{"id":7,"date":"2012-12-03T05:09:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T05:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chris-johns.awesomeauthors.org\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2015-03-18T08:46:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T08:46:41","slug":"about-chris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chris-johns.awesomeauthors.org\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"About Chris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Readers!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A little something about me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was born in Hertfordshire, about 25 miles North West of London. I joined the Royal Navy straight from school, did four years at engineering college and then went to sea for three years in destroyers. I took a commission after that and joined the Fleet Air Arm as a helicopter pilot. I was married, had two kids and now have four grandchildren and one great grandson. I left the navy in 1970 and became a civil pilot which I did until I retired at 55. I started and ran a business in London for seven years before retiring to Antigua. I lost my life’s savings in the Stanford Ponzi Scheme so we manage now on my pensions which are quite small, but hell, we live in Paradise so it can’t be all bad.<\/span><\/p>\n

I discovered I was gay when I was 35, (yes, I know, ridiculous), I had been divorced for two years by then so no one got hurt emotionally. I met Rafe in 1980 and my whole family fell in love with him, so no angst for me at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want anymore info on me, just ask. I’m a very open person so you won’t offend me if you want to get more personal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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me in Abu Dhabi with my dog when I was Flight Operations Director for
a helicopter company, (I’m a retired helicopter pilot)<\/span><\/p>\n

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the other is me with my present partner taken at a festival in the
village in Spain where we had a home for 20 years<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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