User:Katie1971

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Here are my userboxes (I'm glad I discovered these!): This user is female. A This user is an adult. Please be nice and patient with this New Wikipedian. This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know. This user is of German ancestry. This user is a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany. This user comes from NRW. This user lives in Bonn. This user is not British, but shares a common heritage and respects a parity of esteem between the many people of "these islands". de Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache. This user is a BookMooch member. CF This user is childfree This user is short-sighted. This user has green eyes. This user is a Taurus. This user was born on the year of the Boar. 豬 This user's spiritual beliefs are complex and personal. This user is interested in the British Isles. This user is an Anglophile This user identifies with the West Country UK This user uses British English. 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This user thinks pets should only come from an animal shelter. This user enjoys reading almost anything. This user enjoys reading plays. This user is interested in the Romantic period. This user is interested in the Victorian period. This user enjoys reading non-fiction. This user enjoys reading fiction. This user enjoys reading humorous literature. This user enjoys reading Biographies. This user enjoys reading magazines. This user enjoys reading the newspaper. This user is interested in drama and acting. This user likes to do embroidery. This user does not smoke. This user is against smoking. B This user is a fan of black or dark comedy. FL This user only likes A Bit of Fry and Laurie. fan-2 This user is a big fan of the comedian Mario Barth. fan-2 This user is a big fan of the comedian Dylan Moran. fan-2 This user is a big fan of the comedian Billy Connolly. This user does not comprehend humor; only humour. What's with those Americans and their so-called entertainment, anyway? 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This is not claiming that this user is not a bot, sockpuppet, blocked user, or inactive user, it is just stating that this user EXISTS. He/She/It/They would like to point out as well that the reader must exist as well. existant to / too / two This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two. who This user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things? their / there / they’re This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they’re worse than their own children at spelling! “,;:’ This user is a punctuation stickler. . The This user does not put two spaces after a full stop. A, B and C This user prefers not to use the serial comma. its & it’s This user understands the difference between its and it’s. 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[edit] About me

I am fairly new to Wikipedia. I have read many articles on both the German and the English sites, and have made a few minor changes here and there. But I have never writen an article of my own. I'd be glad for any help! My job is civil and pedestrian. Nothing exciting at all but I hope to change that sometime soon.

[edit] My Readinglist

I love to read. I was taught to read from an early age and have always enjoyed it more than other things. (Though that is not to say that I am boring, or have no other hobbies!) I am a member of Bookmooch and can only recommend it as a way of getting rid of unwanted books (and finding new ones that you do want). I also believe that books make great presents and would like to be able to buy all the books that I see! (And store them, and find the time to read them too.)

May I share with you here my current reading list:

Dec 2007 / Jan 2008

• Rebecca (novel) by Daphne du Maurier

Jan 2008

• Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
• Carry on, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse

Feb 2008

• Survivor by Christina Crawford
• 1979 by Rhona Cameron
• In-Flight Entertainment by Elliott Hester
• The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby

Mar 2008

• The Sewing Circle by Axel Madsen
• Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford
• Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist

April 2008

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Britannica & ich (German version of The Know-It-All) by A. J. Jacobs

-- I haven't managed to read anywhere near as many books as I would have liked to this year, yet. There just never seems to be enough time... "work" and "life" seem to always get in the way.

May 2008

• Still stuck on P&P.....
• Happy Aua by Bastian Sick
• Götz George: Mit dem Leben gespielt by Torsten Körner

[edit] Other hobbies

of mine include travelling, my two cats, doing cross stitch, surfing the net, and lots more. Having said that and just to get back to the original theme, I want to dedicate more time this year to reading and re-organising my book collection.

I am also an active member of an amateur dramatics group. Within the group, I have done several jobs on various productions - acting, stage management, publicity, set building / painting, and Front of House.

One of my favourite playwrights is Bertolt Brecht.

As I said above, I enjoy travelling. I have been to most Western European countries and a couple Eastern ones, too. Here's a selection, from memory, of places I've been to: Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, UK

... and I once spent a day in Northern Africa, and three months in Australia.