"As for ultra-competitive - not in the slightest, dear boy." (S)...calling someone who worked hard for his 4 technical certificates and a degree in humanities, found his way, on a shoe-string, through about 40 countries, taught himself to read and write (at least, in simple letter-notation, above) music, placed in some folk-festival comps, and managed to play A-grade junior tennis and football having been born with a club-foot "dear boy" - delusion.