Ah . . . sigh . . .
A story I can tell now:
One night around the new year, at the end of 1999. I was wondering around
(client) with a bottle of nice sparkling wine, looking for somewhere to
keep it cool.

It was a special one-off night shift tacked onto the
ml llend of a contract. I was to stay until various things had finished
normally overnight, as expected.

"You're drunk!" said the fella. I recognised him from a manager's meeting.
I'd had a glass of wine, but I defo wasn't drunk!

I couldn't resist it. I stole a line from an American comedian (I can't
remember his name) and I said his line loud and proud "Why the Hell not?
I've been drinking all day!"

His face was a picture :-)

And all he could do, being practical, was to sigh and say "Carry on . . ."
:-)

It was my last day as a contractor, as I was going to spend some years as a
single parent of 4, so I never asked for a reference. Perhaps it would have
read "Got the job done. Appears to drink like a fish." :-)

Rupert


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> times seems like another lifetime .....
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