Paramedic for the last 10 years. Don't ask me why because I could go on for ages about it but it beats doing a "normal" job.

Other than that I joined the army at 16 straight from school and did 15 years.

The worst bit was leaving the army and having a 3 month period where I was bored stupid so I did some agency work - in a pork factory, seed storage depot, an industrial laundry and warehouse.

I can certainly say those jobs were an eye opener to civilian life after not really knowing what it was like to work in "civvy street".

I was always wondering why they never polished their shoes.


Before the war on terror, if I saw an unattended package I used to think "I'll be having that!"