Why should you get to know PAULIE_P?

I was brought up to open doors and walk on the outside of the road when with a lady. Good manners were instilled at a young age and happily remain intact. I am on a personal mission to reintroduce the word "pardon" which seems to have been replaced by it's bastard cousin "what!"

I'm just a generally nice bloke who was born and bred in North London but doesn't think he's an extra in a Guy Ritchie movie!! I've travelled around the globe but always end up back in the bosom of North London. Just up for a laugh and a cheeky beer or two and then take it from there.

I work in a central London hospital. In my spare time I play various stringed instruments. (6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, mandolin and bass) I sing brilliantly when no-one is around but catastrophically in front of more than 1 person. I take random photos on my phone and am in the middle of compiling them into a book which I hope will make me my millions. I also take days sketching london and try and do or see something different every day, no matter how big or small! Other days I can be found in my pee-jays, eating far more than the RDA of cereal and playing the Wii til the wee hours.

If you want a better idea of what I am about, listen to these tracks:

The Verve ~ Drive You Home.
Tommy Tucker ~ High Heeled Sneakers.
Kings of Leon ~ Trunk.
Bert Jansch ~ Sweet Rose.
Primal Scream ~ Accelerator.
Queens of the Stone Age ~ Make it Wit Chu.
The Bees ~ The Start.
Doves ~ There Goes the Fear.
Bo Diddley ~ I'm A Man.
Led Zeppelin ~ The Ocean.
Sonny Boy Williamson ~ Help Me.

A small selection of my favourite songs that have given me many happy times.

I have also just become a non-smoker which is a fantastic sense of self-achievement and now aim to put my lungs to better use! Now where did I leave my tuba??

He describes his ideal match thus:

I'm not really quite sure what to say at this junction, it seems a little strange to have requirements regarding someone I've never met before. Erm, so I'll just list a few qualities in no particular order and hopefully some of them you'll possess!!! Inner happiness, confidence, a lovely smile, curiousity, easy going, relaxed, fun, serious (knowing when to be either would be a bonus), self assuredness but most importantly the ability to be yourself and enjoy a good cup of tea and a chat! Decent taste in music is an added bonus. We'll discuss what "decent" is over the cup of tea.