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Welcome Jaylar

Hi Chaps (M&F) and thanks.
I am a medical scientist in the field of Histology. I qualified in London in the late 70's and emigrated shortly after.
My interests are rather numerous and include Motor cycles, 4-wheel driving, history, photography, mythology, junk science, cooking, pipe smoking, music (except rap) movies, literature, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, martial arts (of which I am a retired instructor) and black powder shooting and reloading. I live in East Malvern in the suburbs of Melbourne with my partner Julie, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 Harleys, hundreds of books and other junk.

I still work full time and can be caught lecturing occasionally on histology, medical photography, Pathology history and Civil War medicine. I like tinkering with things and hate gardening. I have an un-abbreviated dislike of instant coffee and those who have fostered its dissemination. I am not evil except as contagious custom hath made me. I will buy dinner for the person who knows who said that- and its not the Bible, Nietzsche or Montaigne.
I am relatively new to fine coffee due to a 5 year affair with a kidney machine which forced me to drink short shots and now I can't stop.

Enough self indulgence.
I have a Excobar Minore IV and a Mazzer Mini E. Which I have house trained without adhesive, tape to sweep clean and drop vertically.

Comments

  • I think you will fit in here very well  :thumb: We are a diverse bunch that likes to say it as it is but with respect to other various opinions ? Welcome to Crema forum and we hope you will contribute to the diversity by participating often KK
  • Interesting. You like motorcycles and own Harleys. Perhaps we can persuade you to lift your game and move up to something a bit classier. :stir Funny how you say 'hundreds of books' as if it is unusual. A client asked me the other day if I read books. Took me a second to reply because it seemed such an odd question. Turned out she had a book that she was going to donate to charity and thought I might want it. Naturally I thanked her and said yes, although not sure what I says about me and my clients that she gave me a coffee table book about famous killers. On the subject of coffee do you home roast?
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