Turn Ons/Offs:
I am old school: I like polite people and I like being polite to others; I do not like rude people, I do not believe being aggressive and having an 'edge' is anything more than a pose adopted by those who are fundamentally insecure
Best Reason to Get to Know Me:
I tip!
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