Background

Here are some of my interests.

• Autos - http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/

My favourite car at present is the new Alpha Romeo 159, gorgeous. Alternatively the Merc CLS is nice.

I am addicted to the BBC show Top Gear, as I enjoy the rambling babble by Clarkson and co. I also think Clarkson's commentary on most matters is excellent and demonstrates an honesty lacking in today's politically correct society. But then I am also from Yorkshire. 

• Travel - I now try to avoid traveling and if I must prefer to do so business class. First class on the Eurostar is nice. If you must fly economy go BA.

  Places to go

  Great wall of china, obvious really. Nanjing especially the Black cat cafe. Santa Fe. New York for a week not more. Boston USA. Shetland Islands, yes really. Prague. Krackow in Poland. Paris but learn a little French first. Cancun in Mexico. Seattle.

  Places not to go.

  Boston in the UK. South Wales. Brussels. Chicago. Warsaw.  Salford.

 

Bobs Tips

This is a compendium of the useful knowledge I have acquired over 40 years and would like to share with everyone reading this page. It’s a reflection of the only exam question used in ancient China to test prospective Mandarins, i.e. write down everything you know.

Technology

Mobile Computing

The best laptops I would recommend are:

1. Apple MacBook Pro – Great style, power, design. A little heavy to carry but built like a battleship so what do you expect?
2. IBM X or T series, best PC laptops, nice design, very robust and light.
3. Sony T or Z series, very light, lots of features, cool design.

Desktops

1. Anything by Apple or Sony, might not be the fastest but will look nice on your desk.
2. Nothing by Dell or HP. Unreliable and designed by Soviet plumbing engineers.

Mobile/Smart phones

iPhone

Society

Politicians lie. No seriously, if they are moving their lips, its a bad sign.

Women can multi-task, but not if it involves a steering wheel and a gear stick. 

Food and Drink

Well I have very simple tastes in food so this will be short.

1. Starbucks, good coffee, nice environment, expensive.
2. Neros, very good coffee, nice place, harder to find.
3. Costa, ok coffee, good ham toastees.
4. Best café, the sandwich bar in the new British Library, where you can sit in quiet surroundings and look at the giant glass wall of books next to the place.
5. Best restaurant, Pasquals in Santa Fe. Not cheap and you must reserve a place to have any chance of getting in. Have the Mocha chocolate pot desert and float away. http://www.pasquals.com/

Work

I like to avoid this whenever possible. If you have to get a job find a large corporation where you can just disappear into the background and no one knows or cares what your role is. Failing this become a teacher, so you can be paid to complain about your 2 month summer holidays.

Children

Something else to be avoided. I have 2 daughters I adore, which is quite enough.

Tips for children.

1. Before they arrive insist on Consultant led care as midwives are to be avoided like bird flu. A consultant arrives in the delivery room thinking "If I get this wrong, they will sue", the midwife arrives thinking, "If I get this wrong, I can go home early!". They are nurses with a bad attitude problem.

2. After they arrive, they need milk, hugs, and nappies. Easy.