I’m Doug Carmody.  I hate this photograph; it makes me look stoned or stupid, but it’s the only one I have.  Maybe it’s a mugshot.  Anyway I sold shoes for a living, for a fairly high end shoe store which meant I wore a suit to work, had impeccable manners, and was really good at persuading people to drop a thousand dollars or more on a pair of shoes.  Most of our customers were men, executives with a  lot of disposable income, so perhaps I didn’t need to be as persuasive, but once a salesman, always a salesmen.

Married twice, divorced twice.  I’ve been single now for 20 years, and that’ll never change. I have lady friends.  In fact I had one for 15 years, but she wanted to get married, and I didn’t, so that was the end of that.  Oh well.  No kids; that I don’t regret.  Most of the ones I see around seem to be self-entitled, and badly behaved.

I go to the gym three times a week, and work out pretty seriously, and I like to run.  You’d never guess that looking at my body shape, but I do. I even ran a marathon once, but I’ll never do that again.  I hurt for weeks after it.  That’s just too much punishment for the human body to take.

I like movies, but I don’t like going to the theatre.  Too many people, and popcorn, which I hate the smell of.  I’ve got a big screen TV at home.  The prices finally got low enough that I could justify the expense, and I’m really glad I spent the money, although I probably shouldn’t have.  I get by financially, but I have to be careful, and I only go out to eat a couple of times a month.

When I saw the advertisement, I thought ‘Now this is something different!’, so I took a chance and replied to it.  I’m probably not going to get accepted, but I certainly qualify based on the description.