I was Born in 1962 in Llanelli South Wales UK. When I was about four I moved to what was a small town called Burntwood in Staffordshire which is pretty much in the middle of the UK and have lived there ever since. I now live there with my girlfriend Gill who manages a specialist residential home for people with Parkinson's Disease.

We also have a few pets living with us; five cats, a Samoyed dog, an African Grey parrot, A Tortoise and a Rabbit. Although I consider Burntwood my home, my work can take me anywhere so it is quite useful to be fairly central.

I have an Electronics Degree and earn my living contracting as a control systems engineer. In simple terms this involves controlling or automating manufacturing systems, which can include valves, motors, pumps and conveyors Etc. This is done with a computer known as a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). I have worked on projects such as lronbridge Power Station, Bass Brewery as well as Heathrow and Gatwick Airport Conveyor Systems. I have also worked in the car manufacturing industry but currently I am working at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in Kent. I am primarily involved with writing and testing the software for these systems, although I do get involved in the electrical side especially during commissioning.

I don't get much spare time and working away a lot makes it difficult to follow up and take part in some activities, but below are some of the things I like to do when I get the chance.

I have 3 jukeboxes at the moment, two are restoration projects that I have partly restored; an Ami K and a Wurlitzer I I 00. I also have a Wurlitzer OMT complete with bubble tubes, which Wurlitzer recently produced and is based on the 1050 .

I enjoy most types of music, from light classical to rock music, but I draw the line at Opera something I can't get into at all. My favourite music however is dance music and I enjoy going to night clubs, I may not be the worlds greatest dancer but I love the music and atmosphere.

Something I always have time for is computers, whether its building new ones for friends and family, upgrading mine, surfing the net or playing games on them, especially strategy or shoot them up games. You would think I have enough of computers at work, but I love them. My recent project is to incorporate a PC as part of my Hi Fl system to play MP3 discs and control my CD Mega-changers. I also enjoy rifle and shotgun target shooting and am a member of local club in Burntwood.

I also watch a lot of TV mainly SCI Fl, I am a big Star Trek and Stargate fan and my favourite films include the Matrix and of course the Star Wars films.

I love Technology and I am a bit of a gadget person another reason I chose Cryonics, not only am I taking part in a Technology I may get the opportunity to see future technology first hand.

I am also a bit of a collect-a-maniac I collect things to do with Owls because I think they are fascinating and I also collect Phone Cards, DVD's Laser Disks, and CD's I have a great problem throwing things away.

When the Grand Prix season starts everything stops, I love to watch the Grand prix and with the latest changes I think this is going to be a good season, luckily the girlfriend also follows it and we a both members of Team McClaren.

I also enjoy DIY which is just as well as there always seems to be something that needs doing on the house. A couple of things I really don't get time to do but would love to do more of is flying, the girlfriend brought me a flying lesson for my birthday and I loved it I also love Paragliding but this ,tends to be limited to holidays at the moment. I also have tickets for a Hot Air Balloon flight which I am looking forward to.

I am not sure of the date, maybe 20 years ago or more. I was off work and watching Morning television, one of these mixed shows where they have news, guests and other various features. Anyway I wasn't paying much attention when the presenter of the show stated, "after the break we will meet a family who have signed up to be frozen when they die." This certainly got my attention and I eagerly waited the end of the commercials.

These people look quite normal, was my immediate reaction. I was intrigued and excited as they told their story about wanting to live and having the opportunity to do so in the form of Cryonics. I remember thinking these people are obviously rich and if I ever managed to become a millionaire Cryonics was definitely for me. A telephone number was shown at the end of the interview for further information, I didn't call it then but made a note of it and transferred it to my address book. This must be the one contact number that managed to survive the years and was transferred from gadget to gadget and ending up in my mobile phone.

It was some 17 years after first seeing it on TV that I started to do something about it. I was heavily into computers and the internet at the time and while thinking of things to search for on the internet I decided to try Cryonics. To my surprise found several Sites and started to read the information on the various sites.

Hang on a minute, was I reading this right, 28000 US Dollars for a full body suspension, this was looking affordable after all. I then decided to try the number I had, as all the web sites seemed to be in the USA and the number was a UK number. Surprisingly it was still in use and a funeral director answered the phone, who I now know as F.R Albin. So after a bit of a chat the forms and information pack were sent out in the post.

When the forms arrived and I doubled checked the prices I filled in the membership application form and sent it off with my cheque. I went for option 2 which would cost me 120 Dollars a year until I could afford full membership, option one.

The next step was to make arrangements for the suspension itself. I read through the contract and other forms and although not compulsory some of the forms required signatures from my next of kin which basically meant them giving their consent and agreeing not to interfere with my wishes.

Time to go public, I had mentioned it in the past without much response, but now it was actually going to happen. So I discussed it with close family and got the reaction I expected, "you've been watching too much Star Trek." However although they were quite shocked, they realised I was serious and agreed to sign the forms. Right so far so good and now, last but not least, the life insurance.

Here I had a few problems, each insurance company I tried seemed to have a problem in me having a named beneficiary in the states.

But there must be other members in the UK who have already done this, so after speaking to Barry Albin, he put me in touch with his financial advisor who in turn set me up with a policy, which I was then able to sign over to Cl. All my documents were signed and together with my proof of founding they were sent to Cl. Soon after I was contacted by Cl to who confirmed, not only was I a member but I was now also signed up for suspension.

Well that was it, now what, get on with the rest of my life I guess. I continued to read the few news groups I could find and even made friends with a young Russian Cryonicist but something was missing. I guess I felt isolated, was I the only person in the UK signed up for this. My Russian friend and I even thought of starting a website where cryonocists could chat and arrange to meet each other, but after contacting the various Cryonics organisations, most of them turned us down flat and although Cl showed some interest it never got off the ground.

I don't know whether this prompted Cl, but several weeks later I had an E-mail from them explaining a group of Cryonicists in the UK (yes the UK) were having a meeting down in Eastbourne and were after a Cl member to join the meeting. I couldn't believe it this was great, I was so excited and agreed straight away.

Well the big day arrived I was both nervous and excited, but one thing in the back of mind while I drove down to Eastbourne was the date, April the 1st 2001. This couldn't be could it; nobody would do this as an April Fool would they. Well I . arrived and my concerns and my nerves disappeared and I was left with excitement. The first Cryonicist I met was Alan Sinclair at his home where the meeting was being held together with his wife Sylvia I then met David and May Flude before the other guests started to arrive. I also met a fellow Cl member for the first time Chrissie De Rivaz.

During the meeting the group we now know as Cryonics Europe was born and I gained many new friends for life, and maybe the next life. Since then I have been involved with the CE as much as possible and things are getting better and better. Cryonics Europe is a support and socialising group in the UK where like minded people can meet up and discuss anything they want. We also have a Standby team and encourage members to take part in meetings and in the team.

The more you do for cryonics and other member the more you are helping yourself. I now have several roles within CE which include secretary and membership manager and first team leader on the stand by team.

As part of CE I help with problems that members or potential members may have. I also help cryonicists sign up to their chosen provider. I also try and come up with new ideas to help the Cryonics movement. Cryo Buddies is the latest idea, we are trying to get off the ground.

Many Cryonicists nightmare is dying and being left undiscovered. So by putting such members in contact with each other so they can take it in turns to call one another a couple of times a day we can hopefully improve the situation.

I have also been involved with the media appearing in several newspapers and on a London radio station.