Ronald Burgendy Personna

Description


Ron is a well loved 75 old man that enjoys life to its full, he lives with his wife Shelia in the first garden city of Letchworth , they live in a detached house with a very long garden in a quiet street. They have a well decorated house which is often done up by Family members over the holiday periods. Ron is very family orientated man, along with his wife Shelia they have always kept in contact with their family. It is very important to them. Easter might not be very religious holiday any more, but to him it very important. The whole family comes to visit on Easter and he loves looking after them. They own a family computer that Shelia and Ron, however when things go wrong it is often their son in law that they look to for help, the computer is important to him as lets them keep in contact with the ever expanding family. Despite enjoying life Ron has a bad back which he picked up in the war and some days he cant do his usual chores, and as Shelia has not drove in a long time it is he that does the driving for the both them. Ron loves to sing and has been in the Choir for over 40 years now. This where he socialises most with his best friend Bob. Ron has known Bob for over 50 years and to him, there isn't a closer friend. He loves to walk but he will be the first to admit that he cant keep up with the younger generation like he used to. Ron is also a very keen gardener and he loves growing his own strawberries, unlucky for him so do the squirrels.


Interests:

Ron is a very keen gardener and with the help of his wife they have a top class garden full with a working water feature in their pond, he believes that is it better than the Chelsea flower show! Ron loves watching sport shown on the TV is very patriotic and he wants the English to do well, despite following all sports its his tennis interests that are most important and it saddens him that a Englishman has not won the Wimbledon trophy for such along time. Ron is a huge fan of toast and to him its the most underrated food ever next to porridge that is; and toast is made better when using home made jam! Ron uses the plums and blackcurrants from the garden to make a fine selection of jam, to which his family is most pleased. According to Ron one of the most beautiful places in this country is the Lake District, and every May he likes to take his wife and family for a walking holiday in the lake district of course they don't all follow his idea of hikes and walks, his crazy family like going up waterfalls and rock faces, he though is happier with just hiking. Ron is a regular subscriber to the Daily Mail newspaper and often spends his time arguing with the contents of said paper through letters to the editor and His loving wife. Though the one great thing that is in the paper for him is the crosswords, he sees it as his daily challenge to complete one.

Day in the life of Ron

Ron gets up at 7am, and has his shower then makes his and Shelia's couple of tea, he cant start the day without one. Then he gets on with his other ritual; Porridge. When ever the grandchildren come over they will all be given some the finest Scot's Oats porridge for breakfast. Its tradition, he will always make it in the pan, the microwave is cheating as far as he is concerned. Once he has done is daily chores, he likes to spend time in the garden, Ron is no usual gardener. In his garden are potatoes, sweetcorn, beetroot, rhubarb, carrots, plums, apples, blackcurrants, mint, tomatoes. His loving care of these plants has saved him £000s over the years. In the afternoon he and his wife Shelia go out for a walk round the countryside, before back in time for afternoon tea. Whilst drinking his tea, he likes to read the Daily Mail. Doing the crossword, and then help Shelia make the dinner before sitting down in front of the TV to chill until late. Then its off to bed

Goals/Fears and Aspirations

Ronald's main aim in life is to enjoy it whilst it lasts and be with his dearest Shelia as much as possible. Tea consumption must be at a high level each day, and is greatest fear is the losing of his beloved strawberries to those pesky squirrels or losing his potatoes to frost. Another major fear of this is the loss of a tight family unit, he fully believes that the family should support each other in times of crisis and he keeps touch with them all.

Computer Skills, Technological Knowledge and abilities

Ronald has his own computer that was given to him by his son in law, Andy, and is maintained by his grandson and Andy whenever they pop over. He uses the computer to do his accounts and to track of all the photos of the family on holiday, it is also very important to him for email reasons he helps him keep in touch with some of the family in Australia and Canada as well as the closer family members. It loves to log on it each day to see if he has received any news via email. Ron however finds that the computer can be very frustrating at times, he doesn't like the slow speed when he asks to do simple things like surf the web, he also hates the constant junk mail that is sent to him. Ron does have a mobile phone however he finds it very difficult to use, it takes him along time to send a text message and he often just stabs at the phone to press the buttons. This he finds most frustrating, but he knows he must have it on him as his daughters get very angry. He dos have a habit of turning the phone off when he doesn't want to use it, this does not go down well with his siblings.

Personnel Quotes

"More Tea dear?"

"Look at the little blighter, you wait to I get my hands on you!" (when seeing a squirrel)

"Bloody useless thing!"

"Keep in touch"

"You shouldn't work too hard dear, you are not doing your body any favours!"

"Its good to see you, we don't get see you enough these days"