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Have worked in the oil fields for 43 years now and I still want to enjoy it for at least another 3 years. Until I am 68.
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My big sister and my mother sparked a love in my mind for the written and spoken word. Mum used to read me dinosaur stories and my big sister encouraged me to write about walks we had. I would sometimes put in things I would have liked to have happened so the imagination and desire to write have always been there.
Birth Place
Huntly, Scotland
Accomplishments
Survived 43 years in the oilfield and worked from Roustabout right up to Senior Toolpusher (the guy in charge of the drilling department)
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