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Well, after ten years I suppose I should at least own up to who I am, so here goes: the name is Olly Buxton. Interests, if | Well, after ten years I suppose I should at least own up to who I am, so here goes: the name is Olly Buxton. Interests, if they’re not obvious from this wiki, are financial services law, language, writing, guitars, cricket, books and mountains. And wikis: MediaWiki, which this site is written on, is the cleverest software, and I have learned a lot about it in the last decade. | ||
While writing this wiki | While writing this wiki I’ve practised law in NZ and the UK for 27 years, mostly inhouse at places I will not mention, put in a stretch as a film and book reviewer — which I was pretty good at, as you will see from my [http://olly-buxton.blogspot.com/ fan mail] — written a couple of books (the first one, under the pen name [[Hunter Barkley]]), you can buy from Amazon), released an album of angsty-but-ironic rock music ([[Dangerboy]], played in the same cool band, [[Supercheese]], for longer than either the Beatles or Led Zeppelin managed), and drunk a ''lot'' of wine, all while supporting my super-talented better half — whom I will spare the ignominy of naming — but she is a world-famous<ref>In our house, anyway.</ref> bridge teacher, artist and the most patient spouse on the planet. | ||
The Jolly Contrarian started out life in 2012, as AmwellClear, as my way of remembering the difference between {{isdaprov|Loss}}, {{isdaprov|Market Quotation}}s, {{isdaprov|Close Out Amount}}s and {{isdaprov|Unpaid Amount}}s and just kept growing. | The Jolly Contrarian started out life in 2012, as AmwellClear, as my way of remembering the difference between {{isdaprov|Loss}}, {{isdaprov|Market Quotation}}s, {{isdaprov|Close Out Amount}}s and {{isdaprov|Unpaid Amount}}s and just kept growing. |