Brief Biographical detail of Robin Gaskell

• Born Sydney 15 Sep 1936.
• Happy childhood in Australia, despite the War.
• Bachelor of Agriculture degree 1960.
• Diploma in Education 1961.
• Teaching for most of professional life: Science, Maths.
• For the past fifteen years have worked as a suburban rail guard in Sydney.
• Joined the Baha'i Faith in England in early 1977.
• Met Ronald Clark and Wendy Ashby in Christchurch, Dorset, in mid 1977. Have been in contact ever since.
• Have been on the Internet since about 1991; most of this with the Conlang Mailing List.
• Have experienced the Language Problem at first hand: taught two years in a school for foreign children (Spyways School, Swannage); now live in the Asian enclave in Sydney (Cabramatta).
• Divorced with two children; my daughter is now staying with me.
• Hope to retire soon: wish to do research in Agricultural Radionics, and work as a consultant in this area, in retirement.
• I Worry about Australia's loss of sovereignty, largely through the signing of UN treaties that only reach parliament after they have been signed.
• For spiritual reasons I oppose the current aggressively exploitative mood of the world, and pray that it will soon end. I trust that before this happens, I will not have lost too much of my freedom.
• I played Jazz forty years ago, and am practising on the trombone to be ready to enjoy music, again, in my retirement.

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