Bios...

Since Pinky doesn't have one any more...
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Feel free to share a bit about yourself. I'll start & that'll give a bit of an outline to follow. However, if you feel uncomfy with any info, just skip it & fill out whatever you'd like to share.
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Male or Female: Female

Age: 42

Location: Colorado, USA, but I'm originally from Southern California.

Study: I'm not in school, but I do study the teachings of Yogananda on a daily basis.

Work: I work full time for a large company. I used to do desktop support (repair computers) for employees. Today I test the new software the company develops.

Married: Nope.

Kids: Nope.

Pets: One 8 year old cat. He's called Mishra.

Fave colour: Purple

Fave food: That's a tough one! I like Indian & Mexican the most. But pizza rates quite high, too!

Fave thing to wear: Jeans & a comfy soft sweater

Hobbies: Chatting with friends online, traveling, seeing films, listening to music, playing guitar, being anywhere near the ocean...

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: Collective Soul, Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues, Eric Clapton, Travis, Rolling Stones, ... gosh... I could go on & on!

Fave Beatle: George

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: Fell in love with them when I was 4 watching Beatles cartoons on weekend mornings.

I think people know enough about me

Male or Female: Female

Age: 24

Location: Somewhere Southeast of Chicago, IN

Study: I'm studying Visual Communications in my attempt to become the greatest graphic designer EVER. Or... something.

Work: I work at the school in the Print Center, where I proofread documents (because no one else can use spell check), create flyers for events, and make copies. Oh, and play on the Internet, like I'm doing right now.

Married: Psh. No.

Kids: Nope.

Pets: One dog. His name's "Bago."

Fave colour: Purple!

Fave food: Spinach stuffed pizza. Mmm...

Fave thing to wear: A nice, warm sweatshirt or long t-shirt, and a pair of jeans.

Hobbies: Reading anything I can get my hands on, sketching cartoons, writing terrible fanfic, reading terrible fanfic, playing devil's advocate, and sleeping

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: My favorite artists are Stevie Wonder, Nellie McKay, Nikka Costa, and Ben Folds (with and without the Five).

Fave Beatle: Paul... no, wait, George... no, no, Paul... er, Ringo? No, wait, I know -- JOHN! Or is it George?

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: "The Beatles Anthology" aired during my freshman year of high school, and I've been in love with them ever since.

Male or Female: Female

Age: 50

Location: western suburbs of Chicago, IL

Study: nothing

Work: homemaker, and childcare provider

Married:yes

Kids: two - ages 12 and almost 14

Pets: two dogs (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels) named Lovey and Penny Lane

Fave colour: Purple

Fave food: Home Run Inn Pizza

Fave thing to wear: Jeans and t-shirt

Hobbies: music, movies, TV

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: Tom Petty, Wings, Travelling Wilburys, Kinks, The Who, Rolling Stones, Genesis, and Phil Collins

Fave Beatle: Ringo

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: Saw them for the first time on Ed Sullivan show, and been a fan ever since.

Originally Posted by Sally

I think people know enough about me

Oh yeah? Just wait until I tell them about the time you...

Originally Posted by Asha

Since Pinky doesn't have one any more...
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yours looks pretty good.....can I just borrow it ???

Male or Female: Female

Age: 25

Location: Bay Area, California

Study: Nutrition and Food Science

Work: I work for an upscale Southeast Asian restaurant.

Married: Unfortunately, not. (Hurry up, honey!)

Kids: Hell no!

Pets: A Flower Horn Cichlid named Red.

Fave colour: Purple

Fave food: Whatever happens to be in my hand at the moment

Fave thing to wear: Jeans and high-heeled shoes.

Hobbies: Writing, cooking, reading chick lit, singing drunken karaoke

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: Grateful Dead, Madonna, Spanish guitar music, Maroon 5, Coldplay, the Who, Alicia Keys, Fiona Apple.

Fave Beatle: JOHN JOHN JOHN JOHN!!!!

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: My ex-boyfriend from Sophomore year. Best thing he ever did.

I'm sure you all know most of this already, but these are fun to fill out anyway.

Male or Female: Female

Age: 17

Location: Alberta, Canada

Study: Um... high school?

Work: Currently an unemployed broke student. .

Married: I think you'd all be a little disturbed if I was.

Kids: Nope!

Pets: A kitty named Toby.

Fave colour: Don't really have one in particular. I generally like blues and dark colors best.

Fave food: Chocolate!

Fave thing to wear: Jeans and a Beatles hoodie!

Hobbies: Baking, playing piano, watching old movies, writing, cooking, reading, etc etc.

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: I love old stuff from the 40's through the 70's. Mainly 60's, of course.

Fave Beatle: George!!

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: My dad was playing them one day, and I finally saw the light!

Male or Female: Male

Age: 51

Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (just south-west of Toronto)

Work: Retired due to medical disability. Try to keep busy by repairing computers for friends, and doing home brewing.

Married: Happily for almost 30 yrs.

Kids: 2 sons. Grandkids: 3 grandsons

Pets: Not allowed in our building. Should have stayed in our house so we could keep our dog "Killer".

Fave colour: Black

Fave food: Love all food except, yogurt(YUCH), cucumber(allergic to), and those small, greasy breakfast sausages!

Hobbies: Home brewing, computers,eating......

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: I like all music except hip-hop style and that rap crap.

Fave Beatle: Paul, Ringo, George and John.

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: Saw them perform on the Ed Sullivan show the first time. Been a fan ever since.

Asha, you and I have much in common! Gosh, you're not my doppleganger, are you?

Male or Female: Female

Age: 42

Location: New York, but I'm originally from Southern California.

Study: Life 101

Work: Agh! Working in a bank again. Hoping that will change in the near future.

Married: Yep. To fellow Linker, the cantankerous Blackguard!

Kids: A 14 year old girl.

Pets: My 14 year old girl.

Fave colour: Blue. Sometimes Green.

Fave food: Being a So-CA native, I'm partial to authentic Mexican cuisine. I also like Japanese & Chinese food.

Fave thing to wear: Jeans & a comfy t-shirt.

Hobbies: Pretty much hangin' with the homies. Day trips on the weekends, shopping, movies.

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots, Collective Soul, Dave Matthews Band, Heart, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac...I could go on and on and on, as well.

Fave Beatle: = John / = George

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: Back in '77, went with some friends and saw Beatlemania at the Pantages in Hollywood. That was enough to whet my apetite for some more Beatles. yeah yeah yeah!

Male or Female: Female

Age: 13. Oooh, check me out - youngest one to post in the topic so far.

Location: In my room, for starters. My parentS are divorsed so I live in two houses really. But, whenever I'm online, like now, I'd be at my Dad's in Chicago. We live near Midway Airport.

Study: Whatever they make us study in school. I really do take interest in Pop Culture study - ESP. the 60's-70's.

Work: Babysitting my brother, but I dont get paid.

Married: No, but hopefully some day!

Kids: (see above)

Pets: 3 German Shepherds, Rocky, Louise and Audrey - and a parakeet, Harry.

Fave colour: Prolly BLACK. It goes with anything..

Fave food: Ramen noodles.

Fave thing to wear: Jeans and t-shirt. Usually a Beatles t-shirt too.

Hobbies: Erm..going online, collecting metal lunchboxes, reading, music, moovies!, The Beatles..I done really know how to 'define' my hobbies.

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: some Wings, Travelling Wilburys, The Who, THE ROLLING STONES, Phil Collins, The White Stripes, Weezer, Maroon 5, My Chemical Romance, The Cure, some Buddy Holly, JOURNEY!!!, 'The Led', Bright Eyes, the OLD Michael Jackson ( think Thriller),solo Beatles, Nancy Sinatra, Blondie, PINK FLOYD, The Killers, The Bravery, John Mayer....so much more!

Fave Beatle: AH! I HATE THIS QUESTION. I like them all for certain reasons. They've all got that something. But, what it all somes down to, it's Johnny .

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: I heard " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" one day, decided to buy the Sgt. Pepper album- and BOOOOOOOOOOOM.

Male or Female: Male

Age: 43

Location: Born New Yorker, Still live in New York

Study: Human nature and behaviours

Work: I retail electronic goods

Married: Yes, to Magill

Kids: Magill and I share a 14 year old daughter

Pets: One day to own dog

Fave colour: Clear

Fave food: Addicted to Asian foods and most forms of pasta

Fave thing to wear: Jeans and a worn out tired T-Shirt

Hobbies: Following the careers of favorite musicians

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: The Guess Who, Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues, Black Sabbath, KISS, Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ten Years After, Ray Charles, and Cheap Trick only scratch the surface.

Fave Beatle: He was not allowed to play on "Love Me Do", Has made George Martin apologize several hundred times since then.

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: I have never not known about them.

Male or Female: Female

Age: 14

Location: Indiana, USA

Study: High school :P

Work: no job

Married: Nope. Want to someday

Kids: Nope. Want some someday

Pets: none

Fave colour: pink

Fave food: spaghetti, potatoes, pretzels

Fave thing to wear: anything really, as long as it's comfortable

Hobbies: Chatting with friends (in person, phone, computer and texting), music, band, choir, Beatles, theater, research, boys, dancing, there's probably more but I'm tired.

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: a lot

Fave Beatle: Paul

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: Bought my dad 1 for Christmas and now he's hardly ever listened to it! :P

Male or Female: Female

Age: 25

Location: Bristol, South West England.

Study: Finance

Work: Part time job in pub

Married: No but got close and had lucky escape

Kids: one day maybe

Pets: a spider that lives in my bath

Fave colour: Black

Fave food: Fish and Chips

Fave thing to wear: Long flowy skirts, big boots and tight t-shirts in dark colours.

Hobbies: Pub Quiz, Walking, Knitting and going to live gigs.

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: British psychedelia, Dub, ska and world music.

Fave Beatle: John closely followed by George.

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: Through my older cousin.

Male or Female: Male

Age: 29

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland ( The most violent country in the world *fact*)

Study: The life and works of Kermit the Frog

Work: Retail Manager

Married: Yes

Kids: No

Pets: 3 Guinea Pigs and a Fish

Fave colour: Brown

Fave food: Lasgane

Fave thing to wear: Jeans and a T-shirt

Hobbies: Music, Football (soccer), More Music

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: Bob Dylan, Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty, The Who

Fave Beatle: Changes all the time.....but never Ringo!

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: Parents bought me Red and Blue Albums when I was 15.

Male or Female: Female

Age: 40's

Location: Chicago, Illinois. Near Wrigley Field.

Study: Bass Guitar, but I'm hoping to take voice lessons sometime soon. And, of course, the endless study of human nature.

Work: Too Much. No, seriously, analyst in an employee benefits consulting firm.

Married: Right now I'd rather cut off my right arm. No wait, maybe my left, I'm righthanded. No way, neither one, I couldn't play bass anymore. Maybe a toe.

Kids: Nope

Pets: Not right now, I'm not nome enough, but I'd love to have a dog.

Fave colour: Red. Though I told Mark Hudson it was purple because I had a rare foray into sucking up.

Fave food: So many....anything Italian, Mexican or Chinese, pretty much.

Fave thing to wear: Depends - around the house it's cute little nightgowns, out in public, that wouldn't fly too well though, so usually some kind of comfy pants and a turtleneck or T-shirt depending on the season. Though I also like skirts.

Hobbies: Playing bass and piano, singing, writing fiction, writing non-fiction, playing on the computer, seeing live music, making beaded jewelry, travel...

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: My 2nd favorite band is the Kinks. I like a lot of other 60's bands and also a lot of power pop stuff from the 80's and 90's.

Fave Beatle: You ask me this 6 days after I see Paul, so, Paul. Oh wait. It would always be Paul anyway. Nevermind.

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: Hated disco music in the mid-70's, so started listening to the oldies station instead and voila!

Male or Female: Female

Age: 17

Location: Czech republic (south)

Study: high school

Work: nope =>no money

Married: no

Kids: Ugh...maybe,some day...

Pets: I would love to have a cat

Fave colour: orange,yellow

Fave food: Pizza

Fave thing to wear: jeans and my new Beatles T-shirt

Hobbies: Beatles,internet,guitar...

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: their solo stuff,Who,Elvis,sometimes Jimi Hendrix,old rork´n´roll - Berry,Lewis etc.

Fave Beatle: JOHN

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: just put their cd into my cd-player and:

Male or Female: Male
Age: 52
Location: Northern Italy
Study: Commercial and languages

Work : Data bank administrator
Married: yep
Kids: Simone 21,Mattia 4

Pets: No

Fave colour: Blue
Fave food: Italian and Indian
Fave thing to wear: Jeans & a comfy soft sweater

Hobbies: Music,books,role playing,travels,soccer

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: Jethro Tull,Led Zeppelin,Eric Clapton,Pink Floyd,John Mayall,CSN&Y,all kind from ‘70’s
Fave Beatle: George,John,Paul and Ringo

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles:Dad bought me ‘She Loves you’ when I was 12...

Male or Female: Female

Age: 26

Location: Isleworth (Greater London), England

Study: Not any more thank god!

Work: Full time mum at the moment. Used to work in Administration.

Married: Yes

Kids: Charley aged 4 and George aged 19 months

Pets: A Yorkshire Terrier called Tuppence. I'd like to get a rat but I'm not allowed

Fave colour: Red

Fave food: Pasta and chinese food

Fave thing to wear: Jeans

Hobbies: Listening to music and reading

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: It varies

Fave Beatle: George

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: My mum brainwashed me from a young age

Male or Female: Male

Age: 39

Location: Davenport, Iowa, US

Study: graduated high school

Work: Trainer for market research company

Married: no

Kids: none

Pets: a female black cat named Ringo

Fave colour: none

Fave food: soup and sandwich, pizza

Fave thing to wear: I wear suits so often, I feel almost uncomfortable not dressed up

Hobbies: reading Beatles books, music trivia

Other music I enjoy besides the Beatles: solo Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, The Black Crowes, Pink Floyd, Yes, The Kinks, Queen, Van Halen, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Peter Frampton, The Seeds, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Elton John, Genesis, Tears For Fears, Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Cheap Trick, INXS

Fave Beatle: John/George

Briefly describe how you discovered the Beatles: always been aware of them, rediscovered after the SGT. PEPPER movie, totally won over after Anthology