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Below are other things I'm interested in and enjoy doing.
My video collection - I have collected videos for around 16 years now, and have amassed over 2500. About 1300 of my videos are original (i.e. Bought from shop), whilst the rest are what I have recorded from TV over the years. Seeing as though collecting videos is my longest hobby, I see my whole collection as my prized possession, and have insured them in case anything happens to them. I also have a lot of things that are no longer available to buy, or are no longer shown on TV.
Most of my collection consists of movies, but I also own sport, stand up comedy, comedy shows, music, biographies, and many other things. Below are some of my favourite Programmes I have collected over the years (Not including movies).
Stand up comedy - I have every video ever made by the following..... Billy Connolly, Jim Davidson, Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Lee Evans, Lee Hurst, Freddie Starr and Jasper Carrott. Although I also own videos of Frank Skinner, Harry Enfield, Ken Dodd, Bob Monkhouse, Jethro and many others.
Sport: Football - I have every FA Cup final between 1979 and 1989 except for 2. I also have about 12 other FA Cup finals before and after this period. I have a review of every World Cup and European Championship from 1966 to the present day.... except for 2 European championships. Over 100 English league and cup matches from the early 80's to the present day.... including about 80 league matches, 20 or so FA Cup matches, and about 20 other games from the league cup, play offs, etc Every Sky Sports review of the season since the Premiership began. Many goals of the season, FA Cup reviews, World cup reviews, etc
Formula 1 - Almost every race from the 1997 and 1998 seasons Qualifying from most of the races from the above seasons Loads of races and qualifying from seasons before and after this Many documentaries about various F1 teams and drivers... including, Jordan, McLaren, Ferrari, Benetton, Arrows, Damon Hill, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard, Nigel Mansell, Martin Brundle, James Hunt, Eddie Irvine, Aryton Senna, Alain Prost and many others. Reviews of the season from 1997 to the present day. Plus 4 or 5 from before this.
Other sports: Olympics - Have reviews of various Olympics over the past 30 or so years (About 10 videos) Have several BBC sports personality of the year videos (About 7) Boxing - Both Bruno-Tyson fights, Bruno - Lewis fight, Bruno - McCall fight and many others including Ali, Cooper, Tyson, etc Various other sporting drama's over the years including, Ben Johnson winning sprint final and then being disqualified, Rob Andrews last minute drop goal against Australia in mid 90's, etc
Music: 16 hours of live aid recorded on two video tapes, includes loads of other stuff. About 10 Queen documentaries Freddie Mercury tribute concert Knebworth concert Loads of live concerts, including... Queen, UB40, Bon Jovi, Status Quo, Eminem, Madonna, Rolling Stones, Guns N Roses, etc
Biographies: About 20 or so videos with biographies of famous people and shows/movies, including... Queen, Madonna, Robert De Niro, Charles Manson, John Lennon, Jesse Ventura, Mick Foley, Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Mike Tyson, Goodfellas, Platoon, Star Wars, Owen Hart, and many more
Comedy shows: I have every Only fools and Horses episode including specials, I also have every single episode from the following shows... Bottom, Men behaving badly, Game on, Porridge, Young ones and Fawlty towers. I also have the majority of episodes for... They think it's all over, Shooting stars, Harry Enfield and Canned Carrott
General programmes: I have a lot of episodes/programmes of the following... London's burning, Noel's house party, The comic strip presents..., Don't forget your toothbrush, etc
Specials: Special one off shows/programmes I have include... 2 x Michael Jackson interviews, Princess Di interview, September 11th documentary, Greatest TV moments, Top 100 shocks in music??, Live footage of September 11th, etc
This only covers a little of what I have and as I said I enjoy collecting videos in general... especially rare and unavailable stuff.
Internet - I've been a huge fan of the internet since getting online in early 1997. I use the internet to learn about anything I've always wanted to know about or wanted to learn. I knew nothing about designing or publishing web sites when I first came on the net, but everything I have learnt has come from web sites and people I know through the internet. This has enabled me to create and publish many web sites for myself and other people, and my main site (Premier Football Management), which is now jointly run, could become a professional business within the next year or so. The site has come on in leaps and bounds since it opened, and we are now planning to run it as a pay to play game for managers from all over the world.
Aside from learning how to create web sites, I've also learnt a number of other things from the net. If you know where and how to search the net, then there is no end to what you can learn and teach yourself with just a few hours reading and researching. Most of my friends now come to me when they need help with computer problems... I don't claim to be an expert, not by a long shot... but I have learnt enough in recent years to fix most problems I (Or my friends) have with our PC's. When I see some people spend £100's of pounds on getting very minor PC problems fixed, then I'm glad that I have taken the time to learn a the basics of how a PC works.
Aside from learning about PC's, I've also learnt the basics of how to fix problems with satellite dishes, video/DVD recorders and other electrical items. I'm often baffled as to why some people cannot or will not make the most of being on the net. A lot of people really do not realise the information and resources they have at their fingertips... and this is proved to me time and time again when I get friends and relatives asking me how I find out certain information. The simple fact is that you just need to know where to look.
The potential to save money from the internet is also huge... for starters, I've not once searched for something to buy on the internet which hasn't been cheaper than it is to buy on the high street. As the internet grows, it is certainly harder to find bargains, but it's still possible.
Whilst the internet continues to grow, and more things are being thought of, then I will remain hooked.
More to follow...
Copyright - Kevin Porter 2003 |
