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Life & Travels

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Place of residence

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Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (1st Generation)

Computer skills

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Not spectacular but I am enthusiastic about knowledge and accuracy in its pursuit ..... hence my enthusiasm for Wikipedia

Languages

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English (obviously), Croatian ( speaking - very good, written - limited), Spanish ( limited conversational)

Music

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Elvis, Kinks, Cowboy Nation, Mojo Nixon, Giant Sand, Calexico, Green on Red, The Three O'Clock, Sid Griffin, Jason and the Scorchers, Immortal Lee County Killers, Shellac, Hank III, Dale Watson, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, American underground generally, Cugat, Dean Martin, Sinatra, Guy Mitchell, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, The Band, Bobby Darin, Chuck Berry, Del Shannon, The Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Roy Hamilton, Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman, Skyhooks, Let 3, Croatian klapa ...

Film Interests

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I love old films... especially westerns. Actors: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Tony Curtis, Steve Cochran, Robert Ryan, Barbara Stanwyck, Elvis, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Tuesday Weld, James Stewart, Ernest Borgnine, John Payne, Janet Leigh, Rhonda Fleming, Rory Calhoun, Joan Blondell, Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Richard Widmark, the Fondas, the Carradines, Marlene Dietrich, Marcello Mastroianni and lots others. Directors: The Old Masters: John Ford, John Ford and John Ford. Also Howard Hawks, Anthony Mann, Phil Karlson, Don Siegel, Wiliam Wellman, Vittorio De Sica, Edgar G Uklmer, Douglas Sirk, Jacques Tourneur, Federico Fellini, Nicholas Ray, Budd Boetticher, Sam Peckinpah, Samuel Fuller, John Sayles.

Writers

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Hemingway, Dos Passos, L'Amour, Steinbeck, Hammett, Krleza, Bukowski, Ross MacDonald, Novakovich, Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Ivo Andric, Farrell, Richard Matheson, Raymond Carver, Studs Terkel, Greil Marcus, Louis Adamic

Articles I have created

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Articles I greatly expanded from stubs

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Articles I have mildly edited

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If you want to contact me, go to my Talk page.


cheers

Frank