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Why Oh Why Didn’t I Do Media Studies?

Whilst wondering how to find a job which pays enough to earn my passage away from these shores, I keep coming across job adverts which make those “earn £500 a week or more driving a bus” stickers on the sides of big red vehicles sound very attractive:
For example:
“A highly motivated applicant is required for the […]

For Each A Road

There really is nothing like driving along the M74 somewhere vaguely near Lockerbie at 2 am and having the fuel distributor computer decide it’s going to shut off the engine. Especially if there’s a car 18 inches behind you doing 100 (or so) mph (not that I’d ever drive 30 mph above the speed limit […]