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Full Name: Bernard Egan Hamper III
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan
Age: 45
Height: 5 ' 7
Weight: 185
Shoe Size: 8 1/2
Sign: Virgo
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Hobbies: Golf, gams, grog & garage
Food: Cajun, Angelo's Coney Dogs, meatloaf
Drink: Diet Vernors, iced tea, Mylanta
Alcohol: Jim Beam, Budweiser
Color: Black
Cigarette: Winston Light
Pets: Two dogs, hornets under the eaves
Vehicle: GM Blazer...what else?
TV Show: Get Smart, Wild Wild West, TV Funhouse, Match Game
Movie: Badlands, The Love God, Bad Ronald, Night Of The Hunter
Actor: Jack Lemon, Rod Steiger, Joe Don Baker
Actress: Holly Hunter, Audrey Hepburn, Trinity Loren
Group: Stooges, Hollies, Love, Impressions, Small Faces, Bellrays, Replacements, Queers, Louvin Brothers, Ramones, Finkers, Myracle Brah, Headcoats, Monkees, Sonics, Wondermints, Travoltas
Male Singer: Curtis Mayfield, Buddy Greco, Porter Wagoner, Al Green, Lou Christie, Carl Smith, Colin Blunstone
Female Singer: Dusty Springfield, Nancy Wilson, Mary Weiss, Nina Simone, Loretta Lynn, Lisa Kekaula
Sports: Football, golf, minature golf, slots
Sports Heroes: Joe Dumars, Chris Spielman, Norm Cash
Book: The Poetry Room - Lewis MacAdams Jr.
Desert Island CDs: Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, Replacements' Let It Be, Love's Forever Changes, Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain, The Dictators' Go Girl Crazy
Biggest Regret: Nicotine
Turn Ons: Isolation, Latina's Pizza (Flint), Underground Medicine mailorder, Memphis, Catholic girls, happy hour, Lou's Bar (Suttons Bay), Carol Conners, mixed tapes, beer frames
Peeves: Too numerous to mention...read RIVETHEAD
Advice: "Go over there...& keep still."