Ah! ambition. I wanted to be:-

At 10. FIREMAN

At 14. MUSICIAN. Starting in skiffle, moving to folk. No earnings till about 1985.

At 18. ANALYTICAL CHEMIST. Worked at that one(s**t pay) till....

At 30. EMPLOYED. Steel erector, coach driver, taxi driver, sales rep, sewage worker, injection moulder, etc. etc.

At 50. SETTLED. Got a job as a school caretaker, with a small pension to come.

From 65. FOLK SINGER/ENTERTAINER What I should have done for a living in the first place.

I guess the rest has given me material for what's to come, so it hasn't been wasted.

Don T.