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~ Whichever way the wind blows me ~ Writes a bit ~ Been known to swear ~ Strong don't knowness ND
May 1, 2022 15 tweets 11 min read
17th job alongside 16th as both were part-time. I was an Access database admin at SustainAbility - at the leading edge of CSR, benchmarking the environmental audits of global firms. Lovely people who wrote The Green Consumer Guide. Good work much cycling east/west #adhd #cv /17 18th job (by way of being volunteer #citizenadvocate in north London) @StMungos in Holloway. I became a @Clubhouse_Intl worker (3 weeks training in Worcester MA) Great job, many intense challenges in community mh services. Loved the job. Gained 3rd pension... at 25 #adhd #cv /18
May 1, 2022 16 tweets 8 min read
Thought I might collate ALL the paid jobs I ever had. I used to temp so I've probably forgotten a few. I am going to start a🧵I occasionally add to otherwise I'd be here all day. Attempting to recall chronologically but no guarantees🥴
1st job: Working in boarding kennels🐩😾/1 2nd job: washer up in posh restaurant called Three Chimneys, Long Melford, Suffolk. It was like working in 🔥🔥🔥 Occasionally destringed a bean. HATED the job the smells were 🤢 not unlike 1st job...
Was fired when new boy got hired /2
Aug 8, 2021 12 tweets 6 min read
No-one has asked but here's a thread about adopting the handle @OfKnockamillie
To start this thread, Knockamillie is the name of land perched above the village of Innellan, overlooking the Firth of Clyde south of Dunoon #Argyll
Today you could blink and you'd miss it 👀 /1 I've seen many different spellings over the years in my research including, Knochamelie, Knockamellie, Knockamely all of which makes research *interesting*
(I became an etymological detectorist to try and determine the word's origins from the #Scots #Gaelic ) my theory is /2