Well done lad. Go for it. Push the envelope. Create synergies. Move and shake. Etc.

C4 Autumn Season 2001. New sitcom:

PAUL'S TWIST
Paul Twist is the new boy at the office where they are editing, proof-reading and re-writing holiday brochures. By a strange quirk fo fatte, all the other staff members are called Twist: Iain Twist, the cynical, hard-drinking Glaswegian who's been in the proof-reading game since leaving school at 14; Jackie Twist, the sassy young secretary who is really researching a romantic novel about proof-readers, and finds herself falling in love with Paul, and Simon Twist, the upper-class twit who only got the job in proof-reading because his dad owns the business. Follow their zany escapades over 22 half-hour episodes!

I'd watch it.

ITV Autumn Season 2001. New sitcom:

PROOF OF THE PUDDING
Iain Pudding is working in the part-time proof-reading game, but he yearns to become a top TV celebrity chef. His boss is Janice Proof, who tries to use her feminine wiles to get him to go full-time in her new proof-reading venture. His girlfriend Emma sees through this and every episode makes sure he stays true to their youthful ambitions. Follow their zany adventures through 37 half-hour episodes!

So you see, it can be relevant if you use the experience.

Good luck in your new job, Paul.

Paul, who are you working for?

I'm genuinely interested in what you're doing.

The best proofreading jobs are at the Radio Times. You can turn up for work drunk every day, you don't need to understand English or language in general, and they don't care if you go blind... or just refuse to open your eyes for personal reasons.

(I exaggerate somewhat).

Thanks for the good luck wish Jon, and the sitcom idea. You should forward it to Avalon.

Ailie, I am working for Shearings. They do coach holidays and that. At the moment they are not actually producing a brochure, so I am spending all my days typing up itineraries. I am sure that I cannot spell that word, which does not bode well for my job...

The job's OK so far, but after eight hours of typing stuff into a computer it's nice to come home and not have to do it for a few hours. Er, hang on.

BBC2 Autumn Season 2000. New drearything:

ATTACHMENTS
etc, etc.

>The job's OK so far, but after eight hours of typing stuff into a computer it's nice to come home and not have to do it for a few hours. Er, hang on.

I know the feeling...........

>PS> Hope the job is going well Paul.

:) george

The job is OK, thanks. Funny (well, sort of funny) thing happened today... I was going through mail that was returned to us (yes kids, it's THAT much fun at the moment) and I saw that one of the letters that failed to reach its destination was addressed to a "Mr G Bottle".

Nah, it couldn't be... or COULD it?!

EVIL EVIL EVIL... no, it's no good, I can't capture the nuances...

> I am working for Shearings.

Oh, yes... I've heard of them.
Hope it's going well. Don't let them abuse you, by making you type out pages and pages of the same old stuff.

You don't happen to know anyone involved in international tourism management that might be looking for an intern from about June, do you?
(Yes, I know it's a long shot).
Basically, I know that I'm good and I know the direction that I want to head in, which is why I refuse to settle for any placement less than 'perfect,' which is why I can't find anything...

Ambition has a lot to answer for...

Why do you want to be a travel guide, Ailie?

>The job is OK, thanks. Funny (well, sort of funny) thing happened today... I was going through mail that was returned to us (yes kids, it's THAT much fun at the moment) and I saw that one of the letters that failed to reach its destination was addressed to a "Mr G Bottle".
>
>Nah, it couldn't be... or COULD it?!


IT WAS GAS BOTELS MAILE HE HAS MOVDE HOUS, HE WAS UPSETE BECOS HE WANRTED TO GO ON SHEARNGSD TRIP TO BABACOMBE WITH CLOWIND, IS IT TO LATRE TO SENDE A COPY OFD THE NEW BROCHUTRE?

>Why do you want to be a travel guide, Ailie?

Well I *don't* particularly, although there are far worse job than a travel guide.
Travel is my *thing* in the same way that TV is the passion of so many in here.

I hope eventually, to work as a travel journalist, or in product development, either within a large-scale travel/tour operator, or within an independent eco-tours company...
To pass my degree with international distinction, I have to spend a year in international employment and not bumming around Asia with a backpack, trying to write freelance, as I would like to.