History
Born 15 Dec. 1932 Leicester, Leics, England.
1932-1945 lived in Stamford, Lincs. 1945-50, North
Luffenham, Rutland.
Primary school, St Augustine's; Secondary, Stamford
School.
1950-52 National Service, RN, HMS Crane, Malaya, Korea.
1953-60 Wadham College, Oxford - 1956 BA 1957 MA Hon
Chemistry 1960 D.Phil.
1960-61 PDF U. of A. Edmonton, AL, Canada.
1962 PDF McMaster U. Hamilton, ON.
1962 Married Shirley-Anne Finnbogason
1962-1994 Faculty, Chemistry Dept, Carleton U. Ottawa,
living in Ottawa
Presently living at Sand Point/Braeside, abt. 30 miles W.
of Ottawa
Three children: Tim, Gillian and Penny
Interests, past and present
Rockclimbing and mountaineering.
Many climbs in the English Lake District and North
Wales, fewer in Europe and Canada,
none nowadays but I keep up my FRCC and ACC memberships
anyway.
Sailing.
If it floats and it doesn't require a motor then lead
me to it. Built 15.5' hard-chine Windmill
and two canvas-covered kayaks. In the past have owned a
Fox and, most-loved
boat of all, a Popular Mechanics design, 18', again
hard-chine plywood, by J. Donohue.
Currently own half of a Tanzer 26' and she lives at the
Nepean Sailing Club.
Have sailed S. Coast of England and Caribbean. At home
here there's an athletic 470,
very badly-constructed by Mistral and also a clapped-out,
alas, Windsurfer.
Scuba diving.
Mainly cold water stuff.
Skiing.
Skied since 1950s but only since 1980s at all
regularly. Downhill/snowboard.
1995 joined CSPS and patrolled Mt. Pakenham ON for 5
years - then Mt. Ste. Marie PQ for a further 5 years
Amateur Radio.
Licensed in 1995 with callsign VA3TJP, occasionally,
courtesy of ACMA, VK8MP.
Mainly CW but you might find me occasionally on RTTY.
In Australia, mainly on 2 m. FM, IRLP or EchoLink. Belong
to Radio Amateurs of Canada. Of course.
Naturism.
Nude when permissible, possible or practical, clothed
when necessary. That's why I live
where I do. But then the prurient neighbours came
along......
Belong to Federation of Canadian Naturists and Ottawa
Naturists.
I like problems
There's a cause for every effect and I'm fascinated by
causes and their effects.
And that's not just gadgets, by the way.....
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